Usage examples of "bête comme chou" in French with translation to English

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C'est bête comme chou It's as easy as pie
Comme c'est bête de ma part ! How stupid of me!
Notre sœur a acheté quelques aubergines, des pommes de terre, des courgettes et du chou chinois au marché. Our sister bought some eggplants, potatoes, zucchinis and Chinese cabbage at the market.
Plus bête un enfant est, plus mignon il semble à ses parents. The more foolish a child is, the cuter he seems to his parents.
M. Wright parle japonais comme si c'était sa langue maternelle. Mr Wright speaks Japanese as if it were his mother tongue.
On peut manger le chou, cru. Cabbage can be eaten raw.
Je ne suis pas aussi bête que tu le penses. I'm not as stupid as you think I am.
J'ai avancé le nom de Paul comme candidat possible. I put Paul's name forward as a possible candidate.
Émincez le chou mariné. Chop the pickled cabbage finely.
Je suis trop bête... J'essaie de t'expliquer des choses que je ne comprends pas moi-même. I'm so dumb... I'm trying to explain things to you that I don't understand myself.
Aime ton prochain comme toi-même. You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
Le prix du chou chuta à cause de la surproduction. The price of cabbage fell because of overproduction.
"Le sorcier se déguise en bête, il met une peau sur sa tête et il se promène dans le bourg. C'est mon papa qui me l'a dit." "The sorcerer disguises himself as a beast, he wears a hide over his head and walks around town. It's my daddy who told me that."
Il disait que parler le mandarin est comme de manger de l'ananas. Ça le démange partout. He said that speaking Chinese is like eating pineapple. It makes him itchy all over.
Mon petit chou My little sweatheart
Cette bête est énorme ! That animal is huge!
Les filetages à gauches sont devenus rares en mécanique mais on les trouve encore sur certains objets, comme sur les pédaliers de vélo, par exemple. Left-hand threads have now become unsual in mechanics but they can still be found on some objects, such as on bicycles' pedals, for instance.
Il faut ménager la chèvre et le chou It's not wise to get any side angry
Moins le blanc est intelligent, plus le noir lui paraît bête. The dumber the white man is, the more the black man looks dumb to him.
Comme d'habitude avec lui, il est arrivé en retard. As is often the case with him, he came late.
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