Usage examples of "bon à tirer" in French with translation to English

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Une plus grande demande pour du café de haute qualité a contribué à tirer les prix vers le haut. Greater demand for high-quality coffee has helped drive coffee prices higher.
Ce qui est bon à faire ne peut pas être fait trop tôt. What is good to be done cannot be done too soon.
Il ne put se résigner à tirer sur le cerf. He couldn't bring himself to shoot the deer.
Qui m'appelle « bon à rien » ? Who calls me "good for nothing"?
Le détective mit six mois à tirer au clair cette affaire. The detective took six months to get at the truth of that affair.
Il est bon à enfermer. He's fit for the loony bin.
Quinze minutes à tirer. Only fifteen minutes.
Il est bon à ce genre de choses. He's good at this sort of thing.
Qu'est-ce que tu fabriques à tirer avantage de sa proximité pour t'accrocher à lui comme un T-shirt mouillé ?! What the fuck are you up to taking advantage of his proximity to cling to him like a wet T-shirt?!
En dépit de toutes les émissions culinaires que j'ai regardées, je ne suis toujours pas bon à la cuisine. In spite of all the cooking shows I've watched I'm still no good in the kitchen.
Je suis très bon à paraître organisé, bien que la réalité soit quelque peu différente. I am very good at appearing organised, although the reality is somewhat different.
Il va de soi que les gens ne veulent pas de la guerre. Pourquoi un pauvre bon à rien dans une ferme voudrait risquer sa vie dans une guerre lorsque le mieux qu'il peut en retirer est de revenir dans sa ferme en un seul morceau ? Naturellement, les gens du commun ne veulent pas de la guerre ; ni en Russie, ni en Angleterre, ni en Amérique, pas non plus en Allemagne, en l'occurrence, ça va de soi. Why, of course, the people don't want war. Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood.
Ce melon sera bon à consommer demain. This melon will be good to eat tomorrow.
Mon fils est devenu assez bon à inventer des excuses pour ne pas aller à l'école. My son has gotten quite good at conjuring up excuses for not going to school.
Quand j'étais gamin, j'étais bon à rien. When I was a kid, I was all thumbs.
Il est vrai qu'il eut tout bon à l'examen. It is true that he got full marks on the test.
Je ne suis pas bon à la nage. I'm not very good at swimming.
Pourquoi s'embêterait-elle à aider un bon à rien comme toi ? Why would she go out of her way to help a deadbeat like you?
bon à rien good-for-nothing
N'importe quoi auquel tu es bon contribue au bonheur. Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.
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