Usage examples of "c'est trop peu ." in French with translation to English

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C'est trop peu, trop tard. It's too little, too late.
Un pauvre n'est pas celui qui a trop peu, mais celui qui veut trop. Poor is not the one who has too little, but the one who wants too much.
Son manteau était trop peu habillé pour l'occasion. Her coat was too casual for the occasion.
Certaines personnes parlent trop et font trop peu. Some people talk too much and do too little.
La radio est trop forte. Tu ne peux pas baisser un peu le volume ? The radio is too loud. Can't you turn it down a little?
Tu es un peu trop en retard pour être seulement allée faire du shopping. Est-ce que tu es sortie quelque part ? You're pretty late to have just gone shopping. Have you been making out someplace?
Un jeune homme pauvre peut seul savoir ce qu'une passion coûte en voitures, en gants, en habits, linge, etc. Si l'amour reste un peu trop de temps platonique, il devient ruineux. Only a poor man knows what such a passion costs in cab-hire, gloves, linen, tailor's bills, and the like. If the Platonic stage lasts a little too long, the affair grows ruinous.
Ce pantalon est un peu trop serré à la taille. Those pants are a little too tight in the waist.
Cette montre de plongée est un peu trop chère. This diver's watch is a little too expensive.
J'ai un peu dormi pendant la pause déjeuner parce que j'étais trop fatigué. I slept a little during lunch break because I was so tired.
Il est un peu énervé aujourd'hui. Si j'étais toi, je ne le chercherais pas trop. He's a little on edge today. I wouldn't rattle his cage if I were you.
Je lui ai donné le peu d'argent que j'avais sur moi. I gave him what little money I had with me.
Ne sois pas trop dur avec toi-même. Don't be too hard on yourself.
Elle a un peu de pain. She has a little bread.
Il boit trop d'alcool. He drinks to excess.
À l'époque, peu de gens pouvaient voyager à l'étranger. In those days, few people could travel abroad.
Une fois que le cheval s'est enfui, c'est trop tard pour fermer la porte de l'écurie. It is too late to shut the stable-door after the horse has bolted.
Peu de gens admettent leurs erreurs. Few people will admit their faults.
Il était trop fatigué pour étudier. He was too tired to study.
Peu d'étudiants arrivent à lire le latin. Few students can read Latin.
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