Sentence examples of "canon à corbeaux" in French

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Faites jouer du canon à l'approche de l'ennemi. Bring the guns into play when the enemy approaches us.
Le son d'un baiser n'est pas aussi fort que celui d'un canon, mais son écho dure beaucoup plus longtemps. The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a deal longer.
À la famille des corbeaux appartiennent le corbeau proprement dit, la corneille et la pie. To the crow family belong the raven, the rook and the magpie.
La poudre à canon doit être manipulée avec beaucoup de précautions. Gunpowder needs to be handled very carefully.
Il ne sied pas de prêcher parmi les corbeaux. It's not fitting to preach among the ravens.
Les Étasuniens ne disposaient que de très peu de poudre à canon. The Americans had very little gunpowder.
Deux corbeaux volent dans le ciel. Two crows are flying in the sky.
Pote pote les carottes, à la place des tomates, boule de canon tu fiches le camp ! Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, catch a tiger by his toe, if he hollers let him go, eeny, meeny, miny, moe. My mother told me to catch the very best one and you are not it.
Les corbeaux apprécient la ville de Tokyo parce qu'il y fait plus chaud que dans les banlieues et que c'est plus éclairé la nuit. Crows like Tokyo because it is warmer in the city than in the suburbs, and it's bright at night.
Elle est canon, mec ! Dude, she's hot!
Les corbeaux fouillent souvent les ordures. Crows often fish through garbage.
Vous avez une amie canon. You've got a cute friend.
T'as une amie canon. You've got a cute friend.
On dit que ce canon est très puissant. This gun is reportedly very powerful.
Les soldats espagnols utilisaient de la poudre à canon qui ne produit pas de fumée. The Spanish soldiers used smokeless gunpowder.
Ne jamais utiliser de canon pour tuer une mouche. Never use a cannon to kill a fly.
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