Sentence examples of "cou de canard farci" in French

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Il fait un froid de canard ce soir. It's awfully cold this evening.
Il a fait un froid de canard hier. It was terribly cold yesterday.
Il fait un froid de canard It is bitterly cold
La vache meugle, le coq chante, le cochon grouine, le canard cancane, et le chat miaule. The cow goes "moo," the rooster goes "cock-a-doodle-doo," the pig goes "oink, oink," the duck goes "quack, quack" and the cat goes "meow."
« C'est honteux! On devrait les noyer comme des chiennes, avec une pierre au cou. » "It's shameful! We should drown them like bitches, with a stone around their neck."
Il a préparé une sauce aux airelles pour accompagner le canard. He made a cranberry sauce to accompany duck.
Bientôt, je ne pus voir que son cou, flotter au-dessus des vagues. Soon, I could only see her neck floating above the waves.
La vache fait "meuh", le coq fait "cocorico", le cochon fait "groin, groin", le canard fait "coin, coin" et le chat fait "miaou". The cow goes "moo," the rooster goes "cock-a-doodle-doo," the pig goes "oink, oink," the duck goes "quack, quack" and the cat goes "meow."
Il tendit le cou dans l'espoir de surprendre ce qu'ils chuchotaient. He craned his neck a bit in hopes of hearing what they were whispering.
Tim est le vilain petit canard des Jones. Tim is the black sheep of the Jones' family.
Son long cou ressemble à celui d'un cheval. Its long neck resembles that of a horse.
Où est le canard en caoutchouc ? Where is the rubber duck?
Elle a une écharpe autour de son cou. She has a scarf around her neck.
Les commentateurs ont décrit le son des vuvuzelas comme "épuisant" et "satanique" et l'ont comparé avec "un troupeau d'éléphants en furie", "un amas assourdissant de sauterelles", "une chèvre allant à l'abattoir", "une gigantesque ruche remplie d'abeilles en furie", et à un "canard drogué aux amphétamines". Commentators have variously described the sound of vuvuzelas as "annoying" and "satanic" and compared it with "a stampede of noisy elephants", "a deafening swarm of locusts", "a goat on the way to slaughter", "a giant hive full of very angry bees", and "a duck on speed".
Bien que l'accident date déjà d'il y a six mois, mon cou me fait encore mal. Even though the accident was six months ago, my neck still hurts.
Ça casse pas trois pattes à un canard It's nothing to write home about
Un garçon qui avait vendu une vache à la foire de Hereford, fut pris en embuscade par un voleur de grand chemin, qui, à un endroit approprié, exigea l'argent ; sur ce, le garçon prit ses jambes à son cou et s'enfuit mais, étant rattrapé par le voleur, qui descendit de cheval, il sortit l'argent de sa poche et l'éparpilla autour, et tandis que le voleur le ramassait, le garçon sauta sur le cheval et galopa jusqu'à chez lui. A boy having sold a cow at the fair at Hereford, was way-laid by a highwayman, who at a convenient place demanded the money; on this the boy took to his heels and ran away but being overtaken by the highwayman, who dismounted, he pulled the money out of his pocket and strewed it about, and while the highwayman was picking it up, the boy jumped upon the horse and rode home.
Il m'a attrapé par le cou. He caught me by the neck.
Il prit ses jambes à son cou en voyant le policier. He took to his heels when he saw a policeman.
La fille a un foulard autour du cou. The girl has a scarf around her neck.
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