Usage examples of "excuse vaseuse" in French with translation to English

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Dire que vous ne pouvez pas faire le travail parce que vous êtes trop occupés est une excuse bidon. Saying you can't do the job because you're too busy is just a cop out.
Peu importe quelle excuse il me donne, je ne peux pas lui pardonner. It doesn't matter what excuse he gives me, I can't forgive him.
Quoi ? ! Tu n'as pas fait tes devoirs parce qu'il y avait un match de foot, mais c'est pas une excuse ça ! What?! You didn't do your homework because of a soccer match? That's no excuse!
Je n'arrive pas à trouver une bonne excuse pour mon retard chez le dentiste. I can't come up with a good excuse for being late for the dentist.
C'est une excuse à deux balles. That's a cheap cop-out.
Je n'ai pas de collection de timbres, mais j'ai une collection de cartes postales du Japon que je pourrais prendre comme excuse pour l'inviter chez moi. I don't have a stamp collection, but I have a Japanese postcard collection that I could use as an excuse to invite him.
Dire que tu ne peux pas faire le travail parce que tu es trop occupé est une excuse bidon. Saying you can't do the job because you're too busy is just a cop out.
Dire que vous ne pouvez pas faire le travail parce que vous êtes trop occupée est une excuse bidon. Saying you can't do the job because you're too busy is just a cop out.
Elle trouva une excuse pour être en retard. She made an excuse for being late.
Dire que vous ne pouvez pas faire le travail parce que vous êtes trop occupées est une excuse bidon. Saying you can't do the job because you're too busy is just a cop out.
Il n'y a aucune excuse à tes actes. There is no excuse for your actions.
Il inventa une excuse pour son retard. He invented an excuse for being late.
Dire que tu ne peux pas faire le travail parce que tu es trop occupée est une excuse bidon. Saying you can't do the job because you're too busy is just a cop out.
Comment as-tu trouvé une si bonne excuse ? How did you come up with such a good excuse?
Il a inventé une excuse. He made up an excuse.
Il fournit une excuse pour son absence. He excused his absence.
Dire que vous ne pouvez pas faire le travail parce que vous êtes trop occupé est une excuse bidon. Saying you can't do the job because you're too busy is just a cop out.
Je m'en excuse. I apologize for this.
Crois-moi, cette excuse ne passera pas. Believe me, that excuse ain't gonna fly.
Il concocta une bonne excuse pour ne pas venir à la fête. He cooked up a good excuse for not going to the party.
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