Usage examples of "frapper du pied" in French with translation to English

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Quand ma femme croise les bras et tape du pied, je sais qu'elle est en colère. When my wife crosses her arms and taps her foot I know she's angry.
Il toucha l'eau du pied. He touched the water with his foot.
Je me suis cassé un os du pied en faisant de l'exercice. I broke a bone in my foot while exercising.
On peut s'y rendre à pied. It's within walking distance.
Tom est entré dans la pièce sans frapper. Tom came into the room without knocking on the door.
Il m'a collé un coup de pied dans les roubignoles. He kicked me in the balls.
Elle s'est peut-être disputée avec lui, mais je ne pense pas qu'elle aurait pu le frapper. She may have argued with him, but I don't think she could have hit him.
Regarde où tu poses le pied. Watch your step.
J'ai failli ne pas pouvoir me retenir de le frapper. I barely restrained the impulse to strike him.
Je vais à l'école à pied. I go to school on foot.
Je voulais le frapper, mais il m'a fui. I wanted to hit him, but he ran away from me.
Certains des étudiants sont venus en bus, et d'autre à pied. Some of the students went by bus, and others on foot.
Nous ne pouvions pas l'arrêter de la frapper. We couldn't stop him from hitting her.
Peut-être que mon petit-enfant sera la première personne à poser le pied sur Mars. Maybe my grandchild will be the first person to set foot on Mars.
Une fois, quand j'étais allé chez mon ami Kawai, il tira avec un pistolet. Il pensait qu'il n'était pas chargé et il visa ma bouche, mais il l'était et la balle rasa mon oreille avant de frapper la garde-robe. Once, when I went to my friend Kawai's house, he fired a pistol. He thought it was not loaded and pointed it at my mouth, but it was and the bullet grazed my ear before hitting the closet.
D'où j'habite, on peut se rendre à pied à l'école. I live within walking distance of school.
Ce garçon a fait exprès de frapper son fils. That boy hit her child on purpose.
Pourquoi n'y allez-vous pas à pied ? Why don't you leg it?
Veuillez ne pas entrer dans la pièce sans frapper. Please do not enter the room without knocking.
Au pied de la colline se trouve un très joli lac. At the foot of the hill is a beautiful lake.
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