Usage examples of "s'appuyer aux cordes" in French with translation to English

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Dès que j'ai quitté la maison, il a commencé à pleuvoir des cordes. I had no sooner left the house than it began to rain hard.
Il tourna le dos aux vieilles traditions. He turned his back on the old traditions.
Il pleut des cordes ce soir. It is raining hard tonight.
Les immeubles sont petits comparés aux gratte-ciel de New York. The buildings are small in comparison with the skyscrapers in New York.
Un parapluie est utile quand il ne pleut pas beaucoup, mais quand il pleut des cordes il n'a que peu d'utilité. An umbrella is useful in a mild rain, but when it rains cats and dogs an umbrella is of little help.
Un unique rayon de lumière brillait à travers une fissure de la fenêtre aux volets fermés. A single ray of sunlight shone through a chink in the shuttered window.
Il a plu des cordes hier matin. It rained hard yesterday morning.
J'aime faire des tours de magie aux enfants, mais parfois ça tombe à plat. I like to perform magic tricks for kids, but they sometimes fall flat.
Je m'y rendrai, même s'il pleut des cordes. I'll go even if it rains heavily.
Nous ferions mieux d'en faire part aux autres. We better tell the others.
Il pleut des cordes dehors. It's raining buckets outside.
Elle le regarda, le sourire aux lèvres. She looked at him with a smile on her face.
Il pleuvait des cordes, mais elle insista pour aller faire un tour en voiture. It was raining hard, but she insisted on going for a drive.
Même en portant un complet Armani et en conduisant une Jaguar, à la fin on est pareils aux fourmis. On bouge, on bouge et on meurt sans raison. Even if we wear an Armani suite or drive a Jaguar, in the end we're the same as ants. We move and move pointlessly and then we die.
Il pleut des cordes. It's raining cats and dogs.
J'ai ri aux éclats en le voyant. I burst out laughing when I saw him.
Il y a des cordes tout autour de l'endroit. Ropes surround the place.
Nombreux sont convaincus qu'il est imperméable aux conseils. Many are convinced that he is resistant to advice.
Ce n'est pas dans mes cordes It's not my line
Je préfère les bananes aux pommes. I prefer bananas rather than apples.
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