Usage examples of "sans tambour ni trompette" in French with translation to English

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Ce tambour produit un son très étrange. That drum has a very strange sound.
L'hamamélis de Virginie resserre les pores sans dessécher la peau. Witch hazel tightens pores without drying skin.
Une trompette est un instrument de musique. The trumpet is a musical instrument.
Le tambour est le seigneur de la musique. Drum is the lord of music.
Elle peut dire le mensonge le plus éhonté sans ciller. She can tell the most outrageous lie without batting an eye.
Je joue de la trompette dans un orchestre symphonique d'instruments à vent. I play trumpet in a symphonic wind orchestra.
Dans les années soixante-dix, le comité de la censure de l'Ontario interdit le film « Le Tambour » d'après le roman de Günter Grass, mais les médias trouvèrent cela stupide et donc la Société Radio-Canada, SRC, montra les scènes offensantes ce soir-là, d'une côte à l'autre, dans le journal national. In the 1970’s the Ontario Censor Board banned the film "The Tin Drum" from the Günter Grass novel, but the media found this silly, and so the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation CBC, showed the offending scene that night from coast to coast on the national news.
Il a accepté le poste sans trop y réfléchir. He took the job without giving it much thought.
Ted aime jouer de la trompette. Ted likes playing the trumpet.
J'entends le tambour. I hear the drum.
Il a démissionné sans préavis. He quit without notice.
La quantité de temps que tu consacres à pratiquer la trompette est à ta discrétion. The amount of time you spend practicing the trumpet is up to you.
Ce qui vient de la flûte, s'en retourne au tambour. That which is easily acquired is easily lost.
Je ne peux pas écouter cette chanson sans repenser à l'époque où j'étais au lycée. I can not hear that song without thinking of my high school days.
Vas-tu essayer de jouer de la trompette ? Will you try to play the trumpet?
Il marche au rythme d'un autre tambour. He marches to the beat of a different drummer.
Il va sans dire que fumer est mauvais pour votre santé. It goes without saying that smoking is bad for the health.
Je l'ai souvent entendu jouer la mélodie à la trompette. I often heard him playing the melody on the trumpet.
C'est très frustrant d'essayer de retrouver ses lunettes quand on ne voit rien sans lunettes. It's very frustrating to try to find your glasses when you can't see anything without glasses.
La somme de temps que vous consacrez à pratiquer la trompette est à votre discrétion. The amount of time you spend practicing the trumpet is up to you.
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