Usage examples of "à chacun selon son mérite" in French with translation to English

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À chacun le sien. To each his own.

Nous achèterons une voiture à chacun. We’ll buy one car for each.

Je leur ai acheté un cadeau à chacun. I bought them each a present.

Elle donna deux pommes à chacun des enfants. She gave the children two apples each.

Le chef d'établissement serra la main à chacun des élèves reçus. The principal shook hands with each of the graduating pupils.

Je ne puis que recommander à chacun de s'octroyer trois jours pour apprendre le toki pona. I can only recommend that everyone give themselves three days to learn Toki Pona.

Alors, cette enfant de quatorze ans apprit, comme dans un devoir, ce que l'on cache aux vierges jusqu'à la nuit des noces. Elle feuilletait les planches de l'Anatomie, ces planches superbes d'une réalité saignante; elle s'arrêtait à chacun des organes, pénétrait les plus secrets, ceux dont on a fait la honte de l'homme et de la femme. Then, this child of fourteen years learned, as in a homework, that which we hide to maidens until their wedding night. She flipped through the drawings of the anatomy book, those superb drawings of a bloody reality. She paused upon each organ, understanding the most secret of them, those upon which is built the shame of men and women.

À chacun sa chacune. Every Jack must have his Jill.

Le directeur serra la main à chacun des diplômés. The principal shook hands with each of the graduates.

Il a donné un crayon à chacun d'eux. He gave each of them a pencil.

Il n'y a pas de raison pour laquelle, dans une société qui est parvenue au niveau général de richesse que la nôtre a atteint, le premier niveau de sécurité ne puisse pas être garanti à tous, sans mettre en péril la liberté de tous. (...) Il ne peut y avoir de doute qu'un minimum de nourriture, d'abri et de vêtements, suffisants pour préserver la santé et la capacité de travailler, peut être assuré à chacun. There is no reason why in a society which has reached the general level of wealth which ours has attained the first kind of security should not be guaranteed to all without endangering general freedom. (...) there can be no doubt that some minimum of food, shelter and clothing, sufficient to preserve health and the capacity to work, can be assured to everybody.

À chacun sa vérité To each his truth

Il est bien vrai que celui qui rend à chacun le sien par crainte du gibet agit par le commandement d'autrui et est contraint par le mal qu'il redoute ; on ne peut pas dire qu'il soit juste : mais celui qui rend à chacun le sien parce qu'il connaît la vraie raison des lois et leur nécessité agit en constant accord avec lui-même et par son propre décret, non par le décret d'autrui ; il mérite donc d'être appelé juste. In truth, a man who renders everyone their due because he fears the gallows, acts under the sway and compulsion of others, and cannot be called just. But a man who does the same from a knowledge of the true reason for laws and their necessity, acts from a firm purpose and of his own accord, and is therefore properly called just.

À chacun son dû To every man his due

Selon une légende, cela tire son nom d'un prêtre. According to one legend, it gets its name from a priest.

Qu'est-ce qui, selon vous, a causé la perte de son emploi ? What do you think caused him to lose his job?

Chacun son goût To each his own taste

Elle avait un air sans prétention qui mettait chacun à son aise. She had an unassuming air that put everyone at ease.

Chacun à son métier doit toujours s'attacher. Everyone should always attach oneself to one's trade.

Tous les garçons ont parlé, chacun à son tour. All the boys spoke each in turn.

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