Usage examples of "bouée au vent" in French with translation to English

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Une fille arrivait en courant, avec ses cheveux flottant au vent. A girl came running, with her hair streaming in the wind.
Prophétisez au vent, rien qu'au vent, car seul le vent entendra. Prophesy to the wind, to the wind only for only the wind will listen.
Les feuilles s'envolèrent au vent. The leaves blew away in the wind.
Un drapeau en lambeaux qui continue de flotter au vent. A tattered flag which continues to flutter in the wind.
La soutane du prêtre gonflait doucement au vent. The priest's cassock billowed gently in the wind.
Aussi longtemps qu'un ours est relativement inactif, et n'est pas exposé au vent, il ne brûle pas une quantité d'énergie excessive par temps froid. As long as a bear is relatively inactive, and is not exposed to wind, it does not burn excessive energy in cold weather.
Le drapeau se déploya au vent. The flag unfurled in the wind.
Prophétise au vent, au vent seulement, car seul le vent entendra. Prophesy to the wind, to the wind only for only the wind will listen.
Elle courut après moi, ses cheveux volant au vent. She ran up to me, her hair flying in the wind.
Elle se tenait sur le pont avec ses longs cheveux flottants au vent. She stood on the deck with her long hair waving in the wind.
L'écureuil avança contre le vent très fort. The squirrel advanced against the strong wind.
La bougie a été éteinte par le vent. The candle was blown out by the wind.
C'est un mauvais vent qui ne souffle rien de bon. It's an ill wind that blows no good.
Le vent souffle très fort. It is blowing very hard.
Le vent du Nord a soufflé toute la journée. The north wind held on all day.
Le vent souffle du nord. The wind is blowing from the north.
Le vent emporta son chapeau. She had her hat blown off by the wind.
Vous connaissez la phrase, "on récolte ce que l’on sème". Moi j’ai semé le vent maintenant voilà ma tempête. You know the phrase, we harvest, that which we sow. I have sown the wind and this is my storm.
Perdant son équilibre par une soudaine rafale de vent, le funambule tomba vers sa mort. Losing his balance from a sudden gust of wind, the tightrope walker fell to his death.
Le vent soufflait pourtant plus fort lorsque nous atteignîmes le sommet de la colline. The wind blew harder yet when we reached the top of the hill.
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