Usage examples of "collier de chien" in French with translation to English

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Elle essaya de le persuader de lui acheter un collier de perles. She tried to persuade him to buy her a pearl necklace.
Elle n'avait qu'à user de son regard de chien battu pour que je sois son serviteur dévoué. She just had to use her Puss-In-Boots look and I was her devoted servant.
J'ai donné un collier de perles à ma sœur pour son anniversaire. I gave my sister a pearl necklace on her birthday.
Il a marché dans une merde de chien. He stepped into dog doo.
Elle porte un collier de prix. She is wearing an expensive necklace.
Je ne veux pas ramasser de la merde de chien. I don't wanna clean up dog shit.
Il fait un temps de chien What horrible weather.
Je n'ai jamais vu de chien aussi gros. I've never seen so big a dog.
Jusqu'à ce jour, je n'avais jamais consommé de viande de chien. Until that day, I had never eaten dog meat.
Il n'y a pas de chien plus grand que celui-ci. There is no dog which is bigger than this one.
Vous ne trouverez pas de chien plus gros que celui-ci. You won't find a dog bigger than this one.
Jusqu'à ce jour-là, je n'avais jamais mangé de viande de chien. Until that day, I had never eaten dog meat.
Je me demandais juste quel type de chien tu as à la maison. I was just wondering what kind of pets you have at home.
Tu ne trouveras pas de chien plus gros que celui-ci. You won't find a dog bigger than this one.
Il vit une vie de chien. He's leading a dog's life.
Il devint tellement gros que son collier ne lui allait plus. He got so stout that his collar did not meet.
Ton chien t'a-t-il jamais mordue ? Has your dog ever bitten you?
Celui qui donne un coup de pied à la colonne, qui se trouve sur le pont, qui passe sur la rivière, qui coule dans le village, dans lequel demeure l'homme, qui possède le collier, qui détient des pouvoirs magiques qui réalisent des miracles, va mourir. He, who kicks the pillar that stands on the bridge that leads over the river that flows through the village, in which lives the man, who owns the collar that bestows magical powers that perform miracles, dies.
Ce chien est le tien. This dog is yours.
C'est le même collier que celui que j'ai perdu hier. This is the same necklace as that I lost yesterday.
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