Usage examples of "comme de bien entendu" in French with translation to English

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De nos jours, l’Amérique et nous, avons vraiment tout en commun, à l’exception de la langue, bien entendu. We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language.
Père est quelqu'un de bien. Father is a good person.
Il disait que parler le mandarin est comme de manger de l'ananas. Ça le démange partout. He said that speaking Chinese is like eating pineapple. It makes him itchy all over.
Qui est plus utile, le soleil ou la lune ? La lune, bien entendu, elle brille quand il fait noir, alors que le soleil brille uniquement quand il fait clair. What's more useful, the sun or the moon? The moon, of course, it shines when it's dark, but the sun only shines when there's light.
Je lui dis constamment de bien se comporter. I'm constantly telling her to behave herself.
Je m'en fous comme de l'an quarante. I don't care a bean.
Nous avons réellement, de nos jours, tout en commun avec l'Amérique, hormis, bien entendu, la langue. We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language.
Marie demanda à son fils de bien se comporter. Mary asked her son to behave himself.
Le gouvernement cherche des moyens de surveiller les discussions en ligne traitant de sujets politiques afin de corriger ce qu'il perçoit comme de la désinformation. The government is looking for ways to monitor online chatter about political issues and correct what it perceives as misinformation.
Bien entendu, une autre explication à cette situation est qu'il est plus difficile d'apprendre le chinois que l'anglais. Of course, another explanation of this situation is that Chinese is harder to learn than English.
Se faire du souci ne fait jamais de bien. Worrying never does you any good.
L'amour est comme de l'oxygène. Love is like oxygen.
Fumer te fait davantage de mal que de bien. Smoking does you more harm than good.
Assister et encourager l'ennemi est considéré comme de la trahison. Aiding and abetting the enemy is considered treason.
La pluie a causé de gros dégâts à la récolte, plutôt qu'elle lui a fait quoi que ce soit de bien. Rather than doing any good, the rain did a great deal of harm to the crop.
Il change d'avis comme de chemise. He changes his opinions one after another.
Je suis quelqu'un de bien. I'm a nice guy.
On aime sa mère presque sans le savoir, sans le sentir, car cela est naturel comme de vivre. We love our mother almost without knowing it, without feeling it, as it is as natural as to live.
Mais je suis capable de bien cuisiner. But I am able to cook well.
La vie, c'est comme de lécher du miel sur un cactus. Life is like licking honey off a cactus.
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