Usage examples of "s'agir comme un idiot" in French with translation to English

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Si vous agissez comme un idiot, alors vous allez être traité comme tel. If you're going to act like an idiot, then you're going to be treated as one.
Il s'est comporté comme un idiot. He acted foolishly.
Si tu agis comme un idiot, tu dois être traité comme tel. If you act like a fool, you must be treated as such.
Je marche comme un idiot sous la pluie et tu n'es pas là. I walk in the rain like an idiot and you're not there.
Le jeune homme qui n'a pas pleuré est un sauvage et le vieil homme qui ne rit pas est un idiot. The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool.
Maintenant que tu es grand, tu ne dois pas te comporter comme un enfant. Now that you are grown up, you must not behave like a child.
Tu me prends pour un idiot ? Do you take me for a fool?
Le monde est comme un livre, ceux qui ne voyagent pas n'en lisent qu'une page. The world is like a book, and those who don't travel read only one page.
Je ne suis pas un idiot. I'm not an idiot.
Il ment comme un arracheur de dents. He is lying through his teeth.
Celui qui n'aime pas les femmes, le vin et les chansons, reste un idiot, de sa vie tout le long. He who loves not wine, woman and songs, remains a fool his whole life long.
Il sait nager comme un poisson. He is able to swim like a fish.
Je suis un idiot complet. I'm a complete idiot.
Il me traite toujours comme un enfant. He always treats me like a child.
Un idiot peut poser davantage de questions que dix sages ne peuvent y répondre. One idiot can ask more questions than ten wise men can answer.
Il fume comme un pompier et boit comme une outre. He smokes like a chimney and drinks like a fish.
Mon père est, pour ainsi dire, un idiot savant. My father is, so to speak, a learned fool.
Dans cette boîte, je me sentais comme un poisson hors de l'eau. I felt like a fish out of water at this firm.
Un idiot croit toujours que ce sont les autres qui sont des idiots. A fool always believes that it is the others who are fools.
Si tu te comportes comme un larbin, on te traite comme un larbin. If you behave like a flunkey, you're treated like a flunkey.
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