Usage examples of "tuer idée dans l'œuf" in French with translation to English

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J'ai l'intention d'enfoncer cette idée dans la tête des étudiants. I intend to hammer this idea into the student's heads.
Il poursuit la même idée dans tout ce pour quoi il prie. He follows the same idea in everything that he prays for.
Vous n'avez pas idée de la détresse dans laquelle elle était. You have no idea how distressed she was.
Il a failli se faire tuer dans l'accident. He barely missed being killed in the accident.
Je savais ce qu'il avait en tête, tout comme il savait ce que j'avais dans la mienne ; et tuer étant hors de question, nous fîmes ce qu'il y avait de mieux après ça. I knew what was in his mind, just as he knew what was in mine; and killing being out of the question, we did the next best.
« Qu'est-ce qu'il se passe dans la grotte ? Je suis curieux. » « Je n'en ai aucune idée. » "What's going on in the cave? I'm curious." "I have no idea."
"Qu'est-ce qu'il se passe dans la grotte ? Je me demande vraiment." "Je n'en ai pas la moindre idée". "What's going on in the cave? I'm curious." "I have no idea."
Il a été impliqué dans un accident de circulation. He was involved in a traffic accident.
Toi et moi avons la même idée. You and I have the same idea.
Ils vont me tuer. They're going to kill me.
Vous pensiez à quoi en laissant les loyalistes dans le château ? What do you think you're doing letting the loyalists into the castle?
Il lui vint une bonne idée. A good idea came to him.
Tuer la poule aux œufs d'or. Kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Il courut vers sa mère dans la bibliothèque. He ran to his mother in the library.
J'ai eu une bonne idée. I had a good idea.
On trouve toujours de l'argent quand il s’agit d’aller faire tuer des hommes sur la frontière ; il n’y en a plus quand il faut les sauver. Money's always to be found when we need to send men to be killed on the border; but there's none left when it comes time to help them.
Si tu ne connais pas la signification d'un mot, vérifie dans un dictionnaire. If you don't know the meaning of a word, look it up in a dictionary.
Je n'ai pas la moindre idée de ce que tu veux dire. I haven't the faintest idea what you mean.
J'ai besoin de médicament pour tuer la douleur. I need some medicine to kill the pain.
Comment c'est dans une école privée ? How is it in a private school?
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