Usage examples of "à cheval" in French with translation to English

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Il aime sortir à cheval. He likes to go out on horseback.
Non, ma chérie, tu ferais mieux d'y aller à cheval. No, my dear, you had better go on horseback.
Je sais monter à cheval. I can ride a horse.
Il est très à cheval sur les principes. He is a stickler for principles.
Pouvez-vous monter à cheval ? Can you ride a horse?
Je veux monter à cheval. I want to ride a horse.
Savez-vous monter à cheval ? Can you ride a horse?
Monter à cheval est très marrant. Riding a horse is great fun.
Vous êtes incapable de monter à cheval. You can't ride a horse.
Il nous a montré comment monter à cheval. He showed us how to ride a horse.
Elle ne put le convaincre de monter à cheval. She couldn't convince him to ride a horse.
La construction fut réalisée à cheval sur deux siècles. The construction straddled two centuries.
À cheval donné on ne regarde pas la bride. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Elle n'a pas pu le convaincre de monter à cheval. She couldn't convince him to ride a horse.
À cheval donné, on ne regarde pas la bouche Never look a gift horse in the mouth
À cheval donné on ne regarde pas les dents Don't look a gift horse in the mouth
Peux-tu monter un cheval ? Can you ride a horse?
Une fois que le cheval s'est enfui, c'est trop tard pour fermer la porte de l'écurie. It is too late to shut the stable-door after the horse has bolted.
Je parle espagnol à Dieu, italien aux femmes, français aux hommes et allemand à mon cheval. I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse.
La lieue a comme origine la distance que peut parcourir un homme ou un cheval en une heure. The league originally referred to the distance a person or a horse could walk in an hour.
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