Sentence examples of "chandelle sacrifice" in French
En Allemagne, il y a une superstition comme quoi si on allume une cigarette à l'aide d'une chandelle, un marin mourra en mer.
In Germany, there's a superstition that if you light a cigarette off a candle, a sailor will die at sea.
Je te dois une fière chandelle de m'avoir sorti de ce pétrin.
I owe you a big one for getting me out of the jam.
On dirait que je tiens la chandelle ici. Je dois m'en aller.
Seems like I'm the third wheel here. I should go.
Ne te brûle pas les doigts à moucher la chandelle d'autrui
Burn not thy fingers to snuff another man's candle
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