Usage examples of "faire barbe" in French with translation to English

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Tu as déjà de la barbe ? Have you got a beard already?
Faire ce genre de chose vous fait paraître stupide. Doing that sort of thing makes you look stupid.
Les élèves rirent dans leur barbe en voyant que le professeur avait mis son pull à l'envers. The students laughed under their breath when they saw that the teacher had put on his sweater backwards.
Tom ne pourrait pas faire une telle chose. Tom couldn't do something like that.
T'es-tu déjà laissé pousser la barbe ? Have you ever grown a beard?
Êtes-vous sûr qu'elle peut faire ça ? Are you sure she can do this?
Ma barbe pousse rapidement. My beard grows quickly.
N'as-tu rien à faire de mieux de ton temps ? Don't you have anything better to do with your time?
Si un philosophe n'a pas une longue barbe blanche, je ne lui fais pas confiance. If a philosopher doesn't have a long, white beard, I don't trust him.
Que penses-tu qu'elle soit maintenant en train de faire ? What do you think she is doing now?
Il est presqu'impossible de porter à travers la foule le flambeau de la vérité sans roussir ici et là une barbe. It is almost impossible to bear the torch of truth through a crowd without singeing somebody’s beard.
Vous êtes un très bon secrétaire. Si vous ne vous étiez pas occupé de tout, je n'aurais rien pu faire. Vous êtes formidable. You are a really good secretary. If you didn't take care of everything, I couldn't do anything. You are just great.
Je connais cet Allemand avec une longue barbe. I know that German with a long beard.
Tu dois à ceux qui dépendent de toi de le faire. You owe it to those who are dependent upon you to do this.
Il a laissé pousser sa barbe pour avoir l'air plus mûr. He grew a beard to look more mature.
J'aime faire des tours de magie aux enfants, mais parfois ça tombe à plat. I like to perform magic tricks for kids, but they sometimes fall flat.
C'est peut-être parce qu'il a une barbe qu'il semble effrayant à première vue, mais en fait c'est un homme très gentil. Possibly because he's got a beard, he looks scary at first glance but he's really a kind man.
Nous ferions mieux d'en faire part aux autres. We better tell the others.
Le gérant de ce magasin se fait pousser la barbe. The manager of this store is growing a beard.
Tu aurais dû ainsi faire. You should have done so.
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