Usage examples of "fous" in French with translation to English

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Ils sont fous, ces Romains ! They're crazy, those Romans!
Nous sommes tous nés fous. We are all born mad.
Je me fous de mon CV. I don't give a damn about my CV.
Les fous se précipitent là où les anges craignent de mettre les pieds. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Les matérialistes et les fous n'ont jamais de doutes. Materialists and madmen never have doubts.
Je pense que nous sommes tous un peu fous. I think we're all a bit crazy.
Dans un monde fou, seuls les fous sont sains d'esprit. In a mad world only the mad are sane.
Qu'est-ce que tu fous bordel ? What the hell are you doing?
Il y a plus de fous que de sages, et dans le sage même, il y a plus de folie que de sagesse. There are more fools than wise men, and even in wise man there is more folly than wisdom.
Ils doivent être fous pour croire à de telles absurdités. They must be crazy to believe such nonsense.
Franchement, ma chère, je m'en fous ! Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn!
Les femmes courent après les fous ; elles fuient les sages comme des animaux venimeux. Women chase crazy men; they flee from the wise ones as if they were poisonous beasts.
Qu'est-ce que tu fous avec ça ? What the hell are you going to do with it?
Je m'en fous comme de l'an quarante. I don't care a bean.
Je m'en fous, du moment que tu es heureux. I don't care as long as you are happy.
Es-tu fou ou quoi ? Are you crazy, or what?
Es-tu devenu complètement fou ? Have you gone completely mad?
J'en ai rien à foutre. I don't give a shit about it.
Il n'est pas fou. He is no fool.
Un fou n'est pas redevable de ses actions. A madman is not accountable for his actions.
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