Usage examples of "oiseau - mouche" in French with translation to English

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Qui se sent morveux, qu'il se mouche... If the shoe fits....
Nous avons vu cet oiseau quand nous avons visité Okinawa. We saw the bird when we visited Okinawa.
Il s'est fait un silence absolu. On aurait pu entendre une mouche voler. There came a complete silence. You could hear a pin drop.
J'ai trouvé un oiseau dont une aile était sévèrement endommagée. I found a bird whose wing was severely damaged.
Une mouche peut marcher sur le plafond. A fly can walk on the ceiling.
Je souhaiterais être un oiseau. I wish I were a bird.
Elle prit la mouche. She stormed off in a huff.
Un oiseau peut voler. A bird can fly.
Ne jamais utiliser de canon pour tuer une mouche. Never use a cannon to kill a fly.
Un petit oiseau me l'a dit. A little bird told me.
Je vis une mouche au plafond. I saw a fly on the ceiling.
En rentrant à la maison, j'ai vu un oiseau blanc. I saw a white bird on my way home.
Il est dur d'écraser une mouche à mains nues. It's hard to swat a fly with your bare hand.
J'aurais aimé être un oiseau. I wish I were a bird.
Elle ne peut même pas faire de mal à une mouche. She can't even harm a fly.
Le pingouin est un oiseau qui ne peut pas voler. A penguin is a bird that cannot fly.
Il y a une mouche dans le café. There is a fly in the coffee.
Un oiseau chante sur l'arbre. A bird is singing in the tree.
Il ne ferait pas de mal à une mouche. He is harmless as a dove.
Un oiseau a des ailes. A bird has wings.
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