Translation of "brin de paille" to English

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Dictionary translations for "brin de paille"

le brin de paille m noun

pl. brins de paille

wisp of straw (groupe nominal, botanique)

Contexts with "brin de paille"

Je suis très attaché à ce vieux chapeau de paille. I am very much attached to this old straw hat.

À Hokkaido, ils font des chevaux de paille. In Hokkaido, they make horses of straw.

Un homme de paille vaut une femme en or. A man of straw is worth a woman of gold.

N'est-ce pas un simple feu de paille ? Isn't that just a brush fire?

Elle ne va pas bien ? Elle semble être un brin déprimée. What's wrong with her? She's looking kind of blue.

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