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il a bon dos	His back is broad enough to stand a good deal.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
il est sur le flanc	He is laid up, on his back.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
il lui a rendu la monnaie de sa pièce	He paid him back in his own coin.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
il n'a garde de venir	He will take care to keep away; There is no chance of his coming.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
il n'a pas cédé, il a tenu bon	He did not give away, he stuck to it.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
il s'en alla tout à coup	He went away suddenly, abruptly.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
il s'est donné un tour de reins	He sprained his back.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
il se retira l'oreille basse	He went away crestfallen.\nHe went away with his tail between his legs.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
il sèche sur pied	He is pining away.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
il tomba les quatre fers en l'air	(lit.) He fell on his back; (fig.) He was struck all of a heap.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
in the sticks	A long distance away from anywhere of importance.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
in viam reducere aliquem	to bring a person back to the right way.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
inter manus auferre aliquem	to carry some one away in one's arms.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
iracundia efferri	to be carried away by one's anger.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
je lui ai mis la puce à l'oreille	I made him feel uneasy (by rousing his suspicions, etc.); I sent him away with a flea in his ear.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
je lui ai rendu le change	I paid him back in his own coin.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
jog on	go away, fuck off	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep oneself to oneself	To be introverted; to stay away from others.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
kick against the pricks	To kick back (of an animal etc.) against being goaded	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
kick it	To kick back.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
l'eau qui tombe goutte à goutte cave la pierre	Dropping water will wear away a stone.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
la goutte d'eau qui fait déborder le vase	the straw that broke the camel's back	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
la nuit tous les chats sont gris	At night one may easily be mistaken; At night beauty is of no account; When candles are away, all cats are grey.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
lâcher pied	1. To lose ground. 2. To scamper away.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
le chat parti les souris dansent	When the cat’s away the mice will play.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
le chat parti, les souris dansent	when the cat's away the mice will play	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
le vin est tiré, il faut le boire	You have gone too far now to draw back; In for a penny, in for a pound.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
lead off	The short distance that a player stands away from their current base.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
leave you into the dirt	Someone pushes you away, and forgets you.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
les jeux sont faits	Things have reached an irreversible point; you cannot go back now that you have done something.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
les jeux sont faits	Things have reached an irreversible point; you cannot go back now that you have done something.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
les observations glissent sur lui comme sur une cuirasse	Blame slips off him as water off a duck’s back.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
libidine ferri	to be carried away by one's passions.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
lick one's wounds	He's just off licking his wounds. He'll be back to try again.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
light out	To run away.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
lighten up	To ease up; back off; slow down.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
like rats from a sinking ship	Quickly but in futility, away from a failing project	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
long absent, soon forgotten	Love fades away when people are distant and don't keep close physical contact.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
long arm	A pole tool used for handling things too far away to reach.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
longe, alte (longius, altius) repetere (either absolute or ab aliqua re)	to go a long way back (in narrative).	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
make a break for it	To attempt to escape; to flee; to run away.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
make a leg	To make a deep bow with the right leg drawn back.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
make a run for it	To attempt to escape; to flee; to run away.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
make it up to	to pay back, to return someone a previous good deed.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
make oneself scarce	To leave or depart, or to avoid or stay away.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
make tracks	To leave or depart; to go away.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
mettre la clef sous la porte	To run away from one’s creditors; “To bolt.”	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
navem retro inhibere (Att. 13. 21)	to back water.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
ne voilà-t-il pas qu'il est revenu	Who should come back but he?	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
never breathed a word	Keep secrets, never give away any sense of the situation.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)

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