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wipe out

French translation: avait presque ruiné

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English term or phrase:wipe out
French translation:avait presque ruiné
Entered by: Michel Mullejans

05:29 Mar 10, 2007
English to French translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
English term or phrase: wipe out
"The cost of financing the project **had nearly wiped Tom out*** as the total number of interest payments made over the time period had cost him far more than he had anticipated."

Merci d'avance !
Boris Tsikel (X)
Canada
Local time: 15:12
avait presque ruiné
Explanation:
Le coût du financement du projet avait partiquement ruiné Tom...
Une expression à rapprocher de cette expression idiomatique serait « lessivé »...

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Note added at 6 mins (2007-03-10 05:36:22 GMT)
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pratiquement, et non « partiquement »...
Selected response from:

Michel Mullejans
United States
Local time: 12:12
Grading comment
C'est exactement ce qu'il me fallait, merci !
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +11avait presque ruiné
Michel Mullejans
4 +1ruiner
Raymonde Gagnier
4l'avait presque mis à sec (lessivé)
Peter LEGUIE
4l'avait à peu près asséché
Euqinimod (X)


  

Answers


5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +11
avait presque ruiné


Explanation:
Le coût du financement du projet avait partiquement ruiné Tom...
Une expression à rapprocher de cette expression idiomatique serait « lessivé »...

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Note added at 6 mins (2007-03-10 05:36:22 GMT)
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pratiquement, et non « partiquement »...

Michel Mullejans
United States
Local time: 12:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
C'est exactement ce qu'il me fallait, merci !

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ghyslaine LE NAGARD
14 mins
  -> Merci !
agree  Merline
27 mins
  -> Merci !
agree  Magali Brazier
1 hr
  -> Merci !
agree  Assimina Vavoula
1 hr
  -> Merci !
agree  gabuss
2 hrs
  -> Merci !
agree  Frederic Jacquier-Calbet
4 hrs
  -> Merci !
agree  cjohnstone
4 hrs
  -> Merci !
agree  Cl Te (X)
5 hrs
  -> Merci !
agree  xuebai
7 hrs
  -> Merci !
agree  Olga Cartlidge
1 day 11 hrs
  -> Merci, Olga !
agree  Karim Oualladi
1 day 12 hrs
  -> Merci !
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
ruiner


Explanation:
'Le coût de financement du projet avait presque ruiné Tom...."
ou "avait failli ruiner Tom..."
"Le coût de financement du projet avait presque mis Tom sur la paille..."
(plus familier)."avait failli mettre Tom sur la paille..."


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Note added at 13 minutes (2007-03-10 05:42:56 GMT)
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Michel a été plus rapide que moi pour ruiner... :-) Oups!

Raymonde Gagnier
Canada
Local time: 15:12
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  xuebai: "avait presque mis Tom sur la paille" Je prefere cette expression familiere.
7 hrs
  -> Merci Xuebai!
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
l'avait presque mis à sec (lessivé)


Explanation:
Rather familiar, but so is the initial sentence.

Peter LEGUIE
Local time: 21:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 135
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
l'avait à peu près asséché


Explanation:
Le Grand Robert de la langue française indique qu'assécher signifie par métaphore "vider d'argent".

Euqinimod (X)
Local time: 21:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 120
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