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English to French translations [PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings | | English term or phrase: weaned on pickles | | People should be laughing more, instead of running around as though they’ve been weaned on pickles. |
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6 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +2 soupe à la grimace
Explanation:
Comme s'ils avaient été élevés à la soupe à la grimace
That would be the French equivalent to describe a sourpuss.
| jmleger
Local time: 06:38
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Asker: Hi
Thank you very much for your help. I really appreciate that you gave me an explanation for that expression. I checked in many books without success before posting this question. Cordialement Marc-André Dupont
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