les grands maillent le terrain
English translation: the big boys control the market
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peer agreement (net): +1the big boys control the market Explanation: Citizens Budget Campaign ... Monopoly means putting small businesses into bankruptcy. Once the big boys control the market, forget competition from keeping prices low. ... www.thomasmertoncenter.org/The_New_People/July-August2002/C... - 9k - Cached |
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There is no more room for the small companies;the bigger firms cover the market by networking Explanation: Maillage means to mark in squares for a total control or covering. In this context the bigger firms run ( dominate) the market by networking. |
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41 mins confidence:
the large ones have it covered. Explanation: idiomatic |
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the majors / big ones occupy the field Explanation: To occupy: To fill up (time or space); To seize possession of and maintain control over by or as if by conquest. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language occupy the whole of (WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University) |
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the big firms trump.... Explanation: the big firms trump the smaller ones or the big firms play their trump card and win over the smaller ones. |
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the big fish block the field (with a net) Explanation: The small fish no longer gets through, the big fish blocks the field (with a net). The small guys no longer get through, the big ones block the field (with a net). II. V. intr. 1. PÊCHE. En parlant d'un filet. Retenir le poisson. Un filet qui ne maille pas, aux mailles trop petites pour que le poisson s'y engage. Se dit aussi des poissons qui se prennent aux mailles du filet. La sardine ne maille pas quand l'eau est trop claire. The small fish no longer gets through [because] the big fish catches/holds the terrain/field with a net. The central idea is that the net retains the fish so that the way to get through is blocked. I used fish as my first choice as the subject because, in English, we often compare big fish and little fish. "A big fish in a little pond; a little fish in a big pond." But guys also works as a general way to speak of a group. Reference: http://atilf.atilf.fr/Dendien/scripts/generic/cherche.exe?22... |
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Big nets keep the minnows out Explanation: I just thought this would be a funny, catchy headline. I think a shorter title works better. |
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