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la petite gourmande & stupéfiantes capacités buccales

English translation: fill her small greedy mouth according to her amazing oral abilities.


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04:12 Sep 29, 2010
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Journalism
French term or phrase: la petite gourmande & stupéfiantes capacités buccales
Comes from this sentence in an article about someone laughing with her mouth wide open:

.....surgirait afin de remplir la petite gourmande à la mesure de ses stupéfiantes capacités buccales.
Dani Translates
Local time: 14:33
English translation:fill her small greedy mouth according to her amazing oral abilities.
Explanation:
Or something along those lines, it's a sarcastic phallic reference.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-09-29 06:34:14 GMT)
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la petite gourmande = a girl with a love of food.
buccales = relates to the mouth and has a sexual connotation.
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xxxSMcG
Belgium
Local time: 20:33
Grading comment
Merci beaucoup
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1fill her small greedy mouth according to her amazing oral abilities.xxxSMcG


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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
fill her small greedy mouth according to her amazing oral abilities.


Explanation:
Or something along those lines, it's a sarcastic phallic reference.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-09-29 06:34:14 GMT)
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la petite gourmande = a girl with a love of food.
buccales = relates to the mouth and has a sexual connotation.

xxxSMcG
Belgium
Local time: 20:33
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 3
Grading comment
Merci beaucoup

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  xxxBourth: Especially if she has Botoxed lips. "With a love of food or something else" often but not necessarily involving the mouth.
59 mins
neutral  B D Finch: Isn't it a greedy little creature with a big mouth?
1 hr
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