Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
tomber dans son escarcelle
English translation:
will pocket ...
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B D Finch
Dec 14, 2009 09:46
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French term
Mauritius
Meticulous, hard-working and dedicated
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: French to English, English to French
tomber dans son escarcelle
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Même si cette crainte d'un texte prêt postérieurement au Mondial 2010 nest pas à écarter, les enjeux financiers sont trop importants, pour les opérateurs comme pour l'Etat qui va voir enfin des taxes substantielles tomber dans son escarcelle, ce qui dans la période budgétaire actuelle n'est pas anodin.
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Dec 14, 2009 10:09: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Field (specific)" from "Gaming/Video-games/E-sports" to "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings"
Dec 21, 2009 09:43: B D Finch Created KOG entry
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will pocket ...
The State will end up pocketing substantial tax revenues.
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Comment: "Merci BD, et merci a tous."
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come its way
OR fall into its lap
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John Peterson
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Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English to French, Turkish to English, and 1 more.
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where the country's coffers can expect to benefit from the major tax revenues that will be generated
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B D Finch
: While I realise that a state doesn't have pockets, is attributing expectation to coffers an anthropomorphism too far?
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probably not - it crops up quite often in tax-related discussions as a reference to the tax/treasury authorities.
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a couple of other suggestions
"...will rake in tax dollars..."
"...will reap tax revenues," or perhaps "reap a bonanza in tax revenues"
"...will reap tax revenues," or perhaps "reap a bonanza in tax revenues"
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Sébastien GUITTENY
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France
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France
Tempus fugit sic carpe diem
Native in: French
Works in: French to English, English to French
the State is going, at least, to bring in substantial taxes
faire tomber dans son escarcelle : to bring in
(un peu simple, mais le français est plus alambiqué que l'anglais. La définition de Lexilogos semble aller à l'essentiel.)
(C'est d'argent dont ils parlent, et pas autre chose, apparemment)
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Note added at 1 day3 hrs (2009-12-15 13:33:52 GMT)
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Désolé pour la coquille sur "enfin", c'est "at last" et non "at least", qui signifie "au moins".
(un peu simple, mais le français est plus alambiqué que l'anglais. La définition de Lexilogos semble aller à l'essentiel.)
(C'est d'argent dont ils parlent, et pas autre chose, apparemment)
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Note added at 1 day3 hrs (2009-12-15 13:33:52 GMT)
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Désolé pour la coquille sur "enfin", c'est "at last" et non "at least", qui signifie "au moins".
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