bar, lock, stock and barrel

French translation: il a cedé son bar dans sa totalité

20:28 May 21, 2005
English to French translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Media / Multimedia / Movies
English term or phrase: bar, lock, stock and barrel
Il s'agit d'un film dont la traduction est Arnaques, crimes et botanique.

Comment traduire cette expression dans la phrase suivante :
Eddy’s dad, JD (Sting) can cancel the debt by handing over his bar, lock, stock and barrel to his old adversary, Harry

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Local time: 11:30
French translation:il a cedé son bar dans sa totalité
Explanation:
je laisse aux francophones de trouver une expression plus argotique, mais c'est le sens
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3 +2il a cedé son bar dans sa totalité
writeaway
4 +1en laissant son bar, jusqu'à la dernière bouteille, à...
Hepburn
5lui refiler son bar et tout le bataclan
Maurice Thibaux
4everything he owns
Suzy G


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il a cedé son bar dans sa totalité


Explanation:
je laisse aux francophones de trouver une expression plus argotique, mais c'est le sens

writeaway
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agree  df49f (X)
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agree  Jean-Claude Gouin
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everything he owns


Explanation:
In order to cancel the debt, he should hand over all his wordly goods...

Suzy G
Local time: 17:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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en laissant son bar, jusqu'à la dernière bouteille, à...


Explanation:
Calqué sur l'expression: jusqu'à sa dernière chemise

Hepburn
France
Local time: 17:30
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 8

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agree  Boba: excellent "jusqu'à sa dernière bouteille" !
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lui refiler son bar et tout le bataclan


Explanation:
Je pense que cette expression américaines se traduit assez bien par cette expression populaire française.

Maurice Thibaux
Local time: 01:30
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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