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in the 'i-dotting and t-crossing' stage	au stade du fignolage	Nina Khmielnitzky
"Kwit Your Bitchin"	arrêtez de râler	bernadette schumer
"pie in the sky."	utopique/chimérique	(Non-member)
"Plain dumb luck"	simple coup de chance	AM Larrieu
"proof of the pudding is in the eating"	on juge l' arbre à ses fruits	(Non-member)
"This little piggy went to the market..."	Ce petit cochon est allé au marché	Maya Jurt
'a peep behind the curtains into'	un coup d'oeil	Morgane Boëdec
(S)he is a cold fish	elle est aimable comme une porte de prison	(Non-member)
A glass of wine a day keeps the doctor away	un verre de vin par jour, la santé pour toujours	(Non-member)
a hat you take on and off	on ne change pas d'éthique comme de chemise	Morgane17
a Heinz Fifty seven variety cat	un chat de gouttière (qui n'est pas un chat de race)	(Non-member)
a hole in the wall	Il n'est/n'était pas capable de reconnaître un Processor Queue Length d'une barette mémoire.	NewCal
A sin committed with love will result in punishment, of course, but at least it is enjoyable.	Un péché commis par amour (avec amour) sera puni, naturellement, mais au moins sera agréable	DocteurPC
A stitch in time saves nine	Mieux vaut prévenir que guérir	(Non-member)
acceptance speech	discours d'acceptation	emiledgar
And why isn't the band playing	Comment se fait-il qu'on n'en ait jamais entendu parler?	NancyLynn
applies-to-apples	a pied d'égalité	liz askew
As if this wasn't enough ...	comme si cela ne suffisait pas	(Non-member)
banjo picking inbreds	des dégénérés gratteurs de banjo	FX Fraipont
Be cruel to be kind	Nul besoin de priver votre chien pour son bien.	HORIZONS, Catherine Dauvergne-Newman

Beggars can't be choosers	Faute de grives, on mange des merles	Valérie Madesclair
Blight of the Bland	le fléau de la fadeur	FX Fraipont
breaking the air speed barrier	atteindre la vitesse de sustentation	(Non-member)
bright-eyed and bushy-tailed	l'oeil vif et la queue en broussaille	(Non-member)
bung it in a glass technique	mélange aléatoire / à vue d'oeil / au pif	lorette
But, that was just the way things were	mais c'était juste dans l'ordre (normal) des choses	(Non-member)
by anybody's standards	quelle que soit l'échelle de valeur	(Non-member)
Cheaters never win	Bien mal acquis ne profite jamais	Myriam Dupouy
Cheese-eating surrender monkey	singes mangeurs de fromage	(Non-member)
close the deal	Concluez cette affaire	Sasha2
close/closing of - the books	passer à l'action	(Non-member)
cloud nine speculations	hypothèses extravagantes	Constance Ngando Mpondo
Coffee Perculator...Perky Copulator	percolateur à café... percopulateur inusable	(Non-member)
cookie cutter solutions	solutions mécaniques, automatisées, sans imagination, toutes prêtes, toutes faites	...
Creative is as creative does.	La créativité se reflète dans la création.	(Non-member)
crowd puller	attirer les foules (voir phrase)	Philippe Boucry
Don 't look a gift horse in the mouth	A cheval donné, on ne regarde pas les dents/Ne regarde pas les dents d\'un cheval qui t\'a été offert.	emiledgar
don't cry over spilt milk.	il ne sert à rien de pleurer sur le lait répandu	emiledgar
drop dimes	faire des passes décisives	Laura Epinoux
easy is right	être à l'aise c'est bien	Stéphanie Soudais

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