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expressions avec noir/blanc
French V AP-Siff
38
Language - French
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01/25/2006
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Term
blanc comme un linge
 Definition
white as a sheet
Term
blanc de peur
 Definition
white with fear
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blanche comme la neige
 Definition
as white as snow
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c'est bonnet blanc et blanc bonnet
 Definition
it's six of one
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dire tantot blanc tantot noir
 Definition
to say one thing then the other
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donner carte blanche
 Definition
to give complete freedom to someone
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donner dans le blanc
 Definition
to hit the bull's eye
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en sortir les mains blanches
 Definition
to come out innocent
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la nuit blanche
 Definition
a sleepless night
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le verre blanc
 Definition
a colorless glass
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passer du blanc au noir
 Definition
to go from one extreme to the other
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regarder qqn dans le blanc des yeux
 Definition
to look someone dead in the eye
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remplir des blancs
 Definition
fill in the blanks
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se mettre dans une colere blanche
 Definition
to become livid with anger
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tirer a blancs
 Definition
to shoot blanks
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un blanc bec
 Definition
determined person who lacks experience
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une page blanche
 Definition
a blank page
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avoir des idees noires
 Definition
to be in the dumps
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c'etat ecrit noir sur blanc
 Definition
it was written in black and white
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etre dans le noir
 Definition
to understand nothing
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l'humour noir
 Definition
macabre humor
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il faisait nuit noire
 Definition
it was pitch dark
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il fait deja noir
 Definition
it's dark already
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la bete noire
 Definition
pet peeve
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la magie noire
 Definition
black market
Term
la misere noire
 Definition
dire poverty
Term
la mort noire
 Definition
the plague
Term
les lunettes noires
 Definition
sunglasses
Term
le travail au noir
 Definition
work on the side
Term
noir comme du jais
 Definition
jet black
Term
porter le noir
 Definition
to be in mourning
Term
pousser au noir
 Definition
to paint a dreary picture of things
Term
un oeil au beurre noir
 Definition
a black eye
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voir tout en noir
 Definition
to see the dark side of everything
Term
avoir des idees noires
 Definition
to be down in the dumps
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c'etait ecrit nior sur blanc
 Definition
it was written in black and white
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etre dans le noir
 Definition
to understand nothing
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l'humour noir
 Definition
macabre humor
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