Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
à faire sécher les oreilles
English translation:
beggars belief/can't believe my ears
Added to glossary by
Maria Callebaut-Blagojevic
Jun 9, 2005 13:09
18 yrs ago
French term
à faire sécher les oreilles
French to English
Other
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
A possible buyer has just heard that the owner of a house has promised to sell it to somebody else…. She says:
“L’entendez-vous! Mais c’est à faire sécher les oreilles!”
(the women is from Quebec!)
“L’entendez-vous! Mais c’est à faire sécher les oreilles!”
(the women is from Quebec!)
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | beggars belief/can't believe my ears |
Paul Hirsh
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| 3 | Jesus wept! |
Conor McAuley
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| 3 | It's bullshit! |
Olga V
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Proposed translations
+2
12 mins
Paul Hirsh
France
France
Native in English
Works in field
France
The Human Translator
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Russian to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
French term (edited):
� faire s�cher les oreilles
Selected
beggars belief/can't believe my ears
the english climate is too damp for dry ears!
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanks a lot:-)"
17 mins
Conor McAuley
France
France
Native in English
France
Excellence, Expertise & Experience
Native in: English (Variants: Wales / Welsh, UK, Scottish, Irish, British)
Works in: French to English, English
French term (edited):
� faire s�cher les oreilles
Jesus wept!
I can't believe it!
What's all that about?
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Note added at 36 mins (2005-06-09 13:46:43 GMT)
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That/It would make you go deaf!
What's all that about?
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Note added at 36 mins (2005-06-09 13:46:43 GMT)
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That/It would make you go deaf!
6 hrs
Olga V
Works in field
French term (edited):
� faire s�cher les oreilles
It's bullshit!
It's bullshit!
He talks bullshit!
Yshi vyanyt!
Bullshit (or bull) is a common English expletive meaning "humbug" or "nonsense." It implies that the purveyor of alleged nonsense is willfully lying, or that he/she is speaking boldly from ignorance. It is also the verb meaning to talk bullshit.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
He talks bullshit!
Yshi vyanyt!
Bullshit (or bull) is a common English expletive meaning "humbug" or "nonsense." It implies that the purveyor of alleged nonsense is willfully lying, or that he/she is speaking boldly from ignorance. It is also the verb meaning to talk bullshit.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
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