Oct 1, 2009 17:22
14 yrs ago
anglais term

reduced to crashing with

anglais vers français Autre Général / conversation / salutations / correspondance
His marriage to Scarlet (has fallen apart, he has been passed over for a promotion at work, his teenage kids think he is a loser, and he has been reduced to crashing with his high school nerd-turned-techno-billionaire best friend Ned (Thomas Lennon).

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en être réduit à s'incruster chez (ou "à pieuter" chez)

in this context, "to crash with" simply means "to stay over" at someone's place for the night (or a few nights).

It can be after a party, to avoid drinking-and-driving, or to spend time with helping friends, when you have nowhere else to go
Peer comment(s):

agree emiledgar : yes, pieuter
12 minutes
agree jean-jacques alexandre
13 minutes
agree Alain Marsol
50 minutes
agree FX Fraipont (X) : http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=crash
1 heure
agree Hélène ALEXIS : ou "se taper l'incruste" selon le niveau de langue..
13 heures
agree Marie-Andree Dionne : pieuter
21 heures
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