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nitpick VERBO intr

nitpick

chercher la petite bête coloq

Traduções para nit-pick no dicionário francês»inglês

I.bête [bɛt] ADJ

1. bête (pas intelligent):

bête personne, air, idée, question

stupid

ce que tu peux être bête!

you can be so stupid sometimes!

il est loin d'être bête

he's far from stupid

il n'est pas bête

he's no fool

tiens ce n'est pas bête ça!

hey that's not a bad idea!

suis-je bête!

how stupid of me!

c'est bête à pleurer

it's too stupid for words

tu es bien bête d'avoir accepté

it was really stupid of you to accept

je suis restée toute bête

I was dumbfounded

bête et méchant personne, plaisanterie

nasty

il est bête et discipliné

he just does as he's told

2. bête (très simple):

bête problème, objet

simple

j'ai une question toute bête

I have a very simple question

c'est tout bête

it's quite simple

tu prends une boîte toute bête

you just take an ordinary box

3. bête (regrettable):

bête accident

silly

c'est (trop) bête d'échouer/d'en arriver là

it's (such) a shame to fail/that things should come to this

c'est bête, je ne peux pas venir

it's (such) a shame I can't come

II.bête [bɛt] SUBST f

1. bête ZOOL:

bête (quadrupède)

animal

bête (insecte)

insect, bug

la sale bête m'a mordue

the wretched animal bit me

on n'est pas des bêtes!

we're not animals!

la Belle et la bête

Beauty and the beast

nos amis les bêtes

our four-legged friends

2. bête AGRIC, PEC:

bête (vache)

cow

bête (taureau)

bull

il a une cinquantaine de bêtes

he has around 50 head of cattle

3. bête (en parlant d'une personne):

bête

animal

une vraie bête

a real animal

sale bête!

stupid thing!

4. bête (personne talentueuse) coloq:

au tennis/en musique c'est une (vraie) bête!

he's/she's (really) brilliant at tennis/music

une bête de scène/du rock

a brilliant actor/rock star

une bête de travail

a workaholic

III.bête [bɛt]

bête à bon Dieu ZOOL

ladybird Brit

bête à bon Dieu ZOOL

ladybug americ

bête à concours coloq

exam fiend coloq

bête à cornes ZOOL

horned animal

bête curieuse

freak

regarder qn comme une bête curieuse

to look at sb as if he/she were a freak

bête féroce ZOOL

ferocious animal

bête noire

bête noire Brit

bête noire

pet hate

bête noire

pet peeve americ

être la bête noire de qn personne, sujet, problème:

to be sb's bête noire Brit

être la bête noire de qn personne, sujet, problème:

to be sb's pet hate

bête sauvage ZOOL

wild animal

bête de somme ZOOL

beast of burden

IV.bête [bɛt]

il est bête comme ses pieds coloq ou une oie

he's (as) thick as two short planks Brit coloq

elle est bête à manger du foin coloq ou de la paille coloq

she's got nothing between her ears

bon et bête commencent par la même lettre

kind souls are easily duped

chercher la petite bête coloq

to nit-pick coloq

reprendre du poil de la bête coloq

to perk up

travailler comme une bête coloq

to work like crazy coloq

Mais traduções e expressões típicas para o termo que pesquisou.

chercher des poux coloq

to nitpick coloq

Exemplos unilingues (não verificados pela redação)

inglês

Criticisms ranged from accusing the playwright of impiety, to nitpicking over the perceived lack of realism in certain scenes.

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Fortunately for our nastier selves... this provides us with plenty to criticise and nitpick over.

www.ibtimes.co.uk

A hand-rendered comp may be useful in helping the client refrain from nitpicking the production quality and focus on the design idea.

en.wikipedia.org

It sounds like we're nitpicking but it is a problem and begs an interesting question: if users were able to purchase additional accounts, would they?

www.joe.ie

And more nitpicking like that which means he was very attentive and careful about music.

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And yes, that's pretty much the platonic ideal of nitpicking.

www.avclub.com

Though really, any problem that can be found in the play is nitpicking, trying to find cracks in an otherwise smooth, polished surface.

www.nzherald.co.nz

Of course, if you want to start nitpicking, there are plenty of instances to call out.

www.ign.com

Entering politics necessarily means you are in for an endless road of nitpicking and scrutiny, your every move dissected and hot-taked.

nymag.com

The newsgroup is known for reviewing the episodes and nitpicking on minor details on the show.

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