snake oil no Dicionário de Francês-Inglês da Oxford-Hachette

Traduções para snake oil no dicionário inglês»francês

snake oil SUBST americ

snake oil

remède m de charlatan

Traduções para snake oil no dicionário inglês»francês

I.snake [Brit sneɪk, americ sneɪk] SUBST

1. snake ZOOL:

snake

serpent m

2. snake (person):

snake pej

traître/traîtresse m/f

II.snake [Brit sneɪk, americ sneɪk] VERBO intr

snake road:

snake

serpenter (through à travers)

the road snaked down the mountain

la route descendait la montagne en serpentant

III.snake [Brit sneɪk, americ sneɪk]

a snake in the grass pej

un traître/une traîtresse

I.oil [Brit ɔɪl, americ ɔɪl] SUBST

1. oil:

oil (for fuel)

pétrole m

oil (for lubrication)

huile f

to check the oil MOTOR

vérifier le niveau d'huile

to change the oil MOTOR

faire la vidange

to strike oil literal

découvrir du pétrole

to strike oil fig

découvrir une mine d'or

to strike oil atrib deposit, exporter, producer

de pétrole

to strike oil prices

du pétrole

to strike oil company, crisis, industry, exploration, production, terminal

pétrolier/-ière

to strike oil imports, reserves

pétrolier/-ière

an oil magnate

un magnat du pétrole

2. oil (for cooking):

oil

huile f

corn/sunflower oil

huile de maïs/tournesol

to cook with oil

cuisiner à l'huile

an oil and vinegar dressing

une vinaigrette

3. oil ARTE (medium):

oil

huile f U

to work in oils

peindre à l'huile

the portrait is (done) in oils

c'est un portrait à l'huile

4. oil ARTE (picture):

oil

huile f

5. oil (medicinal, beauty):

oil

huile f

essential oils

huiles fpl essentielles

oil of cloves/lemon

essence f de girofle/citron

6. oil americ (flattery):

oil coloq

pommade f coloq

oil coloq

flatterie f

II.oil [Brit ɔɪl, americ ɔɪl] VERBO trans

1. oil (lubricate):

oil mechanism, parts

huiler, lubrifier

oil pan

huiler

2. oil (apply cosmetic to):

oil skin, hair

huiler

III.oiled ADJ

1. oiled:

oiled hair, moustache

huilé

oiled pistons, mechanism

huilé

oiled seabird, animal

mazouté

oiled cloth, paper, silk

huilé

Expressões:

well-oiled (drunk) coloq

bien beurré coloq

well-oiled (drunk) coloq

ivre

IV.oil [Brit ɔɪl, americ ɔɪl]

oil and water do not mix

on ne peut pas marier l'eau et le feu

to oil the wheels

mettre de l'huile dans les rouages

to pour oil on troubled waters

apaiser les esprits

snake oil no Dicionário PONS

Traduções para snake oil no dicionário inglês»francês

I.snake [sneɪk] SUBST

snake (long reptile):

snake

serpent m

Expressões:

a snake in the grass pej

un faux jeton

II.snake [sneɪk] VERBO intr

snake

serpenter

I.oil [ɔɪl] SUBST

1. oil (lubricant, for cooking):

oil

huile f

to change the oil

faire la vidange

to check the oil

contrôler le niveau d'huile

to check the oil corn oil

huile de maïs

to cook with oil

cuisiner à l'huile

2. oil no pl (petroleum):

oil

pétrole m

to drill for oil

chercher du pétrole

3. oil (oil-based colours):

oils pl

huiles fpl

Expressões:

to burn the midnight oil

travailler jusqu'à tard dans la nuit

to mix like oil and water

mal se mélanger

II.oil [ɔɪl] VERBO trans

oil

huiler

Exemplos unilingues (não verificados pela redação)

inglês

Bay played in front of an audience every chance he got, including a stint with a snake oil salesman in and around his hometown.

en.wikipedia.org

Then there's the larger problem: distinguishing between apps that offer legitimate medical functions, and those that are little more than digital snake oil.

www.theverge.com

This included learning the secrets of snake oil.

en.wikipedia.org

Seek it if you like but carry those epi pens because those alterna treatments are snake oil.

thechart.blogs.cnn.com

When rubbed on the skin at the painful site, snake oil was claimed to bring relief.

en.wikipedia.org

The reporter and many others have listened to management people's snake oil pitch that they should be higher paid than the people they manage.

thechronicleherald.ca

Many of the trappings of high-end audio equipment are more snake oil than scientific reality.

www.techradar.com

It's not even the parade of snake oil salesmen and the idle rich who make up our political leadership class.

foreignpolicy.com

Registry cleaners are regarded as saviours by their supporters and snake oil by their detractors.

www.pcadvisor.co.uk

By extension, a snake oil salesman is someone who knowingly sells fraudulent goods or who is himself or herself a fraud, quack, charlatan, and the like.

en.wikipedia.org