Traduções para vice-like no dicionário inglês»francês

vice-like Brit, vise-like americ ADJ

vice-like grip:

vice-like

comme un étau

Traduções para vice-like no dicionário francês»inglês

étau <pl étaux> [eto] SUBST m TÉC

étau

vice Brit

étau

vise americ

étau fig

stranglehold (autour de on)

être pris en étau

to be caught in a vice-like grip

l'étau se resserre

the net is tightening (autour de around)

carcan [kaʀkɑ̃] SUBST m

1. carcan (entrave):

carcan politique/scolaire/administratif

political/educational/administrative constraints pl ou straitjacket

le carcan de la discipline/des institutions

disciplinary/institutional rigidity

briser le carcan de qc

to break free of sth

enfermer qn/qc dans le carcan de qc

to place sb/sth under the yoke of sth

2. carcan (objet qui enserre):

carcan

vice

le carcan d'un col empesé

the vice-like grip of a starched collar

3. carcan HIST (instrument, peine):

carcan

iron collar