well-thumbed no Dicionário de Francês-Inglês da Oxford-Hachette

Traduções para well-thumbed no dicionário inglês»francês

I.thumb [Brit θʌm, americ θəm] SUBST

thumb

pouce m

II.thumb [Brit θʌm, americ θəm] VERBO trans

1. thumb book, magazine:

thumb

feuilleter

a well-thumbed book

un livre fatigué

2. thumb (hitchhiking) coloq:

to thumb a lift or a ride

faire du stop coloq

to thumb a lift or a ride

faire de l'autostop

I thumbed a lift from a truck driver

je me suis fait prendre en stop par un routier coloq

they thumbed a lift home

ils sont rentrés en stop coloq

III.thumb [Brit θʌm, americ θəm] VERBO intr

to thumb at or towards sth

indiquer qc du pouce

IV.thumb [Brit θʌm, americ θəm]

to be all thumbs

être très maladroit

to be under sb's thumb

être sous la domination de qn

she's got him under her thumb

elle le mène à la baguette coloq

to thumb one's nose at sb literal

faire un pied de nez à qn

to thumb one's nose at sb/sth fig

faire la nique à qn/qc coloq

to stick out like a sore thumb

faire tache pej

to stick out like a sore thumb

détonner

Exemplos unilingues (não verificados pela redação)

inglês

Leafing through the well-thumbed, splotchy pages brings back happy hours spent in the kitchen.

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His indigestion has left him quick-tempered and an insomniac, during bouts of which he likes to be read to, ideally out of a well-thumbed cookbook.

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