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à la queue gît le veninThe sting is in the tail.Rate it:

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aller à la queue leu-leuTo go in Indian file.Rate it:

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brider un âne par la queueTo do anything in exactly the wrong manner; To get hold of the wrong end of the stick.Rate it:

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bump upTo give a more prominent place to; to advance position in queue.Rate it:

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c'est le serpent qui se mord la queueC’est un cercle vicieux, une succession de problèmes dont on ne voit pas la fin.Rate it:

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cut the lineThe willful entering of a queue of persons or vehicles waiting, for a service, anywhere other than the rear -usually to the objection of those already assembledRate it:

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il écorche l'anguille par la queueHe sets (goes) the wrong way to work.Rate it:

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il tire le diable par la queueHe leads a struggling existence.Rate it:

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in lineOn a queue; waiting one's turn for something.Rate it:

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j'ai fait queue au théâtre pendant une heureI waited outside the theatre for an hour (before I could get in).Rate it:

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jump the queueTo desire preferential treatment, undue influence; impatient.Rate it:

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jump the queueTo move into a queue ahead of others who have been waiting longer or that have a higher priority; push in.Rate it:

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mettre du sel sous la queue d'un oiseauTo put salt on a bird’s tail.Rate it:

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mi-mai, queue d'hiverThe middle of May has usually three cold days (called Les saints de glace, May 11, 12, and 13).Rate it:

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on fait queue au théâtreThere is a crowd at the door of the theatre (waiting for admittance).Rate it:

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push into jump the queueRate it:

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quand on parle du loup, on en voit la queueSe dit quand une personne mentionnée dans une conversation apparaît précisément à ce moment-là.Rate it:

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quand on parle du loup, on en voit la queue (or, il sort du bois)Speak of angels and you hear their wings; Talk of the devil, he is sure to appear.Rate it:

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queue upTo queue.Rate it:

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queue upTo enqueue, to add something to a queue.Rate it:

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queue upMisspelling of cue up.Rate it:

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tenir la queue de la poêleTo be the leading spirit in an affair.Rate it:

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tenir le loup par la queueTo have hold of the sow by the wrong ear.Rate it:

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tirer le diable par la queueTo be always hard up for a living.Rate it:

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