snake oil im Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Übersetzungen für snake oil im Englisch»Französisch-Wörterbuch

snake oil SUBST Am

snake oil

remède m de charlatan

Übersetzungen für snake oil im Englisch»Französisch-Wörterbuch

I.snake [Brit sneɪk, Am sneɪk] SUBST

1. snake ZOOL:

snake

serpent m

2. snake (person):

snake abw

traître/traîtresse m/f

II.snake [Brit sneɪk, Am sneɪk] VERB 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, Am sneɪk]

a snake in the grass abw

un traître/une traîtresse

I.oil [Brit ɔɪl, Am 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 wörtl

découvrir du pétrole

to strike oil übtr

découvrir une mine d'or

to strike oil attr 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 KUNST (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 KUNST (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 Am (flattery):

oil ugs

pommade f ugs

oil ugs

flatterie f

II.oil [Brit ɔɪl, Am ɔɪl] VERB 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

Wendungen:

well-oiled (drunk) ugs

bien beurré ugs

well-oiled (drunk) ugs

ivre

IV.oil [Brit ɔɪl, Am 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 im PONS Wörterbuch

Übersetzungen für snake oil im Englisch»Französisch-Wörterbuch

I.snake [sneɪk] SUBST

snake (long reptile):

snake

serpent m

Wendungen:

a snake in the grass abw

un faux jeton

II.snake [sneɪk] VERB 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

Wendungen:

to burn the midnight oil

travailler jusqu'à tard dans la nuit

to mix like oil and water

mal se mélanger

II.oil [ɔɪl] VERB trans

oil

huiler

Einsprachige Beispiele (nicht von der PONS Redaktion geprüft)

Englisch

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