well-thumbed im Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Übersetzungen für well-thumbed im Englisch»Französisch-Wörterbuch

I.thumb [Brit θʌm, Am θəm] SUBST

thumb

pouce m

II.thumb [Brit θʌm, Am θəm] VERB trans

1. thumb book, magazine:

thumb

feuilleter

a well-thumbed book

un livre fatigué

2. thumb (hitchhiking) ugs:

to thumb a lift or a ride

faire du stop ugs

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 ugs

they thumbed a lift home

ils sont rentrés en stop ugs

III.thumb [Brit θʌm, Am θəm] VERB intr

to thumb at or towards sth

indiquer qc du pouce

IV.thumb [Brit θʌm, Am 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 ugs

to thumb one's nose at sb wörtl

faire un pied de nez à qn

to thumb one's nose at sb/sth übtr

faire la nique à qn/qc ugs

to stick out like a sore thumb

faire tache abw

to stick out like a sore thumb

détonner

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Englisch

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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