Sentence examples of "imbécile" in French
L'homme est le seul animal susceptible de devenir imbécile.
Man is the only animal subject to becoming an imbecile.
Merci de m'avoir expliqué finalement pourquoi on me prend pour une imbécile.
Thanks for having explained to me at last why people take me for an idiot.
N'importe quel imbécile peut détruire une grange, mais il faut un menuisier pour en construire une.
Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a carpenter to build one.
Marie voulait un tatouage qui signifiât « Amour et fidélité » mais il signifie en vérité « Imbécile d'étranger » en chinois.
Mary wanted a tattoo that meant "Love and Fidelity", but it really means "Stupid Foreigner" in Chinese.
Lorsqu'un imbécile rapporte les paroles d'un homme intelligent, ce n'est jamais exact, puisqu'il traduit inconsciemment ce qu'il entend en quelque chose qui lui est compréhensible.
A stupid man's report of what a clever man says is never accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something that he can understand.
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