Usage examples of "porté main dans la main" in French with translation to English

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Je mettais ma main dans la poche. I thrust my hand into my pocket.
Quelle est cette chose que vous avez dans la main ? What's that thing you have in your hand?
Les enfants de la maternelle se promenaient main dans la main dans le parc. The kindergarten children were walking hand in hand in the park.
Mieux vaut un oiseau dans la main que cent dans les airs. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Marchez-vous main dans la main ? Do you walk hand in hand?
Qu'as-tu dans la main ? What do you have in your hand?
J'ai travaillé main dans la main avec lui. I worked hand in hand with him.
Celui-là, alors, il a vraiment un poil dans la main ! Look at that one there. He's such a lazy bum!
La théorie et la pratique devraient aller main dans la main. Theory and practice should go hand in hand.
Fais du bien à un vilain, il te chie dans la main. Do good for a villain, he'll shit in your hand.
Donnez-moi ce que vous avez dans la main. Give me what you have in your hand.
Elle a une rose dans la main. She has a rose in her hand.
Donne-moi ce que tu as dans la main. Give me what you have in your hand.
Elle a une fleur dans la main. She has a flower in her hand.
Qu'avez-vous dans la main ? What do you have in your hand?
Il avait un livre dans la main. He had a book in his hand.
Il tenait un stylo dans la main. He was holding a pen in his hand.
Elle a quelque chose dans la main. She has something in her hand.
Je n'arrive pas à mettre la main sur le gilet de mon costume trois-pièces. I can't find the waistcoat of my three piece suit.
Il courut vers sa mère dans la bibliothèque. He ran to his mother in the library.
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