Sentence examples of "on the wrong foot" in English
He was careless enough to get on the wrong train.
Il était suffisamment insouciant pour se tromper de train.
Oh, I'm sorry. I guess I have the wrong number.
Oh, je suis désolé. J'imagine que j'ai fait un mauvais numéro.
If we were to live on the moon, how large would the earth look?
Si nous vivions sur la lune, de quelle taille nous semblerait la Terre?
I liked walking alone on the deserted beach in the evening.
J'appréciais de marcher seul sur la plage désertée, dans la soirée.
Nothing can take a US American by surprise. It has often been said that the word "impossible" was not a French one. People have obviously looked in the wrong dictionary. In the United States, all is easy, all is simple and mechanical difficulties are overcome before they arise.
Rien ne saurait étonner un Américain. On a souvent répété que le mot "impossible" n’était pas français; on s’est évidemment trompé de dictionnaire. En Amérique, tout est facile, tout est simple, et quant aux difficultés mécaniques, elles sont mortes avant d’être nées.
I hope you realize that I'm putting my reputation on the line by helping you.
J'espère que tu rends compte que je mets ma réputation en jeu en t'aidant.
What sort of information do you get on the Internet?
Quelle sorte d'information trouve-t-on sur Internet ?
Listen, I think that you are barking up the wrong tree here.
Écoute, je crois que là, tu fais fausse route.
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