Sentence examples of "throw a bone" in English
I broke a bone in my foot while exercising.
Je me suis cassé un os du pied en faisant de l'exercice.
I think it's time for me to throw a little party.
Je pense qu'il est temps que j'organise une petite fête.
Tomorrow I'm going to throw a watermelon off the roof of a five-story building just for the hell of it.
Demain je vais jeter un melon d'eau du toit d'un immeuble de cinq étages, juste pour le plaisir.
Dr. Zamenhof didn’t give us any rules for the use of punctuation in Esperanto, because he well knew what a bone of contention that would be.
Le Docteur Zamenhof ne nous a pas fourni de règles concernant l'emploi de la ponctuation en espéranto car il savait bien quelle pomme de discorde cela constituerait.
Everyone seems to have a bone to pick with someone, but only a few people can be philosophical about it.
Chacun semble avoir un compte à régler avec quelqu'un, mais seulement quelques personnes peuvent le prendre avec philosophie.
I trust computers only as far as I can throw them.
Je fais confiance aux ordinateurs pour autant que je puisse les jeter.
The grenade blew up before the terrorist could throw it, and his arm was blown off!
La grenade explosa avant que le terroriste ne puisse la jeter, et son bras fut déchiqueté !
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