Sentence examples of "à père avare, fils prodigue" in French
Dans leur famille, ils ont toujours été agriculteurs de père en fils.
In their family, they have always been farmers from father to son.
Il a tendance à considérer toute chose sous un angle pratique et n'est ni avare ni prodigue.
He is inclined to look at everything from the standpoint of its practicality and is neither stingy nor extravagant.
Le père aimait Ken d'autant plus car il était son fils unique.
Ken's father loved Ken all the more because he was his only son.
Voyant le fils d'une catin jeter des pierres à la foule : "Fais attention, lui dit-il, tu pourrais blesser ton père."
Seeing the son of a whore throwing rocks at a crowd, he said: "Be careful, you could hit your father."
Il était une fois un vieil homme avare qui vivait au village.
Once upon a time, there lived a stingy old man in the village.
La vierge la plus ménagère d'elle-même est déjà assez prodigue si elle démasque sa beauté aux regards de la lune.
The chariest maid is prodigal enough if she unmask her beauty to the moon.
Il était assez fort pour aider son père à la ferme.
He was strong enough to help his father on the farm.
Mon voisin est un vieil avare grippe-sou qui ne te donnerait même pas l'heure qu'il est.
My neighbor is a penny-pinching old miser who won't even give you the time of day.
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