Sentence examples of "bête à cornes" in French
Plus bête un enfant est, plus mignon il semble à ses parents.
The more foolish a child is, the cuter he seems to his parents.
Le cheval n'a pas de cornes; le bœuf et le mouton en ont.
The horse doesn't have horns; the ox and the sheep have horns.
Je suis trop bête... J'essaie de t'expliquer des choses que je ne comprends pas moi-même.
I'm so dumb... I'm trying to explain things to you that I don't understand myself.
"Le sorcier se déguise en bête, il met une peau sur sa tête et il se promène dans le bourg. C'est mon papa qui me l'a dit."
"The sorcerer disguises himself as a beast, he wears a hide over his head and walks around town. It's my daddy who told me that."
Moins le blanc est intelligent, plus le noir lui paraît bête.
The dumber the white man is, the more the black man looks dumb to him.
On attrape le taureau par les cornes, et une personne par ses propos.
An ox is captured by the horns, a person is bound by his word.
L'homme primitif était effrayé à la vue d'une bête sauvage.
The primitive man was frightened at the sight of a savage beast.
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