Sentence examples of "bout du doigt" in French
Je rentrais à la maison depuis un endroit au bout du monde, à environ trois heures d'un sombre matin d'hiver, et mon chemin conduisait à travers une partie de la ville où il n'y avait littéralement rien à voir que des lampes.
I was coming home from some place at the end of the world, about three o'clock of a black winter morning, and my way lay through a part of town where there was literally nothing to be seen but lamps.
Tout ce qu'elle sait faire, c'est pointer les voisins du doigt.
All she does is point fingers at the neighbours.
Pas d'argent, pas de travail, pas d'amis. Il était clairement au bout du rouleau.
No money, no job, no friends. He was truly at loose ends.
Au bout du compte il est impossible de connaître quelqu'un entièrement.
In the end it is not possible to fully know somebody else.
Son raisonnement est attrayant mais se révèle fallacieux au bout du compte.
Her line of reasoning is attractive, but ultimately fallacious.
La police est certaine de l'appréhender au bout du compte, où qu'il aille.
The police are certain to get him in the end wherever he may go.
Pas d'argent, pas de travail, pas d'amis. Il était vraiment au bout du rouleau.
No money, no job, no friends. He was truly at loose ends.
Je songeais que le petit garçon qui fixait et pointait l'étranger du doigt était très grossier.
I thought the little boy who was staring and pointing at the foreigner was very rude.
Puis-je emprunter un stylo ? Le mien est au bout du rouleau.
Can I borrow a pen? Mine's on its last legs.
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