Sentence examples of "brin de paille" in French

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Je suis très attaché à ce vieux chapeau de paille. I am very much attached to this old straw hat.
Un homme de paille vaut une femme en or. A man of straw is worth a woman of gold.
N'est-ce pas un simple feu de paille ? Isn't that just a brush fire?
À Hokkaido, ils font des chevaux de paille. In Hokkaido, they make horses of straw.
Elle ne va pas bien ? Elle semble être un brin déprimée. What's wrong with her? She's looking kind of blue.
Ça fait une paille. Long time, no see.
Durant le premier mois suivant l'accident, elle ne pouvait que boire des liquides à la paille. For the first month after the accident she could only drink liquids through a straw.
Comment vas-tu ? Ça fait une paille que je ne t'ai pas vu ! How are you doing? I haven't seen you in ages!
Bah ! Ça fait une paille. Wow! It's been a long time.
C'est la paille et la poutre It's the pot calling the kettle black
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