Sentence examples of "clou" in French

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Le clou déchira sa veste. The nail tore his jacket.
Un clou chasse l'autre. One nail drives out another.
Un clou a percé le pneu. A nail punctured the tire.
Nous avons trouvé un clou enfoncé dans le pneu. We found a nail stuck in the tire.
Un clou a perforé le pneu de la voiture. A nail penetrated the car tire.
Pour celui qui n'a qu'un marteau dans sa trousse à outils, tout problème ressemble à un clou. To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like a nail.
Il planta des clous dans la planche. He hammered nails into the plank.
Un aimant peut soulever et maintenir de nombreux clous en même temps. A magnet can pick up and hold many nails at a time.
John est maigre comme un clou. John is as lean as a wolf.
George était le clou de la soirée. George was the high sport of the evening.
Cette machine ne vaut pas un clou. This machine is worthless.
J'te l'dis, sa vieille guimbarde ne vaut pas un clou. I'm telling you, his old car won't fetch a red cent.
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