Sentence examples of "jusqu'au bout des ongles" in French
Le vernis à ongles est inutile : personne ne regarde des ongles de toutes façons.
Nail polish is useless: no one looks at nails anyway.
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.
J'avais son nom au bout de la langue mais je ne pouvais m'en souvenir.
His name was on the tip of my tongue, but I couldn't remember it.
C'est tellement bon quand tu fais courir tes ongles sur mon dos.
It feels so good when you run your fingernails over my back.
Lorsque la mort approche, tout ce qu'on peut faire est de lentement ronger ses ongles.
When death approaches, all you can do is slowly chew your fingernails.
En anglais, il y a des mots qui proviennent du japonais.
In English there are some words borrowed from Japanese.
Trois jours après la mort, les cheveux et les ongles continuent à pousser mais les appels téléphoniques se font plus rares.
For three days after death hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off.
Il s'est engagé dans des activités religieuses depuis lors.
He has engaged in religious activity since then.
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