Sentence examples of "mendiant" in French
Plus triste que le mendiant est l'homme qui mange seul en public.
Sadder than the beggar is the man who eats alone in public.
Le mendiant faisait s'entrechoquer quelques maigres pièces dans sa boîte de conserve.
The beggar rattled a few meager coins in his tin can.
La majestueuse égalité des lois, qui interdit au riche comme au pauvre de coucher sous les ponts, de mendier dans les rues et de voler du pain.
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.
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