Sentence examples of "piquer au vif" in French
Je t'en supplie, écoute ce que j'ai à te dire jusqu'au bout avant de piquer une crise sur moi.
I'm begging you, before freaking out on me listen to the end of what I have to say.
Je ne sentais pas le moustique en train de me piquer le bras.
I was not aware of a mosquito biting my arm.
David a un vif intérêt pour l'esthétique - les qualités qui rendent une peinture, une sculpture, une composition musicale ou un poème agréable à l'oeil, à l'oreille ou à l'esprit.
David has a keen interest in aesthetics — the qualities that make a painting, sculpture, musical composition, or poem pleasing to the eye, ear, or mind.
Ayant découvert la disparition de nombre de petits objets de la maison, je commence à penser que ma femme de maison a tendance à piquer.
Having found a number of small items missing from my house, I'm starting to think that my housekeeper has sticky fingers.
Le café était tellement enfumé que mes yeux commençaient à piquer.
The bar was so smoky that my eyes started to sting.
Mon fils adore piquer des crises de nerfs au supermarché.
My son loves to throw temper tantrums in the supermarket.
C'est laid, jaune vif, et ça ne va avec rien. Mais au moins tu ne te feras pas écraser dans le noir !
It's ugly, bright yellow and it doesn't go with anything. But at least you won't get run over in the dark!
Dites, je vous prie, à votre sœur le vif désir que j’ai de la revoir.
Pray tell your sister that I long to see her.
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