Translation of "clouer le bec" to English

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Dictionary translations for "clouer le bec"

clouer le bec verb

shut up

Contexts with "clouer le bec"

Un pélican peut placer beaucoup de poisson dans son bec. A pelican can fit a lot of fish in its beak.

L'oiseau ramassa la brindille avec son bec et vola vers son nid. The bird picked up the twig with its beak and flew to its nest.

Jusqu'à ce moment la porte s'entr'ouvrit et une créature au long bec passa la tête et dit : "Personne n'entre jusqu'à la semaine prochaine." Et la porte fut refermée avec fracas. Just then the door opened a little way, and a creature with a long beak put its head out for a moment and said: "No admittance till the week after next!" and shut the door again with a bang.

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