Translation of "s'appuyer aux cordes" to English

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Dictionary translations for "s'appuyer aux cordes"

s'appuyer aux cordes verb

lean on the ropes (Sport)

Contexts with "s'appuyer aux cordes"

Dès que j'ai quitté la maison, il a commencé à pleuvoir des cordes. I had no sooner left the house than it began to rain hard.

Il tourna le dos aux vieilles traditions. He turned his back on the old traditions.

Il pleut des cordes ce soir. It is raining hard tonight.

Les immeubles sont petits comparés aux gratte-ciel de New York. The buildings are small in comparison with the skyscrapers in New York.

Un parapluie est utile quand il ne pleut pas beaucoup, mais quand il pleut des cordes il n'a que peu d'utilité. An umbrella is useful in a mild rain, but when it rains cats and dogs an umbrella is of little help.

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