{"id":905,"date":"2011-12-18T18:05:59","date_gmt":"2011-12-18T17:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elmalet.co.uk\/?p=905"},"modified":"2011-12-18T22:47:43","modified_gmt":"2011-12-18T21:47:43","slug":"le-pouce-the-thumb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elmalet.co.uk\/?p=905","title":{"rendered":"Le pouce (the thumb)"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Un pouce’ most usually means a thumb. But also it is the big toe, and an inch.<\/p>\n

Expressions using ‘pouce’ :<\/p>\n

Se rouler or\u00a0<\/em>se tourner les pouce : to twiddle your thumbs\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 mettre les pouces : to give in\u00a0or<\/em> give up\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 d\u00e9jeuner sur le pouce : to have a quick snack or bite to eat, to eat on the hoof, on the wing\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 voyager sur le pouce : to hitch(-hike), to thumb a lift\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 donner un coup de pouces aux ventes\u00a0: to give sales a boost\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0elle n’a pas boug\u00e9 d’un pouce : she didn’t budge, she didn’t give an inch\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 la ville n’a pas chang\u00e9 d’un pouce : the town hasn’t changed one little bit\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 et le pouce ! : and the rest!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0as a rough rule of thumb: en r\u00e8gle g\u00e9n\u00e9rale\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0to be under somebody’s thumb: \u00eatre sous la coupe de quelqu’un\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0he’s got him under his thumb: il le m\u00e8ne par le bout du nez\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to be all fingers and thumbs: \u00eatre tr\u00e8s maladroit(es)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0to thumb one’s nose at somebody: faire un pied de nez \u00e0 quelqu’un\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0he gave me the thumbs up (sign): il a lev\u00e9 le pouce en signe de victoire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

‘Un pouce’ most usually means a thumb. But also it is the big toe, and an inch. Expressions using ‘pouce’ : Se rouler or\u00a0se tourner les pouce : to twiddle your thumbs\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 mettre les pouces : to give in\u00a0or give … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4yjly-eB","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmalet.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmalet.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmalet.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmalet.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmalet.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=905"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/elmalet.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":907,"href":"https:\/\/elmalet.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905\/revisions\/907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmalet.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmalet.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmalet.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}