Glossary entry

français term or phrase:

au bouchon

anglais translation:

up to our eyes ; fully stretched ; flat out

Added to glossary by Sheila Wilson
Oct 5, 2008 13:07
15 yrs ago
français term

au bouchon

français vers anglais Affaires / Finance Idiômes / maximes / proverbes
This appears in a response to a survey for employees of a major office equipment company.
Here is the complete sentence:

Nous sommes **au bouchon** presque tout le temps , on a pas le temps pour la formation des cours traine sur les tablettes parce qu'IL FAUT FAIRE LES CALL ET IL Y EN A TOUJOURS et installation prioritaire.
Change log

Oct 5, 2008 14:24: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Field" from "Autre" to "Affaires / Finance" , "Field (specific)" from "Autre" to "Idiômes / maximes / proverbes"

Oct 19, 2008 09:32: Sheila Wilson Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

+6
11 minutes
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up to our eyes ; fully stretched ; flat out

Trust the French to have a wine-related idiom! There are a lot of others - but these'll do for starters
Peer comment(s):

agree Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
19 minutes
Thanks
agree Tony M : I don't know how "wine-related" this is, since 'bouchon' is any kind of stopper, including, of course, a traffic jam!
37 minutes
True Tony, but I bet it is wine-related, at least when it's used in my region - everything is!
agree Bourth (X) : For starters? For mains, for desserts, for digestifs?
1 heure
Thanks - for breakfast for starters
agree Jack Dunwell : I really like this language, S!!
4 heures
Thanks - don't know if it works in Canada though
agree Sandra Mouton : I think it's "bouchon" for the float made of cork on a fishing line. So I prefer "fully stretched"
4 heures
Thanks - that's an interesting slant. I'm more into wine than fishing but I know it's a fishing float too
agree Mohamed Mehenoun
4 heures
Thanks
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