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Conges terminology question
178 months ago
Barbara R. Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:
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Language pair: |
French > English |
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Subject: |
Other |
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Level of diffculty: |
Easy / medium |
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Word or term in question: |
yeux de chien battu |
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Context: |
On a juste voulu lui donner une bonne leçon pour qu'elle comprenne qu'elle n'était pas en |
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...surpoids et que son discours pouvait être très blessant pour les femmes qui, elles, avaient de vrais problèmes de poids et devaient vivre avec à chaqu seconde. C'était ni méchant ni moqueur! C'était que débile, ris-je, en posant des yeux de chien battu sur Hélène. |
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178 months ago
With the eyes of beaten dog
178 months ago
Marie-José 
wrote:
With a hangdog look.
178 months ago
Marie-José
wrote:
with puppy eyes
My comment:
In this context, the person who is talking is laughing. Hangdog expression fits maybe better but doesn't work in this context. Hangdog is more about being utterly dejected.
178 months ago
Marie-José
wrote:
a hangdog look (or expression)
178 months ago
WILHELMINA TWENEBOA-KODUA
wrote:
hangdog
My comment:
downcast or guilty in appearance
Comments by other colleagues on this answer:
178 months ago
Jennifer White
wrote:
Sad or soulful look
My comment:
or variations on this. Many references on the www.
178 months ago
Jennifer White
wrote:
frightened, submissive look
My comment:
That's what it means, remains to find an equivalent idiomatic expression
The asker rated this answer best
178 months ago
Claude Le Frapper
wrote:
frightened, submissive look
My comment:
That's what it means, remains to find an equivalent idiomatic expression
The asker rated this answer best
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