English translation of "coup de chef" - "you got that s.o.a.b. (a) good (one)"

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170 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	coup de chef
Context:	J'ai soulagé le sénater Fairgate d'un bon paquet de pognon... —On a entendu parler. Il...
Keywords:	...paraît que t'as distribué pour des millions dans les gares. C'est un coup de chef que tu lui as fait à ce fils de pute.

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170 months ago

wrote:

masterstroke

170 months ago

wrote:

A master stroke, a great coup

170 months ago

wrote:

A perfect blow

170 months ago

wrote:

first-rate blow / masterly blow

My comment:

Hi Barbara. I hesitated before entering the above entry as I was wondering whether "coup de chef" should be interpreted as "coup de maître" (masterstroke). However, in such a case the French sentence should be "C'est un coup de chef ce que tu lui as fait à ce fils de pute" So not sure. :-)

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170 months ago

wrote:

What about "It's a clever trick you played on that son of a bitch."

170 months ago

Geoff Bing wrote:

you got that s.o.a.b. (a) good (one)

My comment:

I'd restructure the sentence entirely to get the idea across, but that's just one method...

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