English translation of "égratignèrent souvent nos convictions" - "Would chip away at our convictions"

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2 months ago

Barbara R. Cochran, MFA asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	General
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	égratignèrent souvent nos convictions
Context:	L’après-midi passé avec l’ex-kronprinz de Prusse, mis aux arrêts dans son domaine, me laisse un étonnant souvenir ; son intelligence, son humour berlinois égratignèrent souvent nos convictions. Nous eûmes ce privilège inattendu, le lieutenant Rigaud et moi, de l’en tendre faire l’éloge du maréchal Pétain. "put a dent in", "shook up/rattled/caused us to doubt our convictions"?

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2 months ago

Ffion Marianne Moyle wrote:

eroded our convictions

My comment:

chip away is good as someone else suggested

2 months ago

martynback wrote:

Would chip away at our convictions

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2 months ago

plaisirsdelavie wrote:

would erode our convictions / repeatedly eroded / challenged our convictions

My comment:

The narrator means that their convictions are often challenged by him, they are no longer so sure about their beliefs, which are put to a severe test. The usual french phrase is "ébranler les convictions de qn".

2 months ago

CMD wrote:

often gnawed at our convictions

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2 months ago

CMD wrote:

OR better: often peeved /miffed / ruffled our convictions

2 months ago

CMD wrote:

OR ... we often felt affronted / slighted in ...

2 months ago

CMD wrote: