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ETRE PAUME PANTALON BAISSE [1 record]

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Record 1 1985-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology
OBS

As my father used to say, "If you want to catch them with their trousers down ..." (Eric Ambler, Dirty Story, Atheneum, New York, 1967, p. 179.)

Key term(s)
  • to get caught with one's trousers down

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie
OBS

Comme le disait mon père : "Si on veut les paumer le pantalon baissé, ..." (id., Sale Histoire, Slatkine, coll. Morts subites, Genève-Paris, 1982, p. 171-172. Sans nom de trad.).

Key term(s)
  • se faire prendre le pantalon baissé

Spanish

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