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GO WILD [4 records]

Record 1 2024-12-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Ideologies
CONT

Sometimes called "nobelitis, "the term "Nobel disease" refers to a tendency for Nobel Prize-winning scientists to go off on wild, often irrational or pseudoscientific tangents following their acquisition of this coveted(by some measures, the most-coveted of all scientific recognitions) designation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des idéologies
CONT

Le syndrome du prix Nobel, ou [la] nobélite, désigne une tendance étrange de certains lauréats du prix [Nobel] à penser tout savoir sur tout et à proposer des thèses aberrantes sur des sujets qu'ils ne connaissent pas.

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Contests (Recreation)
DEF

A contest of basic cowboy skills that is indigenous to the ranges of the Western United States and Canada.

OBS

The term "rodeo" comes from a Spanish word meaning "roundup", and the sport developed from the natural competitive urges of cowboys involved in mass roundups on the western plains. The principal events of rodeos today are bull riding, saddle bronc riding, bareback [bronc] riding, calf roping, and steer wrestling, with steer roping and team roping contests often added to the list. Many rodeos add some other popular events such as barrel riding(a slalom-like race for women on horseback around a number of barrels), wild-horse racing, and wild-cow milking contests essentially for the amusement of the audiences. Organized rodeos go back to the 19th century; the principal feature of Buffalo Bill Cody's famous Wild West show, which began in 1883, was the rodeo.

OBS

Canada. Rodeos are generally divided into 5 events: bareback bronc riding, saddle bronc riding, bull riding, calf roping, and steer wrestling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Concours (Loisirs)
DEF

Fête qui coïncide avec le marquage du bétail où les cow-boys pratiquent divers tours d'adresse de leur métier.

OBS

États-Unis. Comporte : maîtriser une bête, se tenir sur un cheval sauvage, un bœuf, en se tenant d'une main, etc.

OBS

Canada. Habituellement, un rodéo comprend 5 épreuves : se maintenir sur un cheval sauvage sans selle, se maintenir sur un cheval sauvage avec selle, se maintenir sur un taureau sauvage, prendre un veau au lasso et terrasser un bouvillon.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Idiomatic Expressions
CONT

Sometimes jumping to a conclusion will cause you to go on a wild goose chase and waste a lot of peoples time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Expressions idiomatiques
DEF

Parce que l'on est incapable de voir une chose très simple là où elle est, en arriver à la compliquer inutilement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Expresiones idiomáticas
OBS

[traduction littérale française :] Chercher trois pattes au chat.

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Record 4 1996-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
DEF

Something, especially spicy food, which is characteristic of the Texas-Mexican border country.

CONT

I was going to go vegetarian for breakfast and had every intention of picking either oatmeal or granola, but when the waitress passed my table with a tray of Huevos Rancheros, I gave in. "TexMex" is mild compared to "JackMex". Nick Karas, "A Wild, Wild Week of Non-Stop Eating", Newsday(Nexis), Feb. 7, 1993, p. 28

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
CONT

La plupart des opérateurs positionnés sur le tex-mex sont des indépendants ou plutôt ils gèrent à la manière des indépendants. On ne note aucune duplication significative sur le territoire national. À la différence d'autres restaurants à thème qui admettent une déviation vers quelques «valeurs-refuges» (steaks grillés, frites, filets de poisson, etc.), le tex-mex s'oriente vers un seul objectif : le dépaysement, l'exotisme. Dans beaucoup de plats mexicains, on retrouve la combinaison chaud et froid. Une large place est faite soit au côté festif, soit au côté culturel, mais l'ambiance reste essentielle.

Spanish

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