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FOURRER DEDANS [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2016-02-29
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Regional Dialects and Expressions
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- sell a bill of goods
1, record 1, English, sell%20a%20bill%20of%20goods
correct, verb
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
to persuade (someone) by deception or misrepresentation to accept, believe, or do something. 2, record 1, English, - sell%20a%20bill%20of%20goods
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
That salesman certainly sold you a bill of goods when he induced you to buy that foreign made car for which replacement parts are rarely available. 3, record 1, English, - sell%20a%20bill%20of%20goods
Record 1, Key term(s)
- sell someone a bill of goods
- to sell someone a bill of goods
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Régionalismes et usages particuliers
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- entortiller
1, record 1, French, entortiller
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- fourrer dedans 2, record 1, French, fourrer%20dedans
correct, Canada
- fourrer 3, record 1, French, fourrer
correct, Canada
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Séduire par des paroles captieuses: Il excellait à vendre, à entortiller le consommateur (...) 4, record 1, French, - entortiller
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Entortiller quelqu'un [veut dire] se rendre maître de son esprit; l'amener insensiblement à faire ce qu'on veut. 5, record 1, French, - entortiller
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 1986-11-10
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Translation
- Language Problems
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- bamboozle
1, record 2, English, bamboozle
verb
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Traduction
- Problèmes de langue
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- fourrer dedans 1, record 2, French, fourrer%20dedans
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
- rouler 1, record 2, French, rouler
- empaumer 1, record 2, French, empaumer
- blouser 1, record 2, French, blouser
- entortiller 1, record 2, French, entortiller
- emberlificoter 2, record 2, French, emberlificoter
- enjôler 2, record 2, French, enj%C3%B4ler
- embobeliner 2, record 2, French, embobeliner
- embobiner 2, record 2, French, embobiner
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
(au Canada on dit plutôt "fourrer" tout court, sans préjudice du sens canadien dit "trivial" qu'enregistre le lexicographe Louis-Alexandre Belisle (1957). (Argot, Guide du traducteur, p. 173) 1, record 2, French, - fourrer%20dedans
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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