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RINK RAT [1 record]

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Record 1 1987-02-17

English

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  • Language Problems

French

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  • Problèmes de langue
OBS

trad. proposée: rat de patinoire, il existe déjà en français des expressions comme "rat de bibliothèque", "rat de cale", "rat d'église" qui donnent l'idée de quelqu'un qui se confine à un lieu ou à une activité quelconque, tout en étant un personnage médiocre ou méprisable rat d'église: bigot, dévot, mesquin; rat de bibliothèque: qui passe son temps à fureter dans les bibliothèques

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