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jambe

Pronunciation: /ʒɑ̃b/

English translation of jambe

nf

  • leg avoir de bonnes jambes = to have strong legs courir à toutes jambes = to run as fast as one's legs can carry one j'ai les jambes comme du coton (fam) = I feel weak at the knees traîner la jambe (fam) = to trudge along Definition of leg in the British & World English dictionary Definition of leg in the US English dictionary Translate leg | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

Idioms

cela me fait une belle jambe

(fam) a fat lot of good that does me (colloq)

il ne tient plus sur ses jambes

he can hardly stand up

prendre ses jambes à son cou

to take to one's heels

tenir la jambe à qn

to keep talking to sb

par-dessus or par-dessous la jambe

in a slipshod manner
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