Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
avoir l’air de beaux twittes
English translation:
to look like complete fools
Added to glossary by
roneill
Sep 27, 2003 14:55
20 yrs ago
French term
Meticulous, competent and accurate
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Hindi to English
avoir l’air de beaux twittes
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On va avoir l’air de beaux twittes, moi surtout car j’ai déjà envoyé un rapport de redevances à U/T à l’effet qu’aucune vente n’avait été effectuée…
Proposed translations
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| 4 +3 | to look like complete fools....... |
roneill
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| 4 +1 | to look like real /genuine morons/twits |
Jacques Saleh
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| 3 +1 | to look like right idiots |
IanW (X)
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Proposed translations
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French term (edited):
avoir l�air de beaux twittes
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to look like complete fools.......
I'm guessing that this is Canadian usage, based on the English word "twit".
Here is an entertaining reference.
Here is an entertaining reference.
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Comment: "Thanks. Seems perfect! :-)
Thanks to the others too."
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French term (edited):
avoir l�air de beaux twittes
to look like right idiots
I'm pretty sure that this means: "we're going to look like right idiots"
Peer comment(s):
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writeaway
: or twits?
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I think "idiots" is more universally used. (Have you read Roald Dahl's "The Twits"?)
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Jacques Saleh
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Law/Investments/Finance (PhD & MBA)
Native in: English 
, Arabic
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic, French to English, and 2 more.
to look like real /genuine morons/twits
twittes c'est sans doute le franglais pour "twit"
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Helen D. Elliot (X)
: look like twits ("real"is not necessary in the English I think)
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