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| être vache = être méchant | to be nasty, mean | ser antipático, malo |
| une vacherie = une chose méchante | a nasty thing | una cosa desagradable |
| vachement = beaucoup | very | muy |
| une peau de vache = personne méchante | nasty person | persona desagradable |
| chacun son métier et les vaches seront bien gardées = chacun doit s'occuper des ses affaires et tout ira mieux | everyone to his trade | zapatero, a tus zapatos |
| comme une vache regarde passer les trains | passive | pasivo |
| ça lui va comme un tablier à une vache = très mal | it suits him badly | le queda muy mal |
| gros comme une vache | as fat as a cow | gordo como una vaca |
| il pleut comme vache qui pisse = il pleut beaucoup | it's raining cats and dogs, a lot | llueven sapos de punta, diluvia |
| les sept vaches grasses = période d'abondance | period of abundance | las siete vacas gordas |
| les sept vaches maigres = période de crise | period of crisis | las siete vacas flacas |
| manger de la vache enragée | to go through hard times | comer pan duro, pasar tiempos difíciles |
| parler français comme une vache espagnole | to speak French badly | hablar francés mal |
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| plein comme une vache | full | lleno |
| une vache à roulettes | a policeman in a bike | un policía en bicicleta |
| une vache n'y trouverait pas son veau = un grand désordre | a mess | un lío, un desorden |
| avoir un boeuf sur la langue | to not be able to say something | no poder decir algo |
| fort comme un taureau/boeuf | as strong as an ox | fuerte como un toro |
| mettre la charrue devant les boeufs = faire ce qui devrait être fait ensuite | to put the cart before the horse | poner el carro delante del caballo |
| prendre le taureau par les cornes = affronter les problèmes | to take the bull by the horns | tomar el toro por las astas |
| qui vole un oeuf, vole un boeuf | someone who steals something small will end up stealing big things too | alguien que roba algo pequeño terminará robando cosas grandes |
| travailler comme un boeuf | work hard | trabajar duro |
| un coup à tuer un boeuf | a violent strike | un golpe violento |
| un succès boeuf | a great success | un gran éxito |
| un vent à décorner les boeufs | a very strong wind | un viento muy fuerte |
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