Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
l'envoya paître dans le chataîgnes
English translation:
sent him sprawling in the chestnuts
Added to glossary by
Yolanda Broad
Sep 7, 2002 17:04
21 yrs ago
French term
il l'envoya pai^tre dans les chatai^gnes
French to English
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L'empoignant par son ve^tement rape', ve^tement duquel bai^llaiy le col, il l'envoya pai^tre dans le chatai^gnes.
It this an idom meaning to "hurl someone?"
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It this an idom meaning to "hurl someone?"
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Nov 19, 2015 12:43: Yolanda Broad changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/35567">Zareh Darakjian Ph.D.'s</a> old entry - "l'envoya pai^tre dans le chatai^gnes"" to ""sent him sprawling in the chestnuts""
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sent him sprawling in the chestnusts
sent him flying into the chestnuts
send someone packing is the figurative idea - envoyer paître quelqu'un to tell someone to get lost
mais ici je pense que c'est au sens propre, i.e to hurl/throw someone
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hurled him (headlong and) flat on his face in the chestnuts (so he could eat them :)
send someone packing is the figurative idea - envoyer paître quelqu'un to tell someone to get lost
mais ici je pense que c'est au sens propre, i.e to hurl/throw someone
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hurled him (headlong and) flat on his face in the chestnuts (so he could eat them :)
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Comment: "Thanks to all. I think thought that the action here is literal. It's my
fault. I shoul have posted the following statement were it becomes
clear that this person took this kind of punishment without a word,
and went ahead to get drunk. Also, I thought this was in the past
tese... "
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Sheila Hardie
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envoyer paître = to send someone packing
Envoyer paître - means to send someone packing - literally 'paître' means to graze - so to send them off to graze. Chataîgnes are sweet chestnuts
So, to send someone packing (in amongst the chestnuts!).
HTH
Sheila
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I meant châtaignes - sorry!
So, to send someone packing (in amongst the chestnuts!).
HTH
Sheila
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I meant châtaignes - sorry!
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Yolanda Broad
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thanks, Yolanda:)
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evelyn evans
: Exactly. (Another french expression for this would be 'envoyer dans les roses'.
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thanks, evelyn:-)
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"told him to get lost"
Depending on the context, this might fit. Just a suggestion.
Cheers.
Cheers.
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Anna Taylor
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he chucked him off in the chestnut grove
. Envoyer qq\'un paitre is also the equivalent of sending sbdy packing, but your original text seems intent on alliteration, which is why I chose "chuck": it mirrors \"chesnut\".
Finally, I chose to use chestnut grove because the French refers to "chataignes" plural, wich would have been inadequate as only "chestnuts", or as "chestnut trees". Grove refers to a multitude of both trees and "fruits".
My guess is that the author might have specificaly chosen "chataignes" because it -and also "marron", which is the French for "edible chestnut"- is a slang word for "a blow", as in a fist fight... Then again, the story might genuinely take place in chestnut farm or something!
Finally, I chose to use chestnut grove because the French refers to "chataignes" plural, wich would have been inadequate as only "chestnuts", or as "chestnut trees". Grove refers to a multitude of both trees and "fruits".
My guess is that the author might have specificaly chosen "chataignes" because it -and also "marron", which is the French for "edible chestnut"- is a slang word for "a blow", as in a fist fight... Then again, the story might genuinely take place in chestnut farm or something!
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