dole queue in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for dole queue in the English»French Dictionary

dole queue N Brit

1. dole queue lit:

dole queue

≈ file f d'attente à l'agence pour l'emploi

2. dole queue fig:

dole queue, a. dole queues

nombre m de chômeurs

Translations for dole queue in the English»French Dictionary

dole [Brit dəʊl, Am doʊl] N inf Brit

dole

allocation f de chômage

to be/go on the dole

être/s'inscrire au chômage

I.queue [Brit kjuː, Am kju] N Brit

queue (of people)

queue f

queue (of people)

file f (d'attente)

queue (of vehicles)

file f

to stand in a queue

faire la queue

to join the queue person:

se mettre à la queue

to join the queue car:

se mettre dans la file

go to the back of the queue!

à la queue!

to jump the queue inf

passer avant son tour also fig

II.queue [Brit kjuː, Am kju] VB intr Brit

queue → queue up

See also queue up

queue up VB [Brit kjuː -, Am kju -]

queue up people:

faire la queue (for pour)

queue up taxis:

attendre en ligne

to queue up to do sth fig

se précipiter pour faire qc

dole queue in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for dole queue in the English»French Dictionary

I.dole [dəʊl, Am doʊl] N

dole

allocation f chômage

the dole number

le nombre de chômeurs

to be on the dole

être au chômage

II.dole [dəʊl, Am doʊl] VB trans

to dole sth out

distribuer qc

I.queue [kju:] N Aus, Brit

1. queue (line):

queue

queue f

queue in traffic

file f

to be in a queue for sth

faire la queue pour qc

to join a queue

se mettre à la queue

to jump the queue

passer devant tout le monde

2. queue COMPUT:

queue

file f d'attente

II.queue [kju:] VB intr

1. queue (wait):

queue

faire la queue

to queue for sth/to +infin

faire la queue pour qc/pour +infin

2. queue COMPUT:

queue

être en file d'attente

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

You know things are bad when swans start joining the dole queue...

www.joe.ie

One of the posters immediately caught his eye -- a picture of a dole queue snaking out from an employment office and disappearing into the distance.

www.independent.co.uk

Growth would be lower, inflation would be higher, the dole queue would be longer and living standards would suffer.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Today's figures are a worrying reminder we need to do more to help young people get on -- not price them out of education and consign them to the dole queue.

leftfootforward.org

The number of long-term unemployed -- those over a year on the dole queue -- has been rising steadily over recent years.

www.independent.ie

It loudly promised a march of the makers' yet the only one it could muster was the march of decent working people to the dole queue.

www.dailypost.co.uk

To me it just seems they think it's easier to throw them all on the dole queue than back the workers - my heart goes out to them it really does.

www.gazettelive.co.uk

Thousands wake up every day believing that life isn't worth living, after struggling for years in the dole queue.

www.bbc.co.uk

We don't want to be in the dole queue.

www.thejournal.ie

Thousands wake up every day believing life isn't worth living after struggling for years in the dole queue.

www.independent.co.uk