one-horse town in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for one-horse town in the English»French Dictionary

I.one [Brit wʌn, Am wən] DET When one is used as a personal pronoun it is translated by on when it is the subject of the verb: one never knows = on ne sait jamais. When one is the object of the verb or comes after a preposition it is usually translated by vous: it can make one ill = cela peut vous rendre malade.
For more examples and all other uses, see the entry below.

II.one [Brit wʌn, Am wən] PRON

1. one (indefinite):

un/une m/f

III.one [Brit wʌn, Am wən] N (number)

VII.one [Brit wʌn, Am wən]

See also road, never, hell, any

road [Brit rəʊd, Am roʊd] N

1. road (between places):

route f (from de, to à)
routier/-ière

never [Brit ˈnɛvə, Am ˈnɛvər] ADV When never is used to modify a verb (she never wears a hat, I've never seen him) it is translated ne…jamais in French; ne comes before the verb, and before the auxiliary in compound tenses, and jamais comes after the verb or auxiliary: elle ne porte jamais de chapeau, je ne l'ai jamais vu.
When never is used without a verb, it is translated by jamais alone: ‘admit it!’—‘never!’ = ‘avoue-le!’—‘jamais’.
For examples and particular usages, see the entry below.

1. never (not ever):

I.hell [Brit hɛl, Am hɛl] N

3. hell (as intensifier) inf:

on en a bavé inf
dégage! inf
qu'est- ce que tu fais, bon Dieu? inf

II.hell [Brit hɛl, Am hɛl] INTERJ sl

III.hell [Brit hɛl, Am hɛl]

to be hell inf on sth Am
to catch hell inf Am

I.any [ˈenɪ] DET When any is used as a determiner in negative sentences it is not usually translated in French: we don't have any money = nous n'avons pas d'argent.
When any is used as a determiner in questions it is translated by du, de l', de la or des according to the gender and number of the noun that follows: is there any soap? = y a-t-il du savon?; is there any flour? = y a-t-il de la farine?; are there any questions? = est-ce qu'il y a des questions?
For examples and other determiner uses see I. in the entry below.
When any is used as a pronoun in negative sentences and in questions it is translated by en: we don't have any = nous n'en avons pas; have you got any? = est-ce que vous en avez?
For more examples and other pronoun uses see II. below.
For adverbial uses such as any more, any longer, any better etc. see III. below.

3. any (no matter which):

1. any (with comparatives):

I.one's [Brit wʌnz, Am wənz] In French determiners agree in gender and number with the noun they qualify. So when one's is used as a determiner it is translated by son + masculine singular noun (son argent), by sa + feminine noun (sa voiture) BUT by son + feminine noun beginning with a vowel or mute h (son assiette) and by ses + plural noun (ses enfants).
When one's is stressed, à soi is added after the noun.
When one’s is used in expressions such as to brush one’s teeth where an indirect reflexive verb is used in French, it is translated by le/la/les: to brush one’s teeth = se laver les dents; .
For examples and particular usages see the entry one’s.

one's → one is, → one has

II.one's [Brit wʌnz, Am wənz] DET

horse [Brit hɔːs, Am hɔrs] N

5. horse Am (condom):

horse inf
to flog Brit or beat Am a dead horse inf

town N:

town and gown Brit

See also Town and gown

one-horse town in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for one-horse town in the English»French Dictionary

See also eight

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
And how much security does one need in a one-horse town, anyway?
www.torontosun.com
Avoid one-horse towns whose existence are tied to a single company, no matter how tempting the sale price.
www.theglobeandmail.com
Hurling and football keep the one-horse towns alive, practically give them a reason to be.
www.irishexaminer.com
We're not a one-horse town.
www.dailymercury.com.au
Roadside biker bars and one-horse towns rise and fall from view in the same undulation as the mountains.
www.out.com
It was the same road, full of the same contradictions, the same one-horse towns, the same spiritual ancestors...
www.independent.co.uk
When you live in a one-horse town, it's the only thing you can do.
metro.co.uk

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