dray horse in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for dray horse in the English»French Dictionary

dray horse [Am ˈdreɪ ˌhɔrs] N HISTORY

dray horse

cheval m de trait

Translations for dray horse in the English»French Dictionary

dray [Brit dreɪ, Am dreɪ] N

dray HISTORY, TRANSP (for general use)

fardier m

dray (at brewery)

haquet m

horse [Brit hɔːs, Am hɔrs] N

1. horse:

horse

cheval m

the horses (horseracing) inf, fig

les courses fpl (de chevaux)

2. horse:

horse (in gym)

cheval m de saut

horse (pommel)

cheval m d'arçons

3. horse U MIL:

horse

cavalerie f

horse

troupes fpl à cheval

4. horse (heroin):

horse inf

cheval m inf

horse inf

héroïne f

5. horse Am (condom):

horse inf

préservatif m

I could eat a horse

j'ai une faim de loup

to back the wrong horse

miser sur le mauvais cheval

to eat like a horse

manger comme quatre

to flog Brit or beat Am a dead horse inf

perdre sa peine et son temps

(straight) from the horse's mouth

de source sûre

to get on one's high horse

monter sur ses grands chevaux

hold your horses! inf

arrêtez!, une minute!

it's horses for courses

ce qui convient à une personne (or à une situation) ne convient pas forcément à une autre

you can take or lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink prov

on ne saurait faire boire un âne qui n'a pas soif prov

that's a horse of a different colour

ça c'est une autre paire de manches

to work like a horse

travailler comme un forcené or une bête de somme

wild horses wouldn't drag it out of me

pour rien au monde je ne le révélerais

wild horses wouldn't drag me there

je n'irais pas pour tout l'or du monde!

dray horse in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for dray horse in the English»French Dictionary

horse [hɔ:s, Am hɔ:rs] N

1. horse ZOOL:

horse

cheval m

horse and carriage

attelage m

2. horse SPORTS:

horse

cheval m d'arçons

Phrases:

to eat like a horse

manger comme quatre

to put the cart before the horse

mettre la charrue avant les bœufs

to flog a dead horse

perdre son temps

to get on one's high horse

monter sur ses grands chevaux

to be on one's high horse

prendre des grands airs

to hear sth straight from the horse's mouth

apprendre qc de source sûre

to back the wrong horse

miser sur le mauvais cheval

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It's a pony that's also a racehorse, a shire horse, a dray horse, a show jumper and an easy rosette-winner in the dressage competition.

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The dray horse charged between the tramcar and the tramcar horses and the tramcar was thrown off the line.

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Over time, the dray horse was replaced by the delivery truck.

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His father died when he was 13, so he had to leave school to work, first as a bell boy, then he drove a dray horse.

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