duck soup in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for duck soup in the English»French Dictionary

duck soup N Am inf

it's duck soup!

(c'est) du gâteau! inf

Translations for duck soup in the English»French Dictionary

I.duck [Brit dʌk, Am dək] N

1. duck <pl ducks; collect duck>:

duck ZOOL, FOOD

canard m

duck (female of species)

cane f

2. duck (in cricket):

to be out for or to make a duck

ne marquer aucun point

to break one's duck

marquer son premier point

to break one's duck fig

remporter sa première victoire

3. duck Brit region, inf:

duck, a. ducks (form of address) (to child)

mon chéri/ma chérie m/f

duck, a. ducks (to woman)

ma petite dame

4. duck TEXTIL:

duck

coutil m

II.ducks N

ducks npl FASHION:

ducks

pantalon m de coutil

III.duck [Brit dʌk, Am dək] VB trans

1. duck (lower):

to duck one's head

baisser la tête

2. duck (dodge):

duck punch, ball

esquiver

3. duck (avoid) fig:

duck issue, question

esquiver

duck responsibility

se dérober à

4. duck (push under water):

duck

faire boire la tasse à inf

IV.duck [Brit dʌk, Am dək] VB intr

duck person:

baisser la tête

duck boxer:

esquiver un coup

I ducked into a side street to avoid meeting her

je me suis engouffré dans une ruelle pour éviter de la rencontrer

to duck behind sth

se cacher derrière qc

V.duck [Brit dʌk, Am dək]

he took to it like a duck to water

il s'y est mis comme s'il avait fait ça toute sa vie

(there's no point in telling him off) it's like water off a duck's back

(c'est inutile de le réprimander) ça ne le touche absolument pas

soup [Brit suːp, Am sup] N

1. soup FOOD:

soup

soupe f

soup

potage m

fish soup

soupe f de poisson

mushroom soup

soupe f aux champignons

creamy tomato soup

velouté m de tomates

2. soup (messy mixture):

soup

bouillie f (of de)

to land sb/be in the soup

mettre qn/être dans le pétrin inf

duck soup in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for duck soup in the English»French Dictionary

soup [su:p] N no pl

soup

soupe f

packet soup

soupe f en sachet

clear soup

bouillon m

Phrases:

to be in the soup inf

être dans la mouise

I.duck [dʌk] N

duck

canard m

Phrases:

like a duck to water inf

comme un poisson dans l'eau

II.duck [dʌk] VB intr

1. duck (dip head):

duck

baisser la tête subitement

to duck under water

plonger subitement sous l'eau

2. duck (hide quickly):

duck

s'esquiver

III.duck [dʌk] VB trans

1. duck (evasively dip quickly):

to duck one's head

baisser la tête subitement

to duck one's head under water

plonger sa tête subitement sous l'eau

2. duck (avoid):

duck

esquiver

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

After one taste, you'll duck soup for the rest of your life.

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Between Peking duck pancakes and duck soup, the conversations returned again and again to a few key topics.

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It really was a kind of duck soup coup, you know, in which there was a complete farce in terms of due process.

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Driven moderately gently, a range of well over 1,000 km is duck soup.

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