touchpaper in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for touchpaper in the English»French Dictionary

touchpaper N

touchpaper

papier m nitraté

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The touchpaper had been lit with three goals in the space of six manic minutes.

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All of a sudden, he was everywhere, the touchpaper lit.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Others see him as a blue touchpaper for the red-rose back division.

www.independent.co.uk

The board's decision, it's fair to say, lit the touchpaper.

www.independent.ie

Workload is a touchpaper issue -- it unites teachers and acts as a rallying point for frustration around a much wider range of concerns.

theconversation.com

Talk about lighting the blue touchpaper.

www.smh.com.au

However, the latest academy product to light the blue touchpaper has been making the whole process look easy of late.

www.the42.ie

If it offends-too bad, move on and ignite the touchpaper of your fury against something that matters.

www.gq-magazine.co.uk

Suddenly it isn't so much a matter of putting a question as lighting a blue touchpaper and retiring to a safe distance.

www.telegraph.co.uk