Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
he came unglued
French translation:
il est sorti de ses gonds
Added to glossary by
Sheila Wilson
Mar 14, 2009 19:36
15 yrs ago
English term
unglued
English to French
Social Sciences
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Fishing/ Newspaper Report
Mr. Z, a small-town banker and lifelong outdoorsman, says he “just came unglued” when he saw what was going on. The steps he took next have thrust him into the center of one of the stranger fronts of the endless warfare over dwindling salmon runs in the Pacific Northwest.
Proposed translations
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| 3 +2 | péter les plombs |
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| 4 +2 | démonté/décontenancé/déconcerté |
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| 4 | troublé / bouleversé |
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Change log
Mar 15, 2009 08:53: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Field (specific)" from "Fisheries" to "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings"
Mar 18, 2009 23:03: Premium✍️ Created KOG entry
Mar 19, 2009 08:10: Sheila Wilson changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/120824">Premium✍️'s</a> old entry - "he came unglued"" to ""il est sorti de ses gonds""
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péter les plombs
I prefer not to suggest answers in the English to French, but here goes:-
"To come unglued" = to fly into a rage, to lose control, to blow a fuse, to hit the ceiling.
Whilst I'm no expert on French equivalents, I know "péter les plombs" or "péter un plomb" fits well - there are undoubtedly many more.
NOTE that the term for the glossary should be "come/came unglued"
"To come unglued" = to fly into a rage, to lose control, to blow a fuse, to hit the ceiling.
Whilst I'm no expert on French equivalents, I know "péter les plombs" or "péter un plomb" fits well - there are undoubtedly many more.
NOTE that the term for the glossary should be "come/came unglued"
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| Thank you for your precious contribution. |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I have based my choice on the definitions of the term and what register to keep in my text. So I wrote "il est sorti de ses gonds" which is less familiar but all the same.
Thanks everyone!"
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troublé / bouleversé
To come unglued: Slang.
a. to confuse or upset: He was unglued by his opponent's superb defense.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/unglue
a. to confuse or upset: He was unglued by his opponent's superb defense.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/unglue
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démonté/décontenancé/déconcerté
Peut-être aussi bien "interdit/interloqué", mais là on perd l'image de la dissolution, de la perte de cohésion.
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Sheila Wilson
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Spain
20 years producing 100% natural English
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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Reference:
to come unglued = to completely lose control
Verb
unglued
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/unglued
1. Simple past tense and past participle of unglue.
2. (slang) Insane, upset, amuk.
He was calm in the tense situation then suddenly he came unglued and started screaming. He completely lost it.
unglued
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/unglued
1. Simple past tense and past participle of unglue.
2. (slang) Insane, upset, amuk.
He was calm in the tense situation then suddenly he came unglued and started screaming. He completely lost it.
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