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fiddle

   (=instrument)   violon    m
to play the fiddle      jouer du violon
→ Hardy played the fiddle at local dances.
to be as fit as a fiddle      [person]   être en pleine forme
to play second fiddle to sb      jouer les seconds rôles à côté de qn
→ Harrison had always played second fiddle to Lennon and McCartney in the Beatles

   *   (=cheating)   combine    f  , escroquerie    f
→ ... a £1 million car insurance fiddle
tax fiddle      fraude    f   fiscale
→ ... legitimate businesses that act as covers for tax fiddles.
to be on the fiddle        (British)   (=cheat)   traficoter
to work a fiddle      traficoter

      vt
*     (British)
  [+accounts]   falsifier, truquer
→ He's been fiddling the books ...
→ Stop fiddling your expenses account.

      vi   (=play violin)   jouer du violon
→ He first fiddled in public at the age of six
to be fiddling while Rome burns      se perdre en futilités au lieu d'agir

▲ fiddle with
      vt fus   tripoter
→ She fiddled nervously with the buttons of her cardigan
→ Harriet fiddled with a pen on the desk.

second fiddle
      n
to play second fiddle      jouer les seconds rôles

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string, strings, G-string, string bag

Collaborative Dictionary English-French


fiddle-de-dee	adv.	quelle blague
fiddle	n.	violon
fiddle	v.	jouer
fiddle-case	n.	étui à violon
fiddle-faddle	adv.	quelle blague
fiddling	n.	jeu ; bidouillage
fiddling	pres. part	jouant
tax fiddle	exp.	fraude fiscale
fit as fiddle	adj.	en forme
play second fiddle	v.	jouer les seconds rôles
playing second fiddle	pres. part	jouant les seconds rôles
as fit as fiddle	adj.	en forme
fit as a fiddle	adj.	comme un charme
to play the fiddle	exp.	jouer du violon
to work a fiddle	exp.	traficoter
am fit as a fiddle	v.	se porter comme un charme
are fit as a fiddle	v.	se porter comme un charme
as fit as a fiddle	adv.	comme un charme
be fit as a fiddle	v.	se porter comme un charme
been fit as a fiddle	v.	se porté comme un charme
being fit as a fiddle	pres. part	se portant comme un charme
is fit as a fiddle	v.	se porte comme un charme
so fit as a fiddle	adv.	comme un charme
was fit as a fiddle	v.	se porté comme un charme
to be on the fiddle	exp.	traficoter	[UK]
am as fit as a fiddle	v.	se porter comme un charme
am so fit as a fiddle	v.	se porter comme un charme
are as fit as a fiddle	v.	se porter comme un charme
are so fit as a fiddle	v.	se porter comme un charme

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