casse-pipe

kas pip

Definition

Definition of casse-pipe - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

figurémission périlleuse avec peu de chances de réussir

Cette négociation est un vrai casse-pipe pour notre équipe.

impasse

guerresituation de combat très dangereuse où on risque sa vie

Les soldats ont été envoyés au casse-pipe sans préparation.

champ de bataille

front

Adjective

poste exposé

Rare

qui mène souvent à l'échec avec très peu de chances

Rare

Il a accepté un poste casse-pipe.

ingagnable

piège

guerre

Rare

qui expose gravement à la mort dans une bataille

Rare

Cette mission casse-pipe nous envoie au front.

mortel

suicidaire

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Expressions with casse-pipe

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aller au casse-pipe

se diriger vers une situation très dangereuse où on risque de mourir

Les soldats devaient aller au casse-pipe sans protection.

au casse-pipe

adv.

dans une situation de guerre ou de combat très dangereux

Les soldats sont partis au casse-pipe sans hésiter.

envoyer au casse-pipe

envoyer quelqu'un vers une situation très dangereuse

Le général a envoyé ses soldats au casse-pipe sans hésitation.

Origin of casse-pipe

français, casse (briser) + pipe (tuyau)

Examples of casse-pipe in a sentence

Ils l’ont envoyé au casse-pipe sans préparation.
Entrer dans cette mission, c’est aller droit au casse-pipe.
Beaucoup de jeunes craignaient d’être envoyés au casse-pipe.
On lui a confié une mission casse-pipe dans une région instable.
Diriger ce service en crise, c’est clairement une fonction casse-pipe.
Ils l’envoient encore en première ligne, toujours sur des opérations casse-pipe.

On nous confie une mission casse-pipe sans renforts ni renseignements fiables.

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English:suicide mission, doomed, ...
German:Himmelfahrtskommando, aussichtslos, ...
Italian:missione suicida, rovinoso, ...
Spanish:misión suicida, suicida, ...
Portuguese:missão suicida, arriscado, ...
Chinese:送死任务, 注定失败的, ...
Japanese:危険な任務, 見込みの薄い, ...
Arabic:مهمة انتحارية, مُعرَّض للفشل, ...
Hebrew:מְשִׂימָה מְסוּכֶּנֶת, מְסוּכָּן, ...
Russian:самоубийственная миссия, губительный, ...
Ukrainian:самогубна місія, невигідний, ...
Catalan:una missió perillosa, arriscat, ...
Danish:selvmordsmission, håbløs, ...
Dutch:casse-pipe, kansloos, ...
Greek:επική αποστολή, καταστροφικός, ...
Hungarian:öngyilkos küldetés, kudarcra ítélt, ...
Khmer:បេសកកម្មគ្រោះថ្នាក់, គ្រោះថ្នាក់, ...
Korean:죽음의 임무, 위험한, ...
Polish:misja samobójcza, samobójczy, ...
Portuguese (BR):missão quase impossível, suicida, ...
Romanian:misiune dificilă, sortit eșecului, ...
Swedish:självmordsuppdrag, omöjlig, ...
Thai:งานเสี่ยงตาย, เสี่ยงล้มเหลว, ...
Turkish:intihar görevi, mahvedici, ...
Vietnamese:nhiệm vụ cảm tử, rủi ro cao, ...

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Definition of casse-pipe - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

Adjective

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