lit de Procuste

Definition

Definition of lit de Procuste - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

contrainte tyranniquerègle stricte qui force à s'adapter artificiellement en déformant

Cette réforme est un lit de Procuste pour les petites entreprises.

sexualité

Rare

position sexuelle où les jambes dépassent du lit

Rare

Ils ont essayé le lit de Procuste dans leur chambre.

position allongée

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Expressions with lit de Procuste

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un lit de Procuste

contrainte rigide qui force quelqu'un à se conformer à des normes inadaptées

Cette réglementation est un véritable lit de Procuste pour les petites entreprises.

Expressions with lit

être cloué au lit

devoir rester couché à cause d'une maladie ou blessure

Il est cloué au lit depuis trois jours à cause de la grippe.

faire son lit

arranger les draps et couvertures de sa couche après avoir dormi

Il fait son lit tous les matins avant de partir au travail.

garder le lit

rester au lit pour se reposer quand on est malade

Le médecin lui a conseillé de garder le lit pendant trois jours.

jeté de lit

pièce de tissu décorative que l'on pose sur un lit

Elle a choisi un jeté de lit en velours pour décorer sa chambre.

mettre au lit

installer quelqu'un dans un lit pour qu'il dorme

Elle met ses enfants au lit à vingt heures tous les soirs.

sauter du lit

se lever rapidement et avec énergie de son lit

Il a sauté du lit dès que le réveil a sonné.

Origin of lit de Procuste

grec, Prokroustês/Procrustes (nom propre du personnage mythologique)

Examples of lit de Procuste in a sentence

La standardisation excessive du programme scolaire devient un lit de Procuste pour les élèves créatifs.
Ils ont choisi le lit de Procuste pour pimenter leur nuit.
La description du lit de Procuste dans ce manuel l’intrigue.

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English:Procrustean bed, bed of Procrustes, ...
German:Prokrustesbett, Position, bei der die Beine über das Bett hinausragen, ...
Italian:letto di Procuste, posizione del letto di Procuste, ...
Spanish:lecho de Procusto, posición sexual de Procusto, ...
Portuguese:leito de Procusto, cama de Procusto, ...
Chinese:普罗克鲁斯特之床, 普罗克鲁斯特之床体位, ...
Japanese:プロクルステスの寝台, 脚がベッドからはみ出す体位, ...
Arabic:سَرير بروكرست, وَضْعِيَّة السَّرِير البْرُوكُسْتِي, ...
Hebrew:מִטַּת פְּרוֹקוּסְטֵס, ...
Russian:прокрустово ложе, поза, при которой ноги свисают с кровати во время секса, ...
Ukrainian:прокрустове ложе, ліжко Прокруста, ...
Catalan:llit de Procust, posició de llit de Procust, ...
Danish:Prokrustesseng, sexstilling hvor benene rager ud over sengen, ...
Dutch:Procrustesbed, Procrustesbedpositie, ...
Greek:κλίνη του Προκρούστη, θέση Προκρούστη, ...
Hungarian:Prokrusztész ágya, szexuális póz, amelyben a lábak túlnyúlnak az ágyon, ...
Khmer:ក្របខណ្ឌតឹងរ៉ឹងដែលបង្ខំឱ្យអ្វីៗសមតាមគំរូ, ទីតាំងរួមភេទដែលជើងលាតហួសគ្រែ, ...
Korean:획일적 강요, 프로크루스테스 체위, ...
Polish:prokrustowe łoże, ...
Portuguese (BR):leito de Procusto, posição Procusto, ...
Romanian:patul lui Procust, ...
Swedish:Prokrustesbädd, sexställning där benen sticker utanför sängen, ...
Thai:ข้อบังคับที่เผด็จการ, ท่าเตียงโปรครัสทีส, ...
Turkish:Prokrustes yatağı, bacakların yataktan taştığı pozisyon, ...
Vietnamese:khuôn mẫu cứng nhắc, tư thế Procuste, ...

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