Jan 25, 2005 00:40
19 yrs ago
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English term

raise hell

Non-PRO English to French Other Slang short story
The fellows were known to raise hell from time to time, especially when they visited another town.

Proposed translations

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faire du grabuge

grabuge esclandre, problème, difficulté ; désordre ; danger ; problème, scandale ; problème, résistance, scandale, rébellion

. enfants dans la sérénité, il doivent avaler quelques calmants (tranquillizers) avant leur arrivée s'ils pressentent qu'ils feront du grabuge (to raise hell ...
www.frenchteachers.org/ frenchreview/viedesmots/vie00may.htm
Peer comment(s):

neutral Juan Arturo Carbajal Manjarrez : "faire les trois cents coups"
39 mins
agree Assimina Vavoula
6 hrs
agree Jean-Claude Gouin
1 day 17 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Rita and Elodie too. This is the sense I am looking for. I think they occasionally drank too much."
+4
7 mins

faire un bordel de tous les diables

D'après le dictionnaire bilingue de l'argot d'aujourd'hui-Pocket

autre suggestion: foutre le boxon
Peer comment(s):

agree RHELLER : this is probably closer to the intensity of the expression (raise hell is BAD!)
2 mins
agree Isabel Vidigal
14 mins
agree NancyLynn
3 hrs
agree raoul weiss
12 hrs
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