snake oil dans le dictionnaire Oxford-Hachette

Traductions de snake oil dans le dictionnaire anglais»français

snake oil SUBST Am

snake oil

remède m de charlatan

Traductions de snake oil dans le dictionnaire anglais»français

I.snake [GB sneɪk, Am sneɪk] SUBST

1. snake ZOOL:

snake

serpent m

2. snake (person):

snake péj

traître/traîtresse m/f

II.snake [GB sneɪk, Am sneɪk] VERBE intr

snake road:

snake

serpenter (through à travers)

the road snaked down the mountain

la route descendait la montagne en serpentant

III.snake [GB sneɪk, Am sneɪk]

a snake in the grass péj

un traître/une traîtresse

I.oil [GB ɔɪl, Am ɔɪl] SUBST

1. oil:

oil (for fuel)

pétrole m

oil (for lubrication)

huile f

to check the oil MOTOR

vérifier le niveau d'huile

to change the oil MOTOR

faire la vidange

to strike oil litt

découvrir du pétrole

to strike oil fig

découvrir une mine d'or

to strike oil épith deposit, exporter, producer

de pétrole

to strike oil prices

du pétrole

to strike oil company, crisis, industry, exploration, production, terminal

pétrolier/-ière

to strike oil imports, reserves

pétrolier/-ière

an oil magnate

un magnat du pétrole

2. oil (for cooking):

oil

huile f

corn/sunflower oil

huile de maïs/tournesol

to cook with oil

cuisiner à l'huile

an oil and vinegar dressing

une vinaigrette

3. oil ARTS (medium):

oil

huile f U

to work in oils

peindre à l'huile

the portrait is (done) in oils

c'est un portrait à l'huile

4. oil ARTS (picture):

oil

huile f

5. oil (medicinal, beauty):

oil

huile f

essential oils

huiles fpl essentielles

oil of cloves/lemon

essence f de girofle/citron

6. oil Am (flattery):

oil fam

pommade f fam

oil fam

flatterie f

II.oil [GB ɔɪl, Am ɔɪl] VERBE trans

1. oil (lubricate):

oil mechanism, parts

huiler, lubrifier

oil pan

huiler

2. oil (apply cosmetic to):

oil skin, hair

huiler

III.oiled ADJ

1. oiled:

oiled hair, moustache

huilé

oiled pistons, mechanism

huilé

oiled seabird, animal

mazouté

oiled cloth, paper, silk

huilé

Idiomes/Tournures:

well-oiled (drunk) fam

bien beurré fam

well-oiled (drunk) fam

ivre

IV.oil [GB ɔɪl, Am ɔɪl]

oil and water do not mix

on ne peut pas marier l'eau et le feu

to oil the wheels

mettre de l'huile dans les rouages

to pour oil on troubled waters

apaiser les esprits

snake oil dans le dictionnaire PONS

Traductions de snake oil dans le dictionnaire anglais»français

I.snake [sneɪk] SUBST

snake (long reptile):

snake

serpent m

Idiomes/Tournures:

a snake in the grass péj

un faux jeton

II.snake [sneɪk] VERBE intr

snake

serpenter

I.oil [ɔɪl] SUBST

1. oil (lubricant, for cooking):

oil

huile f

to change the oil

faire la vidange

to check the oil

contrôler le niveau d'huile

to check the oil corn oil

huile de maïs

to cook with oil

cuisiner à l'huile

2. oil no plur (petroleum):

oil

pétrole m

to drill for oil

chercher du pétrole

3. oil (oil-based colours):

oils plur

huiles fpl

Idiomes/Tournures:

to burn the midnight oil

travailler jusqu'à tard dans la nuit

to mix like oil and water

mal se mélanger

II.oil [ɔɪl] VERBE trans

oil

huiler

Exemples monolingues (non-vérifiés par l'équipe de rédaction)

anglais

Bay played in front of an audience every chance he got, including a stint with a snake oil salesman in and around his hometown.

en.wikipedia.org

Then there's the larger problem: distinguishing between apps that offer legitimate medical functions, and those that are little more than digital snake oil.

www.theverge.com

This included learning the secrets of snake oil.

en.wikipedia.org

Seek it if you like but carry those epi pens because those alterna treatments are snake oil.

thechart.blogs.cnn.com

When rubbed on the skin at the painful site, snake oil was claimed to bring relief.

en.wikipedia.org

The reporter and many others have listened to management people's snake oil pitch that they should be higher paid than the people they manage.

thechronicleherald.ca

Many of the trappings of high-end audio equipment are more snake oil than scientific reality.

www.techradar.com

It's not even the parade of snake oil salesmen and the idle rich who make up our political leadership class.

foreignpolicy.com

Registry cleaners are regarded as saviours by their supporters and snake oil by their detractors.

www.pcadvisor.co.uk

By extension, a snake oil salesman is someone who knowingly sells fraudulent goods or who is himself or herself a fraud, quack, charlatan, and the like.

en.wikipedia.org