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fiddlesticks

/ˈfɪd.əl.stɪks/

fiddlesticksnoun

fiddlesticks

Traductions

balivernesAu sens de « sottises, paroles ou idées absurdes », le mot s’emploie surtout au pluriel.

All this gossip about ghosts is sheer fiddlesticks.

Toutes ces rumeurs sur les fantômes ne sont que des balivernes.

Traductions supplémentaires

archetsSens rare : pluriel de fiddlestick, l’archet du violon.

Définitions

Nonsense; foolish ideas, talk, or behaviour.

All this gossip about ghosts is sheer fiddlesticks.

Plural form of fiddlestick, the bow used for playing a fiddle or violin.

The violinist loosened the horsehair on his old fiddlesticks.

Synonymes

fiddlesticksinterjection

/ˈfɪd.əl.stɪks/

Traductions

balivernes !Exclamation familière exprimant le rejet, l’incrédulité ou l’agacement.

Fiddlesticks! There's no way that story is true.

Balivernes ! Il n’y a aucun moyen que cette histoire soit vraie.

Traductions supplémentaires

zut !Exclamation familière marquant surtout la contrariété ou la frustration.

Définitions

An expression of disbelief or dismissal, often used to indicate that something is nonsense or unimportant.

Fiddlesticks! There's no way that story is true.

Used to express mild annoyance, frustration, or exasperation when something goes wrong.

Fiddlesticks! I left the report at home.

Synonymes

fiddlesticknoun

fiddlesticks

/ˈfɪd.əl.stɪk/

Traductions

archetPour l’instrument à cordes.

The violinist carefully tightened the horsehair on her fiddlestick before the performance.

La violoniste a soigneusement tendu les crins de son archet avant le concert.

Traductions supplémentaires

bagatelleSens vieilli ou littéraire pour une chose insignifiante.

Définitions

A bow used for playing a stringed musical instrument, such as a violin.

The violinist carefully tightened the horsehair on her fiddlestick before the performance.

A term used to refer to something insignificant or trivial.

He dismissed the problem as a mere fiddlestick, not worth worrying about.

Synonymes

fiddlestickinterjection

Définitions

An exclamation used to express impatience, disbelief, or dismissal; nonsense!

"Fiddlestick! That story can't be true," she scoffed.