Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
se mefier de la peste et du choléra
English translation:
Beware of being between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
French term
se mefier de la peste et du choléra
| 4 +2 | Beware of being between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea |
liz askew
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| 3 | to avoid like the plague |
nordiste
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| 2 | be very suspicious of / take precautions against |
veratek
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Oct 5, 2007 22:05: Giorgio Tenedios (X) changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/49648">Giorgio Tenedios (X)'s</a> old entry - "se mefier de la peste et du choléra"" to ""Beware of being between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea""
Oct 6, 2007 10:32: liz askew changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/49648">Giorgio Tenedios (X)'s</a> old entry - "se mefier de la peste et du choléra"" to ""Beware of being between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea""
Proposed translations
Beware of being between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
comprends qu'on veuille défendre sa création et qu'on doive la protéger pour éviter que Kevin 16 ans aille se servir sur le dos de la mule mais de la à bloquer les gens qui achètent ça me dépasse.
C'est d'ailleurs en partie pour ça que je ne joue quasiment plus sur PC, les jeux consoles sont aussi protégés; et aussi crackés d'ailleurs; mais eux au moins tourneront à tout les coups sur notre machine.
Par contre quand je vois que certains éditeurs profitent de la mauvaise pub de Starforce pour dire "Pas de Starforce pour notre prochain jeu" alors qu'ils étaient certainement le principal client de SF et qu'ils discrètement un petit Securom made by Sony hum hum... Supprimer la peste pour la remplacer par le choléra... :ane:
Expressions & Sayings (B)
Between the devil and the deep (blue) sea - between two equally difficult ..... In that case the expression implied a comparison between being in error and ...
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Mohamed Mehenoun
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Thank you!
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Angeliki Papadopoulou
: "Between a wall and a hard place" could be another idea. :-) Note to Gabrielle, below: Scylla and Charybdis
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Never come across this expression, believe it or not!
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Gabrielle Leyden
: Expressions: Between a rock and a hard place; Between Scylla and Charibda (check spelling, please). idea = avoiding both evils instead of choosing lesser of two evils
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Never come across this expression, I'm afraid.
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to avoid like the plague
It refers figuratively to something that should be avoided at all costs
be very suspicious of / take precautions against
Although I can't see why they are talking about a preformated spreadsheet as a virus (you don't mention any spreadsheets with embedded macros - but perhaps this is also what they are referring to? or there are now other ways to embed a virus in a spreadsheet when you preformat it that does include macros?)
anyways, this is a guess.
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