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(C'est un proverbe français qui explique qu'une personne seule ne peut pas réaliser tout. Et même si l'oiseau est de retour en France cela ne veut pas dire que le printemps est là) |
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==Words== | |||
Une hirondelle ne fait pas le printemps = | The birds: les oiseaux | ||
*blackbird: merle | |||
*crane: grue | |||
*dove: colombe | |||
*eagle: aigle | |||
*falcon: faucon | |||
*nightingale: rossignol | |||
*ostrich: autruche | |||
*owl: hibou | |||
*partridge: perdrix | |||
*peacock: paon | |||
*penguin: pingouin | |||
*pigeon: pigeon | |||
*raven: corbeau | |||
*robin: rouge-gorge | |||
*sparrow: moineau | |||
*stork: cigogne | |||
*swallow: hirondelle | |||
*swan: cygne | |||
*turkey: dindon | |||
*vulture: vautour | |||
==Expressions== | |||
====Une hirondelle ne fait pas le printemps=== | |||
*Literally: One swallow doesn't make spring | |||
*Meaning: One swallow doesn't make a summer | |||
The proverb has two possible meanings: | |||
#Do not draw conclusions from a single fact or a single element. | |||
#And, more generally: one must not rely too quickly on appearances; One person is not enough to achieve a major goal. |
Revision as of 15:39, 15 November 2016
Words
The birds: les oiseaux
- blackbird: merle
- crane: grue
- dove: colombe
- eagle: aigle
- falcon: faucon
- nightingale: rossignol
- ostrich: autruche
- owl: hibou
- partridge: perdrix
- peacock: paon
- penguin: pingouin
- pigeon: pigeon
- raven: corbeau
- robin: rouge-gorge
- sparrow: moineau
- stork: cigogne
- swallow: hirondelle
- swan: cygne
- turkey: dindon
- vulture: vautour
Expressions
=Une hirondelle ne fait pas le printemps
- Literally: One swallow doesn't make spring
- Meaning: One swallow doesn't make a summer
The proverb has two possible meanings:
- Do not draw conclusions from a single fact or a single element.
- And, more generally: one must not rely too quickly on appearances; One person is not enough to achieve a major goal.