Qu'est-ce que ça veut dire et y a t’il une expression équivalente en anglais?
À la six-quatre-deux
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Not sure what the convention on referring to other sources is here, but from http://globule.cs.vu.nl/~gpierre/french.php :
Être habillé à la six-quatre-deux
To be dressed any old how (literally: "to be dressed like six-four-two")
Être habillé à la six-quatre-deux
To be dressed any old how (literally: "to be dressed like six-four-two")
lawlore said:
Cool thanks.
In fact, I've always heard it used in reference to other things, "des projets à la six-quatre-deux," for example, but based on what you found I'm going to assume then that the meaning is something like "not thought out; disorganized; or messy" unless someone says otherwise.
This is from Wikipedia: À la six-quatre-deux : Portrait bâclé pour un rapin. Par extension: toute tâche bâclée. http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_expressions_fran%C3%A7aises
"To be dressed to the nines" est dons l'équivalent anglais de "Etre sur son trente et un" ?
judkinsc said:
There is the expression to be at sixes and sevens, which means to be all muddled up
La Grive was right on spot, about the expression coming from a bungled drawing : I found this on a website :
I'm so glad I can draw, now
dessiner un profil de bonhomme à la six-quatre-deux : le six dessine l’oeil et le front, le quatre, dessous, forme le nez, et le deux une bouche ouverte et un menton pointu
I took a paper and a pen, and I tried, and it worked !!!
I'm so glad I can draw, now
While we are on expressions with numbers, I also found a whole webpage dedicated to those, from zero to the infinite, both in French and English : http://perso.wanadoo.fr/yoda.guillaume/Culture/SixDixEx.htm
For "à la six-quatre-deux", they suggest "in a slapdash way"
For "à la six-quatre-deux", they suggest "in a slapdash way"
Thanks, you guys rock!