Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
porter haut les couleurs de la france
English translation:
represented France with flying colours
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maisy
Aug 12, 2008 16:26
15 yrs ago
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French term
porter haut les couleurs de la france
French to English
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Tourism & Travel
describing someone's behaviour overseas.
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Jean-Claude Gouin
Canada
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represented France with flying colours
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Enrique Huber (X)
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Muy muchas gracias, Enrique ...
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Claire Cox
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Un gros merci, Claire ...
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Karen Marston
United Kingdom
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flying the flag for France
Without knowing who the person is and what the context is it is hard to know if this needs to be expressed in a different way but this keeps the reference to the flag and means that the person is representing France well
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lundy
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Bashiqa
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Martin Cassell
: as good as anything, on such a skimpy "brief"!
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Lauren UK
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writeaway
: but too bad sufficient context doesn't seem to be forthcoming
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liz askew
: Nicely translated, given the lack of context.
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Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
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Mohamed Mehenoun
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SME
: Definitely, this is the idea!
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Gacela20
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Christopher Newell
: No context is really necessary, this is a standard french expression, and means exactly what has been given here.
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Mollie Milesi
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Jacqui Audouy
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to proudly wear the colors of France
Hello,
This could be taken literally or non-literally. Maybe he's just behaving in a very proud manner of his country (showing it off)/ He could also be literally wearing the French colors ( red, white and blue).
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I see this used in reference to the fans of French rugby and soccer teams.
This could be taken literally or non-literally. Maybe he's just behaving in a very proud manner of his country (showing it off)/ He could also be literally wearing the French colors ( red, white and blue).
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Note added at 32 mins (2008-08-12 16:59:42 GMT)
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I see this used in reference to the fans of French rugby and soccer teams.
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Helen Shiner
: Since this is a close translation and we have little context, I would tend to go with this answer for preference./Or even 'to hold high the colours of France' if meant metaphorically, which I guess it must, since this is not a discussion of jousting!
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Thanks, Helen!
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Graham macLachlan
: in absolute terms this is about 'wearing' rather than 'carrying' or 'holding' but perhaps the author is mixing his metaphors, who knows?//cf. 'les bleus' and 'le bleu, blanc, rouge' ;-)
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Thanks, Graham! How are you these days?
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Sébastien Ricciardi
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Merci beaucoup Sébastien!
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Yolanda Broad
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Thanks, Yolanda!
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proud of being French/represent France in the best light
just to stray from the colors.
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flying high the Tricolour of France
Seems to me as keeping a link between "haut" and "high", and as suggesting something brilliant and buoyant (to fly high...).
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