the bear so to speak

French translation: le grand méchant loup, d'une certaine façon

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English term or phrase:the bear so to speak
French translation:le grand méchant loup, d'une certaine façon
Entered by: kerbager

20:38 Jul 28, 2007
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English term or phrase: the bear so to speak
I will help them to do discover in the home, who ran the house? And, how? Who was the disciplinarian? And, how? Who was not there? Or let’s say, so often the mother will say, “wait till your father gets home.” So the father is the bear so to speak because he’s doing the beating, but the mother has the control.
kerbager
Canada
Local time: 11:44
le grand méchant loup, d'une certaine façon
Explanation:
Et donc, pour moi, c’est Auteuil, le grand méchant loup qui filme depuis le début. ... est de poids : au lieu de voir Pierrot seul, descendre vers son père, ...
http://salles.blog.telerama.fr/2005/10/cest_qui_le_mec.html
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FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 17:44
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Merci FX :-)
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le grand méchant loup, d'une certaine façon


Explanation:
Et donc, pour moi, c’est Auteuil, le grand méchant loup qui filme depuis le début. ... est de poids : au lieu de voir Pierrot seul, descendre vers son père, ...
http://salles.blog.telerama.fr/2005/10/cest_qui_le_mec.html

FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 17:44
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 75
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Merci FX :-)

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agree  Abrandt: oui, je dirais aussi, le méchand loup
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