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in a pickle – French expression
What does ” dans le pétrin ” mean? How do you say ‘ in a pickle ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.
être dans le pétrin – un pétrin is food related. It is a dough trough. être dans le pétrin – to be in the dough trough. To keep the culinary analogy, the English translation for être dans le pétrin is ‘to be in a pickle’. Sometimes instead of je suis dans le pétrin, you may hear je suis dans la Béchamelle.
* « J’suis dans l’pétrin : je devais aller chercher les gosses à l’école à 4 heures mais j’ai une réunion. Tu peux me dépanner ? »* “I’m in a pickle: I was supposed to go and get the kids at school at 4 but I have a meeting. Can you help me out?”
Tenses and Modes
* présent : je suis dans le pétrin, nous sommes dans le pétrin* passé simple : je fus dans le pétrin, nous fûmes dans le pétrin* futur : je serai dans le pétrin, nous serons dans le pétrin
Practice
* She was in a pickle. – Elle était dans le pétrin.* If you were in a pickle, I would help you – Si tu étais dans le pétrin, je t’aiderais.* Elle a de la chance, elle ne sera jamais dans le pétrin.
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être dans le pétrin – un pétrin is food related. It is a dough trough. être dans le pétrin – to be in the dough trough. To keep the culinary analogy, the English translation for être dans le pétrin is ‘to be in a pickle’. Sometimes instead of je suis dans le pétrin, you may hear je suis dans la Béchamelle.
Try using this expression at least once today.
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