a heavy booze

French translation: (here:) complètement bourré

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English term or phrase:a heavy booze
French translation:(here:) complètement bourré
Entered by: Jerzy CertTrans

05:03 Dec 10, 2019
English to French translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Slang
English term or phrase: a heavy booze
A poem about a drug user. Words and phrases written in italics can be found in THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF MODERN SLANG and other dictionaries.
The whole poem can be read and heard on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L48gKvx77I


He usually was high on drugs
Sometimes he had a heavy booze
After all he was an acid head
To be honest he had fuck-all to lose
Jerzy CertTrans
United States
Local time: 08:57
(here:) complètement bourré
Explanation:


Hello Jerzy,


here is a little https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iambic_pentameter#Example for you. :)


En général, il était défoncé
De temps à autre, complètement bourré



"high"
https://context.reverso.net/translation/french-english/je su...
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/french-english/d...
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/french-english/...


"drunk"
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/french-english/...
https://en.bab.la/dictionary/french-english/être-bourré
https://context.reverso.net/translation/french-english/bourr...
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Michael Confais (X)
Germany
Local time: 14:57
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4(here:) complètement bourré
Michael Confais (X)
3 +1une bonne cuite
Agnès Flandin
4(buvait) à tomber ivre mort
Goumiri Abdennour


  

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
une bonne cuite


Explanation:
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Agnès Flandin
France
Local time: 14:57
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Eliza Hall: All the proposed translations are correct in meaning, but yours is syntactically the closest to the original, since "une bonne cuite" can be the object of a transitive verb.
1 day 7 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
(here:) complètement bourré


Explanation:


Hello Jerzy,


here is a little https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iambic_pentameter#Example for you. :)


En général, il était défoncé
De temps à autre, complètement bourré



"high"
https://context.reverso.net/translation/french-english/je su...
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/french-english/d...
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/french-english/...


"drunk"
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/french-english/...
https://en.bab.la/dictionary/french-english/être-bourré
https://context.reverso.net/translation/french-english/bourr...

Michael Confais (X)
Germany
Local time: 14:57
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cyril Tollari
1 hr
  -> Merci, Cyril !

agree  Bridget Jean
2 hrs
  -> Merci, Marwa !

agree  Zeineb Nalouti
1 day 4 hrs
  -> Merci, Zeineb !

agree  B D Finch
1 day 7 hrs
  -> Thank you, B D!
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(buvait) à tomber ivre mort


Explanation:
Ivre mort : complètement ivre, au point d’en perdre connaissance.

On a affaire à une personne qui "n'a rien à perdre", ivre "mort" peut donc convenir...

"Quand je serais ivre mort
Faible et lamentable
Et que vous verrez mon corps
Rouler sous la table
Alors vous pourrez cesser
Vos chants qui résonnent
En attendant jouez
Jouez je l'ordonne"

Ch. Aznavour

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Note added at 5 hrs (2019-12-10 10:25:06 GMT)
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Ou tout simplement "il était ivre mort"

Goumiri Abdennour
France
Local time: 14:57
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
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