Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

(to be) packed up [Everyone else has been packed up]

French translation:

tous les autres ont été conquis/persuadés/séduits/emballés

Added to glossary by Unbounded Arts
Jul 11, 2007 08:44
16 yrs ago
English term

(to be) packed up

English to French Art/Literary Folklore Expressions
The girl has high status.
Granny, this isn't fair.
Even after hearing my story,you've no sympathy for me.
Everyone else has been packed up...

Taken from a dialogue. This young man is trying to convince his grandma that his fiancee is the right one and she is not very understanding , so he says the above sentence.
Proposed translations (French)
4 voir ci-dessous

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voir ci-dessous

Dans le Standard Dictionary of the English language (Funk&Wagnalls),
encore un de mes vieux dicos, je trouve:
to pack: to arrange, select or manipulate to own one's advantage: i.e. to pack a jury.

Traduction: tous les autres ont été conquis/persuadés/séduits/emballés
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