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French translation for "hold a wolf by its ears"

prendre le taureau par ses cornes, aller droit au bout, ne pas y aller par quatre chemins

Related Translations:
keep the wolf from the door:  prévenir la famine et le manque
ear:  n. oreille; écoute
virtue is its own reward:  la vertu est sa propre récompense
holding:  n. biens; propriété; actions
hold office:  avoir la fonction de, tenir le poste
hold ground:  tenir bon
hold good:  valoir, valider; être opératif; maintenir; tenir; persister; rester; subsister: survivre
hold forth:  disserter, pérorer
hold trumps:  tenir les cartes, avoir des atouts en main
hold bay:  v. tenir en échec
Similar Words:
"hold a hearing" French translation, "hold a man to his promise" French translation, "hold a meeting" French translation, "hold a reception" French translation, "hold a rendezvous" French translation, "hold all the aces" French translation, "hold at bay" French translation, "hold back" French translation, "hold back the truth" French translation, "hold bay" French translation