French term
France
English into French, specialized in IT
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French
arrête de pédaler comme un kéké, t'es pas à la moitié du col
C'est une expression au cours d'une conversation pendant un repas (ne mange pas trop, il en vient encore).
Dec 24, 2008 17:02: writeaway changed "Field (specific)" from "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings" to "Slang"
Proposed translations
ease off
1. (Familier) (Péjoratif) Individu qui cherche à impressionner par son comportement.
Synonymes
Qui cherche à impressionner (1) :
• cacou (Provence)
• crâneur
• frimeur
• m’as-tu-vu
http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/kéké
Don't try to show off (sous-entendu : en pédalant vite), you're not half way up the pass yet.
Stop pedalling like a madman, you're not ...
Take it easy / Ease off, Superman, there's still a long way to go.
Take easy, Hannibal [Lecter], there's still a lot of meat on the bones.
quit showing off you ain't half as good as you think you are
| That's not exactly the meaning here :) |
You come, You see, and YOU CONQUER!
Native in: Arabic
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic, Arabic to French, and 2 more.
kéké= braggart/boaster/ostentatious or a presumptuous person
kéké= braggart/boaster/ostentatious or a presumptuous person
I THINK!
http://www.dictionnairedelazone.fr/index.php?index=lexique&let=k&page=definition&terme=keke
Bulgaria
The original in all but the language
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Bulgarian to English, Esperanto to English, and 1 more.
Don't get carried away, there's loads more to come
| That's the right meaning, but it doesn't convey the fun element of "kéké" :) |
Don't catch your chickens before they're hatched
| I think that's a good answer for "Compte pas les oeufs dans le cul de la poule" :) |
Stop putting on the dog, you're far from finished
put on the dog (American slang) = to show off (pédaler comme un kéké)
only half done
In other words, he's showing off by eating a lot, but there is still much more food to be put away (eaten). He better pace himself better, or he'll never to eat it all.
I hope this helps.
France
Une traductrice fiable et experte
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: French to English, English
the way you're going, you'll never reach the finishing line
United Kingdom
poetically precise prose with... panache
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
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