heel

heel
heel [hi:l]
1. noun
talon m
• high heels talons mpl hauts
• at sb's heels sur les talons de qn
• to be hot on sb's heels marcher sur les talons de qn
• this meeting follows hot on the heels of last month's talks cette réunion arrive juste après les négociations du mois dernier
• to take to one's heels prendre ses jambes à son cou
• under the heel of sous la botte de
• heel! (to dog) au pied !
• to bring sb to heel rappeler qn à l'ordre
2. transitive verb
[+ shoes] refaire un talon à
3. compounds
► heel-bar noun talon-minute m
* * *
[hiːl] 1.
noun (of foot, shoe, sock) talon m

to turn on one's heel — tourner les talons

at somebody's heels — sur les talons de quelqu'un

to bring a dog to heel — rappeler un chien

to bring [somebody] to heel — fig mettre [quelqu'un] au pas

to come to heel — [dog] venir au pied; [person] fig se soumettre

to click one's heels — claquer des talons

2.
heels plural noun (also high heels) chaussures fpl à (hauts) talons
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to cool ou kick one's heels — attendre, faire le pied de grue (colloq)

to dig one's heel in — se braquer (colloq)

to go head over heels — culbuter

to fall/be head over heels in love with somebody — tomber/être éperdument amoureux/-euse de quelqu'un

hard ou close on somebody's heels — sur les talons de quelqu'un

to be hot on somebody's heels — talonner quelqu'un

to follow hard on the heels of something — suivre de près quelque chose

to take to one's heels — hum prendre ses jambes à son cou, s'enfuir


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