wise

wise
wise [waɪz]
1. adjective
   a. ( = prudent) [person, decision] sage ; [choice, investment] judicieux
• a wise man un sage
• a wise move une sage décision
• it would be wise to accept il serait judicieux d'accepter
• he was wise enough to refuse il a eu la sagesse de refuser
• I'm none the wiser ( = don't understand) ça ne m'avance pas beaucoup
• nobody will be any the wiser ( = won't find out) personne n'en saura rien
   b. ( = aware, informed) (inf) to get wise piger (inf)
• to be or get wise to sb voir clair dans le jeu de qn
• to be or get wise to sth piger (inf) qch
• get wise! réveille-toi !
2. compounds
► wise guy (inf) noun petit malin (inf) m
► the Wise Men plural noun also the Three Wise Men les Rois mpl mages
► wise up (inf) intransitive verb
• to wise up (to sth) réaliser (qch)
* * *
[waɪz] 1.
sout (dated) noun façon f
2.
adjective
1) (prudent) gen sage; [choice] judicieux/-ieuse

it is wise of somebody to do — il est prudent de la part de quelqu'un de faire

you would be wise to do — tu ferais bien de faire

to be wise enough to do — avoir le bon sens de faire

was that wise? — était-ce bien raisonnable?

to be wise after the event — être sage après coup

2) (learned) pertinent

to be none the wiser — (understand no better) ne pas être plus avancé; (not realize) ne s'apercevoir de rien

to be sadder and wiser — tirer une leçon d'une triste expérience

3) (colloq) (aware)

to be wise to — être au courant de

to get wise to — prendre le coup de [situation]

to get wise to somebody — saisir (colloq) à qui on a affaire

3.
-wise combining form
1) (direction) dans le sens de

length-wise — dans le sens de la longueur

2) (with regard to)

work-wise — pour ce qui est du travail

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a word to the wise:... — en tout cas un conseil:...


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