downhill

downhill
downhill [ˈdaʊnˈhɪl]
1. adjective
• downhill skiing ski m de piste
• downhill competition (Skiing) épreuve f de descente
• it was downhill all the way after that ( = got easier) après cela, tout a été plus facile ; ( = got worse) après cela, tout est allé en empirant
2. adverb
• to go downhill [person, vehicle, road] descendre ; ( = get worse) [person] être sur la mauvaise pente ; [company] péricliter ; [economy] se dégrader
• things just went downhill from there par la suite les choses n'ont fait qu'empirer
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DOWNING STREET
Downing Street, dans le quartier de Westminster, est la rue où résident officiellement le Premier ministre (au no 10) et le chancelier de l'Échiquier (au no 11). Les médias utilisent souvent Downing Street ou « Number Ten » pour désigner le gouvernement, à la façon dont on parlerait de « Matignon » en France.
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[ˌdaʊn'hɪl] 1.
adjective [path, road] qui descend
2.
adverb

to go downhill — [path, person, vehicle] descendre; fig [person] être sur le déclin

from now on it's downhill all the way — fig (easy) à partir de maintenant il ne devrait plus y avoir de problèmes; (disastrous) à partir de maintenant c'est le déclin


English-French dictionary. 2013.

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