fuss

fuss
fuss [{{t}}fʌs]
1 noun
(a) (UNCOUNT) (bother) histoires fpl;
what a lot of fuss about nothing! que d'histoires pour rien!;
all that fuss over a game of football! tout ça pour un match de foot!;
after a great deal of fuss she accepted après avoir fait toutes sortes de manières, elle a accepté;
can you have him ejected from the studio without too much fuss? est-ce que vous pouvez le faire évacuer du studio discrètement?
(b) (state of agitation) panique f;
don't get into a fuss over it! ne t'affole pas pour ça!;
I don't see what all the fuss is about je ne vois pas pourquoi on fait un tel cinéma
(c) (idioms)
to kick up or to make a fuss about or over sth faire des histoires ou tout un plat au sujet de qch;
he kicked up quite a fuss about the bill il a fait toute une histoire pour la facture;
people are making a fuss about the new road les gens protestent contre la nouvelle route;
I don't want any fuss made when I retire je ne veux pas qu'on fasse tout un cinéma quand je prendrai ma retraite;
you should have made a fuss about it tu n'aurais pas dû laisser passer ça;
to make a fuss of or over sb être aux petits soins pour qn;
they made quite a fuss over her when she went to visit them ils ont été aux petits soins pour elle quand elle est allée les voir;
he likes to be made a fuss over il aime bien qu'on fasse grand cas de lui
2 intransitive verb
(become agitated) s'agiter; (worry) s'inquiéter, se tracasser; (rush around) s'affairer;
she kept fussing with her hair elle n'arrêtait pas de tripoter ses cheveux;
to fuss over sb être aux petits soins pour qn;
he fussed over his grandchildren il était aux petits soins pour ses petits-enfants;
stop fussing over me! laisse-moi tranquille!;
don't fuss, we'll be on time ne t'en fais pas, on sera à l'heure
3 transitive verb
(a) esp {{}}American{{}} (make nervous) agacer, embêter
(b) {{}}British{{}} {{}}familiar{{}} (idioms)
I'm not fussed ça m'est égal ;
I don't think he's particularly fussed whether we go or not je crois que cela lui est égal qu'on y aille ou pas
fuss about, fuss around intransitive verb
(rush around) s'affairer

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