skin

skin
skin [{{t}}skɪn] (pt & pp skinned, cont skinning)
1 noun
(a) (of person) peau f;
to have dark/fair skin avoir la peau brune/claire;
to have bad/good skin avoir une vilaine/jolie peau;
I always wear cotton next to my skin je porte toujours du coton sur la peau;
you're nothing but skin and bone tu n'as que la peau et les os;
we're all human under the skin au fond, nous sommes tous humains;
she escaped by the skin of her teeth elle l'a échappé belle, elle s'en est tirée de justesse;
he got into office by the skin of his teeth il a été élu de justesse;
she nearly jumped out of her skin elle a sauté au plafond;
{{}}familiar{{}} it's no skin off my nose ça m'est égal, ce n'est pas mon problème;
{{}}familiar{{}} he really gets under my skin il me tape sur les nerfs, celui-là;
{{}}familiar{{}} I've got her under my skin je l'ai dans la peau;
to save one's skin sauver sa peau;
to be soaked to the skin être trempé jusqu'aux os;
{{}}American{{}} {{}}familiar{{}} gimme some skin! tape-moi dans la main!
(b) (of animal) peau f;
to cast or shed its skin (snake) muer;
a crocodile-skin handbag un sac en crocodile
(c) (on fruit, vegetable, sausage) peau f; (on onion) pelure f;
potatoes cooked in their skins des pommes de terre en robe de chambre ou des champs
(d) (on milk, sauce, pudding) peau f;
take the skin off the custard enlevez la peau de la crème anglaise
(e) (of plane) revêtement m; (of building) revêtement m extérieur; (of drum) peau f
(f) (for wine) outre f
(g) {{}}familiar{{}} (abbreviation skinhead) skinhead mf, skin mf
(h) {{}}British{{}} {{}}familiar{{}} (cigarette paper) papier m à cigarette
2 compound-forming noun
(cancer, disease, tone) de la peau
3 transitive verb
(a) (animal) dépouiller, écorcher; (vegetable) éplucher;
{{}}figurative{{}} if I find him I'll skin him alive si je le trouve, je l'écorche vif;
{{}}proverb{{}} there's more than one way to skin a cat = il y a bien des moyens d'arriver à ses fins
(b) (graze → limb) écorcher;
I skinned my knee je me suis écorché le genou
(c) {{}}familiar{{}} (swindle) arnaquer; (rob) plumer;
he got skinned at cards il s'est laissé plumer aux cartes;
you've been skinned tu t'es fait avoir ou arnaquer
(d) {{}}American{{}} {{}}familiar{{}}
skin me! tape-moi dans la main!
4 skins plural noun
{{}}very familiar{{}} (drums) batterie f
►► skin cream crème f pour la peau;
skin diver plongeur(euse) m,f;
skin diving plongée f sous-marine;
{{}}familiar{{}} skin flick film m porno;
skin food (UNCOUNT) crème f nourrissante (pour la peau);
{{}}familiar{{}} skin game arnaque f;
skin graft greffe f de la peau;
to have a skin graft subir une greffe de la peau;
skin grafting greffage m de la peau;
{{}}familiar{{}} skin mag revue f porno;
skin patch timbre m transdermique;
{{}}Medicine{{}} skin test cuti-réaction f
skin up intransitive verb
{{}}British{{}} {{}}familiar{{}} {{}}drugs slang{{}} rouler un joint

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