at bay

à distance

Empêché de s’approcher ou de causer des problèmes.

En anglais simple : Prevented from coming close or causing trouble.

• The fire kept wolves at bay.
• Regular meals help keep hunger at bay.
• They held the attackers at bay until help arrived.

Comment l'utiliser : keep/hold someone/something at bay (The fence keeps wild animals at bay.)

Synonymes : at a distance

Expressions courantes : keep someone at bay, hold something at bay

acculé

Pris au piège sans possibilité de fuir, souvent face à un agresseur.

En anglais simple : Trapped with no way to escape, often while facing an attacker.

• The stag stood at bay.
• The hounds surrounded the animal at bay.
• At bay against the wall, the soldier raised his sword.

Synonymes : cornered, trapped

Expressions courantes : a stag at bay, stand at bay

à l’arrêt

Animal représenté de profil sur un blason, tourné vers la gauche du spectateur, les quatre pattes au sol.

En anglais simple : Shown on a shield standing sideways, facing the viewer’s left, with all four feet on the ground.

• The shield shows a deer at bay.
• The artist drew the stag at bay.
• Both animals appear at bay on the family’s arms.

Synonymes : statant

Expressions courantes : a stag at bay, a deer at bay