jump the queue

doubler la file, passer devant les autres

Passer injustement devant des personnes qui attendent depuis plus longtemps dans une file.

En anglais simple : To go ahead of people who have been waiting in a line longer than you.

• Please do not jump the queue.
• A man jumped the queue at the ticket desk.
• She tried to jump the queue, but everyone protested.

Synonymes : push in, cut in line

Expressions courantes : jump the queue again, jump the queue rudely

passer en priorité, bénéficier d’un traitement de faveur

Obtenir un service ou une occasion avant les autres grâce à un traitement spécial.

En anglais simple : To get a service or opportunity before others because you receive special treatment.

• His connections helped him jump the queue.
• Urgent applications can jump the queue for review.
• Wealthy patients jumped the queue by paying extra.

Comment l'utiliser : jump the queue for something (People with urgent cases can jump the queue for treatment.)

Synonymes : get priority, get preferential treatment

Expressions courantes : jump the queue legally, jump the queue unfairly