lemon

citron

Fruit jaune au goût acide, souvent utilisé dans les boissons et la cuisine.

En anglais simple : A yellow fruit with a sour taste, often used in drinks and cooking.

• Add some lemon to your tea.
• She squeezed two lemons into the bowl.
• Would you like a slice of lemon?

Expressions courantes : lemon juice, slice of lemon, fresh lemon

camelote, navet

Objet acheté qui fonctionne mal, ou personne décevante ou inutile.

En anglais simple : Something you buy that works badly, or a person who is disappointing or useless.

• This car is a lemon.
• We bought a lemon and spent months repairing it.
• Their new manager turned out to be a lemon.

Synonymes : dud

Expressions courantes : buy a lemon, sell a lemon, a complete lemon

jaune citron

Couleur jaune claire et vive, rappelant celle du citron.

En anglais simple : A bright, pale yellow color.

• She chose pale lemon for the walls.
• The fabric comes in lemon and cream.
• A touch of lemon brightened the design.

Synonymes : lemon yellow

Expressions courantes : pale lemon, bright lemon, lemon and white

faveur

Service rendu à quelqu’un ; surtout employé dans une expression indiquant que l’on trouve quelque chose ridicule.

En anglais simple : A helpful act, used mainly in a phrase showing that you think something is ridiculous.

• Do me a lemon! That price is ridiculous.
• You want fifty pounds? Do me a lemon!
• Do me a lemon, nobody believes that story.

Synonymes : favor

Expressions courantes : do a lemon, do someone a lemon

citronner

Ajouter du jus ou du goût de citron à un aliment.

En anglais simple : To add the juice or flavor of a yellow, sour fruit to food.

• Lemon the fish before serving it.
• She lemoned the sauce to sharpen its flavor.
• You can lemon the vegetables after cooking.

Expressions courantes : lemon the fish, lemon the sauce