pap

bouillie de maïs

Bouillie épaisse, généralement faite de farine de maïs, consommée dans le sud de l'Afrique.

En anglais simple : A thick porridge, usually made from corn flour and eaten in southern Africa.

• We ate pap with grilled meat.
• She stirred the pap until it was thick.
• Is there any pap left in the pot?

Synonymes : porridge

Expressions courantes : maize pap, pap and wors, stiff pap

bouillie

Nourriture molle et humide, notamment celle donnée aux bébés.

En anglais simple : Soft, wet food, especially food given to babies.

• The baby ate some pap.
• She made pap by soaking bread in warm milk.
• He fed the child a spoonful of pap.

Synonymes : gruel

Expressions courantes : bread pap, feed someone pap, bowl of pap

foutaises, niaiseries

Idées, textes ou divertissements jugés stupides, ennuyeux ou sans valeur.

En anglais simple : Ideas, writing, or entertainment that seem silly, boring, or without value.

• That film was sentimental pap.
• He dismissed the article as political pap.
• Why do they keep showing this pap on television?

Synonymes : drivel, rubbish, nonsense

Expressions courantes : sentimental pap, commercial pap, worthless pap

bouillie de céréales fermentées

Bouillie de céréales fermentées pour obtenir un goût légèrement acide, courante en Afrique de l'Ouest.

En anglais simple : A soft food made from grain left to develop a slightly sour taste, common in West Africa.

• She served pap for breakfast.
• This pap was made from fermented millet.
• He added milk to his warm pap.

Synonymes : ogi, akamu

Expressions courantes : fermented pap, millet pap, pap for breakfast

photographier en cachette

Photographier quelqu'un, généralement une célébrité, sans son autorisation et souvent en cachette.

En anglais simple : To photograph someone, usually a famous person, without their permission, often secretly.

• They tried to pap the singer.
• She was papped outside a restaurant last night.
• Photographers waited by the hotel to pap arriving stars.

Synonymes : photograph, snap

Expressions courantes : pap a celebrity, pap someone outside

faible

Qui manque de force ou de consistance.

En anglais simple : Weak or lacking strength and substance.

• My legs felt pap after the climb.
• He offered a pap excuse for his absence.
• By evening, she was too pap to continue.

Synonymes : weak, feeble

Contraires : strong

Expressions courantes : pap legs, pap argument, feel pap

sans caractère, mou

Qui manque de courage, de détermination ou de fermeté de caractère.

En anglais simple : Lacking courage, determination, or a strong character.

• He is too pap to argue.
• They complained about their pap leader.
• She found his pap personality frustrating.

Synonymes : spineless, weak

Expressions courantes : pap personality, pap leader

dégonflé

Qui a perdu son air et s'est affaissé, surtout en parlant d'un pneu.

En anglais simple : Having lost air and become flat, especially a tyre.

• The back tyre is pap.
• A puncture made the wheel go pap.
• We could not drive with two pap tyres.

Synonymes : flat, deflated

Contraires : inflated

Expressions courantes : pap tyre, go pap