rollercoaster

montagnes russes, grand huit

Attraction où de petits wagons parcourent rapidement une voie avec des montées, des descentes et des virages abrupts.

En anglais simple : A fairground ride with small cars that travel fast along a track with steep climbs, drops, and turns.

• I love riding rollercoasters.
• We queued for the park's biggest rollercoaster.
• Have you ever been on a rollercoaster that goes upside down?

Synonymes : switchback, coaster, 🎢

Expressions courantes : ride a rollercoaster, a wooden rollercoaster, rollercoaster ride

montagnes russes

Situation où les émotions, événements ou conditions changent vite et fortement, souvent en alternant le bon et le mauvais.

En anglais simple : A situation in which feelings, events, or conditions change quickly and strongly, often between good and bad.

• This year has been a rollercoaster.
• Their relationship was an emotional rollercoaster.
• Investors endured a rollercoaster of gains and losses.

Comment l'utiliser : a rollercoaster of something (The election became a rollercoaster of hope and disappointment.)

Synonymes : ups and downs

Expressions courantes : an emotional rollercoaster, rollercoaster of emotions, a financial rollercoaster