under the table

sous la table

Dans l’espace situé entre le plateau d’une table et le sol.

En anglais simple : Below a table, in the space between its top and the floor.

• The cat is under the table.
• I found my keys under the table.
• Why are your shoes under the table?

Synonymes : beneath the table

Expressions courantes : hide under the table, look under the table

au noir, en sous-main

En cachant un paiement ou une transaction, souvent pour éviter des règles ou des impôts.

En anglais simple : If you pay or do business this way, you keep it secret, often to avoid rules or taxes.

• He paid me under the table.
• The workers received cash under the table.
• Did the official accept money under the table?

Synonymes : secretly, unofficially

Contraires : openly

Expressions courantes : pay under the table, under the table dealings

clandestin, non déclaré

Décrit un paiement ou un accord gardé secret, souvent parce qu’il enfreint les règles.

En anglais simple : A payment or agreement described this way is kept secret, often because it breaks rules.

• It was an under the table deal.
• The company offered an under the table payment.
• They rejected the under the table arrangement.

Synonymes : secret, unofficial, covert

Contraires : open

Expressions courantes : under the table payment, under the table deal

ivre mort, complètement saoul

Tellement ivre qu’on ne peut plus se comporter normalement ou rester éveillé.

En anglais simple : You have drunk so much alcohol that you cannot behave normally or stay awake.

• By midnight, he was under the table.
• His brother drank him under the table.
• You cannot drink everyone under the table and expect to feel well.

Comment l'utiliser : drink someone under the table (She could drink all her friends under the table.)

Synonymes : very drunk, wasted

Contraires : sober

Expressions courantes : drink under the table, already under the table

mort d’ennui, abruti

Tellement ennuyé ou submergé mentalement qu’on n’arrive plus à se concentrer ni à penser clairement.

En anglais simple : You become too bored or mentally overwhelmed to pay attention or think clearly.

• That lecture bored me under the table.
• Her endless statistics bored everyone under the table.
• Another hour of speeches would bore us under the table.

Comment l'utiliser : bore someone under the table (His endless stories bored us under the table.)

Synonymes : bored stiff, dazed

Expressions courantes : bore under the table, under the table already