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humpty dumpty

Traduction: Personnage d'une comptine enfantine anglaise, généralement représenté comme un œuf assis sur un mur, qui tombe et se brise.

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  • frPersonnage d'une comptine enfantine anglaise, généralement représenté comme un œuf assis sur un mur, qui tombe et se brise.
  1. Nursery rhyme characterA2informal

    A character from a traditional English nursery rhyme, depicted as an egg that falls off a wall and cannot be put back together again.

    frPersonnage de comptine

    • Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
    • All the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't put Humpty Dumpty together again.
    • The children recited the Humpty Dumpty rhyme in class.
  2. Something irreparableB2informal

    Used metaphorically to describe a situation or thing that is broken beyond repair.

    frHumpty Dumpty (irréparable)

    • After the argument, their friendship was like Humpty Dumpty.
    • The project fell apart and became a real Humpty Dumpty situation.
    • Once the trust is broken, it's often a Humpty Dumpty scenario.