k&k learn french 46 -
avoir les dents longues
Do you want to gossip about a highly ambitious colleague who won't let anything get in the way of their career? Or perhaps you need to talk about a particular politicians ruthless rise to the top! In show 46, we talk about how to say this in French : "avoir les dents longues".
Literal translation
To have the teeth long
(note: this does NOT mean "to be long in the tooth", which means "to be old")
English equivalent
To be very ambitious
To have high ambitions
To want it all
To have one's sights set high
To be a shark
To aim very high
To be ruthless
To reach for the moon
French equivalent
Être très ambitieux (se)
Avoir de l'ambition
Avoir les denrs qui rayent le parquet
Être un requin
Être carièriste
Frog's phrase
Katia et Kyliemac font tout pour être elues les podcasteuses de l'année. Elles ont les dents longues, ces deux là.
Translation
Katia and Kyliemac are doing everything they can to be announced podcasters of the year. They have high ambitions, those two.
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