k&k learn french 50 -
envoyer balader quelqu'un
Need to get rid of someone who is annoying the heck out of you? Send them packing! In show 50 we tell you how to say it in French : "envoyer balader quelqu'un".
Listen to our explanation of the phrase :
Literal translation
To send to walk someone
English equivalent
To send someone packing
To give someone their walking papers
To give someone the brush-off
To brush someone off
To give someone their marching orders
To snub someone
To tell someone where to go
To tell someone where to get off
To tell someone to get lost
French equivalent
Envoyer promener quelqu'un
Envoyer paître quelqu'un
Rembarrer quelqu'un
Frog's phrase
Katia m'a envoyé balader l'autre jour parce que je lui avais volé son cocktail. Bah alors.
Translation
Katia sent me packing the other day because I stole her cocktail. Whatever.

