jouer les vierges effarouchées

English translation: play the innocent

15:54 Dec 12, 2017
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Slang / français
French term or phrase: jouer les vierges effarouchées
par exemple, à propos de quelqu'un : "elle nous fait/joue sa vierge effarouchée"

ou encore, en s'adressant directement à la personne: "hé, fais pas ta vierge effarouchée!"

Attitude hypocrite de quelqu'un qui fait mine de s'offenser ou de s'étonner du comportement de quelqu'un d'autre, alors que cette même personne a déjà fait pareil voire pire.
cosmicgirl72
English translation:play the innocent
Explanation:
Hello

"Vierge" has the idea of innocent so why not this. Also works well in the imperative "Don't play the innocent"
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SafeTex
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Local time: 12:42
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4 +5play the innocent
SafeTex
3 +2she puts on the totally shocked act
Barbara Cochran, MFA


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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
she puts on the totally shocked act


Explanation:
Based on what I found in reverso.com.



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Note added at 11 mins (2017-12-12 16:06:17 GMT)
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"Hypocritical act", since she might be nothing of the kind.

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 07:42
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: I don't think the asker's explanation is quite correct. As far as I can see, there's no implication of hypocrisy. http://dictionnaire.reverso.net/francais-definition/vierge e...
18 mins
  -> Merci, phil.

agree  Daryo: that's far closer to the ST.
1941 days
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
play the innocent


Explanation:
Hello

"Vierge" has the idea of innocent so why not this. Also works well in the imperative "Don't play the innocent"


    https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/play-the-innocent
    https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-french/to-play-the-innocent
SafeTex
France
Local time: 12:42
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: imo this sounds like the/an English equivalent
1 hr

agree  Traductor en (X): Yes, agree with writeaway
3 hrs

agree  Jennifer White: Good, yes.
10 hrs

agree  Rachel Fell
15 hrs

agree  Verginia Ophof
1 day 14 hrs

neutral  Daryo: that's far too soft for ".... effarouchée"
1941 days
  -> And it took you almost 6 years to come to this wrong conclusion 😮
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