give us flack for

French translation: va/vont nous tomber dessus

15:39 Dec 18, 2007
English to French translations [PRO]
Marketing - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
English term or phrase: give us flack for
Risk taking
With increasing focus on controls, people feel that their creativity and appetite for taking risks is curtailed, partly because “audit will give us flack for taking these risks”. On probing further, this presented an opportunity to demystify audit a little, with particular focus on Audit’s view on risk and the enterprising spirit that X (company) advocates.
Stephanie Sullivan
Mauritius
Local time: 08:35
French translation:va/vont nous tomber dessus
Explanation:
pour garder le registre un peu familier
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katsy
Local time: 06:35
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2va/vont nous tomber dessus
katsy
3 +1nous met une vive opposition, nous dresse des barrières pour
Francis MARC
3 +1descendre en flammes
sophieb
4leur foudre va nous tomber dessus
gerard robin
3to give someone flack = to criticise someone = to take them to task = passer un savon à quelqu'un
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
nous met une vive opposition, nous dresse des barrières pour


Explanation:
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Francis MARC
Lithuania
Local time: 07:35
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 25

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mélanie Shureih (X): vive opposition s'agit d'une expression juste et normalisée
13 hrs
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
va/vont nous tomber dessus


Explanation:
pour garder le registre un peu familier

katsy
Local time: 06:35
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agree  Lany Chabot-Laroche
7 mins
  -> Merci Lany :-)

agree  Roger McKeon
7 hrs
  -> Hello Roger! Thanks :-)
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
to give someone flack = to criticise someone = to take them to task = passer un savon à quelqu'un


Explanation:
lors de l'audit, on nous critiquera/réprimandera - d'avoir pris de tels risques

Nous nous ferons remonter les bretelles

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 06:35
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
descendre en flammes


Explanation:
fustiger, éreinter, etc

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Note added at 25 minutes (2007-12-18 16:04:49 GMT)
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Intense adverse criticism
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/flack

sophieb
France
Local time: 06:35
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 15

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agree  Claire Chapman: I laughed when I saw this one :-) when the image of going down in flames after being struck by flack flashed through my brain.
54 mins
  -> merci !
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
leur foudre va nous tomber dessus


Explanation:
une suggestion

gerard robin
France
Local time: 06:35
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