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to get the hammer and make tea

French translation: que c\'est moi maintenant le chef de famille

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English term or phrase:to get the hammer and make tea
French translation:que c\'est moi maintenant le chef de famille
Entered by: Laurent Di Raimondo

19:02 Dec 24, 2020
English to French translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - International Org/Dev/Coop
English term or phrase: to get the hammer and make tea
It's about the vivid testimony from a young boy facing a humanitarian crisis, who witnesses :
“My siblings are young and my father was killed by an airstrike, so I decided to work, so I can at least afford to buy them a bag of bread.
*They tell me to get the hammer and make them tea*”.
It obviously looks like a typical English idiom which I cannot manage to translate into French.
Here is my suggestion (but I'm not sure) :
"Ils me disent que c’est à moi de faire bouillir la marmite".
Your collaborative help would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks !
Laurent Di Raimondo
France
Local time: 17:43
que c'est moi maintenant le chef de famille
Explanation:
forget about the tea
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Renate Radziwill-Rall
France
Local time: 17:43
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4que c'est moi maintenant le chef de famille
Renate Radziwill-Rall
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à tout hasard
Françoise Vogel

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que c'est moi maintenant le chef de famille


Explanation:
forget about the tea

Renate Radziwill-Rall
France
Local time: 17:43
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you Renate for your early help and answer. Your proposed translation does confirm more or less my first understanding about the context. For the time being, I let de thread open from any further proposal.

Asker: EDIT : ... for any further proposal.

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Reference comments


1 day 1 hr
Reference: à tout hasard

Reference information:
Hammer signifies power, strength, virility, and masculine attitudes.
https://www.auntyflo.com/tea-leaf-dictionary/hammer


https://www.thesteepingroom.com/blogs/news/getting-experimen...

Françoise Vogel
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 83
Note to reference poster
Asker: Merci Françoise pour cette contribution. Cela confirme le sens général et l'esprit de ce témoignage.

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