Wednesday, 5 April 2017

Dgéthet - Leg

un dgéthet = leg

  • il a d'bouôns dgéthets pouor sén âge = he get around well for his age
  • un co d'dgethet = a kick (most commonly un co d'pid)
  • i' n'faut pon qu'j'âge faithe comme lé dgiâbl'ye fit au dgéthet d'sa méthe = I mustn't make things worse
  • i' va en dgéthet d'tchian = he limps
  • hale sus l'dgéthet à tchitch'un = pull someone's leg
  • il a un dgéthet d'la fanmil'ye = he's got a family resemblance
  • êcouer l'dgéthet / l'ver l'dgéthet = run about; get one's leg over
  • Quand les grands tchians pîssent les p'tits lèvent lé dgéthet = when big dogs piss the little ones cock their legs
  • Lé Dgèrnésiais lève touos ses dgéthets quand i' danse = the Guernseyman lifts all his legs when he dances (being a donkey, he has four of them, naturally)

un dgéthet also means a bloke, a person

  • Tchi qu'est chu dgéthet-là? = Who's that bloke?
  • J'n'ai veu dgéthet = I haven't seen a soul

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