effeuiller la marguerite: meaning & examples

Meanings:

• 1.

  FranceneutralMachine
  • To pluck the petals off a daisy.

  Examples

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  • En se promenant dans le jardin, elle a commencé à effeuiller la marguerite pour s’amuser.

    While walking in the garden, she began to pluck the daisy petals for fun.

  • Les enfants ont passé l’après-midi à effeuiller la marguerite près du ruisseau.

    The children spent the afternoon plucking daisy petals near the stream.

  • Avant de partir, il a effeuillé la marguerite qu’il avait trouvée dans le champ à côté de la ferme.

    Before leaving, he plucked the daisy he had found in the field next to the farm.

  • Elle effeuillait la marguerite doucement, captivée par la douceur des pétales blancs.

    She was gently plucking the daisy, captivated by the softness of the white petals.

• 2.

  FranceinformalMachine
  • To play the game 'she loves me, she loves me not' by removing a daisy's petals, used figuratively to describe determining or speculating about someone's affection.

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  • En effeuillant la marguerite, il se demandait si elle l’aimait vraiment ou non.

    While plucking the daisy, he wondered if she truly loved him or not.

  • Tu as vu comment elle effeuillait la marguerite ? Elle espérait une réponse positive à sa demande.

    Did you see how she was plucking the daisy? She was hoping for a positive answer to her question.

  • On a tous joué à effeuiller la marguerite pour essayer de deviner ses sentiments.

    We all played the 'she loves me, she loves me not' game to try to guess her feelings.