les grands esprits se rencontrent: meaning & examples

Meanings:

• 1.

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  • Great minds meet; a literal statement that eminent or clever minds come together.

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  • Lors de la conférence, les grands esprits se rencontrent pour débattre des innovations technologiques.

    At the conference, great minds meet to debate technological innovations.

  • Quand les grands esprits se rencontrent, les idées fusent plus rapidement.

    When great minds meet, ideas flow more quickly.

  • Ce colloque est l’occasion où les grands esprits se rencontrent chaque année.

    This symposium is the occasion where great minds meet every year.

• 2.

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  • Used to remark that two or more people have independently had the same idea or thought, equivalent to 'great minds think alike.'

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  • Tu pensais à la même chose ? Les grands esprits se rencontrent, comme on dit !

    You were thinking the same thing? Great minds think alike, as they say!

  • Nous avons eu la même idée en même temps, les grands esprits se rencontrent vraiment.

    We had the same idea at the same time; great minds really do think alike.

  • Quand il a proposé ce plan, j’ai souri en me disant que les grands esprits se rencontrent.

    When he proposed this plan, I smiled thinking great minds think alike.