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on a cru que la tartine pouvait ne pas toujours tomber du côté de beurre

English translation: we believed that the toast wouldn't always/didn't always have to fall/land butter side down

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French term or phrase:on a cru que la tartine pouvait ne pas toujours tomber du côté de beurre
English translation:we believed that the toast wouldn't always/didn't always have to fall/land butter side down
Entered by: suezen

09:25 Oct 7, 2005
French to English translations [PRO]
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French term or phrase: on a cru que la tartine pouvait ne pas toujours tomber du côté de beurre
General phrase
translation365
we believed that the toast wouldn't always/didn't always have to fall/land butter side down
Explanation:
According to popular belief, toast always falls butter side down because of the
weight and aerodynamic properties of the butter. ...
www.straightdope.com/columns/050729.html - 9k
Toast does indeed have a natural tendency to land butter side down, ... The limit
is around 3 metres - above that height, a simple fall results in gravity ...
ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/rajm/toast.htm - 6k - 5 oct 2005

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Note added at 20 mins (2005-10-07 09:46:20 GMT)
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It actually means thatMurphy's Law prov.
Explanation:
The correct, original Murphy's Law reads: "If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it."
That's the real reason why toast lands buttered-side down - it has time ...
www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=Murphy's Law - 28k
If toast always lands buttered side down, and cats always land on their feet ...
while there could be problems with buttered toast as the toast may fall off ...
jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/7808.htm - 14k
www.abc.net.au/science/k2/moments/gmis9908.htm - 6k
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suezen
Local time: 08:54
Grading comment
Excellent thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +4you thought your bread wouldn't always fall butter-side down
Neil Crockford
4We thought that the toast ( for the UK) or you can also say slice of bread....
Virginie Lafage
3 +1we believed that the toast wouldn't always/didn't always have to fall/land butter side down
suezen


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
on a cru que la tartine pouvait ne pas toujours tomber du côté de beurre
you thought your bread wouldn't always fall butter-side down


Explanation:
..

Neil Crockford
Local time: 07:54
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Aisha Maniar: "the bread" as opposed to "your bread"
13 mins
agree  CMJ_Trans (X): it was generally believed that bread didn't always....
13 mins
agree  LydieC
14 mins
agree  JCEC
6 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
on a cru que la tartine pouvait ne pas toujours tomber du côté de beurre
We thought that the toast ( for the UK) or you can also say slice of bread....


Explanation:
We thought that the toast / slice of bread could not always fall next to the butter side.

Good luck ! !

Virginie Lafage
France
Local time: 08:54
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  JCEC: La locution "next to" signifie "à côté de" et non "du côté de".
6 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
on a cru que la tartine pouvait ne pas toujours tomber du côté de beurre
we believed that the toast wouldn't always/didn't always have to fall/land butter side down


Explanation:
According to popular belief, toast always falls butter side down because of the
weight and aerodynamic properties of the butter. ...
www.straightdope.com/columns/050729.html - 9k
Toast does indeed have a natural tendency to land butter side down, ... The limit
is around 3 metres - above that height, a simple fall results in gravity ...
ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/rajm/toast.htm - 6k - 5 oct 2005

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Note added at 20 mins (2005-10-07 09:46:20 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

It actually means thatMurphy's Law prov.
Explanation:
The correct, original Murphy's Law reads: "If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it."
That's the real reason why toast lands buttered-side down - it has time ...
www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=Murphy's Law - 28k
If toast always lands buttered side down, and cats always land on their feet ...
while there could be problems with buttered toast as the toast may fall off ...
jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/7808.htm - 14k
www.abc.net.au/science/k2/moments/gmis9908.htm - 6k

suezen
Local time: 08:54
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 96
Grading comment
Excellent thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michele Fauble
24 mins
  -> Thanks Michèle
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