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de fil en auguille

English translation: one after the other

07:26 Aug 8, 2009
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Marketing - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
French term or phrase: de fil en auguille
Hello
this is from a marketing doc devoted to designers for a firm making goods for children. It says of one particular designer,
son premier dessin de petite fille a été pour....Sa fille. Et depuis des autres ont suivi de fil en aiguille.
Does it perhaps mean that the first drawing opened the floodgates to others perhaps?
thanks,
Anne
Anne Greaves
English translation:one after the other
Explanation:
The phrase means one thing leading to another in sequence, almost inevitably, as the thread follows the needle. I would think it is a bit more gradual than 'opening floodgates' though. I would say 'her first design was for ... her daughter. Since then, other designs have followed one after the other', or '...Since then, a succession of designs have followed' - something like that.
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de fil en aiguille
one after the other


Explanation:
The phrase means one thing leading to another in sequence, almost inevitably, as the thread follows the needle. I would think it is a bit more gradual than 'opening floodgates' though. I would say 'her first design was for ... her daughter. Since then, other designs have followed one after the other', or '...Since then, a succession of designs have followed' - something like that.

Nicky Over
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