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recipe for disaster

French translation: On court au désastre/à la catastrophe

06:41 Aug 8, 2017
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General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
English term or phrase: recipe for disaster
Article sur l'introduction d'une nouvelle taxe.

Titre : a recipe for disaster

Merci pour vos suggestions !
Cecile Dupont
Local time: 09:52
French translation:On court au désastre/à la catastrophe
Explanation:
Another suggestion.
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Paolo Dagonnier
Belgium
Local time: 09:52
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4On court au désastre/à la catastrophe
Paolo Dagonnier
4 +2une belle catastrophe en préparation
Sandra Mouton
3 +2Chronique d'un désastre annoncé
ph-b (X)
4la catastrophe assurée
FX Fraipont (X)
3 +1désastre/catastrophe en perspective
Hélène OShea
4La formule du désastre
Agnès Flandin
4Recette pour un désastre // Une bonne recette pour un désastre réussi
Daryo
3L'échec fait recette
Oana Moisuc
Summary of reference entries provided
Definition of 'a recipe for disaster'
Daryo

Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
la catastrophe assurée


Explanation:
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FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 09:52
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 1529

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neutral  Germaine: Source: R&C
10 days
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
On court au désastre/à la catastrophe


Explanation:
Another suggestion.

Paolo Dagonnier
Belgium
Local time: 09:52
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agree  GILLES MEUNIER: je préfère On court au désastre
43 mins
  -> Merci GILOU, c'est la formule que je préfère aussi
agree  Chakib Roula
45 mins
  -> Merci Chakib !
agree  Sandra Mouton
48 mins
  -> Merci Sandra !
agree  Annie Rigler
5 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
une belle catastrophe en préparation


Explanation:
Autre possibilité, pour garder la métaphore de "recipe".

Sandra Mouton
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:52
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  gayd (X)
2 mins
  -> Merci David
neutral  GILLES MEUNIER: en perspective, plutôt
5 mins
  -> Possible aussi, mais on perd l'allusion culinaire, dans ce cas
agree  Philippe Barré
22 hrs
  -> Merci
neutral  Daryo: there are no culinary associations whatsoever - it's the same meaning as in "recipe" for making concrete or for a organising a party.
6 days
  -> And here I was thinking "recipe" was a culinary term! Do we really have to argue about literal and figurative meanings, the connotations they carry, etc?
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
désastre/catastrophe en perspective


Explanation:
Une idée

Hélène OShea
Ireland
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agree  GILLES MEUNIER
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Chronique d'un désastre annoncé


Explanation:
Puisqu'il s'agit d'un titre.


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Note added at 2 hrs (2017-08-08 09:18:27 GMT)
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Avec, évidemment, mes remerciements et surtout mes excuses à GGM.

ph-b (X)
France
Local time: 09:52
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 20

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agree  gayd (X)
16 mins
agree  Sandra Mouton
22 hrs
neutral  Daryo: I do like this one, but it's not exactly the intended meaning.
1 day 2 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
La formule du désastre


Explanation:
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Agnès Flandin
France
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1 day 5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Recette pour un désastre // Une bonne recette pour un désastre réussi


Explanation:
recipe for disaster = comment il ne faut pas faire les choses / comment tout faire à l'envers / de travers


« Relever les taux quand le marché immobilier se retourne, c'est LA recette pour un désastre ! »
http://www.la-croix.com/Economie/La-BCE-releve-ses-taux-dint...

Donc, en descendant, la gravité t’encourage à courir plus vite, mais plus tu cours vite, plus tes jambes doivent négocier avec la force de réaction au sol. Ceci peut être une bonne recette pour un désastre. C’est pourquoi, dans une descente, tu dois te concentrer à garder le contrôle de ta vitesse de croisière.

http://www.courir.org/comment-descendre-une-cote/

http://lesgrossesorchadeslesamplesthalameges.skynetblogs.be/...

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Daryo
United Kingdom
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6 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
L'échec fait recette


Explanation:
I recommend finding a pun using 'recette' as the term suggests the accounting/taxes field.

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Note added at 6 days (2017-08-14 12:38:30 GMT)
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Or simply 'recette de l'échec'

Oana Moisuc
France
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Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian, Native in FrenchFrench
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Reference comments


1 day 5 hrs
Reference: Definition of 'a recipe for disaster'

Reference information:
a recipe for disaster (phrase)

If you say that something is a recipe for disaster, you mean that it is very likely to have unpleasant consequences.


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Note added at 1 day10 hrs (2017-08-09 17:12:00 GMT)
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very likely NOT certain

Daryo
United Kingdom
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