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 Translation for 'tub thumping' from English to French
pol.
éloquence {f} de bas étage
tub-thumping [coll.]
lancinant {adj} {pres-p} [musique, rythme]thumping
bac {m} [cuve]tub
baquet {m} [récipient]tub [bucket]
hort.
bac {m} à fleurs
flower tub
meub.
bac {m} à douche
shower tub
naut.
baille {f} [baquet] [vieux]
tub [for bathing in]
faire mousser qn./qc.to tub-thump for sb./sth. [idiom]
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Usage Examples English
  • "Isis", a student magazine of the University of Oxford, reported that Digby had a "tub-thumping style of oratory which would be more appreciated in Hyde Park than in the Union".
  • The area sometimes had a poor reputation for cranks and street preachers, the "lunatic fringe whose tub-thumping make a nightmare of Columbus Circle" condemned by a New York Court of Appeals ruling in a case related to elsewhere in the city, that prompted mid-20th century configurations, but was also sometimes showcased by the national government as a rambunctious symbol of American freedom of speech.
  • David Calhoun of "Time Out said "Even if you can't stand the sight of this greasy Jesus, you might warm to the tub-thumping political doc[...] he's made with director Michael Winterbottom".
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