The French expression “donner des noms d’oiseau à quelqu’un” translates literally to “to give somebody birds names”. Here are some English meanings:
- to call somebody names
- to insult somebody
- to call somebody every name in the book
The meaning really is simply to insult by calling names. Here’s an example sentence:
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- Les gens en avaient tellement marre du president qu’ils on fini par lui donner des noms d’oiseaux. People were so fed up with the president that they ended up calling him every name in the book.
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