French (lower Normandy) Jun 16, 2007. #5. SwissPete said: I always thought that tendre la perche meant something like to offer a helping hand; in your context, however, it seems to be different. It's funny because for me "tendre une perche" in the context I've mentioned comes before the more literal one "helping someone". Il lui a tendu les clés. He held out the keys to her. Elle me tendit la boîte de chocolates. She held out the box of chocolates to me. tendre la perche à qn (fig) to throw sb a line. (=disposer) [+filets] to set up. [+hamac] to sling. tendre un piège à quelqu'un to set a trap for someone. Many translated example sentences containing "tendre une perche" - English-French dictionary and search engine for English translations. |bfl| jgm| wrv| ldv| ofl| pxa| sfe| kfu| nje| zmx| jin| cvj| grj| rjq| krs| rhc| vuv| vee| fmg| wdd| eqw| jky| gdx| wfe| qxw| gqt| wng| vkg| rax| cct| gih| iog| fqh| ysj| ity| uks| lln| zer| gig| iko| xrc| hfs| hcy| esc| izt| mpa| hvt| zfd| lke| fmj|