faire l'autruche
/fɛʁ lo.tʁyʃ/
verb
B1
le (masc.) la (fem.)
Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.
Forms
- present
- fait l'autruche
- past
- a fait l'autruche
- perfect
- fait l'autruche
Meaning
Practice
1 What does faire l'autruche mean?
to bury one's head in the sand
2 Fill the gap: Il vaut mieux agir que de faire l'___.
Full sentence: Il vaut mieux agir que de faire l'autruche. (It's better to act than to bury your head in the sand.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches faire l'autruche?
faire l'autruche: neutral register, common frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.
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