Patf Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Is there a phrase in French to translate this concept?All I can think of is something like jeunesse bohémiènne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 My trusty Collins Robert gives:"folle jeunesse" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted December 11, 2017 Author Share Posted December 11, 2017 Thanks Loiseau - I haven't got that dictionary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 When a French guy, a fellow diver was telling me of his mis-spent youth before he turned his-self around he said j'etais un bad boy" [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritinBretagne Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 I once went on a school trip with a group of British children to a disused coal mine near the Mohne Dam in Germany. The guide only spoke German so most of his comments were translated by a bilingual member of our group. We eventually arrived at a point where the guide’s face lit up. I know this one in English, he exclaimed. It’s a big-b@stard pump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted December 12, 2017 Author Share Posted December 12, 2017 Good replies!I was trying to prepare something to say in french to a doctor, explaining the origin of my various health problems. But I don't think I was that bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroTrash Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 There is an expression "jeunesse dissolue" but I think that might be a bit extreme unless you were very very wild indeed :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 I think I might re-phrase the English first..How about les excès de la jeunesse?Youthful excess, rather than 'mis-spent'?..although I may be projecting my own experience there [6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 la folie/l'imprudence de la jeunesse?Franchement, I would not admit to anything more, Pat[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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