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Comment dirais-je... ? It's a bad idea

TermDefinition
C'est… It is...(it’s…)
une mauvaise idée a bad idea
impensable unthinkable
inadmissible unacceptable
inouï(e) incredible, unbelievable
mal conçu(e) ill-conceived
scandaleux (-euse) scandalous
aberrant(e) ludicrous
coupé(e) des réalités remote from the realities of life
I'idée se révèle fausse the idea turns out to be wrong
I'idée ne repose sur rien de sérieux there is no sound basis for the idea
il est hors de question de (+ verb in the infinitive) to. . .is out of the question
du pur délire sheer lunacy
un outrage au bon sens an outrage to common sense
un projet voué à l'échec a plan doomed to failure
une stratégie inefficace an ineffective strategy
une stratégie dépourvue de sens a senseless strategy
une stratégie hautement contestable a highly debatable strategy
un argument qui manque de poids an insubstantial argument
un argument démenti par les faits an argument belied by the facts
l‘argument ne rime à rien the argument does not add up
l‘argument ne dépasse pas Ia surface des choses the argument only skims the surface
ce n'est pas l’unique piste à explorer it’s not the only avenue to be explored
rien ne serait plus vain que (de + infinitive of verb) nothing would be more futile than (to...)
à quoi cela sert-il de (+ infinitive of verb) ? what is the point of. . .?
mieux vaut s'en tenir à... it is better to stick to...
où veut-on en venir ? what are they trying to achieve?
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