le culot

nerve, cheek

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noun · masculine Uncommon #13,665
nerve, cheek Informal: used to criticize someone for being brazen or shameless.
FR: Il a le culot de me demander de l’argent après ça !
EN: He has the nerve to ask me for money after that!

Ouais, il a du culot, tout de même!

Yeah, he's got some nerve, that's for sure!

— Marty Supreme (2025)

Vous avez du culot!

You've got some nerve!

— Parasite (2019)

Quel culot!

What nerve!

— À bout de course (1988)

Je n'aurais pas le culot de dire une telle chose.

I wouldn't have the nerve to say such a thing.

Tu as du culot!

You've got some nerve!

— Sacrifices of War (2011)

Il a eu le culot de dire ça.

He had the nerve to say that.

Vous avez du culot de dire une chose pareille!

You've got some nerve saying such a thing!

Tu as du culot de dire une chose pareille!

You've got some nerve saying such a thing!

Il a du culot, celui-là!

He's got some nerve, that one!

Vous avez un sacré culot.

You have some nerve.

T'as du culot.

You've got some nerve.

— La La Land (2016)

As-tu du culot ou pas?

Do you have the nerve or not?

— Histoires de fantômes chinois (1987)

Tu as un sacré culot, hein?

You've got some nerve, haven't you?

— Aquarius (2016)

Il a eu le culot de prendre ma voiture sans me le demander.

He had the nerve to take my car without asking me.

Vous avez du culot de venir ici.

You have some nerve coming here.

Tu as du culot de venir ici.

You have some nerve coming here.

Il a du culot.

He's got a lot of nerve.

— Les Bonnes étoiles (2022)

Il a beaucoup de culot.

He has a lot of nerve.

Qui a le culot d'appeler ici par un mardi soir?

Who has the nerve to call here on a Tuesday night?

— Le Loup de Wall Street (2013)

Tu as un sacré culot.

You have a lot of nerve.

— No (2012)

Vous avez du culot.

You have some nerve.

Quel culot..

What nerve.

— La Grande Vadrouille (1966)

Tu as du culot.

You have some nerve.

Il a du culot!

He's got some nerve!

— Les Enfants du temps (2019)

Même un juif aurait pas le culot de dire ça.

Even a Jew wouldn't have the nerve to say that.

— Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Il a eu le culot d'ignorer mes conseils.

He had the nerve to ignore my advice.

Tes parents ont eu un sacré culot!

Your parents had some nerve!

— Le Voyage de Chihiro (2001)

Tu as eu les dragons au culot.

You had the dragons out of sheer audacity.

— Harry Potter et la Coupe de feu (2005)

Elle a eu le culot de s'exprimer.

She had the nerve to speak up.

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