en l'air
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Pronunciation
Adjective
- up in the air, up
- Coordinate term: à terre
- les quatre fers en l’air ― flat on one's back
- partie de jambes en l’air ― roll in the hay (literally, “game of legs up in the air”)
- (figuratively) empty, not backed by action
- des menaces en l’air ― idle threats
- une promesse en l’air ― an empty promise
- des paroles en l’air ― hot air, empty words
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with dans l’air or à l’air.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: anlè
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