Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
le citron était pressé
English translation:
all the magic had gone
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shweta kheria
Sep 26, 2010 15:04
13 yrs ago
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French term
le citron était pressé
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French to English
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Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
colloquial expression
Jean avait le sentiment de reproduire le même schéma d’échec que lors de son premier mariage. Après sept ans, le citron était pressé. Les petites attentions avaient disparu.....
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Sep 26, 2010 15:26: writeaway changed "Field (specific)" from "Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" , "Field (write-in)" from "(none)" to "colloquial expression"
Sep 26, 2010 17:28: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Term asked" from "citron était pressé" to "le citron était pressé" , "Field (specific)" from "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" to "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings"
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French term (edited):
citron était pressé
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all the magic had gone
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cmwilliams (X)
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Comment: "It sounds perfect."
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French term (edited):
citron était pressé
he'd squeezed everything out of it.
the image of a lemon being pressed and the rind thrown away, to say he'd got everything out of it he could.
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writeaway
: sounds good, but could depend on the variety of English needed (Indian, UK, OZ, US)-assuming we all use this expression. of course have to add that there are any number of ways to translate this........
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Alain Mouchel
Native in French
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Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, Danish to French
French term (edited):
citron était pressé
Routine had killed the magic of the first days
Routine had killed the magic of the first days
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writeaway
: a bit over over-translation. how do we know it was routine that killed it and how do we know only the first 5 days were magic?
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Jean-Claude Gouin
Canada
Canada
Native in French
Canada
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Native in: French 
Works in: French to English, English to French, French, and 1 more.
French term (edited):
citron était pressé
everything had been squeezed out of the lemon
After seven years, everything had been squeezed out of the lemon and replaced by the day-to-day routine.
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he felt sucked dry
"I feel sucked dry! Any interst I have is stupid or not worth his time. Things that are important to me, ie getting out of debt or planning a vacation, are not important enough to put time or money into...he just wants everything done on a whim. I used to be spontaneous and fun, but after kids one of us had to grow up."
http://www.girlsaskguys.com/Relationships-Questions/104738-m...
"Therapists need to be solid, emotionally and physically, to take on the complicated emotional and intellectual lives of the people sitting across from them. They need to be involved, but not to the point that their own emotional well-being is compromised by the sadness or turmoil of the people who they are treating. They need to know their own limitations and set limits on the extent that they provide care, lest they be sucked-dry by the process and be unable to be of any use to anyone, including themselves."
http://drgeraldstein.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/when-helping-h...
http://www.girlsaskguys.com/Relationships-Questions/104738-m...
"Therapists need to be solid, emotionally and physically, to take on the complicated emotional and intellectual lives of the people sitting across from them. They need to be involved, but not to the point that their own emotional well-being is compromised by the sadness or turmoil of the people who they are treating. They need to know their own limitations and set limits on the extent that they provide care, lest they be sucked-dry by the process and be unable to be of any use to anyone, including themselves."
http://drgeraldstein.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/when-helping-h...
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polyglot45
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Native in: English , French
Works in: English to French, French to English, German to French, and 4 more.
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romance was dead
yet another option.
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Rosa Paredes
Canada
Canada
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Canada
Criminal, Civil and Immigration Law
Native in: English , Spanish (Variants: Mexican, Latin American, Chilean, Standard-Spain)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 3 more.
the thrill was gone
As in 'The Thrill is gone', B.B. King
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Context
Cela faisait quelques mois déjà que les choses se passaient ainsi. Avec sa femme, ils se croisaient, mais n’échangeaient plus beaucoup.
Bernard avait le sentiment de reproduire le même schéma d’échec que lors de son premier mariage. Après sept ans, le citron était pressé. Les petites attentions avaient disparu. Le temps partagé se réduisait à peau de chagrin, et les défauts de l’autre prenaient le pas sur ses qualités. Notre manager était triste de cet état de fait. Il savait qu’il avait sa part de responsabilité, mais il percevait mal comment influencer le cours des choses.
http://www.a-la-decouverte-du-lean-six-sigma.fr/upload/ALDDL...
Bernard avait le sentiment de reproduire le même schéma d’échec que lors de son premier mariage. Après sept ans, le citron était pressé. Les petites attentions avaient disparu. Le temps partagé se réduisait à peau de chagrin, et les défauts de l’autre prenaient le pas sur ses qualités. Notre manager était triste de cet état de fait. Il savait qu’il avait sa part de responsabilité, mais il percevait mal comment influencer le cours des choses.
http://www.a-la-decouverte-du-lean-six-sigma.fr/upload/ALDDL...
Discussion
Anyone else who remembers that advert from the cinema will probably understand why I laughed when I saw this thread.
Apologies for the irrelevant intervention.