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Tenir la chandelle – French expression

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Tenir la chandelle - French expression

What does the French expression ' tenir la chandelle ' mean? What does it sound like? How is it used in a sentence? Listen to Anne Audio.

Tenir la chandelle - tenir is to hold and une chandelle is another word for une bougie, a candle. tenir la chandelle - to hold the candle means to be the third wheel, to go out alone with a couple or to feel excluded.

* « Non, je [ne] sors pas avec eux deux. Je [ne] veux pas tenir la chandelle. »

* " No, I'm not going out with the two of them. I don't want to be the third wheel."

Tenses and modes

présent : je tiens la chandelle, nous tenons la chandelle

passé composé : j'ai tenu la chandelle, nous avons tenu la chandelle (/U/ sound)

futur : je tiendrai la chandelle, nous tiendrons la chandelle

Related: About LA CHANDELEUR . Expressions with TENIR .

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