bottle up

refouler, garder pour soi

Garder ses émotions fortes pour soi au lieu de les exprimer.

En anglais simple : To keep strong feelings inside instead of expressing them.

• Don’t bottle up your feelings.
• He bottled up his anger all day.
• Why have you been bottling everything up?

Comment l'utiliser : bottle something up (She bottled her disappointment up for weeks.)

Synonymes : suppress, repress, hold in

Contraires : express, release

Expressions courantes : bottle up feelings, bottle up anger

mettre en bouteille

Verser une boisson ou un autre liquide dans des bouteilles.

En anglais simple : To put a drink or other liquid into bottles.

• We bottled up the apple juice.
• She will bottle up the wine tomorrow.
• Have you bottled the last batch up?

Comment l'utiliser : bottle something up (We bottled the juice up for winter.)

Synonymes : bottle

Expressions courantes : bottle up wine, bottle up something

neutraliser, contenir

Empêcher un adversaire de bouger librement ou d’agir efficacement.

En anglais simple : To prevent an opponent from moving freely or doing anything useful.

• The defenders bottled up their best player.
• Our attack was bottled up for most of the match.
• They tried to bottle him up before he could pass.

Comment l'utiliser : bottle someone up (Two defenders bottled the striker up near the touchline.)

Synonymes : contain, neutralize, restrain

Contraires : free

Expressions courantes : bottle up an opponent, bottle up a striker

bloquer dans un port

Empêcher les navires ennemis de quitter un port en leur bloquant le passage.

En anglais simple : To stop enemy ships from leaving a harbor by blocking their way.

• The navy bottled up the enemy fleet.
• Their ships were bottled up in port.
• Can we bottle up those vessels before they escape?

Comment l'utiliser : bottle something up in somewhere (They bottled the enemy fleet up in the harbor.)

Synonymes : blockade, trap

Contraires : release

Expressions courantes : bottle up a fleet, bottle up enemy ships

écraser, battre à plate couture

Battre un adversaire en le dominant totalement.

En anglais simple : To beat an opponent completely.

• Our team bottled up its rivals.
• They were bottled up in the final match.
• The champion bottled him up and won easily.

Comment l'utiliser : bottle someone up (The champions bottled their rivals up in the final.)

Synonymes : crush, trounce

Expressions courantes : bottle up an opponent, bottle up a team