fairy tale

conte de fées

Histoire de personnages, de créatures ou d’événements magiques, souvent racontée aux enfants.

En anglais simple : A story about magical people, creatures, or events, often told to children.

• She read us a fairy tale.
• This fairy tale is about a princess and a dragon.
• Do your children like fairy tales?

Synonymes : fairy story

Expressions courantes : a fairy tale, read fairy tales, traditional fairy tale

histoire inventée, mensonge

Histoire inventée pour faire croire à quelqu’un une chose qui n’est pas vraie.

En anglais simple : A made-up story told to make someone believe something that is not true.

• His excuse is a fairy tale.
• Don't believe that fairy tale about his missing money.
• She told the police a fairy tale to hide the truth.

Synonymes : lie, fabrication, falsehood

Contraires : truth

Expressions courantes : a fairy tale, tell fairy tales, another fairy tale

conte de fées

Une situation si heureuse et belle qu’elle semble presque trop parfaite pour être réelle.

En anglais simple : An unusually happy, beautiful situation that seems almost too perfect to be real.

• Their life together was a fairy tale.
• Winning the prize felt like a fairy tale.
• She thought her marriage would be a fairy tale.

Synonymes : dream come true

Contraires : nightmare

Expressions courantes : a fairy tale, live a fairy tale, real-life fairy tale