on ice

sur la glace, sur glace

En contact avec de la glace ou posé dessus, parfois pour garder quelque chose au froid.

En anglais simple : Touching or resting on frozen water, sometimes to keep something cold.

• Be careful walking on ice.
• The shop displayed fresh fish on ice.
• She slipped on ice outside the house.

Expressions courantes : skate on ice, slip on ice, fish on ice

en suspens, en attente

Arrêté ou reporté provisoirement, en attendant un moment ultérieur.

En anglais simple : Temporarily stopped or delayed until a later time.

• Our travel plans are on ice.
• They put the merger on ice after the talks failed.
• How long will you keep the project on ice?

Comment l'utiliser : put/keep something on ice (We put the project on ice until funding arrives.)

Synonymes : on hold, suspended, postponed

Contraires : active

Expressions courantes : put something on ice, keep something on ice, plans on ice

sur glace

Présenté sous forme de spectacle où les artistes patinent sur la glace.

En anglais simple : Performed as a show in which the actors skate.

• We saw a fairy tale on ice.
• The theatre company performed the musical on ice last winter.
• Have you seen their new ballet on ice?

Expressions courantes : ballet on ice, musical on ice, show on ice

assuré, dans la poche

Dont la victoire est tellement certaine que le résultat ne fait plus de doute.

En anglais simple : So certain to be won that the result is no longer in doubt.

• That goal put the game on ice.
• With a huge lead, they had the victory on ice.
• The captain put the match on ice with a final point.

Comment l'utiliser : put a game on ice (Their late goal put the game on ice.)

Synonymes : in the bag, secured

Expressions courantes : put something on ice, game on ice, victory on ice

mort, assassiné

Qui est mort, généralement après avoir été tué par quelqu’un.

En anglais simple : Dead, usually because someone has killed the person.

• The witness is on ice now.
• The crime boss wanted his rival on ice.
• In the film, the killer puts two gangsters on ice.

Comment l'utiliser : put someone on ice (The gangster ordered his men to put the witness on ice.)

Synonymes : dead

Contraires : alive

Expressions courantes : put someone on ice, someone on ice