Galeux *Il ne faut qu’une brebis galeuse pour infecter tout un troupeau = One scabby sheep will taint a whole flock.
Brebis *A brebis tondue Dieu mesure le vent = God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
Brebis comptées le loup les mange = Counting one’s chickens will not keep the fox off; If you count your chickens, harm will happen to them.
Brebis qui bêle perd sa goulée = It is the silent sow that sucks the wash.
Il ne faut qu’une brebis galeuse pour infecter tout le troupeau = One scabby sheep will taint the whole flock; One ill weed mars a whole pot of pottage.
The proverb, "A brebispres tondue, Dieu luy mesure le vent," is to be found in Jan.
The natives of Les Brebis were now quite accustomed to being awakened at all hours of the night to receive new lodgers, for their houses were the billets of the Battalion in reserve to the front line at Grenay and Maroc, near by.
Les Brebis had had a most extraordinary experience during the war.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "brebis" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
