In connection with the procession referred to we must mention the Tour de Ville, as it is called, or La Chandelle du Tour, or Le Tour de cire.
Strack has much to say of the main-de-gloire and the chandelle magique.
Brûler la chandelle par les deux bouts = To burn the candle at both ends.
Chandelle *A chaque saint sa chandelle = Honour to whom honour is due; Every lawyer must have his fee.
Donner une chandelle à Dieu et une au diable = To try and keep in with both parties.
Gâter une chandelle pour trouver une épingle=--To waste a candle to find a pin.
Donner une chandelle à Dieu et une au diable=--To 20 give one candle to God and another to the devil.
Brûler lachandelle par les deux bouts=--To burn the candle at both ends.
A lachandelle la chèvre semble demoiselle=--By candlelight a goat looks like a young lady.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "chandelle" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: acrobatics; ascend; banking; climb; dive; diving; glide; mount; rolling; spiral; stall; volplane; zoom
