Tirer le diable par la queue=--To be in great 35 straits (lit.
Tirer les marrons du feu avec la patte du chat=--To make a cat's paw of any one (lit.
Military) Tirer de la cellule, to be confined in a military cell.
Tirer une carotte/ has a dozen allied meanings, but it suffices to give it here as: /To dupe/.
Mais un habile homme sait tirer parti de tout', and everybody is good for something.
You will not forget Warner, I hope, when the opportunity offers, afin qu'il soit dans le cas d'en tirer de sa propre cave.
She says that Knollys has been trying tirerles vers du nez ('to extract her secret plans'), a phrase used in Casket Letter II.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tirer" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
