accorder ses violons: suggested translations

Consult this page to find suggested English equivalents for "accorder ses violons."

agree on, come together, get together, get one’s act together, get one’s stories straight, get one’s stories square, keep one’s stories square, reach a consensus, reach an agreement, read from the same page, reconcile one’s stories, sing from the same hymn book, sing from the same hymn sheet, sing from the same song book, sing the same tune

  • ils doivent dresser une liste de priorités pour leurs programmes de formation, et ils doivent accorder leurs violons / they need to prioritize their training programs, and they need to agree on how to do this
  • les municipalités et les provinces doivent accorder leurs violons en la matière / the municipalities and the provinces must come together (get together) on this matter
  • je leur conseille d’accorder leurs violons sur la question des dossiers confidentiels / I suggest they get their act together on the issue of confidentiality
  • mettez-vous d’accord et accordez vos violons si vous ne voulez pas d’ennuis! / make up your minds and get your stories straight (get your stories square, keep your stories straight) if you don’t want to get into trouble
  • comme tout le monde le sait, il est difficile d’accorder tous ses violons ensemble sur ce sujet / as everyone knows, it is very difficult to reach a consensus on this subject
  • les deux pays tentent d’accorder leurs violons sur les changements climatiques / the two countries are trying to reach an agreement on climate change
  • les deux ne disent pas la même chose concernant cet événement; ils devraient vraiment accorder leurs violons / the two of them are not saying the same thing about what happened; they should really be reading from the same page
  • ils doivent accorder leurs violons concernant cette histoire contradictoire / they need to reconcile their conflicting stories
  • accordez vos violons si vous voulez que les gens croient vos propos / you should sing from the same hymn book (hymn sheet, song book) if you want people to believe you
  • ils n’accordent pas leurs violons sur le sujet / they are not singing the same tune on the issue

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