piétiner

Nous piétinons ce cosmos merveilleux qui nous protège et nous abrite.
We're trampling on this wonderful cosmos that shelters us and houses us.
Si nous piétinons, la police sera ici en premier.
If you wait, police boats will come.
Depuis huit mois, nous faisons du surplace. Nous piétinons. Nous tournons en rond.
For eight months, we have been marking time, floundering, going around in circles.
Nous brisons des choses, nous frappons, piétinons, déchirons, crions et à la fin nous nous rassemblons à nouveau.
We break things, we hit, step on, rip, shout and finally we gather again.
Nous piétinons.
The story's stalled on us.
Nous piétinons.
Which, by the way, isn't much.
Ils sont ambitieux. Nous avons besoin d'objectifs ambitieux, car si nous piétinons et pratiquons l'autosatisfaction, nous n'aboutirons à rien.
Yes, they are ambitious - but we need ambitious objectives, because if we just tread water and are complacent we will achieve nothing.
Il n'y a rien de pire qu'une situation dans laquelle nous piétinons sur un problème, et même si le pays réalise de bonnes performances, nous sommes incapables de le reconnaître.
There is nothing worse than a situation where we are stalling over an issue, and even if the country delivers in terms of performance, we are unable to acknowledge it.
Et des fleurs ! Nous piétinons quelque peu.
Yes, look, this really isn't getting anywhere.
Nous piétinons.
Which isn't very much.
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