vieux loup de mer

Je suis un vieux loup de mer.
My dear, I am an old woman.
Parmi les anciens vainqueurs, on retrouve le vieux loup de mer Piet Vroon, encore aux commandes de Tonnerre 4 à l’âge de 85 ans.
Among the former winners is veteran campaigner Piet Vroon, likely to skipper Tonnerre 4 at the age of 85.
C'était un marin à l'ancienne, un vieux loup de mer.
He was an old-style seafarer, an old sea dog.
Après cinquante ans de pêche, le vieux loup de mer a enfin pris sa retraite.
After 50 years of fishing, the old salt finally retired.
L'océan est si beau mais aussi si traître. Le vieux loup de mer le savait trop bien.
The ocean is so beautiful but also so treacherous. The old sea lion knew it only too well.
Ce pêcheur cubain est le vieux loup de mer dont Hemingway s'est inspiré pour son livre « Le Vieil Homme et la Mer ».
This Cuban fisherman is the old sea dog Hemingway got inspiration from for his book "The Old Man and the Sea."
Rien ne me plaisait autant que d'aller à la cabane du vieux loup de mer et d'écouter ses histoires de voyages et de naufrages.
I loved nothing more than going to the old salt's cabin and listening to his stories of travels and shipwrecks.
Un petit oiseau m’a dit que tu es devenu un vrai vieux loup de mer. – Moi ? Mais je n’ai acheté qu’un petit bateau pour aller pêcher avec mes enfants le dimanche.
A little bird tells me you're a proper old salt now. - Me? But I only bought a small boat to go fishing with my children on Sundays.
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