take for granted
Anglais modifier
Étymologie modifier
- (Siècle à préciser) Composé de take (« prendre »), for (« pour ») et granted (« acquis »), littéralement « prendre pour acquis ».
Locution verbale modifier
take for granted \teɪk fɔːɹ ˈɡɹɑːn.tɪd\ (se conjugue : → voir la conjugaison de take)
- Prendre pour acquis, prendre comme allant de soi.
- Let it be considered a delicate intimation on the part of the historian that he is going back to the town in which Oliver Twist was born; the reader taking it for granted that there are good and substantial reasons for making the journey. — (Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, ch. 17, 1839)
- (Idiotisme) (Sens figuré) Sous-estimer.
- He had fiercely championed loveless ladies entering frustrated middle age, the married woman whose husband took her for granted and seldom into his arms. — (« Posthumous Portrait », Time, 25 novembre 1946)
- Il avait farouchement défendu ces femmes privées d'amour qui abordent l'âge mûr, cette femme mariée que son mari sous-estime et enlace rarement.
- He had fiercely championed loveless ladies entering frustrated middle age, the married woman whose husband took her for granted and seldom into his arms. — (« Posthumous Portrait », Time, 25 novembre 1946)
Prononciation modifier
- Royaume Uni : [teɪk fɔː ɡɹɑːntɪd]
- États-Unis : [teɪk fɔɹ ɡɹæntəd]
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