French term
United Kingdom
faire la peau à son image
What does this mean? Context: Eastwood has left Rawhide to star in the spaghetti westerns and change his image. I just don't understand this phrase. Is it a pun on the fact his first starring role was 'rawhide'?
Jan 13, 2010 17:22: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Term asked" from "faire la peau á son image," to "faire la peau à son image" , "Field (specific)" from "Cinema, Film, TV, Drama" to "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings"
Non-PRO (1): Sandra Petch
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Proposed translations
put an end to his image once and for all
So Eastwood is "killing" his Rawhide image which has become a prison for him (typecasting maybe?).
Holder of the "Diploma in translation"
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, French to English
kill his image
faire ou crever la peau à quelqu'un (familier) to do somebody in, to bump somebody off
Populaire. Crever, trouer, faire la peau à quelqu'un, le tuer.
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JH Trads
: absolutely
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Merci!
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Evans (X)
: "kill off his image" or "kill his image off" would give it greater emphasis here and sounds more natural I think
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Yes, ok. Thank you!
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Jean-Louis S.
: yep, kill!
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thanks!
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Sandra Petch
: Agree with Gilla's suggestion which I think warrants a separate answer.
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jmleger
: yes, or "to do away", which may be a little less bloody.
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thank you!
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Stephanie Ezrol
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Merci bien!
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Israel
30 years of experience+satisfied clients
Native in: French 
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Works in: English to Hebrew, Hebrew to English, French to Hebrew, and 8 more.
change image
First answer was wrong.
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Verginia Ophof
: yes ! change image to his liking
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Thanks a lot~! :))
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put paid to his image
Native in: English , French
Works in: English to French, French to English, German to French, and 4 more.
to get rid of his old image
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