Je me ferais tirer à quatre avant de parler = Wild horses would not make me speak.
Il tire (touche) à sa fin = He is on his last legs.
Je saurai en tirer parti = I shall be able to turn it to account.
*Tirez le rideau, la farce est jouée = Ring down the curtain, the play is over.
[Words reported to have been said by Rabelais just before his death.]
Titre
On m’a donné cela à titre gratuit (or, gracieux) = They gave me that for nothing.
Cet or n’est pas au titre légal = This gold is not up to the standard.
À ce titre (compte) j’y perds = At that rate I am a loser.
Toit