"ne rien dire qui vaille" meaning in French

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Verb

IPA: /nə ʁjɛ̃ diʁ ki vaj/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-ne rien dire qui vaille.wav
Head templates: {{fr-verb}} ne rien dire qui vaille
  1. (informal) not to look good, not to bode well [with à ‘someone’] Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-ne_rien_dire_qui_vaille-fr-verb-JAlSRuYI Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French negative polarity items, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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  "lang_code": "fr",
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        },
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It doesn't seem good to me, it doesn't exactly fill me with confidence, I don't like the look of it, I don't have a good feeling about it.",
          "text": "Ça ne me dit rien qui vaille.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "not to look good, not to bode well"
      ],
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
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          },
          "expansion": "[with à ‘someone’]",
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              "à",
              "‘someone’"
            ]
          },
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        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "look",
          "look"
        ],
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "bode",
          "bode"
        ],
        [
          "well",
          "well"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) not to look good, not to bode well [with à ‘someone’]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nə ʁjɛ̃ diʁ ki vaj/"
    },
    {
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  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ne rien dire qui vaille",
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        {
          "english": "It doesn't seem good to me, it doesn't exactly fill me with confidence, I don't like the look of it, I don't have a good feeling about it.",
          "text": "Ça ne me dit rien qui vaille.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "not to look good, not to bode well"
      ],
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          "well",
          "well"
        ]
      ],
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        "(informal) not to look good, not to bode well [with à ‘someone’]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/nə ʁjɛ̃ diʁ ki vaj/"
    },
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