"canary in a coal mine" meaning in Anglais

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Noun

IPA: \kəˈnɛɹi ɪn ə ˈkəʊl maɪn\ Audio: En-au-canary in a coal mine.ogg Forms: canaries in a coal mine [plural]
  1. Signe avant-coureur. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: fr-canary_in_a_coal_mine-en-noun-NshGtXDN Categories (other): Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: miner's canary Related terms: canary in the coal mine

Inflected forms

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    "Composé de canary (« canari »), in, a et coal mine (« mine de charbon »), littéralement « canari dans une mine de charbon ».",
    "(XIXᵉ siècle) : Allusion aux canaris en cage que les mineurs amenaient à fond de mine. Les gaz toxiques comme le monoxyde de carbone qui s’accumulent dans les mines tuaient les canaris avant les mineurs, leur donnant l’alerte et leur permettant d’évacuer."
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    "(XIXᵉ siècle) : Allusion aux canaris en cage que les mineurs amenaient à fond de mine. Les gaz toxiques comme le monoxyde de carbone qui s’accumulent dans les mines tuaient les canaris avant les mineurs, leur donnant l’alerte et leur permettant d’évacuer."
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