"faire la fine gueule" meaning in Français

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Verb

IPA: \fɛʁ la fin ɡœl\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-faire la fine gueule.wav
  1. Se montrer dédaigneux, délicat, difficile, exigeant.
    Sense id: fr-faire_la_fine_gueule-fr-verb-zP7At-Rw Categories (other): Exemples en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: faire la petite bouche, faire la fine bouche
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