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French Expression
Meaning | something’s amiss, something isn’t right | |
Literally | there is something that is wrong | |
Register | normal | |
Pronunciation | [ee l(ee) ya kel keu shoz kee klush] | |
IPA | [i l(i)ja kɛl kə ʃoz ki klɔʃ] |
Usage notes: Clocher is an old-fashioned French verb meaning "to limp," which eventually evolved to its modern meaning: "to be defective, to have something wrong."
Par exemple…
Je n’arrive pas à trouver le problème, mais il y a quelque chose qui cloche. | I can’t find the problem, but there is something wrong. | |
Qu’est-ce qui cloche avec toi ? | What’s wrong with you? |
Synonymous expressions
- ne pas marcher – to not work
- quel est le problème ? – what’s the problem?
- quelque chose ne va pas – something is wrong
- qu’est-ce que tu as / il a ? – what’s wrong with you / him?
- qu’est-ce qu’il y a ? – what’s wrong?
- qu’est-ce qui ne va pas ? – what’s wrong?
- qu’est-ce qui se passe ? – what’s wrong?
- Il y a
- Qui and other relative pronouns
- Clocher is a regular -er verb

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