crouton

"Tomber en croupe"

To fall on one's backside / to fail

Il a essayé de me doubler mais est tombé en croupe. (He tried to overtake me but fell on his backside.)

"Avoir un crouton"

To have a hunchback / to be hunched over

La vieille dame avait un crouton à force de travailler au jardin. (The old lady had a hunchback from working in the garden.)

"Un crouton de pain"

A crust of bread (literal and common use)

Il ne restait qu'un crouton de pain pour le dîner. (Only a crust of bread was left for dinner.)

"Faire le crouton"

To play dead / to pretend to be asleep (often by an animal)

Le chien fait le crouton quand il ne veut pas obéir. (The dog plays dead when he doesn't want to obey.)

"Être au crouton de quelque chose"

To be at the end of something / to be in the last throes

Nous sommes au crouton de ce projet. (We are at the end of this project.)

"Manger son crouton"

To eat one's crust / to suffer the consequences

Il va devoir manger son crouton après ce qu'il a fait. (He's going to have to suffer the consequences after what he did.)

"Crouton de fromage"

A hard, dry piece of cheese (literal, but often refers to the end piece)

Donne-moi le crouton de fromage, il est meilleur. (Give me the hard piece of cheese, it's better.)

"Prendre un crouton"

To take a tumble / to fall (informal)

J'ai pris un crouton en descendant les escaliers. (I took a tumble going down the stairs.)

"Le crouton de l'année"

The end of the year (playful)

On est au crouton de l'année, bientôt les vacances ! (We're at the end of the year, holidays soon!)

"Vieille croûte (related, as 'croûte' is a bigger 'crouton')"

Old hag / old fossil (derogatory, used for an old woman or an old, bad painting)

Cette vieille croûte ne comprend rien. (That old hag doesn't understand anything.)