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I watched the movie "La Femme et le TGV". During the first dialogue at the beginning (a few early minutes of the movie), the lady is bicycling and a car (driven by a young man) makes dust near her. As a reaction, the lady tells him something.
I cannot recognize what the lady tells him. Something like: "vous devrez a ?what?"
I could not find a French subtitle for the movie.
Did you watch this movie? Could you tell me what she is saying in that dialogue?
She says « Vous devriez avoir honte ! » which means "You should be ashamed!"
This is a good example of an avoir + [noun] phrase. Many expressions that are be + [adjective] in English are rendered like this in French:
avoir faim = to be hungry
avoir froid = to be cold
avoir raison = to be right
And among them is avoir honte, where honte is literally "shame".
