UNA, FR 202, The Ultimate French, Chapter 28, Idioms with "voir" and "dire"
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| voir trente-six chandelles | to see stars
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| voir la vie en rose | to see life through rose-colored glasses
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| se voir en cachette | to meet secretly
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| n'y voir goutte | not to be able to see a thing
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| n'y voir que du feu | to be completely fooled/taken in
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| en faire voir de dures | to give someone a hard time
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| en faire voir de toutes les couleurs | to give someone a hard time
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| en faire voir des vertes et des pas mûres | to give someone a hard time
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| ne voir aucun mal à qqch | not to see any harm in something
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| Fais voir! | Show me!
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| faire voir trente-six chandelles à qqn | to knock the living daylights out of someone
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| Vous voyez d'ici le tableau! | Just picture it!
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| On aura tout vu! | That would be the limit.
That would be too much.
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| Cela n'a rien à voir avec... | That has nothing to do with...
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| Je n'ai rien à voir dans cette affaire. | I have nothing to do with that.
I'm not responsible for that.
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| Je ne peux pas les voir (en peinture)! | I can't stand them!
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| Ils ne peuvent pas se voir. | They can't stand each other.
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| C'est quelque chose qui ne se voit pas tous les jours. | It's a rare thing.
That's something you don't see every day.
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| Je te vois venir! | I know what you're up to!
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| Je l'ai vu de mes propres yeux. | I saw it with my own eyes.
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| On verra bien! | We'll see!
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| Je voudrais vous y voir! | I'd like to see how well you'd do!
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| Voyons! | Come one, now!
Now see here!
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| On n'en voit pas la fin. | The end is nowhere in sight.
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| Je n'y vois pas d'inconvénient. | I don't see any problem.
I have no objection.
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| Essaie un peu pour voir! | Just you try it!
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| C'est mal vu. | People don't like that.
That is frowned upon.
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| dire à qqn ses quatre vérités | to tell someone off,
"to tell someone their four truths"
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| dire à qqn son fait | to tell someone off
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| dire que... | to think/say that...
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| dire ce qu'on a sur le coeur | to get something off one's chest
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| dire des sottises | to talk nonsense
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| dire toujours amen | to be a yes-man
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| à vrai dire | to tell the truth
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| à ce qu'il dit | according to him,
according to what he says
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| ou pour mieux dire | to put it another way
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| c'est-à-dire | that is to say,
in other words
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| pour ainsi dire | so to speak
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| comme on dit | so to speak
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| on dirait que... | you'd think that...
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| ne pas se le faire dire deux fois | not to have to be told twice
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| autrement dit | in other words
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| vouloir dire | to mean
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| À qui le dites-vous (le dis-tu)? | You're telling me?
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| C'est moi qui vous les dis. | Just take my word for it.
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| C'est vous qui le dites. | That's what you say.
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| Cela va sans dire. | It goes without saying.
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| Ça te dit? | Does that speak to you?
Do you feel like doing that?
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| Ça ne me dit rien. | That doesn't speak to me.
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| Ça me dit quelque chose. | That rings a bell.
"That tells me something."
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| C'est peu dire. | That's an understatement.
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| C'est beaucoup dire. | That's saying a lot.
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| C'est trop dire. | That's saying too much.
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| C'est plus facile à dire qu'à faire. | That's easier said than done.
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| Je ne dis pas non. | I won't say no.
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| Je ne vous le fais pas dire! | I'm not putting word into your mouth.
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| Il n'y a pas à dire. | There's no doubt about it.
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| Je vous l'avais dit. | I told you so.
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| Vous dites? | I beg your pardon?
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| On se dirait en France. | You'd think you were in France.
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