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UNA FR 202 Ch 28 d

UNA, FR 202, The Ultimate French, Chapter 28, Idioms with "voir" and "dire"

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