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Nick L French Idioms

French Idioms

TermDefinition
Se faire larguer To get dumped
Se prendre un rateau To get knocked back
Un froid de canard To be icy cold
Jeter l'argent par les fenetres To waste money
Une bouchee de pain For next to nothing
Couter les yeux de la tete To cost a fortune
S'en mettre plein les poches To line one's pockets
Rouler sur l'or To be rich
Casser les pieds a quelqu'un To annoy someone
Casser du sucre sur le dos de quelqu'un To talk about someone behind his back
Tourner au vinaigre To get out of control
Faire la grasse matinee To sleep in
Tomber dans le panneau To fall into the trap
Aller droit au but To go straight to the point
Faire le pont To take a long weekend
Faire gaffe To be careful
Faire la sourde oreille To turn a deaf ear
Tourner la page To make a fresh start
Faire l'andouille To act silly
S'occuper de ses oignons To mind one's own business
En faire tout un fromage To make a fuss about something
Mettre du piment dans sa vie To spice up one's life
Ramener sa fraise To put one's two cents in
Avoir d'autres chats a fouetter To have better things to do
Prendre ses cliques et ses claques To pack up and go, to leave suddenly
Partir en fumee To go up in smoke, to disappear
Prendre ses jambes a son cou To run for one's life
Prendre quelqu'un la main dans le sac To be caught red-handed
N'y voir que du feu To be clueless
Tomber dans les pommes To faint
Created by: NickLobraico
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