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French Idioms B3

A list of French Idioms

TermDefinition
Coûter les yeux de la tête That costs the eyes in your head!(That price is unreasonable!)
Boire comme un trou You Drink like a hole!(The person never stops drinking)
Ne rien savoir faire de ses dix doigts You don't know how to do anything with your 10 fingers(You are useless)
Arriver comme un cheveu sur la soupe You arrive like a hair in a soup(You arrive very akwardly)
Mettre son grain de sel To put ones grain of salt(To give them an unnecessary action)
Faire la grasse matinée To have a fat morning(To sleep in)
C’est dommage That' a shame
Je dis ça, je dis rien. I say that, I say nothing(Just saying)
Poser un lapin à quelqu’un To put a rabbit on somebody(To not show up to something you planned)
Ça marche That works!
Sauter du coq à l’âne To Jump from the rooster to the Donkey(To jump from topic to topic in conversation)
Être à l’ouest To be in the west(To be zoned out)
La moutarde me/lui monte au nez The Mustard is getting to my nose(I'm getting angry/upset)
Avoir le Cafard To have the cockroach(To be Depressed)
Avoir la pêche/banane/patate To have the peach/banana/potato shape(To be happy or full of energy)
Prendre la tête To Take the Head(To get a headache, for something to be irritating)
Avoir du pain sur la planche To have the bread on board(To have alot to do
Être crevé To be flat, To be dead(To not have energy anymore, to be exausted)
En avoir ras le bol To have a bowl full of it(To be sick of it)
Avoir une peur bleue de To have blue fear(To be Terrified)
Être au taquet To be a piece of wood(Something is blocking you)
Avoir la gueule de bois To have the wooden face(To be on a hangover
Avoir un chat dans la gorge To have a cat in your throat(To have the need to clear your throat)
Être bien dans sa peau To be good in ones skin(To be confident and ignore other's negative opinions)
Coûter les yeux de la tête That costs the eyes in your head!(That price is unreasonable!)
Boire comme un trou You Drink like a hole!(The person never stops drinking)
Ne rien savoir faire de ses dix doigts You don't know how to do anything with your 10 fingers(You are useless)
Arriver comme un cheveu sur la soupe You arrive like a hair in a soup(You arrive very akwardly)
Mettre son grain de sel To put ones grain of salt(To give them an unnecessary action)
Faire la grasse matinée To have a fat morning(To sleep in)
C’est dommage That' a shame
Je dis ça, je dis rien. I say that, I say nothing(Just saying)
Poser un lapin à quelqu’un To put a rabbit on somebody(To not show up to something you planned)
Ça marche That works!
Sauter du coq à l’âne To Jump from the rooster to the Donkey(To jump from topic to topic in conversation)
Être à l’ouest To be in the west(To be zoned out)
La moutarde me/lui monte au nez The Mustard is getting to my nose(I'm getting angry/upset)
Avoir le Cafard To have the cockroach(To be Depressed)
Avoir la pêche/banane/patate To have the peach/banana/potato shape(To be happy or full of energy)
Prendre la tête To Take the Head(To get a headache, for something to be irritating)
Avoir du pain sur la planche To have the bread on board(To have alot to do
Être crevé To be flat, To be dead(To not have energy anymore, to be exausted)
En avoir ras le bol To have a bowl full of it(To be sick of it)
Avoir une peur bleue de To have blue fear(To be Terrified)
Être au taquet To be a piece of wood(Something is blocking you)
Avoir la gueule de bois To have the wooden face(To be on a hangover
Avoir un chat dans la gorge To have a cat in your throat(To have the need to clear your throat)
Être bien dans sa peau To be good in ones skin(To be confident and ignore other's negative opinions)
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