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French Idiomatiques

TermDefinition
Avoir du pain sur la planche to have some work to do
ce n'est pas du gâteau it's not easy
Mettre du beurre dans les épinards. put butter on the spinach
Se paqueter la fraise to get drunk
Mettre ou ajouter son grain de sel to add a grain of salt
Avoir les yeux plus gros que le ventre have bigger eyes then your stomach
Sauter aux yeux it's obvious
Faire les gros yeux to make big eyes
Les yeux dans les yeux eye to eye
Les yeux fermés do something with your eyes closed
C’est le bagne this job is hard
Reconnaissable entre mille recognizable among a thousand
Tirer sur la corde exaggerate
Faire le pont to take an extended break
Ennuyeux comme la pluie very boring
Être tout feu tout flamme to be fired up
Avoir le feu sacré to be passionate
Faire feu de tout bois use all possibilities
Jouer avec le feu be reckless
N'y voir que du feu being caught without realizing it
voler dans les plumes de quelqu’un fly in someones feathers
rendre quelqu’un sous son aile take under your wing
monter sur ses grands chevaux to get angry quickly
Il est un peu ours he isn't sociable
un trou à rats a rat hole
Etre blanc comme neige to be innocent
Rire jaune forced laughter
Donner le feu vert give permission
Faire marron quelqu'un deceive someone
Voir des éléphants roses to be drunk
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