click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
idiomes
vocabualire
Term | Definition |
---|---|
Avaler des couleuvres | "To swallow grass snakes" |
To put up with humiliation | |
Avoir bon dos | "To have a good back" |
To be a scapegoat | |
Avoir d’autres chats à fouetter | "To have other cats to whip" |
To have other fish to fry - To have other/better things to do | |
Avoir le cœur sur la main | "To have a heart in hand" |
To be generous | |
Bête noire | "Black beast" |
Enemy, nemesis or an obvious mistake | |
Bon an, mal an | "Good year, bad year" |
Year in, year out | |
Comme un éléphant dans un magasin de porcelaine | "Like an elephant in a porcelain shop" |
Recklessly Uncoordinated | |
Comme un poisson dans l'eau | "Like a fish in water" |
At ease | |
Conduire comme un pied | "To drive like a foot" |
To drive horribly | |
Couper les cheveux en quatre | "To cut hairs in four" |
To split hairs | |
Coûter les yeux de la tête | "To cost the eyes of the head" |
To be very expensive | |
Ça me dit quelque chose | "That tells me something" |
That rings a bell | |
Ça me prend la tête | "That takes my head" |
That drives me crazy / That annoys me | |
Ça ne tient pas debout | "It doesn’t stand upright" |
It doesn’t make any sense | |
(Les) doigts dans le nez | "Fingers in the nose" |
Very easy | |
En un clin d’œil | "In the wink of an eye" |
Quickly | |
Esprit de l’escalier | "Spirit of the stairway" |
Thinking of a witty response way too late | |
Avoir le melon | "To have the melon" |
To be sure of oneself | |
Jeter l'éponge | "To throw in the sponge" |
To give up, throw in the towel | |
Manger ses mots | "To eat one's words" |
To mumbler | |
Manger sur le pouce | "Eat on the thumb" |
Eat very quickly | |
mort de rire | "Die of laughter" |
Ce ne sont pas vos oignons | "These aren't your onions" |
It's none of your business | |
Pleuvoir des cordes | "To rain ropes" |
Raining cats and dogs | |
Prendre son pied | "Take one's foot" |
Have a good time | |
Se creuser la tête | "To dig into the head" |
To think hard of something, remember |