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French Idioms 1.1

TermDefinition
se tenir à l'écart to steer clear of
tomber à pic just the right time
un raz-de-marée de a tidal wave of
en un clin d'œil in the blink of an eye
Ça marche It works/got it/ok
Être dans la lune to daydream/have one's head in the stars
Ça coûte un bras It's super expensive
Faire la grasse matinée to stay in bed until late in the morning
faire une nuit blanche to stay up all night long (e.g. to finish this homework)
Il fait un froid de canard it's super duper cold (i.e. the weather)
Appeler un chat un chat say it as it is
Revenons à nos moutons let's go back to the topic at hand
La moutarde monte au nez (à quelqu'un) to get really angry
avoir une faim de loup to be so hungry you could eat a horse
Ça coûte les yeux de la tête its v expensive
être sur la même longueur d'onde to be on the same wavelength
un petit accident de parcours a bump in the road
Ça a été la descente aux enfers it was the descent to hell
prendre la tête worked up
Ça me bouffe its eating me
se faire un sang d'encre pour to be worried sick about
Created by: pg0612345
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