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pieds chaussures

French expressions with pieds & chaussures

TermDefinition
trouver chaussure à son pied to find the "right person"/what you are looking for
perdre pied to be out of your depth
faire le pied de grue to wait a long time (standing), waiting for something to happen
en avoir plein les bottes to be fed up with
lever le pied slow down / take it easy
marcher à cloche pied to walk/hop along on one leg
avoir les doigts de pied en éventail to be totally relaxed
être à pied d'égalité to be on equal footing/ground
être dans ses petits souliers to feel uncomfortable
être à vos pieds to be devoted to you
avoir bon pied, bon oeil to be fit as a fiddle
partir d'un bon pied to start off on the right foot
mettre les pieds dans le plat to put your foot in your mouth
faire la lèche-bottes to be a suck-up/brown-noser
couper l'herbe sous le pied (de qqn) to pull the rug out from under (someone)
avoir toujours un pied en l'air to always be ready-to-go / on the move
avoir les 2 pieds dans le même sabot to be passive, without initiative
faire des pieds et des mains pour faire (qqch) to move heaven and earth to do (something)
être bien dans ses baskets to feel comfortable with yourself
faire un pied de nez to thumb your nose at
ne pas se lâcher d'une semelle to not let someone out of your sight
avoir les pieds nickelés to be lazy
être casse-pieds to be a pain in the neck
avoir les pieds sur terre to be down-to-earth / realistic
faire un croche-pied to trip
tout prendre au pied de la lettre to take everything literally
avoir le monde à ses pieds to have the world revolve around you
prendre son pied to have a blast (also a bit more than this...IYKYK)
être à côté de ses pompes to be distracted / have your head in the clouds
avoir l'estomac dans les talons to be famished / ravenous
se prendre les pieds dans le tapis to commit a blunder / mess up
être sur un piédstal to be admired / on a pedestal
vivre sur un grand pied to live large, spending far too much
se lever du pied gauche to get up on the wrong side of the bed
mettre le pied à l'étrier to give (someone) a leg up
partir au pied levé to leave on short notice
mettre au pied du mur to put in a situation from which it is impossible to escape
Created by: francaisprof
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