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FRENCH IDIOMS

LIST OF FRENCH IDIOMS FOR GCSE

QuestionAnswer
à couper le souffle breathtaking
à mes yeux in my eyes
Apeler un chat un chat to call a spade a spade
Avoir confiance en To have confidence in , to trust
Avoir de la chance to be lucky
Avoir des doigts de fée to have the magic touch
Avoir honte To be ashamed
Avoir le trac to have stagefright
Avoir les dent longues to be ambitious
Avoir un poil dans la main to be lazy; to avoid work
Ça m'est égal I don't care
Ça n'a ni queue ni tete it doesn't make sense
Ça n'en vaut pas la peine It's not worth it
Ce n’est pas la mer à boire it’s not the end of the world
Ce n’est pas ma tasse de thé it’s not my cup of tea
Ce n’est pas ma tasse de thé it’s not my cup of tea
C'est dommage that's a shame
C'est la cerise sur le gâteau it's the cherry on the cake
C'est la goutte d'eau qui fait déborder le vase the straw that broke the camel's back
C'est mon truc, ce n'est pas mon truc it's my thing, not my thing
C'est une perte de temps it's a waste of time
Coûter les yeux de la tête to cost an arm and a leg
Être à l'ouest to be completely out of it
Être aux anges to be very happy (in heaven)
Étre dans le pétrin to be in a mess
Être dans les nuages, être dans la lune to have your head in the clouds
Être en panne tomber en panne to be broken down, to break down (machine)
Être haut comme trois pommes to be small
être sans voix to be speechless
Être sur la même longueur d’onde to be on the same wavelength
Etre sur son trente et un to be all dressed up
Faire de son mieux to do your best
Faire des économies to save money
Faire des économies to save money
Faire la fête to party
Faire la grasse matinée to sleep in
Faire l'idiot(e) to act like an idiot
Il faut regarder le bon coté des choses you must look on the bright side of things
Il pleut des cordes its raining ropes
J'ai une peur bleue des… I am really afraid of….
Je suis fan des…. I am a fan of...
J'en ai marre de… I've had enough of...
Les doigts dans le nez easy peasy
L'habit ne fait pas le moine don't judge a book by its cover
Mettre la main à la pâte to get your hands dirty , to be forthcoming
Mettre les point surs les "i" to be thorough
Mettre son grain de sel to butt in; to put one's oar in; to make one's point
Monter sur ses grands chevaux to get on his moral high horse
Ne pas bouger le petit doigt to do nothing about a situation
On ne vit q'une fois you only live once
Prendre des risques to take risks
Prendre le taureau par les cornes to take the bull by the horns
Quand les poules auront des dents when pigs fly
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