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French Idioms 5
La Vie Au Quotidien... Life Day By Day
Question | Answer |
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Rôtir le balai | to live the high life |
Mettre quelqu'un en boîte | to make fun of someone, to pull someone's leg |
Tirer la couverture à soi | to take the lion's share, to take all the credit |
tomber les quatre fers en l'air | to fall flat on one's back |
Être une vraie girouette | to change with the weather |
Passer au peigne fin | to search thoroughly, to go through something with a fine-toothed comb |
Envoyer quelqu'un aux pelotes | to send someone away, to send someone about their business |
Tourner autour de pot | to beat around the bush |
Payer les pots cassés | to pay the piper, to suffer the consequences |
Passer un savon à quelqu'un | to reprimand someone, to give someone a good dressing-down |
Tirer les sonnettes | to network, to put the word out about something |
Se mettre à table | to confess (to the police), to come clean |