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