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Idiotismes 1
A few French idoms
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Language - French
11th Grade
03/06/2013

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Term
avoir le trac
Definition
to have the jitters, to have nerves
(to have nerves)
Term
avoir le cafard
Definition
to have the blues
(to have the cockroach)
Term
le cafard
Definition
cockroach
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avoir le parole
Definition
to have the floor
(to have the word)
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être haut comme trois pommes
Definition
to be knee-high to a grasshopper
(to be as high as three apples)
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être majeur et vacciné
Definition
to be of age
(to be (opposite of minor) and vaccinated)
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on aurait entendu une mouche voler
Definition
you could have heard a pin drop
(you could have heard a fly fly)
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faire d'une mouche un éléphant
Definition
to make a mountain out of a molehill
(to make an elephant out of a fly)
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l'argent ne se trouve pas sous le pas d'un cheval
Definition
money doesn't grow on trees
(you can't find money in a horse's tracks)
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avoir le feu au train
Definition
to have ants in your pants
(to have fire in the train)
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avoir un chat dans la gorge
Definition
to have a frog in your throat
(to have a cat in your throat)
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ça passe ou ça casse
Definition
make it or break it, sink or swim
(it happens or it breaks)
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avoir une araignée au plafond
Definition
to have bats in the belfry
(to have a spider on the ceiling)
Term
ça coute les yeux de la tête
Definition
it costs an arm and a leg
(it costs the eyes from your head)
Term
faire la navette
Definition
to commute
(to make the spaceship)
Term
co-voiturer
Definition
to carpool
Term
le co-voiturage
Definition
the carpool
Term
faire le poireau
Definition
to wait for a long time
(to make the leek)
Term
faire le pont
Definition
to have a long weekend
(to make the bridge)
Term
faire un cinéma de qqch.
Definition
to make a big deal of something
(to make a cinema of something)
Term
garder une poire pour la soif
Definition
to save it for a rainy day
(to save a pear for the thirst)
Term
passer une nuit blanche
Definition
to have a sleepless night
(to pass a white night)
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faire la grasse matinée
Definition
to sleep in
(to make the morning fat)
Term
quand les poules auront les dents
Definition
when pigs fly
(when chicken have teeth)
Term
tomber dans les oubliettes
Definition
to fall into disuse
(to fall into dungeons)
Term
du plus profound de mon coeur
Definition
from the bottom of my heart
(from the most deep of my heart)
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se vendre comme des petits pain chauds
Definition
to sell like hotcakes
(to sell like small hot bread)
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vouloir le beurre et l'argent du beurre
Definition
to want to have your cake and eat it too
(to want the butter and the money for the butter)
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