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Les Animaux
les phrases
30
Language - French
11th Grade
01/03/2010

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faire l'âne pour avoir du son
Definition
to pretend ignorance to achieve one's end
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faire un coq à l'âne, passer du coq à l'âne
Definition
to skip from one subject to another
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le bonnet d'âne
Definition
dunce cap
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le coup de pied de l'âne
Definition
the unkindest cut of all
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têtu comme un âne
Definition
stubborn as a mule
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la brebis galeuse
Definition
black sheep
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avoir d'autres chiens à fouetter
Definition
to have other things to do, other fish to fry
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entre chien et loup
Definition
as twilight
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être comme un chien de garde
Definition
to have one's nose to the grindstone
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quel temps de chien
Definition
what awful weather!
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hardi comme un lion
Definition
as bold as a lion
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la part du lion
Definition
the lion's share
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faire d'une mouche un éléphant
Definition
to make a mountain out of a molehill
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prendre la mouche
Definition
to fly into a rage, to take offense
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quelle mouche vous pique?
Definition
what's the matter with you?
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revenons à nos moutons
Definition
let's get back to the subject
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chercher le mouton à cinq pattes
Definition
to look for a needle in a haystack
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à vol d'oiseau
Definition
as the crow flies
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être comme un poisson sur la paille
Definition
to be like a fish out of water
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le poisson rouge
Definition
goldfish
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être comme une poule qui a trouvé le couteau
Definition
to be embarrassed
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la chair de poule
Definition
goose bumps
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se coucher avec les poules
Definition
to go to bed with the chickens
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se lever avec les poules
Definition
to get up really early
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une poule mouillée
Definition
a scaredy-cat
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malin comme un singe
Definition
as clever as a monkey
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singer
Definition
to mimic
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gros comme une vache
Definition
fat as a cow
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parler français comme une vache espagnole
Definition
to murder the French language
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