French Idioms, Expressions & False Friends
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- 1to cost an arm and a legcoûter les yeux de la tête
- 2to sleep like a logdormir comme une bûche / un loir
- 3piece of cake (easy)c'est du gâteau
- 4to break the icebriser la glace
- 5to have other fish to fryavoir d'autres chats à fouetter
- 6to add fuel to the firejeter de l'huile sur le feu
- 7once in a blue moontous les trente-six du mois
- 8to have butterflies in one's stomachavoir des papillons dans le ventre
- 9to kill two birds with one stonefaire d'une pierre deux coups
- 10to give someone the cold shoulderbattre froid à quelqu'un
- 11to beat around the bushtourner autour du pot
- 12to let the cat out of the bagvendre la mèche
- 13to be like two peas in a podse ressembler comme deux gouttes d'eau
- 14to be fed upen avoir marre / ras le bol
- 15to stand someone upposer un lapin
- 16to throw in the toweljeter l'éponge
- 17better late than nevermieux vaut tard que jamais
- 18to catch someone red-handedprendre quelqu'un la main dans le sac
- 19to make a mountain out of a molehillfaire une montagne d'une taupinière
- 20the last strawla goutte d'eau qui fait déborder le vase
- 21to speak of the devilquand on parle du loup
- 22to call a spade a spadeappeler un chat un chat
- 23to be between a rock and a hard placeêtre entre le marteau et l'enclume
- 24to rain cats and dogspleuvoir des cordes / comme vache qui pisse
- 25to be broke (no money)être fauché / sans un sou
- 26to cry over spilled milkpleurer sur le lait renversé
- 27to get on someone's nervestaper sur les nerfs / casser les pieds
- 28to lose one's marblesperdre la boule
- 29to rack one's brainsse creuser la tête / les méninges
- 30to make ends meetjoindre les deux bouts
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