French Idioms Flashcards


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1

coûter les yeux de la tête

to cost an arm and a leg

2

Boire comme un trou

to drink a lot (colloquial)

3

Arriver comme un cheveu sur la soupe

to turn up at a bad time

4

Mettre son grain de sel

to give an unsolicited opinion

5

Faire la grasse matinée

To sleep in

6

Le coup de foudre

literally strike of lightning, figuratively love at first sight

7

Appeler un chat un chat

to call a spade a spade

8

Je dis ça, je dis rien

I'm just saying

9

Poser un lapin à quelqu’un

to stand somebody up

10

Sauter du coq à l’âne

to jump from topic to topic in a convo

11

Être à l’ouest

to be crazy, to be out of it

12

La moutarde me/lui monte au nez

to become angry/ annoyed

13

Ramener sa fraise

to stick your nose into something

14

Prendre le melon

to be big-headed

15

Lâcher la grappe

to leave someone alone

16

Compter pour des prunes

to count for nothing, to be of no use

17

Porter ses fruits

to give good results, something is paying off

18

Être rouge comme une tomate

to be red like a tomato

19

Ne pas avoir un radis

to be completely broke

20

Se prendre le chou

to overcomplicate something

21

Les carottes sont cuites

what's done is done

22

Mettre du beurre dans les épinards

the need to improve one's financial situation

23

Raconter des salades

to talk nonsense

24

Avoir un pépin

to have a problem (bump in the road)

25

Mieux vaut tard que jamais

better late than never

26

Me passer sur le corps

over my dead body