Idiomatic Expressions (F/E) Flashcards by Ben Lones | Brainscape

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Couper la poire en deux

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Split the difference / meet halfway

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C’est une arme à double tranchant

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A double-edged sword

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Ce n’est pas une mince affaire

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It’s no easy task

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Passer une nuit blanche

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Stay up all night

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Avoir les pieds sur terre

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Be well-grounded / Have you feet on the ground

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Donner un coup de main à quelqu’un

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Give a hand

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Tant pis pour lui!

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Too bad for him

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Recommencer à zéro

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Start over / start from scratch

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Ce n’est pas la mer à boire

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It’s not asking the impossible / that much

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Revenons à nos moutons

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Let’s get back to business

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Un vent à écorner les bœufs

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A howling wind

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Etre dans la lune

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Have you head in the clouds

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Prêter main forte

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Lend a hand

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Avoir d’autres chats à fouetter

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Have better things to do

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Ca m’est égal

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I don’t mind

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Perdre le fil de mes idées

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Loose my train of thought

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Mettre de l’eau dans son vin

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Put a little water in the wine

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Pleuvoir à boire debout

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Pouring raining

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C’est simple comme bonjour

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Easy as pie

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Dire ses quatre vérités à quelqu’un

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Tell a few home truths

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Mettre des bâtons dans les roues

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Throw a wrench in the gears

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Il fait un froid de canard

A

It is freezing

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Un lève-tôt

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An early bird / early riser

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Rêver en couleurs

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Dreaming in technocolour

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se débrouiller

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Manage / handle things

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Travailler sans relâche

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Work tirelessly

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Le bras droit de quelqu’un

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Be someone’s right hand man

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Donner carte blanche à quelqu’un

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Give a free reign / carte blanche

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S’en tirer

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Come out of / manager

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Il n’en reste pas moins que

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nevertheless / the fact remains that…

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Connaître quelque chose comme sa poche

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Know something like the back of your hand

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Etre sur ses gardes

A

Be on your guard

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Faire ses preuves

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Prove your worth

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La goutte qui fait déborder le vase

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The final straw

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Un couche-tard

A

A night owl

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En valoir la peine

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Be worth it

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S’en mordre les doigts

A

Kick yourself

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Depuis belle lurette

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It’s been ages

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C’est plus facile à dire qu’à faire

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It’s easier to say than do

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Avoir beau + infinitif

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Whatever / however + verb

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Perdre son sang-froid

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Lose your cool

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Tant mieux pour lui!

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Good for him

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Travailler d’arrache-pied

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Work all the time

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Tout vient à point à qui sait attendre

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Good things come to those who wait

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Le revers de la médaille

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The other side of the coin

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Donner un coup de main

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Give a hand