Idioms Flashcards
Il ne sait rien faire de ses dix doigts
“He doesn’t know how to do anything with his 10 fingers”
He is completely useless
Il bois comme un trou
He drinks like a hole( like a fish)
Ça Coute les yeux de la tête
It costs an arm and a leg
Arriver comme un cheveu sur la soupe
To arrive like a hair on the soup
To enter a situation at an awkward moment
Mettre son grain de sel
To put in one’s grain of salt
To offer an unsolicited opinion
Faire la grasse matinée
To have a fat morning
To sleep in
C’est dommage
Thats too bad
Le Coup de foudre
C’était le coup de foudre
A lightning strike
Love at first sight
It was love at first sight
Appeler un chat un
Calling a spade a spade or
just telling it like it is
Je dis ça, je dis rien
I’m just saying
Poser un lapin à quelqu’un
Elle m’a posé un lapin
Put a rabbit on somebody/ to stand somebody up
She stood me up
Ça marche
That works ( for me)
Sauter du coq à l’âne
Jump from the rooster to the donkey
Jumping from topic to topic in conversation
Être a l’ouest
J’étais complèment à l’ouest toute la journée
To be in the west
To be out of it
I was completely out of it all day
La moutarde lui monte au nez
Quand elle se fait taquiner, on peut voir que …..
He/ she is getting angry
When she gets teased, you can see …
