Expressions idiomatiques 1 (4)

Question 1

he/she is not very intelligent

Answer 1

ce n’est pas un aigle

Question 2

to stand someone up

Answer 2

poser un lapin à quelqu’un

Question 3

to be over the moon

Answer 3

être aux anges

Question 4

to have bats in his/her belfry

Answer 4

avoir une araignée au plafond

Question 5

it’s as easy as pie

Answer 5

c’est l’enfance de l’art

Question 6

to return a favour

Answer 6

renvoyer l’ascenseur

Question 7

to have a lot in common with s.o.

Answer 7

avoir des atomes crochus

Question 8

don’t breathe a word

Answer 8

bouche cousue

Question 9

to bury one’s head in the sand

Answer 9

faire la politique de l’autruche

Question 10

to be gobsmacked

Answer 10

en être (en rester) baba

Question 11

to make a clean sweep

Answer 11

donner un coup de balai

Question 12

to reply

Answer 12

renvoyer la balle à qqn

Question 13

to have a great success

Answer 13

casser la baraque

Question 14

sudden bout of fatigue

Answer 14

un coup de barre

Question 15

to set the bar low (of film, a story)

Answer 15

voler bas

Question 16

to be at ease with oneself

Answer 16

être bien dans ses baskets

Question 17

to fool, to dupe

Answer 17

mener qqn en bateau

Question 18

defend tooth and nail

Answer 18

défendre bec et ongles

Question 19

to shut someone up

Answer 19

clouer le bec à qqn

Question 20

a dispute

Answer 20

une prise de bec

Question 21

to be less aggressive

Answer 21

mettre un bémol

Question 22

a black eye

Answer 22

un oeil au beurre noir

Question 23

it’s a bluff, it’s not serious, it’s fake

Answer 23

c’est du bidon

Question 24

to be experienced, competent

Answer 24

toucher sa bille

Question 25

a love letter

Answer 25

un billet doux

Question 26

to bleed someone dry

Answer 26

saigner qqn à blanc

Question 27

to be broke

Answer 27

être fauché comme les blés

Question 28

to go have a drink

Answer 28

boire un coup

Question 29

to be lucky

Answer 29

avoir du bol

Question 30

to be fed up

Answer 30

en avoir ras le bol

Question 31

to not meet s.o's expectations, to not show up

Answer 31

fair faux bond à qqn

Question 32

it's six of one, a half dozen of the other

Answer 32

c'est bonnet blanc et blanc bonnet

Question 33

the scapegoat

Answer 33

le bouc emissaire

Question 34

to turn one's nose up

Answer 34

faire la fine bouche

Question 35

to work twice as hard

Answer 35

mettre les bouchées doubles

Question 36

a general outcry

Answer 36

une levée de boucliers

Question 37

word of mouth

Answer 37

de bouche à oreille

Question 38

to enrage s.o.

Answer 38

mettre qqn en boule

Question 39

to go bonkers

Answer 39

perdre la boule

Question 40

to be anxious, angry, annoyed

Answer 40

avoir les boules

Question 41

a ladykiller

Answer 41

un bourreau des coeurs

Question 42

to disgust s.o.

Answer 42

donner des boutons à qqn

Question 43

to revolt

Answer 43

ruer dans les brancards

Question 44

to regain prestige

Answer 44

redorer son blason

Question 45

to have influence

Answer 45

avoir le bras long

Question 46

to not react

Answer 46

se croiser les bras

Question 47

to demolish (an idea, a theory)

Answer 47

battre en brèche

Question 48

to stink

Answer 48

sentir/puer le bouc

Question 49

point-blank

Answer 49

de but en blanc

Question 50

he/she is no picnic, is hard work

Answer 50

ce n'est pas un cadeau

Question 51

at top/full speed; fully

Answer 51

à fond la caisse

Question 52

a bitter cold

Answer 52

un froid de canard

Question 53

(our) goose is cooked

Answer 53

les carottes sont cuites

Question 54

to keep one's nose clean; watch one's step

Answer 54

se tenir à carreau

Question 55

secret information

Answer 55

le dessous des cartes

Question 56

to be haunted by scandal

Answer 56

trainer des casseroles

Question 57

to act on one's own

Answer 57

faire cavalier seul

Question 58

well-padded, plump

Answer 58

être bien en chair

Question 59

to burn the candle from both ends

Answer 59

brûler la chandelle par les deux bouts

Question 60

to see stars (after a blow to the head)

Answer 60

en voir trente-six chandelles

Question 61

to know the drill, the routine

Answer 61

connaître la chanson

Question 62

to have authority to participate in a discussion

Answer 62

avoir droit au chapitre

Question 63

that's enough!

Answer 63

arrête ton char !

Question 64

to have more important preoccupations

Answer 64

avoir d'autres chats à fouetter

Question 65

to get directly to the point

Answer 65

ne pas y aller par quatre chemins

Question 66

to get on one's high horse

Answer 66

monter sur ses grands chevaux

Question 67

to be hungover

Answer 67

avoir mal aux cheveux

Question 68

to quibble, split hairs

Answer 68

couper les cheveux en quatre

Question 69

far fetched, contrived

Answer 69

tiré par les cheveux

Question 70

to avoid taking sides, displeasing no one

Answer 70

ménager la chèvre et le chou

Question 71

to argue, fight

Answer 71

se crêper le chignon

Question 72

to put on a big act

Answer 72

faire tout un cinéma

Question 73

to feel nauseous

Answer 73

avoir mal au coeur

Question 74

to be sorrowful

Answer 74

en avoir gros sur le coeur

Question 75

to do something with great pleasure

Answer 75

s'en donner à coeur joie

Question 76

to astonish somebody

Answer 76

en boucher un coin à qqn

Question 77

to ask a difficult question

Answer 77

poser une colle

Question 78

to insist with great fanfare

Answer 78

à cor et à cri

Question 79

to accept difficult things without being able to complain

Answer 79

avaler des couleuvres

Question 80

to go wild

Answer 80

faire les quatre cents coups

Question 81

to be peckish

Answer 81

avoir un petit creux

Question 82

the latest thing/fashion

Answer 82

le dernier cri

Question 83

it's a big to-do/difficulty (to get s.o. to do s.t.)

Answer 83

c'est la croix et la bannière

Question 84

to be hungry

Answer 84

avoir la dalle

Question 85

to criticise harshly

Answer 85

avoir la dent dure

Question 86

to speak bluntly, to act without subtlety

Answer 86

ne pas faire dans la dentelle

Question 87

the fall guy

Answer 87

le dindon de la farce

Question 88

to obey blindly

Answer 88

obéir au doigt et à l'oeil

Question 89

to be rich

Answer 89

être plein aux as