Expressions Idiomatiques

Question 1

N’Avoir Ni Queue Ni Tête

Answer 1

To have no sense or coherence

Question 2

Qu’est-ce Que Ça Veut Dire?

Answer 2

What does that mean?

Question 3

C’est Ni Fait Ni à Faire

Answer 3

It’s in process

Question 4

Prendre Goût À

Answer 4

To develop a taste or liking for

Question 5

Être Une Bonne Poire

Answer 5

To be gullible, naive

Question 6

Être de Retour

Answer 6

To be back

Question 7

Un Aire de Famille

Answer 7

Family resemblance

Question 8

Tant Pis

Answer 8

Never Mind

Question 9

Tant Pis Pour Moi/Toi/Lui

Answer 9

Too bad for me/you/him

Question 10

Avoir Une Chance de Cocu

Answer 10

To be really, really lucky

Question 11

Attendre Cent Sept Ans

Answer 11

To wait forever

Question 12

Tout À Fait

Answer 12

Absolutely

Question 13

Justement

Answer 13

Exactly

Question 14

Forcément

Answer 14

Necessarily, Inevitably

Question 15

En Fait

Answer 15

In fact (pronounce the ‘T’ as if “En Faite”)

Question 16

Baisser Les Bras

Answer 16

To give up

Question 17

Pour Tout et N’Importe Quoi

Answer 17

For any and everything

Question 18

Réinventer la Roue

Answer 18

Reinvent the wheel

Question 19

Remplir Cet Office

Answer 19

Fulfill this task

Question 20

Avoir l’Air (de)

Answer 20

To look, seem like (+ verb)

Question 21

En Mal

Answer 21

Ill

Badly

Question 22

En Mal De [qqch]

Answer 22

To be lacking something

Question 23

Ça Va Mal Aller

Answer 23

That’s going to go badly

Question 24

Prendre En Compte

Answer 24

To take into account

To take on board

Question 25

Prendre En Charge | Prendre [qqch] En Charge

Answer 25

To take charge of, be in charge of, take responsibility for | To take care of [sthg}

Question 26

Se Prendre En Charge

Answer 26

To take care of yourself | To stand on your own two feet

Question 27

Un Talon d'Achille

Answer 27

Achilles heel (figurative)

Question 28

Avoir le Vent En Poupe

Answer 28

To have the wind at your stern To be riding high To be on a roll

Question 29

Avoir Du SenS

Answer 29

To make sense | To be comprehensible

Question 30

Paraît Sensé, Semble Sensé

Answer 30

To make sense

Question 31

N'Avoir Aucun Sens

Answer 31

To not make sense

Question 32

Ne Rimer À Rien

Answer 32

To not make any sense | To be senseless, pointless

Question 33

Un Combat À Mort

Answer 33

Fight to the death

Question 34

Un Combat À Mains Nues

Answer 34

Bareknuckle brawl | Hand-to-hand combat

Question 35

Hors De Combat

Answer 35

Out of action

Question 36

Même Combat!

Answer 36

We're on the same side! We're fighting the same battle! We want the same thing!

Question 37

Se Rendre Aux Urnes

Answer 37

Turn out to vote

Question 38

Dos À Dos

Answer 38

Back-to-Back

Question 39

En Lice

Answer 39

Battling it out, competing

Question 40

Entrer En Lice

Answer 40

To Enter the Running

Question 41

Dans Un Avenir Prévisible

Answer 41

For the Foreseeable Future

Question 42

Un Nom d'Oiseau

Answer 42

Insult

Question 43

Un Coup de Grâce

Answer 43

Mortal blow, final blow

Question 44

Se Suffire À Soi-Même

Answer 44

To be self-sufficient, to be independent, to stand on your own two feet

Question 45

Marquer des Points

Answer 45

To score points

Question 46

Une Vache À Lait

Answer 46

A cash cow, you can get money from

Question 47

Lever les Yeux au Ciel

Answer 47

To roll your eyes

Question 48

Brandir la Mendace de [qqch]

Answer 48

To threaten with | To raise the threat of

Question 49

Renverser la Situation

Answer 49

To turn the tables

Question 50

Perdre Pied

Answer 50

To be out of your depth | To be overwhelmed

Question 51

À Pied

Answer 51

On foot

Question 52

À Pied Sec

Answer 52

Without getting your feet wet

Question 53

Avoir le Pied Marin

Answer 53

To have your sea legs

Question 54

Une Marée Noire

Answer 54

Oil slick

Question 55

Avoir Tour Pour Plaire

Answer 55

To have everything going for you | To have it all

Question 56

Remporter La Palme

Answer 56

To win the award

Question 57

Gâcher La Journée De [qqn]

Answer 57

To ruin [smn's] day

Question 58

Gâcher Sa Chance

Answer 58

To miss/ruin your chance

Question 59

Joindre Les Deux Bouts

Answer 59

To make ends meet

Question 60

Joindre La Geste À La Parole

Answer 60

To put your money where your mouth is | To walk the walk and talk the talk

Question 61

Se Réjouir Trop Vite

Answer 61

To claim victory too soon | To count your chickens before they're hatched