Expressions Idiomatiques

Question 1

Voir la vie en rose

Answer 1

To be optimistic/positive

Question 2

Avoir des fourmis (ants) dans les jambes

Answer 2

To have numb arms

Question 3

Ça coute les yeux de la tête

Answer 3

It is expensive

Question 4

Ne monter pas sur tes grands chevaux

Answer 4

Make a scene, be angry

Question 5

Il n’a pas un chat

Answer 5

There is no one

Question 6

Faire de mal à une mouche

Answer 6

To be non-violent/kind

Question 7

Arriver comme un cheveu sur la soupe

Answer 7

To come uninvited

Question 8

Tourner autour du pot

Answer 8

To beat around the bush

Question 9

Se mettre le doigt dans l’œil

Answer 9

To be completely wrong, to be making a big mistake

Question 10

Au bout du rouleau

Answer 10

To be exhausted, in a mess

Question 11

Prendre l’air

Answer 11

To go outside, get some fresh air

Question 12

Ne pas mettre le nez/les pieds dehors

Answer 12

To not go outside of your home

Question 13

Jeter un coup d’œil sur/à

Answer 13

To glance at

Question 14

Se faire du mauvais sang

Answer 14

To be worried

Question 15

Se faire l’oreille

Answer 15

Train the ears, get used to

Question 16

Ça marche à tout coup

Answer 16

Always works

Question 17

Fonce

Answer 17

Let’s go, do it!

Question 18

Garder son sang froid

Answer 18

To stay calm

Question 19

Se mêler des affaires de qqn

Answer 19

To be nosy

Question 20

Passer l’éponge

Answer 20

To forgive and forget

Question 21

Casser les pieds à qqn

Answer 21

To annoy someone

Question 22

En avoir plein le dos

Answer 22

Sick and tired

Question 23

Faire le morale à qqn

Answer 23

To punish someone

Question 24

Dormir sur des deux oreilles

Answer 24

To sleep well

Question 25

Que ça te plaise ou pas

Answer 25

Whether you like it or not

Question 26

Laisser tomber

Answer 26

To leave something alone, give up

Question 27

Arriver à faire qqch

Answer 27

To successfully do something

Question 28

Se débarasser de qqn/qqch

Answer 28

To get rid of

Question 29

Ne pas avoir de temps à perdre

Answer 29

To not have time to lose

Question 30

À qui le dis-tu!

Answer 30

No kidding!

Question 31

Se payer la tête de qqn

Answer 31

To make fun of someone

Question 32

Plaisanter

Answer 32

To joke

Question 33

Qu’est-ce que tu deviens?

Answer 33

What’s up?

Question 34

Joindre les deux bouts

Answer 34

Able to make ends meet

Question 35

Ne pas savoir où donner de la tête

Answer 35

To have a lot of things to do

Question 36

Donner un coup de main à qqn

Answer 36

To give a helping hand

Question 37

Avoir une dent contre qqn

Answer 37

To hold a grudge against someone