Idioms

Question 1

à vue d’oeil

Answer 1

before our eyes

Question 2

Ça me me dit rien qui vaille

Answer 2

I don’t like the sound of it

Question 3

un tissue de bêtises

Answer 3

a load of rubbish

Question 4

tenir le coupe

Answer 4

to stick it out

Question 5

l’écorcher vif

Answer 5

to skin him alive

Question 6

bouffée de colère

Answer 6

fit of rage

Question 7

sauve qui peut!

Answer 7

run for your life!

Question 8

il était moins une

Answer 8

that was a close one

Question 9

à bout de force

Answer 9

exhausted

Question 10

en nage

Answer 10

swimming in sweat

Question 11

manger sous le pouce

Answer 11

to grab a quick bite to eat

Question 12

tombé dans les pommes

Answer 12

passed out

Question 13

il pleut à verse

Answer 13

it’s raining cats and dogs

Question 14

trou perdu

Answer 14

middle of nowhere

Question 15

fourmis dans les jambes

Answer 15

pins and needles

Question 16

il tombe des peaux de lièvre

Answer 16

it’s snowing heavily (literally: it’s falling hare skins)

Question 17

à leurs trousses

Answer 17

on their heels

Question 18

il m’as mis en vent

Answer 18

he blew me off

Question 19

à tue-tête

Answer 19

at the top of your voice

Question 20

à tort et à travers

Answer 20

willy-nilly

Question 21

faire la grasse matinée

Answer 21

to have a lie in

Question 22

faire les quatre cent coups

Answer 22

to sow one’s wild oats

Question 23

avoir les traits tirés

Answer 23

to look drawn / under the weather

Question 24

bond en avant

Answer 24

a step forward / quantum leap

Question 25

ça chauffe

Answer 25

it’s dangerous

Question 26

pétard mouillé

Answer 26

damp squib

Question 27

J’ai la flemme

Answer 27

I can’t be bothered

Question 28

paroles en l’air

Answer 28

hot air (bluster)

Question 29

prise de tête

Answer 29

headache (annoyance)

Question 30

crier à gorge déployée

Answer 30

to scream at the top of your lungs

Question 31

d’outre-Manche

Answer 31

across the channel

Question 32

nuit blanche

Answer 32

sleepless night

Question 33

promenade de santé

Answer 33

a walk in the park

Question 34

la boîte a coulé

Answer 34

the business has gone under

Question 35

au pieu

Answer 35

in the sack

Question 36

allait de soi

Answer 36

goes without saying

Question 37

ça à l’air chouette

Answer 37

looks like fun!

Question 38

démarche gauche

Answer 38

awkward gait

Question 39

les quatre fers en l’air

Answer 39

flat on ones back / spread eagles

Question 40

en herbe

Answer 40

budding

Question 41

visage de marbre

Answer 41

poker face

Question 42

les feux de la rampe

Answer 42

the limelight

Question 43

je m’en bats les couilles

Answer 43

I don’t give a shit

Question 44

mis un râteau

Answer 44

to reject to the advances of someone

Question 45

t’y vas pas avec le dos de la cuillère

Answer 45

you don’t mess around!

Question 46

ça fait un tabac

Answer 46

it’s a big hit

Question 47

au pas de course

Answer 47

on the double

Question 48

enterrement de vie

Answer 48

bachelor party

Question 49

a gratté

Answer 49

scraped together

Question 50

on repassera

Answer 50

we’ll just skip over that

Question 51

passer un sacré savon

Answer 51

to give someone a dressing down

Question 52

atomes crochues

Answer 52

chemistry

Question 53

coup de fil cochon

Answer 53

dirty phone call

Question 54

je me suis tapée une grosse barre

Answer 54

I’m howling

Question 55

prise de bec

Answer 55

slanging match

Question 56

linge de tir

Answer 56

firing line

Question 57

avoir les coudées franches

Answer 57

to have free rein

Question 58

le nec plus ultra

Answer 58

the last word in

Question 59

tiré à quatre épingles

Answer 59

dressed to the nines

Question 60

à l’abri des oreilles indiscrètes

Answer 60

behind closed doors

Question 61

taller dans le vif

Answer 61

cut off at the source

Question 62

humeur de dogue

Answer 62

rotten mood

Question 63

tirée par les cheveux

Answer 63

far-fetched

Question 64

prêt à nous en mettre plein la vue

Answer 64

ready to wow us?

Question 65

passer entre les mailles du filet

Answer 65

to fall through the cracks

Question 66

avoir un tête de faux-jetons

Answer 66

to be two faced

Question 67

trié sur la volet

Answer 67

hand-picked

Question 68

par dessus le marché

Answer 68

to boot

Question 69

les yeux dans la vague

Answer 69

glassy eyed

Question 70

bain de foule

Answer 70

walkabout

Question 71

passé au second plan

Answer 71

been put on the back burner

Question 72

au grand jour

Answer 72

in broad daylight

Question 73

faire ses choux gras

Answer 73

to take advantage of

Question 74

il faut se méfier l’eau qui dort

Answer 74

still waters run deep

Question 75

n’avait pas la langue dans sa poche

Answer 75

wasn’t afraid to speak her mind

Question 76

me la couler douce

Answer 76

I’m taking it easy

Question 77

à ton actif

Answer 77

under your belt

Question 78

main secourable

Answer 78

helping hand

Question 79

ne l’entendait pas de cette oreille

Answer 79

was having none of it

Question 80

fil à retordre

Answer 80

a hard time

Question 81

défrayé la chronique

Answer 81

been high profile in the news

Question 82

prendre le large

Answer 82

set sail

Question 83

le ciel soit loué

Answer 83

thank heavens

Question 84

boute-en-train

Answer 84

life of the party

Question 85

en prendre de la graine

Answer 85

to take a leaf out of that book

Question 86

ça me parle

Answer 86

now you’re talking

Question 87

Il carbure à quoi?

Answer 87

What’s he on? (If someone is lively/powerful)

Question 88

finir en beauté

Answer 88

to go out with a bang

Question 89

ils dorment comme les loirs

Answer 89

they’re sleeping like dormice