Idioms J to Z Flashcards
(109 cards)
1
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No sweat
A
Easily accomplished
2
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Not for the world
A
Pour rien au monde
3
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Not to give one the time of day
A
To hate someone
4
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Nurse a grudge
A
Entretenir une haine
5
Q
Nutty as a fruitcake
A
Crazy, totally mad.
6
Q
Not to touch something with a ten-foot pole
A
Dégouté
7
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Oddball
A
Strange person
8
Q
Off-balance
A
Déstabilisé
9
Q
Off base
A
Non fondé
10
Q
Off beat
A
Différent, marginal
11
Q
Off guard
A
Pas sur ses gardes
12
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Off the hook
A
Out of trouble.
13
Q
Off the top of one’s head
A
Comme ça, sans réfléchir.
14
Q
On a dime
A
Tourner sur un 10 cents
15
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On a shoestring
A
For little money
16
Q
On call
A
Sur appel
17
Q
On cloud nine
A
Dans les nuages
18
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On edge
A
Excited, nervous, impatient
19
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On easy street
A
Easy life
20
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One on the city
A
Glass of water
21
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On ice
A
Sur la glace
22
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On pins and needles
A
Worried
23
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On the air
A
En ondes
24
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On the bandwagon
A
Take up a popular activity
25
On the dot
Pile dessus
26
On the house
Sur la maison
27
On the spot
Right here, right now
28
On the spur of the moment
Sur le champ, sur le yas, bang
29
Open one's heart
Talk about your feelings openly
30
Out in the cold
Alone, not included
31
Out of order
Hors d'usage
32
Our of place
Pas à sa place
33
Out of the blue
Suddenly, on the spur of the moment
34
Out of tune
Pas cohérent ou en accord avec
35
Out to lunch
Dans la lune
36
Over with
Finished
37
Odd one out
Pick the odd one out
38
Once and for all
Une fois pour toutes
39
Pain in the ass
Irritating, bothersome.
40
Par for the course
Normal, should be expected
41
Peeping Tom
Voyeur
42
Pep talk
Rallying talk
43
Pick on
Taquiner/écoeurer
44
Pick out
Choisir
45
Piece of cake
Jeu d'enfant
46
Piggyback
Faire le cheval
47
Piss off
Faire chier
48
Play by ear
Jouer à l'oreille
49
Play footsie
Caressing your legs
50
Pay one's card right
Use one's talents or skills wisely
51
Play the field
Courailler
52
Play with fire
Jouer avec le feu
53
Point out
Identifier, faire remarquer.
54
Pooped out
Exhausted
55
Pop up
Survenir
56
Press/push one's luck
Pousser sa chance
57
Psyched up
Sharp, ready
58
Pull off
Réussir, accomplir
59
Pull one's leg
Se jouer de
60
Pull over
By the cops
61
Pull strings
To secretly use influence and power
62
Push around
To bully
63
Put one's foot in one's mouth
Se mettre le pied dans la bouche
64
Put two and two together
To reason from the known facts
65
At a snail's pace
À pas de tortue, lentement.
66
No pain, no gain
To obtain good results, you have to go through though times
67
Party animal
Someone who likes to party
68
Party pooper
Someone who doesn't like to party
69
Hold your peace
To clam up, fermer sa bouche.
70
Like two peas in a pod
Identical
71
Put the pedal to the metal
To floor it, mettre la pédale au fond
72
Put/place on a pedestal
Mettre sur un pied d'estale
73
Is no picnic
Pas une partie de plaisir
74
Paint a rosy picture
Being too optimistic, voir avec des lunettes roses
75
Happy as a pig in shit
Super happy
76
A bitter pill to swallow
Pilule dure à avaler
77
Something is the pits
Too bad
78
A child's play
Un jeu d'enfant
79
Play dirty
Jouer cochon, salaud
80
Play hard to get
Être dur à avoir
81
Play with yourself
Se masturber
82
To miss the point
Ne pas comprendre the intention
83
Shit or get off the pot
Aweille, grouille.
84
Pratique makes perfect
La pratique rend parfait
85
Bad press
Avoir mauvaise presse
86
A prophet of doom
Prophète de malheur
87
Get with the program
Suivre ce qui se passe
88
When push comes to shove
Dans le pire des cas
89
Out of the question
Hors de question
90
From rags to riches
Self-made man
91
Go off the rails
Dérailler
92
Rain or shine
Peu importe
93
For the record
Tu sais ce que ca veut dire
94
Your reap what you sow
Tu récoltes ce que tu sèmes
95
Set/put the record straight
Truth about something
96
Get a free ride
Benefit from
97
Rome wasn't built in a day
Rome ne s'est pas construit en un jour
98
Rub it in
Passer le fer dans la plaie
99
Rack one's brain
Se creuser les méninges
100
Rain cats and dogs
Rains really hard
101
Take a rain check
Postpone
102
Read between the lines
Lire entre les lignes
103
Rest on one's laurel
S'asseoir sur ses lauriers
104
Ring a bell
Dire quelque chose
105
Rip off/ Rip-off
verb / noun (vol)
106
Rock the boat
Compromettre
107
A rolling stone gathers no moss
Pierre qui roule n'amasse pas mousse
108
Roll up one's sleeves
Se retrousser les manches
109
Run in the family
Trait de famille
