1.7 Expressions imagées

Question 1

en deux mots

Answer 1

briefly

Question 2

je te résume l’histoire en deux mots

Answer 2

I’ll recap the story for you briefly

Question 3

il y a deux poids, deux mésures

Answer 3

double standards, justice isn’t equal for every one

Question 4

Il n’y a pas de commune mesure entre …. et ….

Answer 4

There’s no similarity whatsoever between …. and …

Question 5

prendre des mesures draconiennes

Answer 5

to take harsh measures

Question 6

jamais deux sans trois

Answer 6

all things come in threes

Question 7

pour trois fois rien

Answer 7

for nothing / very cheaply

Question 8

couper les cheveux en quatre

Answer 8

to make things complicated

Question 9

se mettre en quatre pour

Answer 9

to do everything one can for

Question 10

se couper en quatre pour

Answer 10

to do everything one can for

Question 11

manger comme quatre

Answer 11

have a very good appetite

Question 12

à cent à l’heure

Answer 12

at 100 miles an hour

Question 13

Il aime mieux vivre à cent à l’heure que se reposer.

Answer 13

He prefers to live at 100 miles an hour than to relax.

Question 14

faire les quatre cents coups

Answer 14

to be a bit wild

Question 15

Todd a fait les quatre cents coups dans sa jeunesse

Answer 15

Todd was a bit wild in his youth

Question 16

je te le donne en mille !

Answer 16

I bet you’ll never guess!

Question 17

être à deux doigts de

Answer 17

to be just about to

Question 18

faire les cent pas

Answer 18

to pace up and down, wait impatiently

Question 19

de long en large

Answer 19

back and forth / all over / thoroughly / at length / from every angle

Question 20

être à mille lieues de

Answer 20

to be a far cry from / miles away from / a thousand miles from /

Question 21

une lieue

Answer 21

a league (old / nautical measure of distance)