Chapitre Huit - Les Animaux

Question 0

À pas de tortue

Answer 0

Very slowly

Question 1

À pas de loup

Answer 1

Stealthily

Question 2

Avoir d’autre chats à fouetter

Answer 2

To have other cats to whip

Question 3

Avoir la chair de poule

Answer 3

To have chicken flesh

Question 4

Avoir un chat dans la gorge

Answer 4

To have a cat in one’s throat

Question 5

Avoir une faim de loup

Answer 5

To be as hungry as a wolf

Question 6

Avoir une fièvre de cheval

Answer 6

To have a raging fever

Question 7

Avoir un mal de chien à faire quelque chose

Answer 7

To have a difficult time accomplishing something

Question 8

Bavard(e) comme une pie

Answer 8

As talkative as a magpie

Question 9

Brebis galeuse

Answer 9

The black sheep, the mangy ewe

Question 10

Canard

Answer 10

Tabloid

Question 11

C’est chouette!

Answer 11

It’s great!

It’s owl!

Question 12

C’est un lion.

Answer 12

He is a brave man.

Question 13

Chasser deux lièvres à la fois

Answer 13

To pursue two different goals

Question 14

Cochon!

Answer 14

Pig! Filthy-minded!

Question 15

Cow de village

Answer 15

Man most sought after by women

Question 16

Donner sa langue au chat

Answer 16

To give up guessing

To give one’s tongue to the cat

Question 17

Dormir comme un loir

Answer 17

To sleep like a dormouse

Question 18

Doux comme un agneau

Answer 18

Gentle as a lamb

Question 19

Drôle de zèbre

Answer 19

A strange person

Question 20

Entre chien et loup

Answer 20

At sundown

Question 21

Être cheval sur quelque chose

Answer 21

To be very strict about

Question 22

Être coiffée à la chien

Answer 22

To have bangs

To be combed like a dog

Question 23

Être le dindon de la farce

Answer 23

To be the victim (turkey) of a joke

Question 24

Faire le singe

Answer 24

To monkey around

Question 25

Fier comme un coq

Answer 25

Proud as a rooster

Question 26

Heureux comme un poisson dans l'eau

Answer 26

To be happy as a fish in water

Question 27

Il fait un froid de canard

Answer 27

It is cold fit for a duck | It's ducking cold outside) :

Question 28

Laid comme un singe

Answer 28

Ugly as a monkey

Question 29

Malade comme un chien

Answer 29

Sick as a dog

Question 30

Malin comme un singe

Answer 30

Clever like a monkey

Question 31

Manger de la vache enragée

Answer 31

To endure deprivation | To eat a rabid cow

Question 32

Mère poule

Answer 32

A mother hen

Question 33

Montrer sur ses grands chevaux

Answer 33

To get on one's high horse

Question 34

Ne pas réveiller le chat qui dort

Answer 34

Don't wake the sleeping cat | Let sleeping dogs lie

Question 35

Oie blanche

Answer 35

A naive woman | A white goose

Question 36

Oiseau de mauvaise augure

Answer 36

A person who brings bad luck

Question 37

Oiseau rare

Answer 37

An amazing person

Question 38

On n'apprend pas à un vieux singe à faire des grimaces

Answer 38

One does not teach an old monkey new faces

Question 39

Payer en monnaie de singe

Answer 39

To pay nothing, make idle promises

Question 40

Peigner la girafe

Answer 40

To do nothing

Question 41

Poisson d'Avril

Answer 41

April fool

Question 42

Poser un lapin à quelqu'un

Answer 42

To stand someone up | To place a rabbit in front of someone

Question 43

Poule

Answer 43

A woman without morals | A prostitute

Question 44

Prendre le taureau par les cornes

Answer 44

To take the bull by the horns

Question 45

Quand me chat n'est pas là, les souris dansent

Answer 45

When the cat's away the mice will play

Question 46

Quand les poules auront les dents

Answer 46

When chickens have teeth

Question 47

Revenons à nos moutons

Answer 47

Lets get back to what we were discussing

Question 48

Sauter (passer) du coq à l'âne

Answer 48

To jump from one subject to another | To jump from the rooster to the donkey

Question 49

Se coucher un chien de fusil

Answer 49

To curl up in bed

Question 50

Se donner un mal de chien

Answer 50

To bend over backwards

Question 51

Se jeter dans le gueule de loup

Answer 51

To rush into the wolf's mouth

Question 52

Singe

Answer 52

Boss | Monkey

Question 53

Têtu(e) comme un âne

Answer 53

Stubborn as an ass

Question 54

Trempé(e) comme un canard

Answer 54

Soaked as a duck

Question 55

Tuer les poules aux œufs d'or

Answer 55

To kill the hen that lays the golden eggs

Question 56

Un caractère de chien

Answer 56

A very bad temper

Question 57

Un cerf-volant

Answer 57

A kite | A flying stag

Question 58

Un fin renard

Answer 58

A shrewd fox

Question 59

Un remède de cheval

Answer 59

A strong remedy

Question 60

Un temps de chien

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Very bad weather

Question 61

Une fouine

Answer 61

A noisy person | A weasel

Question 62

Une langue de serpent

Answer 62

One with a venomous, gossipy tongue

Question 63

Une peau de vache

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A bad person, a rat

Question 64

Une poule mouillée

Answer 64

A man with no backbone | A wet chicken

Question 65

Une vie de chien

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A terrible life | A dog's life

Question 66

Une vipère

Answer 66

A viper

Question 67

Vache

Answer 67

Very mean

Question 68

Vachement

Answer 68

Very

Question 69

Veille guenon

Answer 69

Old hag | Female monkey