Expression Flashcards

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1
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a short distance away

A

a stone’s throw away

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2
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couter un bras

A

Cost an arm and a leg

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3
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when something bad turns out to be good

A

a blessing in disguise

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4
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la balle est dans ton coup

A

the ball is in your court

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5
Q

someone is dummy

A

someone is one sandwich short of a picnic
someone is not the sharpest tool in the shed

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6
Q

le beurre et l’argent du beurre (kinda)
someone being greedy once they got a small quantity of something (power, service…)

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give someone an inch and they’ll take a mile

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7
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remuer le couteau dans la plaie (kinda)
something bad adds up to something already bad

A

Add insult to injury

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8
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j’écoute avec attention

A

i’m all ears

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9
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the decision is hard to make

A

be caught/stuck between a rock and a hard place

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10
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to do something you don’t want to do

A

bite the bullet

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11
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don’t get angry (in a humorous way)

A

don’t get your knickers in a twist

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12
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to only just succeed

A

by the skin of one’s teeth

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13
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appeler un chat un chat

A

call a spade a spade

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14
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doing something in the fastest or cheapest way

A

to cut corners

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15
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when u do bad things to people but can’t handle it being done to yourself

A

One can dish it out, but one cannot take it

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16
Q

Get lost, go away

A

on your bike

17
Q

feeling sick

A

feeling under the weather

18
Q

when u do something bad and you can’t go back to the previous situation

A

burn bridges
“don’t burn bridges”

19
Q

suspecting, heard of a rumor

A

get wind of something

20
Q

energetic

A

full of beans

21
Q

crazy

A

off one’s rocker

22
Q

following the rules

A

do something by the book

23
Q

être à coté de la plaque

A

get the wrong end of the stick

24
Q

être sur la même longueur d’onde

A

be on the same wavelength

25
Q

reporter qqchose à plus tard

A

put something on the back burner

26
Q

commiting to something you won’t be able to do

A

bite off more than you can chew

27
Q

to be extremely anxious, angry, upset about something

A

have kittens
She’s gonna have kittens when she’ll find out

28
Q

Close the door (yorshire idiom)

A

Put wood in t’ole (the hole)

29
Q

You left the windows open (and it’s cold..)

A

Were you born in a barn