Expression Courantes Flashcards

0
Q

Avoir le pied marin

A

To be a good sailor

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1
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Je suis arrivé(e) à bon port

A

I arrived safe and sound

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2
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Faire une gaffe

A

To make a blunder

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3
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Faire la noce

A

To live it up

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4
Q

Rattraper le temps perdu

A

To make up for lost time

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5
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Je mis le pieds dans le plat

A

I put my foot in it.

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6
Q

Il a les yeux plus grands que le ventre

A

His eyes are bigger than his belly

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7
Q

Tot au long de l’année

A

All year round

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8
Q

Ce de bonne guerre

A

It’s only fair

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9
Q

Je suis fauché(e)

A

I am broke

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10
Q

C’est ma bête noire

A

It is my pet hate

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11
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Aussitôt dit aussitôt fait

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No sooner said than done

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12
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À la longue

A

In the long run

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13
Q

A quoi bon

A

What is the use

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14
Q

À contre coeur

A

Reluctantly

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15
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Reflexion faite

A

On second thoughts

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16
Q

Il fait un froid de canard

A

It is bitterly cold

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17
Q

Dormir comme un loir

A

To sleep like log

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18
Q

De rien/ il n’y a pas de quoi

A

Don’t mention it

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19
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C’est un forgeant qu’on devient forgeron

A

Practice makes perfect

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20
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Passons l’éponge là-dessus

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Let bygones be bygones

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21
Q

Je suis fauché

A

I am broke

22
Q

Avoir l’eau à la bouche

A

To make your mouth water

23
Q

Le bruit court que

A

There is a rumour that

24
Q

Voir la vie en rose

A

To be an optimist

25
Q

À quoi bon

A

What is the use

26
Q

Je peux à peine y croire

A

I can hardly believe it

27
Q

Avec des allé et venu

A

On and off

28
Q

Je n’ai rien prévenu

A

I have nothing planned

29
Q

De. À

Pour +durée dans le future

A

Duration

Period in future

30
Q

Attendez un instant
Je viens un instant
J’arrive
Un instant, je regarde

A

Wait a minute
I’m coming in a minute
I’m coming
Wait, i’m looking

31
Q

Pourquoi pas

A

Why not

32
Q

Avoir des oursins dans des poches

Le main dans le sac

A

Hand in till

Redhanded

33
Q

Avoir des honte

A

Stingy

34
Q

Jamais utiliser visiter, comme en anglais

A

Utilisez aller, rendre un visite, aller à quelqu’un

35
Q

Il ne me l’a pas donné

A

He did not give it to me

36
Q

Tu mange le petit dejeuner, oui j’en mange ou oui j’en ai

A

Are you having breakfast, yes I am.

37
Q

Je ne me l’a pas donnë

A

He did not give it to me

38
Q

Tu mange le petit dejeuner, oui j’en mange ou oui j’en ai

A

Are you having breakfast, yes I am.

39
Q

J’arrive
Un instant
Attendez un instant

A

I am coming

In or wait a minute

40
Q

Il ne me l’a pas donné

A

He did not give it to me

41
Q

Tu mange le petit dejeuner, oui j’en mange ou oui j’en ai

A

Are you having breakfast, yes I am.

42
Q

je ne crois pas ce qu’il dit

A

I do not believe him

43
Q

poser le pied par terre

A

keep ones feet on the ground

44
Q

Aujourd’hui il faut que la famille se rencontre pour une grande soiree

A

the family will meet today for a party

45
Q

soi-disant

A

supposedly

46
Q

ras le bol

A

fed up, had enough

47
Q

de l’autre cote

A

the opposite side

48
Q

prendre du recul

A

to stand back

49
Q

la gorge serree

A

a lump in the throat

50
Q

soi-disant

A

so-called, supposedly

51
Q

Ainsi

Ainsi soit il

A

Thus

So be it

52
Q

Chapeau bas

A

Hats off

53
Q

D’un côté

Mais de l’autre

A

On the one hand

On the other hand