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1
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To be hard-off

A

Tirer le diable par la queue

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2
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I arrived safely

A

Je suis arrivé à bon port

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3
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I made a big mistake

A

J’ai fait une gaffe

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4
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I had a lie-in

A

J’ai fait la grasse matinée

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5
Q

Things have gone wrong

A

Tout est allé à veu l’eau ó

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6
Q

I don’t have a penny

A

Je n’ai pa’s un rond

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7
Q

Get on your high horse

A

Monter sur ses grands cheveux

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8
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I don’t want to make a mountain out of a mole hill

A

Je ne veux pas faire d’une mouche un éléphant

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9
Q

He drank too much

A

Il a bu un coup de trop

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10
Q

He let the cat out of the bag

A

Il a donné la mèche

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11
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I was on tender hooks
anxious/nervous

A

J’étais sur des charbons ardents

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12
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Everything is expensive

A

On vous scorcher dans les magasins

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13
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To be crippled by debts

A

I’ll est criblé de dettes

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14
Q

I’m the black sheep of the family

A

Je suis la brebis galeuse de la famille

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15
Q

I don’t want to be pessimistic but..

A

Je ne veux pas regarder les choses du mauvais côté mais..

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16
Q

I see everything in pink right now
I am optimistic in this moment

A

Je vois tout en rose en ce moment

17
Q

We get on well together

A

Nous faisons bon ménage ensemble

18
Q

Really spoiled

A

Il est né coiffe
Elle est née coiffe

19
Q

To be hot tempered

A

Il a la tête près du bonnet

20
Q

Too fond of the drink

A

Il aime à lever le coude

21
Q

It is freezing cold

A

Il fait un froid de canard

22
Q

It was freezing cold

A

Il faisait un froid de canard

23
Q

To sleep like a log

A

Dormir comme un loir

24
Q

I will sleep like a log

A

Je vais dormir comme un loir

25
Q

I slept like a log

A

J’ai dormir comme un loir

26
Q

I speak French fluently

A

Je parle courament le français