Expressions

Question 1

pelouse interdite

Answer 1

no trespassing / keep off the grass

Question 2

tenir la main courante

Answer 2

please, hold on the handrail

Question 3

prière de ne pas se pencher

Answer 3

please, do not lean out of the window

Question 4

faire la queue

Answer 4

to queue up (UK) / to stand in line (us)

Question 5

aller chercher qqn

Answer 5

to pick SBD up / to fetch (uk) / to meet

Question 6

… viens-tu avec moi?

Answer 6

are you coming along?

Question 7

enlever une voiture (retirer de la circulation)

Answer 7

to tow away

Question 8

je prends l’avion pour..

Answer 8

I’m flying to …

Question 9

ne cessent de s’améliorer

Answer 9

keep getting better/are constantly improving

Question 10

ne remettez pas à plus tard

Answer 10

don’t put off for later / don’t postpone

Question 11

être trempé jusqu’aux os

Answer 11

to be soaking wet/ get soaked to the skin / be drenched to the bone / get wet through

Question 12

être renversé

Answer 12

to be knocked over

Question 13

tout n’est pas bon à dire

Answer 13

some truth are better left unsaid

Question 14

l’avenir appartient à ceux qui se lèvent tôt

Answer 14

the early birds catched the worm

Question 15

quand on veut on peut

Answer 15

when there’s a will there’s a way

Question 16

faire d’une pierre deux coups

Answer 16

to kill two birds with one stone

Question 17

j’ai d’autres chats à fouetter

Answer 17

i have other fish to fry

Question 18

l’enfer est pavé de bonnes intentions

Answer 18

the road to hell is paved with good intentions

Question 19

j’ai le trac

Answer 19

I’ve got butterflies in my stomach

Question 20

il a vendu la mèche

Answer 20

he spilled the beans / he gave the game away / he left the cat out of the bag

Question 21

un mouvement de grève

Answer 21

a strike

Question 22

he merely…

Answer 22

il se contenta…

Question 23

filer à l’anglaise

Answer 23

to take French leave

Question 24

pas de demi-tour

Answer 24

no U-turn

Question 25

aux grands maux les grands moyens

Answer 25

Desperate Times, Desperate measures

Question 26

boire comme un trou

Answer 26

to drink like a fish

Question 27

taper Sur les nerfs de quelqu’un

Answer 27

to get up someone’s nose

Question 28

faire la fête

Answer 28

to paint the town red / to have a wild time

Question 29

faire une peur bleue

Answer 29

to scare the pants off someone / to scare SBD stiff

Question 30

ne pas être né de la dernière pluie

Answer 30

to have been around the blocks a few times

Question 31

tirer qqn d’affaire

Answer 31

to get smn off the hook

Question 32

devenir fou furieux

Answer 32

to go ballistic / to fly into rage

Question 33

être au bout du rouleau

Answer 33

to be at the end of one’s tether

Question 34

l’hôpital qui se fout de la charité

Answer 34

to pot calling the kettle back

Question 35

faire bouillir la marmite

Answer 35

to bring home the bacon

Question 36

c’est une autre paire de manches

Answer 36

it’s a different kettle of fish

Question 37

attachez vos ceintures

Answer 37

fasten your seatbelts