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Talon d’Achille, point faible

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Achilles heel (Achilles’ heel)

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Etre en avance sur son temps

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To be ahead of its time

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Avoir de l’avance

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To be ahead of schedule

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Un boulet, un fardeau

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An albatros around your neck

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Etre bien vivant, en pleine forme

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To be alive and kicking

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Etre et sauf, en plein forme

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To be alive and well

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Toutes les personnes disponibles

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All hands on deck

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N’importe quoi fera l’affaire

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Any port in a storm

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Etre maladroit(e), à côté de la plaque

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To be all fingers and thumbs

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10
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Cela va de soi

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This is a matter of course

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Systématiquement, automatiquement, d’office

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As a matter of course

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12
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D’un point de vue juridique

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As a matter of law

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13
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En guise d’adieu

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As a parting shot

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14
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Comme le bruit court, comme le veut la rumeur

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As rumour has it

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15
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Il paraît que

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(As) rumour has it

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16
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D’un seul coup

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At one fell swoop

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17
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Au moment où je vous parle

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At this moment in time

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18
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Etre dans la confusion, marcher sur la tête

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To be at sixes and sevens

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19
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Avoir Soif

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To be as dry as a bone

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Etre très inintéressant

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To be as dry as a dust

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21
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Etre très bête

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To be as bright as two short planks

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Etre très pauvre

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To be as poor as a church mouse

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23
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Etre très mince

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To be as thin as a rake

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Être complètement silencieux

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To be as silent as the grave

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25
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Être extrêmement doux

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To be smooth as silk

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Être inséparables

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To be as thick as thieves

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27
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Être rouge comme une tomate

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To be as red as a beetroot

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Être aussi têtu q’une mule

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To be as stubborn as a mule

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29
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Détérioration du temps

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Bad turn in the weather

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30
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Se préparer au pire

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To batten down the hatches

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31
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Un bras de fer

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Battle of wills

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32
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Exceller dans ce que l’on fait

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To be batting a thousand

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33
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Reprendre le dessus

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To be back on the track

34
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Être remis à sa place

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To be brought down a peg

35
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Rendre compte de ses actes

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To be brought to book

36
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Être aux ordres de quelqu’un

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To be in somebody’s pocket

37
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Être en vue, sous les feux de l’actualité

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To be in the public eye

38
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Être en panne

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To be on the blink

39
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S’ennuyer à mourir

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To be bored to tears

40
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garder rancune à quelqu’un , en vouloir à quelqu’un

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To bear somebody a grudge

41
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Sommeil réparateur

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Beauty sleep

42
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Se retenir, s’empêcher de parler

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To bite one’s tongue

43
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C’est une situation claire

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It’s a black and white situation

44
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Epater quelqu’un

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To blow one’s mind

45
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Chanter ses propres louanges

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To blow one’s trumpet

46
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Pensée créative, pensée sans limite, reflexion poussée

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Blue-sky-thinking

47
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Une ville en pleine expansion

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A boom town

48
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Être à l’origine de quelque chose

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To be at the bottom of something

49
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Être (tout) en bas de l’échelle, être le dernier (de la classe)

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To be at the bottom of

50
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Gravir les échelons un à un

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To work one’s way up from the bottom

51
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Idée originale

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Brainchild

52
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Ce n’est pas sorcier

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It’s not brain surgery

53
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Soutien de famille (gagne-pain)

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Breadwinner

54
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Se mettre à courir

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To break into a run

55
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Pourquoi changer une équipe qui gagne

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If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it

56
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Travailler très tard dans la nuit

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To burn the midnight oil

57
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Faire l’autruche

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To bury one’s head in the sand

58
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A l’entendre, on lui aurait donner le bon Dieu sans confession

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Butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth

59
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Payer en espèces

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Buy for cash

60
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Besoin naturel (envie de faire pipi)

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Call of nature

61
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Appeler un chat un chat

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To call a spade a spade

62
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Attirer les foules

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To be a crowd puller

63
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Se la couler douce

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To have a cushy time

64
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Le vers est dans le fruit

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The damage is done

65
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Sauver la situation

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To save the day

66
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Les dés sont pipés

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The dice are loaded

67
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Mettre les voiles

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To do a bunk

68
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Avoir le cafard, broyer du noir

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To be down in the dumps

69
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Conduire vite et mal

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To drive like a maniac

70
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Annoncer une nouvelle qui fait l’effet d’une bombe

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To drop a brick

71
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Admettre son erreur, faire amende honorable

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Eat crow , Eat humble pie

72
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Les dés sont jetés

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The die is cast

73
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Se rétracter, ravaler sa parole

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Eat your words

74
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Avoir un appétit d’oiseau

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To eat like a bird

75
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Se gaver comme une oie, manger comme quatre

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To eat like a horse

76
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Avoir le beurre et l’argent du beurre

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To eat one’s cake and have it too

77
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Un feu de paille

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A flash in the pan

78
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Libre comme l’air

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Footloose and fancy free

79
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En souvenir du passé

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For old times’ sake

80
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Pendant une fraction de seconde

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For a split second

81
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La cerise sur le gâteau

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The frosting on the cake

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