Expressions Idiomatiques 1 Flashcards

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Être fauché comme les blés

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To be flat broke

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Avoid d’autres chats à fouetter

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To have other fish to fry

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3
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Quand les poules auront les dents

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That’ll be the day

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4
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Tous les trente-six du mois

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Once in a blue moon

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5
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Marcher sur des oeufs

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To walk o eggs, tread lightly

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Avoir l’estomac dans les talons

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To be famished

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7
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Voir trente-six chandelles

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To see stars

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Voir la vie en rose

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To see life through rose-colored glasses

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9
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Ça te dit

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Does that appeal to you? Do you feel like doing it?

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10
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Entre l’enclume et le marteau

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Between a rock and a hard place

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11
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Une mauvaise langue

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A gossip

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12
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Casser la croûte

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To have a bite

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Je ne suis pas tombé(e) de la dernière pluie

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I wasn’t born yesterday

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14
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Rapide comme l’éclair

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Fast as lightning

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15
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S’entendre comme chien et chat

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To not get along at all

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16
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Se mettre en colère

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To get angry

17
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Se mettre en quatre pour quelqu’u

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To go all out, make a superhuman effort for someone