Expressions Idiomatiques 3

Question 1

Avoir le bras long

Answer 1

To have influence

Question 2

C’est la goutte d’eau qui fait déborder le vase

Answer 2

It’s the last straw, the straw that broke the camel’s back

Question 3

Être branché

Answer 3

To be in the know

Question 4

Faire un chèque en bois

Answer 4

To bounce a check

Question 5

Partir ventre à terre

Answer 5

To leave in a flash

Question 6

Poser un lapin à quelqu’un

Answer 6

To stand someone up

Question 7

Avoir mangé du lion

Answer 7

To have incredible energy

Question 8

Ne pas être dans son assiette

Answer 8

To not be feeling well, not be one’s self

Question 9

Coller un élève

Answer 9

To keep a pupil after school, give a pupil a detention

Question 10

Sauter au plafond

Answer 10

To be very, very angry/surprised

Question 11

Faire du lèche-vitrine

Answer 11

To go window-shoping

Question 12

Mettre son orgueil dans sa poche

Answer 12

To swallow your pride

Question 13

Être un moulin à paroles

Answer 13

To talk a mile a minute

Question 14

FAire grise mine à quelqu’un

Answer 14

To give somebody a cool reception, look surly or grumpy

Question 15

À la belle étoile

Answer 15

Outdoors, under the stars

Question 16

Faire sauter une contravention

Answer 16

To have a traffic ticket canceled (thanks to influential friends), fix a ticket

Question 17

Mettre les batons dans les roues de quelqu’un

Answer 17

To throw a monkey wrench into someone’s business