expressions idiomatiques

Question 1

mergers and acquisitions

Answer 1

f

Question 2

dur à avaler

Answer 2

it(s a bitter pill

Question 3

il y en a à la pelle

Answer 3

.. are a dime a dozen (dime = pièce de 10 cts)

Question 4

une carte maîtresse

Answer 4

an ace in the hole (ace = as)

Question 5

achilles’ heel

Answer 5

aggraver

Question 6

aggraver une situation difficile

Answer 6

to add insult to injury

Question 7

écouter attentivement

Answer 7

all ears

Question 8

avoir deux mains gauches /être empoté

Answer 8

to be all thumbs

Question 9

pomme de discorde

Answer 9

an apple of discord

Question 10

chercher dans la mauvaise direction

Answer 10

barking up at the wrogn tree

Question 11

un brevet

Answer 11

a patent

Question 12

cause perdue

Answer 12

a basket case

Question 13

svelte / mince

Answer 13

slender

Question 14

tourner autour du pot

Answer 14

to beat around the bush

Question 15

avoir les yeux plus gros que le ventre

Answer 15

to bite more than one can chew

Question 16

travailler tard dans la nuit

Answer 16

to burn midnight oil

Question 17

bousculer qqn (harceler / pousser qqn)

Answer 17

to bust one’s chops (chops = machoîre / jaws / babines)

Question 18

juste à temps / de justesse

Answer 18

by the skin of one’s teeth

Question 19

greffe

Answer 19

graft

Question 20

bavarder

Answer 20

to chatter

Question 21

un tondeuse

Answer 21

a law-mower

Question 22

en cours

Answer 22

ongoing

Question 23

un point faible

Answer 23

a chink in one’s armor ( a chink = une fente, une fissure)

Question 24

être accueilli froidement

Answer 24

to be given the cold shoulder

Question 25

pour une bouchée de pain

Answer 25

for a song

Question 26

les instruments a cuivre

Answer 26

the brass instruments

Question 27

les instruments à vent

Answer 27

wind instruments

Question 28

hair / hairs

Answer 28

cheveux / poils

Question 29

émoussé / sans éclat / ennuyeux

Answer 29

dull

Question 30

flee / fled / fled

Answer 30

f

Question 31

à partir de zéro

Answer 31

to make from scratch

Question 32

être en forme (physique)

Answer 32

to be fit as a fiddle (violon)

Question 33

être encerclé

Answer 33

to be surrounded

Question 34

avoir les yeux derrière ma tête

Answer 34

to have eyes in the back of one’s head

Question 35

partir pour un voyage

Answer 35

to hit the road

Question 36

vendre la mèche

Answer 36

to let the cat out of the bag / to spill the beans

Question 37

la lune se reflétait dans le lac

Answer 37

the moon was reflected in the lake (=/= reflecting = actif)

Question 38

foin

Answer 38

hay

Question 39

fraise des bois

Answer 39

wild strawberries

Question 40

tiré d’affaire / hors de cause

Answer 40

off the hook

Question 41

c’est du gâteau

Answer 41

it is a piece of cake

Question 42

les torches s’allumèrent

Answer 42

the torches were lit

Question 43

dépasser les bornes

Answer 43

to take the cake / to cross the line

Question 44

éclairaient la table défaite

Answer 44

were shedding light on the messy table

Question 45

dans les bons et les mauvais moments

Answer 45

through thick and thin

Question 46

ne pas se sentir bien

Answer 46

to be under weather

Question 47

pile ou face

Answer 47

heads or tails

Question 48

liège / bouchon

Answer 48

cork = un bouchon en liège / a stopper

Question 49

popping

Answer 49

d

Question 50

cheerful

Answer 50

f

Question 51

aller de pair avec

Answer 51

to go hand in hand

Question 52

c’est simple comme bonjour

Answer 52

it’s easy as a pie

Question 53

chercher la petite bête

Answer 53

to split hairs

Question 54

c’est réglé comme du papier à musique

Answer 54

it’s settled like clockwork

Question 55

ne pas vendre la peau de l’ours

Answer 55

don’t count you chicken before they are hatched

Question 56

n’en faites pas un drame

Answer 56

don’t bite your head off

Question 57

rancœur

Answer 57

grudge (to hold a grudge)

Question 58

on est dans l’impasse

Answer 58

it looks like dead end street

Question 59

but en blanc

Answer 59

point-blank

Question 60

haine

Answer 60

hatred

Question 61

carte blanche

Answer 61

free hand

Question 62

chauffé à blanc

Answer 62

white-hot

Question 63

examen blanc

Answer 63

a mock exam

Question 64

bleu de travail

Answer 64

overalls

Question 65

peur bleue

Answer 65

scared to death

Question 66

voir lavie en rose

Answer 66

to see the world through rose tinted

Question 67

passer au rouge

Answer 67

to go through a red light

Question 68

je vous prends la main dans le sac

Answer 68

i catch you red handed