Francaise Authentice French Expressions

Question 1

Un moulin à paroles

Answer 1

a blabbermouth, a wordmill, a chatterbox

Question 2

que ca ne me sorte de la tête

Answer 2

that it doesn’t leave my mind

Question 3

Se jeter à l’eau

Answer 3

to take the plunge, make a risky decision even though you’re scared, etc.

Question 4

Au sein

Answer 4

within

Question 5

Se jeter

Answer 5

to throw oneself

Question 6

Jeter sur le lit

Answer 6

throw oneself on the bed, you move your body very suddenly, the idea of a single shot, you have no restraint. I.e. a child throws themself on the ground.

Question 7

Avoir les yeux plus gros que le ventre

Answer 7

Have eyes bigger than your stomach

Question 8

Faire Face

Answer 8

Resist, go against

Question 9

Prendre des mesures draconiennes

Answer 9

Take drastic measures

Question 10

allentours

Answer 10

in the vicinity of, neighbourhood

Question 11

resoudre

Answer 11

resolve

Question 12

Tourner en rond

Answer 12

Going around in circles, turning around in circles.

Question 13

Se serre le ceinture

Answer 13

To tighten ones belt.

Question 14

J’en ai ras-le-bol

Answer 14

I am fed up

Question 15

J’en ai assez

Answer 15

I have enough

Question 16

J’en ai marre

Answer 16

I am fed up

Question 17

C’est ce que

Answer 17

This is what

Question 18

Peu importe

Answer 18

never mind, it doesn’t matter, regarless, unimportant

Question 19

Toujours et-il

Answer 19

It is always….

Question 20

Tout à fait

Answer 20

exactly, absolutely, certainly, of course

Question 21

Ca m’énervait

Answer 21

It annoyed me.

Question 22

Je l’ai vu

Answer 22

I saw it.

Question 23

Je pense qu’effectivement

Answer 23

I think actually

Question 24

Je me réjouis

Answer 24

I look forward to, I am pleased

Question 25

je m’en fiche

Answer 25

I don’t care

Question 26

ça n’a pas d’importance

Answer 26

It doesn’t matter

Question 27

ras le bol

Answer 27

frustration, fed up

Question 28

je me suis aperçu

Answer 28

I realized

Question 29

là dessus

Answer 29

about it, about that, thereupon, on that

Question 30

au delà

Answer 30

beyond, further than, past

Question 31

voire même

Answer 31

Even (emphatic)

Question 32

even

Answer 32

même

Question 33

Que ce soit

Answer 33

whether it may be

Question 34

Cela se fait par

Answer 34

This is done by

Question 35

La goutte d’eau qui fait déborder le vase

Answer 35

the drop of water that made the vase overflow

Question 36

Au moment

Answer 36

At the time (our story starts etc)

Question 37

C’est ce qu’on dit

Answer 37

That’s what they say

Question 38

Tirer les vers du nez

Answer 38

To get info out of someone, to make someone talk.

Question 39

Avoir des automes crochus

Answer 39

to get along well. (direct translation - to have cooked atoms)

Question 40

En vouloir a quelqu’un

Answer 40

to be mad at someone, to blame someone

Question 41

Avoir sur le bout de la langue

Answer 41

Have on the tip of my tongue

Question 42

Coup de trafalger

Answer 42

a crisis (shot at Trafalger, comes from an old battle between the English and Spanish).

Question 43

ça se voit comme le nez au milieu de la figure

Answer 43

evident

Question 44

se rappeler

Answer 44

to remember with effort, the head remembers. Se rappeler quelque chose (never se rappeler de, except with personal pronouns, i.e. je me rappele de toi). Negative, je ne me le rappelle pas.

Question 45

se souvenir

Answer 45

to remember, things like emotions, people, sentiments etc. Less work for the brain. The heart remembers. Negative, je ne m’en souviens pas. because it’s, je me souviens de quelque’chose.

Question 46

apercevoir

Answer 46

to see, to glimpse, to catch site of, to perceive, to behold.

Question 47

Avoir le couteau sous le gorge

Answer 47

to have a knife under the throat. To be obliged to do something.