French Expressions With Avoir

Question 0

Avoir besoin de

Answer 0

To need

Question 1

Avoir ___ ans

Answer 1

To be ___ years old

Question 2

Avoir à + infinitive

Answer 2

To have to do something

Question 3

Avoir beau + infinitive

Answer 3

Despite doing, however much (one) does

Question 4

Avoir chaud

Answer 4

To be hot

Question 5

Avoir confiance en

Answer 5

To trust

Question 6

Avoir de la chance

Answer 6

To be lucky

Question 7

Avoir du charme

Answer 7

To have charm

Question 8

Avoir du chien (informal)

Answer 8

To be attractive, to have a certain something

Question 9

Avoir du pain sur la planche (informal)

Answer 9

To have a lot to do, have a lot on one’s plate

Question 10

Avoir du pot (informal)

Answer 10

To be lucky

Question 11

Avoir envie de

Answer 11

To want

Question 12

Avoir faim

Answer 12

To be hungry

Question 13

Avoir froid

Answer 13

To be cold

Question 14

Avoir honte de

Answer 14

To be ashamed of/about

Question 15

Il y a + noun

Answer 15

There is, there are ____

Question 16

Il y a + period of time

Answer 16

____ ago

Question 17

N’avoir qu’à + infinitive

Answer 17

To just/ only have to do something

Question 18

Quand les poules auront des dents!

Answer 18

When pigs fly!

Question 19

Un tiens vaut mieux que deux tu l’auras.

Answer 19

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

Question 20

Vendre la peau de l’ours (avant de l’avoir tué)

Answer 20

To count one’s chickens (before they hatched)

Question 21

En avoir ras le bol (Informal)

Answer 21

To be fed up

Question 22

En avoir (familiar)

Answer 22

To have guts

Question 23

Chacun a son goût

Answer 23

To each his own

Question 24

Avoir une faim de loup (Informal)

Answer 24

To be ravenous, famished

Question 25

Avoir une dent contre quelqu’un (informal)

Answer 25

To hold a grudge against someone

Question 26

Avoir un trou (de mémoire)

Answer 26

To have a memory loss, to have one’s mid go blank

Question 27

Avoir un poil dans la main (Informal)

Answer 27

To be lazy

Question 28

Avoir un petit creux (Informal)

Answer 28

To be a little hungry/peckish

Question 29

Avoir horreur de

Answer 29

To detest/loathe

Question 30

Avoir l’air (de)

Answer 30

To look (like)

Question 31

Avoir le beurre et l’argent du beurre

Answer 31

To have one’s cake and eat it too

Question 32

Avoir le cafard

Answer 32

To feel low/blue/down in the dumps

Question 33

Avoir l’esprit de l’escalier

Answer 33

To be unable to think of witty comebacks in time

Question 34

Avoir le fou rire

Answer 34

To have the giggles

Question 35

Avoir le mal de mer

Answer 35

To be seasick

Question 36

Avoir les chevilles qui enfient (informal)

Answer 36

To be full of oneself

Question 37

Avoir l’habitude de

Answer 37

To be used to, in the habit of

Question 38

Avoir l’heure

Answer 38

To have (know) the time

Question 39

Avoir lieu

Answer 39

To take place

Question 40

Avoir l’intention de

Answer 40

To intend/plan to

Question 41

Avoir mal à la tête, aux yeux, à l’estomac

Answer 41

To have a headache, eye ache, stomache

Question 42

Avoir mal au cœur

Answer 42

To be sick to one’s stomach

Question 43

Avoir peur de

Answer 43

To be afraid

Question 44

Avoir raison

Answer 44

To be right

Question 45

Avoir soif

Answer 45

To be thirsty

Question 46

Avoir sommeil

Answer 46

To be sleepy

Question 47

Avoir tort

Answer 47

To be wrong

Question 48

Avoir un chat dans la gorge

Answer 48

To have a frog in one’s throat

Question 49

Avoir un cheveu (sur la langue) (informal)

Answer 49

To lisp