Idiom Flashcards

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Rependre une rumeur

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To spread rumour

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2
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Une rumeur infondée

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An unfounded rumour

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3
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La rumeur court que…

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Rumour has it that…

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4
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Mettre fin à une rumeur

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To put an end to a rumour

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5
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Révéler un secret

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Revealing a secret

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6
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La vie privée de quelqu’un

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Someone’s privacy

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7
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Beaucoup de bruit pour rien

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Much ado about nothing

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8
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L’exception qui confirme la régle

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To give the lie to the proverb

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9
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Dépasser les limites

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To overstep the mark

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10
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Faire comprendre à quelqu’un

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To give somebody to understand 
To let it be understood 
To imply 
To suggest 
To intimate that
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11
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Aussi étrange que ça puisse paraître

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Strange as it may be

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12
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Il n’y a pas de fumée sans feu

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There is no smoke without fire

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13
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Il y a quelque chose de pourris

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There’s something fishy going on
I smell a rat
Something smells fishy

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14
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Faire éclater la vérité

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To let the cat out of the bag

The truth will always come out

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15
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Tourner autour du pot

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To beat about (around) the bush

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16
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Ne pas vendre la peau de l’ours avant de l’avoir tué

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Do not count your chikens before they hatched

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17
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Ne pas juger un livre à sa couverture

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Don’t judge a book by its cover

18
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Faire des remarques désagréables

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To make nasty remarks

19
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Les poules auront des dents

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Pigs might fly

20
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Quoi qu’il advienne

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Come what may

21
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Tu me fais marcher

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You’re pulling my leg

22
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Divulguer/Rependre l’information

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To spill the beans

23
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Renier les nouvelles

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To deny the news

24
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Confirmer la nouvelle

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To confirm the news

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Canular
Hoax
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S'excuser auprès de quelqu'un pour...
To apologis (z)e to somebody for
27
Quelqu'un qui te correspond
A suitable match
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Qui se ressembls s'assemble
Birds of a feather flock together
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L'amour au premier regard
Love at the first sight
30
Hypnotisé
Mesmerised (z)
31
Marriage pluvieux, marriage joyeux
Rainy wedding day, happy marriage
32
On est toujours mieux chez soi
East or West, home is the best
33
Une rupture
A break-up
34
Tromper quelqu'un
To cheat on somebody
35
S'en foutre de...
I do not give a damn about... | I couldn't care less...
36
Une fois jamais deux
Once bitten, twice shy
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Une perdue dix de retrouvées
There's plenty more fish in the sea
38
Mauvais au jeu, heureux en amour
Lucky at cards, unlucky in love
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Rendre quelqu'un fou
To drive somebody nuts/crazy
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Ils sont fait l'un pour l'autre
They are a perfect match for each other