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Idiomatic Expressions Flashcards

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Ça par exemple!

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Of all things! Well really!

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Avoir peine à le croire

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I find it hard to believe

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Coûter les yeux de la tête

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To cost an arm and a leg

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En chair et en os

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In the flesh, in person

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En pleine forme

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In great shape

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To make money hand over fist

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Gagner de l’argent à la pelle

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J’y tiens comme à la prunelle de mes yeux.

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He/she is the apple of my eye

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Mentir comme en respire

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To lie through one’s teeth, to be a compulsive liar

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Rouler sur l’or

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To be rolling in / be made of money

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Se sentir en pleine forme

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To feel great

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Avoir d’autre chats à fouetter

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To have other fish to fry / To have more important things to do

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C’est du vol!

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What a rip off! It’s daylight robbery!

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…est à nos portes.

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Is on our doorstep / (just) around the corner / upon us

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Être habillé(e) comme l’as de pique

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To be dressed like a scarecrow / any old way

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Faire l’important(e)

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To throw one’s weight around

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Gratter les fonds de tiroir

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To scrape the bottom of the barrel

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(Il y en a) à la pelle

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A dime a dozen. There are loads of them.

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Jeter l’argent par les fenêtres

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To squander money, to throw money away / out the window

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Saisir / prendre la balle au bond

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To seize / grasp the opportunity, to jump at the chance

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Se mettre à la file

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To join the queue / to get in line

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Se perdre dans les détails

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To get bogged down in details

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Tes désirs sont des ordes.

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Your wish is my command.

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Tourner autour du pot

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To beat around the bush

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Un sou (c’) est un sou.

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A penny save is a penny earned / Every penny counts.

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Magasiner jusqu’à l’épuisement

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To shop till you drop

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À bien y penser…

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On second thought…/ Now that I think about it…

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Au bout du compte

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In the end, at the end of the day

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Casser les pieds de X

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To get on one’s nerves / To bore the pants off X

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Ce n’est pas le mer à boire

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It’s no big deal. / it’s not that bad. / it’s not asking the impossible.

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Ce n’est pas la peine de me faire au dessin!

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You don’t need to spell it out for me!

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(Tout ça), c’est du chinois pour moi!

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It’s all Greek to me!

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C’est du gateau!

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It’s a piece of cake! It’s child’s play!

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

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That’s the straw that broke the camel’s back.

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C’est simple / facile comme bonjour!

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It’s easy as pie

34
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De grâce!

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For pity’s / heaven’s sake!

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En avoir jusque-là (de…)

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To have it ip to here (with…)

36
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(ne pas) être sur la même longueur d’onde

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(Not) to be on the same wavelength

37
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Garder son sang-froid

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To keep one’s head, to keep calm, to keep cool

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Je n’en reviens pas!

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I can’t get over it! / I’m amazed!

39
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La “grosse legume”.

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The big cheese.

40
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Le temps, c’est de l’argent

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Time is money

41
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Ne le prends / prenez mal.

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Don’t take this the wrong way.

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Ne te fatigue / Vous fatiguez pas!

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Don’t waste your breathe! Don’t bother!

43
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Nous (ne) voyons (pas) ça du même œil.

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We (don’t) see eye to eye (about it).

44
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Quel numéro!

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What a character!

45
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S’entendre comme larrons en foire

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To be thick as thieves

46
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Une maison de fous

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A madhouse

47
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Aprés la pluie, le beau temps.

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Every cloud has a silver lining.

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Avoir bonne / mauvais mine

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To look well / ill

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(Ne pas) avoir l’habitude de

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(Not) be in the habit of

50
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Brûler la chandelle par les deux bouts

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To burn the candle at both ends

51
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Ça parle au diable!

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Is it possible?

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Croire dur comme fer

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To believe very firmly

53
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Être en grande forme

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To be in great shape

54
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Être libre comme l’air

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To be free as a bird

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Faire la sourde oreille

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To turn a deaf ear

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Il fait un froid de canard

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It’s freezing cold!

57
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Il pleut à boire debout

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It’s raining cats and dogs

58
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Il pleut des cordes.

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It’s pouring. It’s coming down in buckets.

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Je ne demande pas la lune!

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I’m not asking for the moon!

60
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J’en ai ras le bol!

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I’ve had enough! I’ve had it up to here! I’m sick of it!

61
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Mettre le nez dehors

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To set foot outside the door

62
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Mieux vaut (il vaut mieux) + infinitive

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It’s (it would be) better + infinitive

63
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Mieux vaut prévenir que guérir.

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An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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Ne pas être dans assiette

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To be / feel under the weather, to be out of sorts

65
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X me voit pas plus loin que le bout de son nez.

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X can’t see beyond his nose.

66
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N’en fais / faites pas un drame!

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Don’t be so dramatic!

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On va y goûter!

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We’re in for it!

68
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Prendre son mal en patience

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To try to put up with, to be patient

69
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Se croiser les doigts

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To cross one’s fingers

70
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Se faire du mauvais sang

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To worry (about)

71
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Tenir le coup

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To hold out, to stick it out

72
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Tomber dans les pommes

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To faint, to pass out

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