Idiomatic expressions Flashcards
Speak of an issue which many people are talking about and which is usually disputed
A hot potato
A way of asking what someone is thinking
A penny for your thoughts, to used when someone is quiet or after a question to ask for opinion
People’s intentions can be judged better by what they do than what they say
Actions speak louder than words
very expensive or costly, a large amount of money
An arm and leg
When your comparison concerns different things you
Compare apples and oranges
To decide that you have had enough of something
You call it quits
To stop doing something
To throw in the towel
When you take more responsibility than you can handle
You bite off more than you can chew
After a painful experience you are careful to avoid something similar
Once bitten, twice shy
To fail or to be defeated or destroyed
To bite the dust
From the very beginning
Right from the word go
Very easy
A piece of cake
(To quit) completely and immediately
He quits cold turkey
Permanently
For good
Someone that is leading without knowing where he is going
The blind leading the blind
Revenons à la première idée
Let me return to that first idea
To become very angry (person) or to become very high (prices)
To go through the roof
When things are very similar, they are
six of one, half a dozen of the other
experiment something/try something out/
test the water….I will be your guinea pig
comment les choses se avancent elles?
how things going?
to tell someone something that is completly untrue, I will have a word with him
To lie through your teeth
when something looks strange but has been done deliberatly, you can say that
there is a method to/in my madness
Il faut prendre cela avec précaution
We must take this with a pinch of salt
J’ai de la marge de manoeuvre
I have room to play/to manover
