Idioms Flashcards

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To be blind as a bat

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Être myope comme une taupe. (Mole)

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Have a lot on yr plate

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Avoir du pain sur la planche

Elle a du pain sur la planche

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2
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As cunning as a fox

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Rusé comme un renard.

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3
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Silly as a…..

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Bête comme ses pieds.

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4
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Drinking like a fish

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Boire comme un trou

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5
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Someone is useless

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Ne rien savoir faire de ses six doigts
Laisse tomber, il ne sait rien faire de ses 6 doigts.
Forget about it, that guy is completely useless.

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6
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To call a spade a spade

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Appeler un chat un chat.
Écoute, il faut appeler un chat un chat.
Listen, I’m just telling it like it is.

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7
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Get straight to the point

A

Aller droit au but

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8
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Being lazy

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Avoir un poil dans la main

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9
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Consider yrself better than others

A

Se croire sorti de la cuisse de Jupiter

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10
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Having a hangover

A

Avoir le gueule de bois

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11
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Heavy rain

A

Il pleut des cordes

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12
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To put yr foot in it

A

Mettre les pieds dans le plat

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13
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Two people who dont get along at all

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Comme chien et chat

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14
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Be stubborn

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Etre têtu comme un âne

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15
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Being really sick

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Malade comme un chien

16
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Having a poor appetite

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Avoir un appétit d’oiseau

17
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Being angry

A

Être vache

18
Q

Take the bull by its horns

A

Prendre le taureau par les cornes

19
Q

Get angry

A

Prendre la mouche

20
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Being hungry as a bear

A

Avoir une faim de loup

21
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Nip in the bud

A

Étouffer dans l’œuf

22
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Skinny as a twig

Thin as a rake

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Fine comme une lame

Thin as a plank

23
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Be barking up the wrong tree

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Se mettre le doigt dans l’oeil

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Be as thick as thieves
S'entendre comme larrons en foire
25
It’s no use crying over spilt milk, eg the situation can not be changed
Les carottes sont cuites
26
Sleep like a log
Dormir comme une masse
27
Being really sad
Comme un repas sans fromage
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Enjoy it as it lasts
Manger son pain blanc
29
At each other's throat, at loggerheads
Être à couteaux tiré