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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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As cunning as a fox

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Rusé comme un renard.

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Silly as a…..

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Bête comme ses pieds.

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Drinking like a fish

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Boire comme un trou

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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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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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Get straight to the point

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Aller droit au but

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Being lazy

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Avoir un poil dans la main

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Consider yrself better than others

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Se croire sorti de la cuisse de Jupiter

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Having a hangover

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Avoir le gueule de bois

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Heavy rain

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Il pleut des cordes

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To put yr foot in it

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Mettre les pieds dans le plat

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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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Being really sick

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Malade comme un chien

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Having a poor appetite

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Avoir un appétit d’oiseau

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Being angry

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Être vache

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Take the bull by its horns

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Prendre le taureau par les cornes

19
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Get angry

A

Prendre la mouche

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Being hungry as a bear

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Avoir une faim de loup

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Nip in the bud

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Étouffer dans l’œuf

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Skinny as a twig

Thin as a rake

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Fine comme une lame

Thin as a plank

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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

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S’entendre comme larrons en foire

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It’s no use crying over spilt milk, eg the situation can not be changed

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Les carottes sont cuites

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Sleep like a log

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Dormir comme une masse

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Being really sad

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Comme un repas sans fromage

28
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Enjoy it as it lasts

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Manger son pain blanc

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At each other’s throat, at loggerheads

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Être à couteaux tiré