Idioms 3

Question 1

s’arracher les cheveux

Answer 1

to be pulling your hair out

Question 2

se détendre/se laisser aller

Answer 2

to let your hair down

Question 3

pas un poil de travers

Answer 3

not a hair out of place

Question 4

chercher la petite bête

Answer 4

to split hairs

Question 5

irréfléchi (lit. à moitié armé)

Answer 5

half-cocked

Question 6

sa meilleure moitié

Answer 6

your better half

Question 7

couper la poire en deux

Answer 7

to meet s.o. halfway

Question 8

être vendu aux enchères

Answer 8

to go under the hammer

Question 9

cracher dans la soupe/mordre la main qui vous nourrit

Answer 9

to bite the hand that feeds you

Question 10

être pieds et poings liés

Answer 10

to be bound hand and foot

Question 11

forcer la main à qqn

Answer 11

to force so’s hand

Question 12

liberté d’action/latitude/carte blanche

Answer 12

a free hand

Question 13

dégénérer

Answer 13

to get out of hand

Question 14

de concert/main dans la main

Answer 14

hand in glove

Question 15

être impliqué dans/complice de

Answer 15

to have a hand in sth

Question 16

avoir qqn qui vous mange dans la main

Answer 16

to have so eating out of your hand

Question 17

avoir la main lourde/être sévère

Answer 17

heavy-handed

Question 18

tenir qqn par la main

Answer 18

to hold so’s hand

Question 19

connaître qqch comme sa poche

Answer 19

to know sth like the back of your hand

Question 20

prêter main forte à qqn

Answer 20

to lend so a hand

Question 21

considérer qqch comme allant de soi/étant un acquis

Answer 21

to take sth for granted

Question 22

vivre au jour le jour

Answer 22

to live from hand to mouth

Question 23

un vieux de la vieille

Answer 23

an old hand

Question 24

rejeter qqch d’emblée

Answer 24

to reject sth out of hand

Question 25

la main droite ne sait pas ce que fait la main gauche

Answer 25

the right hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doing

Question 26

montrer son jeu

Answer 26

to show your hand

Question 27

prendre qqch en main

Answer 27

to take sth in hand

Question 28

s’essayer à qqch

Answer 28

to try your hand at sth

Question 29

prendre le dessus

Answer 29

to take/get the upper hand

Question 30

les doigts dans le nez

Answer 30

with one hand tied behind your back

Question 31

comprendre/piger

Answer 31

to get a handle on sth

Question 32

avoir besoin de tous les bras

Answer 32

all hands on deck

Question 33

se frotter les mains

Answer 33

to be rubbing your hands

Question 34

changer de mains

Answer 34

to change hands

Question 35

tomber entre les mains de

Answer 35

to fall into so’s hands

Question 36

être bien occupé/ne pas chômer

Answer 36

to have your hands full

Question 37

entre de bonnes mains

Answer 37

in safe hands

Question 38

pas de mon ressort

Answer 38

out of my hands

Question 39

faire le jeu de qqch

Answer 39

to play into so’s hands

Question 40

rester les bras croisés

Answer 40

to sit on one’s hands

Question 41

s’en laver les mains

Answer 41

to wash your hands of something/someone

Question 42

gagner haut la main

Answer 42

to win hands down

Question 43

être pieds et poings liés

Answer 43

to have your hands tied