Idioms: English to French

Question 1

This is the last straw!

Answer 1

C’est la fin des haricots!

Question 2

Let’s get back to the subject at hand.

Answer 2

Revenons à nos moutons.

Question 3

What’s done is done.

Answer 3

Les carottes sont cuites.

Question 4

What a shame..!

Answer 4

Quel dommage..!

Question 5

Keep me updated.

Answer 5

Tiens-moi au courant.

Question 6

I’m getting angry!

Answer 6

La moutard me monte au nez!

Question 7

To be lazy

Answer 7

Avoir un poil dans la main

Question 8

To be depressed

Answer 8

Avoir le cafard

Question 9

To give a helping hand

Answer 9

Donner un coup de main

Question 10

Oh my God! / Holy cow!

Answer 10

Oh la vache!

Question 11

To have a frog in one’s throat

Answer 11

Avoir un chat dans la gorge

Question 12

To feel good in your own skin

Answer 12

Être bien dans sa peau

Question 13

To mind one’s own buisness

Answer 13

S’occuper de ses oignons 🧅

Question 14

To be terrified

Answer 14

Avoir une peur bleue

Question 15

To stand someone up

Answer 15

Poser un lapin

Question 16

To keep one’s cool

Answer 16

Garder la tête froide

Question 17

It’s raining cats and dogs

Answer 17

Il pleut des cordes

Question 18

I feel great

Answer 18

J’ai la pêche / J’ai la banane

Question 19

You’re making me laugh (a lot)!

Answer 19

Tu me tues!

Question 20

I don’t give a f***!

Answer 20

Je m’en bats les couilles!

Question 21

A one-on-one (conversation)

Answer 21

Une (conversation) tête-à-tête

Question 22

Your handwriting is so bad.

Answer 22

Tu écris comme un cochon.

Question 23

You’re a bad singer.

Answer 23

Tu chantes comme une casserole.

Question 24

They (s) snuck out.

Answer 24

Il/elle a filé(e) à l’anglaise.

Question 25

Don’t make a big fuss about it.

Answer 25

Ne fais pas un caca nerveux.

Question 26

There’s no hurry!

Answer 26

Il n’y a pas le feu!

Question 27

I have the memory of a goldfish!

Answer 27

J’ai la mémoire d’un poisson rouge!

Question 28

Thanks a lot! / Many thanks!

Answer 28

Mille mercis!

Question 29

It’s super easy.

Answer 29

C’est simple comme bonjour.

Question 30

Alright.

Answer 30

Ça roule.

Question 31

You got me! (As in, a joke or prank)

Answer 31

Touché!

Question 32

It’s really crazy!

Answer 32

C’est un truc de malade!

Question 33

To sleep in

Answer 33

Faire la grasse matinée

Question 34

To be in a bad mood

Answer 34

Être de mauvais poil

Question 35

I have a great memory.

Answer 35

J’ai une mémoire d’élephant.

Question 36

To annoy (someone)

Answer 36

Casser les pieds / Casser les noissettes

Question 37

You are cute!

Answer 37

Tu es mimi!

Question 38

Nevermind / Leave it / Let it go / Forget it / Doesn’t matter

Answer 38

Laisse tomber / Pas grave

Question 39

When pigs will fly

Answer 39

Quand les poules auront des dent

Question 40

When a great effort amounts to nothing

Answer 40

La montagne accouche d’une souris

Question 41

To cost an arm (and a leg)

Answer 41

Coûter un bras

Question 42

Better late than never.

Answer 42

Mieux vaut tard que jamais.

Question 43

To be full of yourself (egotistical, arrogant, excessively proud)

Answer 43

Avoir les chevilles qui enflent

Question 44

To be meticulous or pedantic

Answer 44

Couper les cheveux en quatre

Question 45

Actions speak louder than words.

Answer 45

Les actes valent mieux que les mots.

Question 46

To go crazy / To get very angry / To blow a fuse

Answer 46

Péter un plomb

Question 47

Easier said than done.

Answer 47

Plus facile à dire qu’à faire.

Question 48

No way!

Answer 48

Hors du question!

Question 49

I want nothing to do with it (or “no”)

Answer 49

Il n’en est pas question

Question 50

To get a passing grade

Answer 50

Avoir le moyenne

Question 51

To be sick of…

Answer 51

Avoir le ras-de-bol