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Idioms J to Z Flashcards

1
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No sweat

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Easily accomplished

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2
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Not for the world

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Pour rien au monde

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3
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Not to give one the time of day

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To hate someone

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4
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Nurse a grudge

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Entretenir une haine

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5
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Nutty as a fruitcake

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Crazy, totally mad.

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6
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Not to touch something with a ten-foot pole

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Dégouté

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7
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Oddball

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Strange person

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8
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Off-balance

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Déstabilisé

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9
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Off base

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Non fondé

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10
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Off beat

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Différent, marginal

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11
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Off guard

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Pas sur ses gardes

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12
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Off the hook

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Out of trouble.

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13
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Off the top of one’s head

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Comme ça, sans réfléchir.

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14
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On a dime

A

Tourner sur un 10 cents

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15
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On a shoestring

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For little money

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16
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On call

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Sur appel

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17
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On cloud nine

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Dans les nuages

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18
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On edge

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Excited, nervous, impatient

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19
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On easy street

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Easy life

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20
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One on the city

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Glass of water

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21
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On ice

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Sur la glace

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22
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On pins and needles

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Worried

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23
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On the air

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En ondes

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24
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On the bandwagon

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Take up a popular activity

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25
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On the dot

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Pile dessus

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26
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On the house

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Sur la maison

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27
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On the spot

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Right here, right now

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28
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On the spur of the moment

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Sur le champ, sur le yas, bang

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29
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Open one’s heart

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Talk about your feelings openly

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30
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Out in the cold

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Alone, not included

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31
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Out of order

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Hors d’usage

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32
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Our of place

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Pas à sa place

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33
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Out of the blue

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Suddenly, on the spur of the moment

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34
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Out of tune

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Pas cohérent ou en accord avec

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35
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Out to lunch

A

Dans la lune

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36
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Over with

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Finished

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37
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Odd one out

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Pick the odd one out

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38
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Once and for all

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Une fois pour toutes

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39
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Pain in the ass

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Irritating, bothersome.

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40
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Par for the course

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Normal, should be expected

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41
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Peeping Tom

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Voyeur

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42
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Pep talk

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Rallying talk

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43
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Pick on

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Taquiner/écoeurer

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44
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Pick out

A

Choisir

45
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Piece of cake

A

Jeu d’enfant

46
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Piggyback

A

Faire le cheval

47
Q

Piss off

A

Faire chier

48
Q

Play by ear

A

Jouer à l’oreille

49
Q

Play footsie

A

Caressing your legs

50
Q

Pay one’s card right

A

Use one’s talents or skills wisely

51
Q

Play the field

A

Courailler

52
Q

Play with fire

A

Jouer avec le feu

53
Q

Point out

A

Identifier, faire remarquer.

54
Q

Pooped out

A

Exhausted

55
Q

Pop up

A

Survenir

56
Q

Press/push one’s luck

A

Pousser sa chance

57
Q

Psyched up

A

Sharp, ready

58
Q

Pull off

A

Réussir, accomplir

59
Q

Pull one’s leg

A

Se jouer de

60
Q

Pull over

A

By the cops

61
Q

Pull strings

A

To secretly use influence and power

62
Q

Push around

A

To bully

63
Q

Put one’s foot in one’s mouth

A

Se mettre le pied dans la bouche

64
Q

Put two and two together

A

To reason from the known facts

65
Q

At a snail’s pace

A

À pas de tortue, lentement.

66
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No pain, no gain

A

To obtain good results, you have to go through though times

67
Q

Party animal

A

Someone who likes to party

68
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Party pooper

A

Someone who doesn’t like to party

69
Q

Hold your peace

A

To clam up, fermer sa bouche.

70
Q

Like two peas in a pod

A

Identical

71
Q

Put the pedal to the metal

A

To floor it, mettre la pédale au fond

72
Q

Put/place on a pedestal

A

Mettre sur un pied d’estale

73
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Is no picnic

A

Pas une partie de plaisir

74
Q

Paint a rosy picture

A

Being too optimistic, voir avec des lunettes roses

75
Q

Happy as a pig in shit

A

Super happy

76
Q

A bitter pill to swallow

A

Pilule dure à avaler

77
Q

Something is the pits

A

Too bad

78
Q

A child’s play

A

Un jeu d’enfant

79
Q

Play dirty

A

Jouer cochon, salaud

80
Q

Play hard to get

A

Être dur à avoir

81
Q

Play with yourself

A

Se masturber

82
Q

To miss the point

A

Ne pas comprendre the intention

83
Q

Shit or get off the pot

A

Aweille, grouille.

84
Q

Pratique makes perfect

A

La pratique rend parfait

85
Q

Bad press

A

Avoir mauvaise presse

86
Q

A prophet of doom

A

Prophète de malheur

87
Q

Get with the program

A

Suivre ce qui se passe

88
Q

When push comes to shove

A

Dans le pire des cas

89
Q

Out of the question

A

Hors de question

90
Q

From rags to riches

A

Self-made man

91
Q

Go off the rails

A

Dérailler

92
Q

Rain or shine

A

Peu importe

93
Q

For the record

A

Tu sais ce que ca veut dire

94
Q

Your reap what you sow

A

Tu récoltes ce que tu sèmes

95
Q

Set/put the record straight

A

Truth about something

96
Q

Get a free ride

A

Benefit from

97
Q

Rome wasn’t built in a day

A

Rome ne s’est pas construit en un jour

98
Q

Rub it in

A

Passer le fer dans la plaie

99
Q

Rack one’s brain

A

Se creuser les méninges

100
Q

Rain cats and dogs

A

Rains really hard

101
Q

Take a rain check

A

Postpone

102
Q

Read between the lines

A

Lire entre les lignes

103
Q

Rest on one’s laurel

A

S’asseoir sur ses lauriers

104
Q

Ring a bell

A

Dire quelque chose

105
Q

Rip off/ Rip-off

A

verb / noun (vol)

106
Q

Rock the boat

A

Compromettre

107
Q

A rolling stone gathers no moss

A

Pierre qui roule n’amasse pas mousse

108
Q

Roll up one’s sleeves

A

Se retrousser les manches

109
Q

Run in the family

A

Trait de famille

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