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C’est la fin des haricots

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It’s the end of the beans

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Revenons à nos moutons

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Let’s come back to our sheep

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Les carottes sont cuites

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The carrots are cooked

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La moutard me monte au nez

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The mustard goes up to my nose

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Avoir un poil dans la main

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To have a hair in one’s hand

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Avoir le cafard

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To have the cockroach

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Avoir une peur bleue

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To have a blue/big fear

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Oh la vache!

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Oh the cow!

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Avoir un chat dans la gorge

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To have a cat in one’s throat

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S’occuper de ses oignons 🧅

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To care for one’s onions 🧅

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Poser un lapin

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To pose (as/like) a rabbit

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Mille mercis

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A thousand thanks

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13
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C’est simple comme bonjour

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It’s simple like hello

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C’est un truc de malade

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It’s a thing of sickness

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Appeler un chat un chat

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To call a cat a cat

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Touché

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Touched

17
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Tu écris comme un cochon

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You write like a pig

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Tu chantes comme une casserole

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You sing like a pan

19
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Tu me tues

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You’re killing me

20
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Il pleut des cordes

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It’s raining ropes

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J’ai la pêche

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I have the peach / I’m fishing / I have the fishing