Idioms/ Slang Flashcards

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Cracher dans la soupe

A

Bite the hand that feeds you

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1
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De bois

Je ne suis pas de bois.

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Wooden

I’m only human.

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2
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Être à cheval sur ces principes

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To be rigid

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3
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Se ronger les sangs

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Worry oneself sick.

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4
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Ronger son frein

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Champ at the bit

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5
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S’en mordre les doigts

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Kick oneself for doing sth.

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6
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Se mordre la langue

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Say something you regret

Bite one’s tongue

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7
Q

Mettre au pied du mur

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Put on the spot

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8
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Dresser l’oreille

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Écoute attentivement

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9
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Coûter les yeux de la tête

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Be really expensive

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10
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Ne pas avoir inventé les boutons à quatre trous

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To not be the sharpest knife in the drawer

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11
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Avoir un faim de loup

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Hungry as a horse

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12
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Etre bête comme ses pieds

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Be thick, dumb

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13
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Pincer le coeur

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Tug at the heart strings

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14
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Se faire marcher sur les pieds

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Be a doormat

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15
Q

Ne pas être le mer à boire

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Not be so difficult

16
Q

Mettre les pieds dans les plats

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Put your foot in your mouth

17
Q

Avoir un petit creux

A

Be a little hungry, feel like a little snack

18
Q

Marcher sur les plates-bandes de qq’un

A

Stick your noise in someone else’s business

19
Q

Faire la tête

A

Be obstinant, stubborn

20
Q

En avoir par-dessus la tête

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Have too much to do

Be feed up

21
Q

Dire à qq’un ses quatre vérités

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Be frank, put someone straight

22
Q

Faire un temps de cochon (ou chien)

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Awful weather

23
Q

Avoir un coup de foudre

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Love at first sight

24
Q

Il y a deux poids, deux mésures

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Double standard

25
Q

Ne pas être tombé de la derniére pluie

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Not to be naive

I wasn’t born yesterday

26
Q

Se vendre comme des petits pain chaud

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Fly off the shelves

27
Q

Etre tirer par les cheveux

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Be told a tall tale

28
Q

Se mordre la queue

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Go around in circles