Les expressions idiomatiques - La vie post-bac

Question 1

Voler de mes propres ailes

Answer 1

To grow up / fly with your own wings

Question 2

Quitter le cocon familiale

Answer 2

To leave the family nest

Question 3

S’éclater

Answer 3

To have fun/have a ball

Question 4

Être amateur de

Answer 4

To be passionate about/interested in

Question 5

Faire mes baggages

Answer 5

To pack my bags

Question 6

Donner un coup de main

Answer 6

Give a hand to someone

Question 7

Avoir un coup de chance

Answer 7

Have a stroke of good luck

Question 8

Avoir l’habitude/s’habituer à

Answer 8

To get used to

Question 9

Être bien dans sa peau

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To feel good about yourself

Question 10

Avoir du mal à faire quelque chose

Answer 10

Have difficulty doing something

Question 11

Etre doué/ fort en

Answer 11

To be talented/ good at something

Question 12

Prendre goût à quelque chose

Answer 12

To get a taste for/to start liking something

Question 13

Mettre en valeur

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To develop or enhance something

Question 14

On verra bien

Answer 14

We’ll see

Question 15

Ça ne me dit rien

Answer 15

That doesn’t appeal to me

Question 16

Avoir d’autres chats à fouetter

Answer 16

To have other fish to fry (other issues to deal with)

Question 17

Se donner un mal de chien

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To work like a dog

Question 18

Pour le moment

Answer 18

For the time being

Question 19

D’ici là

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Until then, in the meantime

Question 20

Jusqu’à ici

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Until now

Question 21

Paris ne s’est pas fait en un jour

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Rome wasn’t built in a day

Question 22

Vouloir, c’est pouvoir

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Where there’s a will there’s a way

Question 23

Après la pluie, le beau temps

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There will be sunshine/good things after the rain/difficulties

Question 24

Les voyages forment la jeunesse

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Travel makes the young person (important impact on someone’s life)

Question 25

S’y faire

Answer 25

To get used to something

Question 26

Se mettre à

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To start something

Question 27

Décrocher un stage/un travail/une bourse

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To land an internship/a job/a scholarship

Question 28

Faire une demande d’emploi

Answer 28

To apply for a job

Question 29

Qui ne tente rien, n’a rien

Answer 29

Nothing ventured, nothing gained