PROVERBS Flashcards
To put it in a nutshell
To give the latest information, to conclude
to get straight to the point
To talk about the most important thing
can’t make head nor (né) tail
To fail to understand anything
to hear it on the grapevine
To hear about something because the info has been passed from one person to another in conversation
to talk at cross-purposes
To not understand someone
to beat about the bush
To delay talking about something
to get it straight from horse’s mouth
To be told something by so- meone who has direct knowledge of it (avoir l’info de ma source)
to be like talking to a brick wall
To try to communicate with an unresponsive person
to keep someone in the loop
To include someone in group communication
to be on the same wavelength
to share similar opinions and ideas
to get the wrong end of the stick
To not understand something
to put someone in the picture
(mettre quenqu’un au courant)//to give someone the information that is needed to understand something
