Set 17 - expressions

Question 1

To make things clear

Answer 1

Mettre les points sur les i

Question 2

ხომ ყველაფერი მაგრად?

Answer 2

Ça roule?

Question 3

როგორც ყოველთვის!

Answer 3

Comme d’hab!

Question 4

კაი, ხო…

Answer 4

N’importe quoi!

“Je te jure! Je n’ai rien fait! (I swear, I didn’t do anything!)

N’importe quoi… (Whatever…)

Question 5

სრული სირობაა!

Answer 5

C’est n’importe quoi !

Le president a bien fait d’augmenter les impôts. (The president was right to increase taxes.)

C’est n’importe quoi ! (That’s nonsense!)

Question 6

დაივიწყე

Answer 6

Laisse tomber

Et alors? Est-ce que tu as eu ton augmentation de salaire ? (So? Did you get your raise?)

Laisse tomber…L’entreprise a fait faillite ! (Forget it…The company went bankrupt!)

Question 7

Sounds good?

Answer 7

Ça te dit?/Ça vous dit?

Il y a un petit resto chinois pas loin de chez moi…ça te dit? (There’s a little Chinese restaurant not far from my place…sound good?)

Question 8

საქმის კურსში მამყოფე

Answer 8

Tiens-moi au courant!

“Ouais, t’inquiète pas, je te tiens au courant.” (Yeah, don’t worry, I’ll keep you up to date.)

Question 9

კაცმა არ იცის რატომ

Answer 9

Allez savoir pourquoi !/Va savoir pourquoi !

Elle a donné sa démission, et ne répond plus à mes textos! Va savoir pourquoi ! (She quit her job, and isn’t responding to my texts anymore! God knows why!)

Question 10

მოკლედ რომ ვთქვათ,

Answer 10

Bref.

Elle m’a appelé hier et m’a dit qu’elle n’avait pas les mêmes sentiments pour moi, et qu’au final, elle veut qu’on reste amis. Bref, elle m’a largué.

Question 11

Wellll, uuhhmmm, ხოოო

Answer 11

Ouais, enfin…

Ouais, enfin…faut vivre avec! (Yeah, well…gotta live with it!)

Question 12

C’mon!

Answer 12

Allez !

Question 13

მაგრად გატეხილში ვარ

Answer 13

J’ai le cafard…

simply means to be depressed or to feel down.

You can also say Ça me donne le cafard, which means “that depresses me.”

Question 14

მოდი დავუბრუნდეთ ჩვენს საქმეს

Answer 14

Revenons à nos moutons !

Question 15

ჩემს თვალებს არ ვუჯერებ!

Answer 15

Je n’en crois pas mes yeux !

Question 16

ხომ კარგად ხარ მანდ?

Answer 16

Tu t’en sors ?

This is a common French phrase to use while observing a friend who appears to be having difficulty doing something. It’s the equivalent of asking “Doing okay there? You managing there?”

Question 17

რას შობი

Answer 17

Tu fais quoi?

Question 18

შენი საქმე არაა

Answer 18

Occupe-toi de tes oignons!

c’est pas tes oignons”

“Combien tu gagnes?” (“How much do you earn?”)

“Bah, je te dis pas, occupe-toi de tes oignons!” (“Well, I’m not telling you, mind your own business!”)

Question 19

აზრზე ვარ

Answer 19

Je connais la musique

“Oui, oui, pas besoin de revenir là-dessus. Je connais la musique.” (“Yes, yes, no need to rehash that. I know the score.”)

Question 20

ხოო მარა

გავიგე, მაგრამ

Answer 20

Quand même

“Tu ne vas pas chez elle ce soir?”

“Non, elle était horrible hier soir!”

“Mais, quand même, elle est ta sœur!”

Question 21

ცხოვრება არც ისე გრძელია, რომ რამე მოიკლო

Answer 21

La vie est trop courte pour boire du mauvais vin

meaning: “Life is too short to drink bad wine”. This is a typical French saying, and the French do enjoy consuming moderate amounts of good wine with their meals, noon and evening alike.

Question 22

აპეტაიზერი, hors d”oeuvre საჭმელებს შორის რომ პატარა გემრიელ ლუკმებს მოიტანენ ხოლმე რესტორანში

Answer 22

Amuse-bouche

A bit-sized hors d’œuvre; literal translation: something amusing/pleasing to the mouth

Question 23

საჭმელს რომ ზემოდან ყველი აქვს, და მერე ღუმელში გამომცხვარია

Answer 23

Au gratin

In English this means that the dish is topped with cheese, which is then melted in the oven

Question 24

ყველაზე საუკეთესო

Answer 24

Crème de la crème

Meaning ‘the best of the best’, this phrase literally translates to: ‘the cream of the cream’ (‘cream of the crop’)

Question 25

as it should be

Answer 25

Comme il faut

Question 26

Absolutely!

Answer 26

tout à fait

Question 27

ჩემთვის სულერთია

Answer 27

ça m’est égal

Question 28

Cheers!

Answer 28

à la vôtre!

Question 29

ამავდროულად,

Answer 29

à la fois

Question 30

instead of

Answer 30

au lieu de

Question 31

in case if

Answer 31

au cas où

Question 32

To lose your head

Answer 32

Perdre la boule

Question 33

It’s not difficult

Answer 33

Ce n’est pas la mer à boire

Question 34

To sleep in

Answer 34

Faire la grasse matinée

Question 35

ღამის გათევა

Answer 35

Passer une nuit blanche

Question 36

To be completely innocent

Answer 36

Être blanc comme neige

Question 37

to have a hangover

Answer 37

Avoir la gueule de bois

Je me suis réveillé avec une gueule de bois terrible ce matin. (I woke up with a terrible hangover this morning.)

Question 38

დახმარების ხელის გაწოდება

Answer 38

Donner un coup de main

Question 39

to be resourceful

Answer 39

avoir plusieurs cordes à son arc

Question 40

მას აქვს ბევრი ფუნქცია

Answer 40

il a plusieurs casquettes

Question 41

split the hairs

Answer 41

couper les cheveux en quatre

Question 42

იშოვე შეუძლებელი

გააკეთე შეუძლებელი

Answer 42

décrocher la lune

Question 43

როცა გადააბამ დასვენებას ორ საჯარო დასვენების დღეს შორის

Answer 43

faire le pont

Question 44

თივის ზვინში ნემსის ძებნა

Answer 44

chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin

Question 45

ერთი საკითხიდან მეორეზე გადახტომა

Answer 45

passer du coq à l’âne