Slang Flashcards

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1
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Ce film est un navet

A

this film is a flo

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2
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Ton oncle est une gosse légume chez Renault?

A

Your uncle is a big shot at Renault?

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3
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C’est la fin des haricots!

A

That’s the last straw/the final bean

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4
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Il était rouge comme une tomate

A

He was as red as a tomato

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5
Q

Arrête de raconter des salades

A

Stop telling tall tales (recounting salads)

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6
Q

Cejounal, c’est une feuille de chou!

A

This paper is arag

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7
Q

JEn’ai plus un rais

A

I haven’tgota penny to my name

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8
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Zoe a fait le poireau une demi-heure

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Zoe was left cooling her heels for half an hour

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9
Q

N’oublie pas ta banane

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Don’t forget your fanny pack

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10
Q

Ça permetra de mettre du beurre dans les épinards

A

That’l help you make ends meet (put butter on your spinach!)

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11
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Jean a failli tomber dans les pommes

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Jean almost fainted

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12
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Il est haut comme trois pommes

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He is knee-high to a grasshopper

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13
Q

Il a un coeur d’artichaut

A

He falls in lvoe with every girl he meets

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14
Q

Les carottes sont cuites

A

We’ve had it (our carrots are cooked)

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Q

J’ai la tête comme une citrouille

A

I feel like my head is going to explode

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16
Q

Occupex-vous de vos oignons

A

Mind your own business

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17
Q

Elle a une peau de pêche

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she has a peachlike compexion

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18
Q

Ils ont la pêche

A

They are on top form

19
Q

Il est bonne poire

A

He is a real sucker

20
Q

Ella a le vin gai

A

she gets merry when she drinks

21
Q

Lucien est souvent entre deux vins

A

Lucien is often tipsy

22
Q

Il faudra mettre de l’eau dans ton vin

A

You’ll have to make concessions

23
Q

Ce n’est pas la peine d’en faire tout un fromage

A

You don’t need to make a big fuss about it

24
Q

la caisse

A

car/wheels

25
Q

la bagnole

A

car/wheels

26
Q

le tacot

A

clunker

27
Q

un tas de ferraile

A

pile of junk

28
Q

la tire

A

old rattletrap

29
Q

he is a bundle of nerves

A

il a les nerfs à fleur de peau

30
Q

she’s very touchy

A

ella a une sensibility à fleur de peau

31
Q

the reef is ust above the water

A

l’écueil est à fleur d’eau

32
Q

someone told me that..

A

on m’a dit que

33
Q

I’m all in

A

je suis à fond -

34
Q

I’ll be back [casual]

A

j’arrive -

35
Q

I’m coming back

A

je reviens -

36
Q
  • it’s stupid
A

c’est débile

37
Q

it’s idiotic

A

c’est con -

38
Q

what’s there? what is it?/ what’s the problem, etc

A

qu’est-ce qu’il y a

39
Q

that doesn’t make sense, that makes no sense

A

ca n’a pas de sense / ca n’a aucun sense -

40
Q

I don’t see you

A

je te vois pas / je vous vois pas

41
Q

I don’t hear you

A

je t’entends pas / je vous entends pas -

42
Q

it’s a scam

A

c’est une arnache

43
Q

it’s useless/what good does that do

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ça sert à rien/ ça sera à quoi -

44
Q

a mess [lit: a whorehouse]

A

un bordel