the human body expression

Question 1

sanguinaire

Answer 1

bloodthirsty

Question 2

sans pitié, sang-froid

Answer 2

coldblooded, bloodedly

Question 3

être glacé jusqu’aux os

Answer 3

to be chilled/frozen to the bone

Question 4

donner la chair de poule

Answer 4

make somebody’s flesh creep

Question 5

de la tête au pied

Answer 5

from head to foot

Question 6

être fou amoureux

Answer 6

head over heels

Question 7

jouer à pile ou face

Answer 7

toss heads or tails

Question 8

se creuser la cervelle, faire sauter la cervelle

Answer 8

to rack one’s brains, to blow one’s brains

Question 9

faire la grimace, à première vue

Answer 9

pull a face, on the face of it

Question 10

se moucher, surveiller qqn

Answer 10

to blow one’s nose, keep an eye on somebody

Question 11

de bouche à oreille, lèvre supérieure/inférieure

Answer 11

by word of mouth, upper/lower lip

Question 12

se battre avec acharnement

Answer 12

fight tooth and nail

Question 13

se laisser pousser la barbe, se la raser

Answer 13

to grow a beard, to shave off one’s beard

Question 14

cage thoracique

Answer 14

chest, rib cage

Question 15

avoir du cran, croiser les bras

Answer 15

to have guts, to fold one’s arm

Question 16

main dans la main, lever/baisser la main

Answer 16

hand in hand, raise/lower one’s hand

Question 17

donner un coup de main, donner la main, serrer la main

Answer 17

give sby a hand, hold hands, shake hands with sby

Question 18

croiser les doigts

Answer 18

keep one’s finger crossed

Question 19

être très maladroit

Answer 19

to be all thumbs

Question 20

fréquenter qqn

Answer 20

rub shoulders with sby

Question 21

faire preuve de fermeté

Answer 21

put one’s foot down

Question 22

partir en signe de mécontentement

Answer 22

to vote with one’s feet

Question 23

partager son point de vue

Answer 23

see eye to eye with sby

Question 24

plaisanter

Answer 24

speek tongue-in-cheek

Question 25

aimer les sucreries

Answer 25

have a sweet tooth

Question 26

submergé de travail

Answer 26

up to my eyes in work

Question 27

accord de facade

Answer 27

pay lip service

Question 28

avoir qqch à coeur (décidé)

Answer 28

have your heart set on something

Question 29

s’atteler à une tâche

Answer 29

put your shoulder to the wheel

Question 30

mettre les pieds quelque part

Answer 30

set foot somewhere

Question 31

les rôles sont inversés

Answer 31

the shoe is on the other foot

Question 32

ne pas montrer qd on est en colère

Answer 32

keep a stiff upper lip

Question 33

scientifiques qui émigrent

Answer 33

brain drain

Question 34

une pomme de discorde

Answer 34

a bone of contention

Question 35

un cadavre dans le placard

Answer 35

a skeleton in the cupboard

Question 36

tout dans les muscles, rien dans la tête

Answer 36

all brawn and no brains

Question 37

à perte de vue

Answer 37

as far as the eye can see

Question 38

la voix du sang est la plus forte

Answer 38

blood is thicker than water