Idiotismes 1

avoir le trac

to have the jitters, to have nerves
(to have nerves)

avoir le cafard

to have the blues
(to have the cockroach)

le cafard

cockroach

avoir le parole

to have the floor
(to have the word)

etre haut comme trois pommes

to be knee-high to a grasshopper
(to be as high as three apples)

etre majeur et vaccine

to be of age
(to be (opposite of minor) and vaccinated)

on aurait entendu une mouche voler

you could have heard a pin drop
(you could have heard a fly fly)

faire d’une mouche un elephant

to make a mountain out of a molehill
(to make an elephant out of a fly)

l’argent ne se trouve pas sous le pas d’un cheval

money doesn’t grow on trees
(you can’t find money in a horse’s tracks)

avoir le feu au train

to have ants in your pants
(to have fire in the train)

avoir un chat dans la gorge

to have a frog in your throat
(to have a cat in your throat)

ca passe ou ca casse

make it or break it, sink or swim
(it happens or it breaks)

avoir une araignee au plafond

to have bats in the belfry
(to have a spider on the ceiling)

ca coute les yeux de la tete

it costs an arm and a leg
(it costs the eyes from your head)

faire la navette

to commute
(to make the spaceship)

co-voiturer

to carpool

le co-voiturage

the carpool

faire le poireau

to wait for a long time
(to make the leek)

faire le pont

to have a long weekend
(to make the bridge)

faire un cinema de qqch.

to make a big deal of something
(to make a cinema of something)

garder une poire pour la soif

to save it for a rainy day
(to save a pear for the thirst)

passer une nuit blanche

to have a sleepless night
(to pass a white night)

faire la grasse matinee

to sleep in
(to make the morning fat)

quand les poules auront les dents

when pigs fly
(when chicken have teeth)

tomber dans les oubliettes

to fall into disuse
(to fall into dungeons)

du plus profound de mon coeur

from the bottom of my heart
(from the most deep of my heart)

se vendre comme des petits pain chauds

to sell like hotcakes
(to sell like small hot bread)

vouloir le beurre et l’argent du beurre

to want to have your cake and eat it too
(to want the butter and the money for the butter)

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