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faire la cane
To run away; To show the white feather.
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faire la courte échelle à quelqu'un
To allow some one to climb on one’s shoulders to scale a height; To give a lift to some one.
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faire la navette
To go to and fro between two places several times.
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faire la petite bouche
To be dainty; To have a small appetite; To be hard to please.
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faire la planche
1. To show others the way; 2. To float on one’s back.
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faire la saint-lundi
To do no work on Monday.
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faire la une
To hit the headlines
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faire le beau
(of dogs) To beg.
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faire le bon apôtre
To put on a saintly look; To pretend to be holy.
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faire le canard
To suck up to; flatter too much
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faire le dégoûté
To be fastidious, dainty.
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faire le diable à quatre
To kick up a terrible noise; To exert oneself to the utmost.
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faire le grand saut
to snuff it, to kick the bucket
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faire le gros dos
to arch one's back.
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faire le gros dos
to weather the storm, lie low
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faire le pot (or, panier) à deux anses
To put one’s arms akimbo.
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faire les cent coups
To amuse oneself noisily; To play all sorts of tricks.
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faire les frais de la conversation
1. To keep a conversation going. 2. To be (oneself) the subject of conversation.
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faire les yeux en coulisse
To make sheep’s eyes; To ogle.
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faire maigre
To abstain from meat.
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faire maigre chère
To have poor fare.
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faire maison neuve (or, nette)
To change all one’s servants.
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faire marche arrière
to turn back, go backwards
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faire marche arrière
to backpedal
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faire marcher
to make someone walk
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faire marcher
to make something work
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faire marcher
to fool someone, usually as a joke
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faire minette
to eat pussy; to perform cunnilingus.
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faire mouche
To hit the bull’s eye.
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faire noir
To be dark, especially when it's night.
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faire patte de velours
To speak smoothly; To draw in one’s claws.
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faire peau neuve
To turn over a new leaf.
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faire pencher la balance
To turn the scale.
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faire plus de bruit que de besogne
To be more fussy than industrious.
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faire quelque chose en grand
To do something on a large scale.
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faire quelque chose par manière d'acquit
To do something for form’s sake, perfunctorily.
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faire sauter la banque
To break the bank (gambling).
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faire ses choux gras d'une chose
To enjoy a thing that others despise.
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faire ses frais
To cover one’s expenses.
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faire ses quinze (or, trente-six) tours
To do a hundred useless things.
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faire son affaire
(Of others) To punish.
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faire son affaire
(of oneself) To succeed.
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faire son courrier (commercial)
To write one’s letters.
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faire son paquet
To pack up and go.
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faire souche
To found a family.
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faire table rase
To make a clean sweep and begin again; To start everything afresh.
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faire tache
to not belong; to stand out awkwardly.
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faire tapisserie (fam.)
To be a wall-flower at a ball.
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faire un détour
To go a roundabout way.
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faire un faux pas
(lit.) To stumble; (fig.) To make a slip; To commit a mistake.
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