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disputer sur la pointe d'une aiguilleTo raise a discussion on a subject of no importance; To split hairs.Rate it:

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chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foinSe dit en parlant d’une chose que l’on cherche, mais qui est très difficile à trouver, à cause de sa petitesse.Rate it:

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chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foinTo look for a needle in a bundle (bottle) of hay.Rate it:

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when you're hot, you're hot. when you're not, you're notYou're either hot or you're not. There's no in between.Rate it:

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les observations glissent sur lui comme sur une cuirasseBlame slips off him as water off a duck’s back.Rate it:

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passer sur une chose comme un chat sur la braiseTo pass lightly over a subject.Rate it:

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forgetting the base, forgetting the root, forgetting number 'one, forgetting the alphabet 'a' 1'Generally this era, when children learn and grow up as adults, they think the parents know nothing they are the entire encyclopedia. Disdaining parents education and their university degrees with disrespectful manner.Rate it:

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de fil en aiguilleBit by bit; One thing leading to another.Rate it:

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raconter de fil en aiguilleTo tell the whole matter from the beginning.Rate it:

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c'est comme un cataplasme sur une jambe de boisA nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.Rate it:

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établir une rente sur les brouillards de la seineTo have an income in the clouds (i.e. nothing).Rate it:

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can't put the words back into one's mouth fast enoughThis phrase is often said after someone said something they shouldn't have said as a way of conveying regret for having said it.Rate it:

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pickin' and grinnin'a country way of saying "playing music"Rate it:

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i'll be a monkey's uncle(often preceded by well) expressing complete surprise or disbeliefRate it:

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as she's as cold as a witchscold as a witch's tit!Very, very cold!!Rate it:

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don't count your chickens before they're hatchedYou should not count on something before it happens.Rate it:

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if it ain't chicken, it's feathersthat's life; there are always problemsRate it:

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if you can't take it, don't dish it outdon't say or do something you wouldn't want said or done to youRate it:

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puddin' tame. ask me again and i'll tell you the same.An impertinent response to being asked "what is your name?"; a response indicating that the speaker does not want to reveal their real name.Rate it:

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wear one's heart on one's sleeveTo be extremely transparent, open, or forthright about one's emotion or what is in one's heart; often when this is said, it is said when it is more than the listener wants or needs to hear about it--so it is often said in a negative way or with a negative connotationRate it:

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when you're up to your ass in alligators, it's easy to forget your goal was to drain the swampYou can't complete the a task if more urgent/immediate necessities take priorityRate it:

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where there's smoke, there's firewhen two things are usually together and you find one, you will find the otherRate it:

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you ain't seen nothin' yetsomething is even betterRate it:

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bête comme (un) chou (un pot, une cruche, une oie)As stupid as an owl.Rate it:

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brûler une station (une étape)To run through a station (or, a halting-place) without stopping.Rate it:

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donner une chandelle à dieu et une au diableTo try and keep in with both parties.Rate it:

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dormir comme une marmotte, comme un sabot, comme une souche, les (or, à) poings fermésTo sleep like a top, like a log.Rate it:

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elle est éveillée comme une petite souris (or, comme une potée de souris)She is as brisk as a bee.Rate it:

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on entendrait trotter une souris (or, voler une mouche)One could hear a pin drop.Rate it:

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une bonne fuite vaut mieux qu'une mauvaise attenteDiscretion is the better part of valour.Rate it:

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c'est autant de pris sur l'ennemiSo much saved out of the fire; So much to the good.Rate it:

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être sur le tapisTo be the subject of general conversation; To be broached.Rate it:

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crier famine sur un tas de bléTo cry out for what one has in plenty.Rate it:

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crier haro sur quelqu'unTo raise an outcry against any one.Rate it:

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avoir le cœur sur la mainto be open-handed, to be generousRate it:

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avoir le cœur sur la mainTo be open-hearted, frank.Rate it:

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avoir pignon sur rueTo have a house of one’s own.Rate it:

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bon sang mais c'est bien sûrExpression utilisée pour souligner l’aspect absurde, ridicule ou inapproprié de quelque chose, tout en sous-entendant que cela aurait dû sauter aux yeux.Rate it:

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c'est autant de pris sur l'ennemiC’est toujours avoir obtenu quelque avantage, avoir tiré parti d’une mauvaise affaire.Rate it:

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c'est jeter de l'huile sur le feuIt is adding fuel to the fire (flames).Rate it:

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casser du sucre sur la tête de quelqu'un (pop.)To speak ill of any one in his absence.Rate it:

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ce sont des descriptions prises sur le vifThose descriptions are life-like.Rate it:

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cela marche comme sur des roulettesThat is getting on swimmingly.Rate it:

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cerise sur le gâteauthe icing on the cakeRate it:

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comme chat sur braiseLike a cat on hot bricks.Rate it:

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comme un cheveu sur la soupeout of the blueRate it:

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compter surto count on, rely onRate it:

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coucher sur la dureTo lie on the ground, on the floor.Rate it:

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coucher sur le carreauTo sleep on the floor.Rate it:

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courir sur le haricotto get somebody's goat, to exasperate, to annoyRate it:

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