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il m'a tenu le bec dans l'eauHe kept me in suspense.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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il n'est pire eau que l'eau qui dortStill waters run deep.Rate it:

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il n'y a pire eau que l'eau qui dortIl faut se méfier des personnes faussement calmes, doucereuses.Rate it:

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avoir bon bec (fam.)To be a chatterbox; To speak well; To be able to answer back.Rate it:

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c'est un blanc becHe is a beardless boy, greenhorn.Rate it:

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c'est un homme qui ne se laisse pas passer la plume par le becHe is a man not easily taken in.Rate it:

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il a bec et onglesHe will fight with beak and claw, tooth and nail.Rate it:

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souffrez que je lui montre son bec jauneAllow me to show him he is a silly goose.Rate it:

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c'est donner un coup d'épée dans l'eauIt is useless trouble, an unsuccessful attempt.Rate it:

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c'est une goutte d'eau dans la merIt is a drop in the ocean.Rate it:

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mettre de l'eau dans son vinto moderate one's impetuosityRate it:

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mettre de l'eau dans son vin(fig.) To come down a peg.Rate it:

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à l'impossible nul n'est tenuPersonne ne peut avoir l’obligation de réaliser un acte si celui-ci n’est pas réalisable.Rate it:

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à l'impossible nul n'est tenuThere is no doing impossibilities; No living man all things can.Rate it:

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il n'a pas cédé, il a tenu bonHe did not give away, he stuck to it.Rate it:

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il s'est toujours tenu au gros de l'arbreHe has always sided with the stronger side.Rate it:

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je me le suis tenu pour ditI took it for granted.Rate it:

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je me suis tenu à quatre pour ne pas lui dire ses véritésIt was almost more than I could do not to tell him what I thought of him.Rate it:

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je n'y ai pas tenuI could not contain myself.Rate it:

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vous lui avez tenu têteYou did not give in to him.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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il y a assez à faire de regarder ce qui cuit dans sa marmite sans aller regarder ce qui cuit dans celle du voisinAu lieu de s'occuper des problèmes des autres, mieux vaut s'occuper des siens d'abord.Rate it:

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il y a assez à faire de regarder ce qui cuit dans sa marmite, sans aller regarder ce qui cuit dans celle du voisinIl vaut mieux s’occuper de ses affaires que de celles d’autrui.Rate it:

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rien dans les mains, rien dans les pochesSe dit pour indiquer qu’on a les mains et les poches vides.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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la goutte d'eau qui fait d%c3%a9border le vaseThe final thing that is too much and forces a reaction; the straw that broke the camel's back.Rate it:

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la goutte d'eau qui fait d%c3%a9border le vaseThe drop of water that makes the vase overflow.Rate it:

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au fil de l'eauWith the stream.Rate it:

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c'est assez, dit la baleine, je me cache à l'eau car j'ai le dos finPhrase destinée à retenir facilement le nom des cétacés car elle évoque phonétiquement cétacé dit la baleine, je me cachalot car j’ai le dauphin.Rate it:

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c'est la goutte d'eau qui fait déborder le vaseLe maximum de ce qui pouvait être supporté a été dépassé.Rate it:

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c'est le feu et l'eauThey are as opposite as fire and water.Rate it:

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c'est le feu et l'eauCe sont deux choses complètement différentes.Rate it:

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c'est porter de l'eau à la mer (or, rivière)It is carrying coals to Newcastle.Rate it:

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c'est un donneur d'eau bénite de courHe makes empty promises.Rate it:

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cela s'en est allé en eau de boudinThat collapsed utterly, came to nothing.Rate it:

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cet homme aime à pêcher en eau troubleThat man likes fishing in troubled waters.Rate it:

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chat échaudé craint l'eau froideD’une mésaventure naît un excès de prudence.Rate it:

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chat échaudé craint l'eau froideA burnt child dreads the fire; Once bit, twice shy.Rate it:

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