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il ne tient qu'à lui de commencerIt rests entirely with him to begin; He can begin when he likes.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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cela lui tient au cœurHe is anxious about it.Rate it:

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l'argent ne lui tient pas dans les mainsSe dit d’une personne qui dépense sans nécessité, sans modération.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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à quoi cela tient-il?What is that owing to?Rate it:

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autant pèche celui qui tient le sac que celui qui met dedansThe receiver is as bad as the thief.Rate it:

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autant vaut celui qui tient que celui qui écorcheThe receiver is as bad as the thief.Rate it:

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car madame à jaser tient le dé tout le jourMadame engrosses the conversation all day long.Rate it:

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cela me tient au cœurI have set my heart upon it.Rate it:

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cela ne tient pas deboutThat won’t hold water.Rate it:

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il en tient1. He is smitten. 2. He is caught.Rate it:

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il est aisé d'aller à pied quand on tient son cheval par la brideIt is easy to stoop from state when that state can be resumed at will.Rate it:

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il tient à ce livreHe treasures that book.Rate it:

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il tient de son pèreHe takes after his father.Rate it:

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il tient la caisse(lit.) He keeps the cash account; (fig.) He holds the purse-strings.Rate it:

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il tient la cordeHe is leading; He is first favourite.Rate it:

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on le tient à quatreIt needs four men to hold him down.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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c'est un parti pris chez lui de toujours contredireHe will always contradict.Rate it:

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je lui ai fait une scène1. I had a row with him. 2. I reproached (or, abused) him violently.Rate it:

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il lui en a fait voir de grisesHe plagued him terribly.Rate it:

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plus fin que lui n'est pas bêteHe who can take him in is no fool.\n It would take a smart man to deceive him.Rate it:

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à quoi bon lui dire cela?What is the good of telling him that?Rate it:

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allons au-devant de luiLet us go and meet him.Rate it:

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après lui il faut tirer l'échelleOne cannot do better than he has; No one can come up to him in that; That takes the cake.Rate it:

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autant lui en pend à l'oreilleHe may expect the same (something unpleasant). (Compare Nez.)Rate it:

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autant lui en pend au nez (or, à l'oreille)He will get just the same (in bad sense).Rate it:

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avec lui c'est toujours demainHe always procrastinates.Rate it:

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bien lui en prit d'avoir fermé sa porteIt was lucky for him that he shut his door.Rate it:

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c'en est fait de luiHe is done for; It is all up with him.Rate it:

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c'est bien luiThat’s he all over.Rate it:

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c'est de l'algèbre pour luiIt is Greek to him.Rate it:

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c'est lui qui fait les sottises et c'est moi qui en paye la façonHe commits the mistakes and I have to pay for them.Rate it:

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cela lui a coupé le sifflet (pop.)That stopped his mouth; That shut him up.Rate it:

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cela lui a coûté un argent fou (fam.)That cost him a heap of money.Rate it:

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cela lui a tapé dans l'œil (pop.)That took his fancy; He was much struck by that.Rate it:

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cela lui désopilera la rateThat will cheer him up.Rate it:

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cela lui remet du cœur au ventre (fam.)That gives him courage again.Rate it:

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