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aurae popularis homo (Liv. 42. 30)a popular man.Rate it:

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aye aye, sirThe correct and seamanlike reply, onboard a Royal Navy (or U.S. Navy) ship, on receipt of an order from someone of senior rank or authority. It means "I understand the command and hasten to comply with the order."Rate it:

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babe magnetA person, especially a man, to whom women are attracted.Rate it:

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bad boyA man whose rebellious nature makes him attractive to women.Rate it:

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barrow manA man under sentence of transportation; alluding to the convicts at Woolwich, who are principally employed in wheeling barrows full of brick or dirt.Rate it:

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be a manTo put up with something or take responsibility for it; to deal with something, such as pain or misfortune, without complaining.Rate it:

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bean queenA (usually white) man who is primarily attracted to Hispanic and Latino men.Rate it:

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beauty sleepC. 1900, Ralph Connor, The Man From Glengarry, ch. 23.Rate it:

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big girl's blouseAn effeminate or weak man, a sissy.Rate it:

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bio queenA biologically female performance artist who performs in female drag at drag shows, or acts like a drag queen. Essentially a woman pretending to be a man who is mimicking or parodying another woman.Rate it:

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black manA (male) member of an ethnic group having dark pigmentation of the skin, typically of sub-Saharan African descent.Rate it:

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black manAn evil spirit, a demon.Rate it:

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black manBlack people collectively; black culture.Rate it:

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black manUsed other than as an idiom: see black, man.Rate it:

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boldly go where no man has gone beforeTo break new ground.Rate it:

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bonne renommée vaut mieux que ceinture doréeA good name is better than riches; He who has lost his reputation is a dead man among the living.Rate it:

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boot campIndoctrination, physical fitness training and basic instruction in service-related subjects for recruits in the Navy and Marine Corps.Rate it:

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born with a silver spoon in one's mouthNote. The original nautical expression is just born with a silver spoon and describes those young gentlemen who were able to enter the Royal Navy without examination and whose promotion was assured. the converse was born with a wooden ladle.Rate it:

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bros before hoes(US, informal) A man should prioritize his male friends over his girlfriend or wife.Rate it:

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c'est à faire à vous de réussirYou are the man to succeed.Rate it:

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c'est un écoute s'il pleutHe is a man who cannot be relied upon.Rate it:

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c'est un grand secHe is a tall, spare man.Rate it:

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c'est un homme capable de toutHe is a man that would stick at nothing.Rate it:

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c'est un homme comme il n'y en a pointHe is a man who has not his match; There is no equal to him.Rate it:

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c'est un homme de la vieille rocheHe belongs to the good old stock; He is a man of the old school.Rate it:

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c'est un homme de têteHe has a head on his shoulders; He is a man of resource.Rate it:

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c'est un homme doubleHe is a double-faced man.Rate it:

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c'est un homme flambéHe is a ruined man, a lost man.Rate it:

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c'est un homme hors ligneHe is a first-rate man. Rate it:

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c'est un homme que j'ai dans la mainHe is a man I hold in the hollow of my hand, i.e. I can make him do what I like.Rate it:

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c'est un homme qui ne perd pas la carteHe is a man who keeps his wits about him, who has an eye to the main chance.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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c'est un homme qui s'afficheHe is a man who tries to get talked about (generally in a disparaging sense).Rate it:

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c'est un homme sans foi ni loiHe is a man without honour or honesty.Rate it:

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c'est un homme très répanduHe is a man who goes into society a great deal.Rate it:

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calumniae litium (Mil. 27. 74)chicanery (specially of wrongfully accusing an innocent man).Rate it:

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caput praecīdereto cut off a man's head.Rate it:

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ce jeune homme ira loinThat young man will make his way in the world, has a future before him.Rate it:

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ce jeune homme jette sa gourmeThat young man is sowing his wild oats.Rate it:

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ce qui nuit à l'un sert à l'autreWhat is one man’s meat is another man’s poison.Rate it:

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cet homme a de la têteThat man has his head screwed on the right way.Rate it:

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cet homme a mauvaise tête et bon cœurThat man is quick-tempered, but kind-hearted.Rate it:

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cet homme a très mauvaise mine1. That man looks a regular ruffian. 2. That man looks very ill.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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cet homme casse les vitresThat man speaks out boldly, to bring matters to a crisis; That man does not pick and choose his words.Rate it:

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cet homme est bon comme le painThat man is goodness itself.Rate it:

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cet homme est ma bête noire (mon cauchemar)That man is my pet aversion; I hate the very sight of that man.Rate it:

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cet homme est son âme damnéeThat man does his dirty work for him, is his tool.Rate it:

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cet homme est un puits de scienceHe is a man of deep learning.Rate it:

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cet homme file sa cordeThat man will bring himself to the gallows.Rate it:

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