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il fait tout par sauts et par bondsHe does everything by fits and starts.Rate it:

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il fait un vent à décorner (or, écorner) un bœufThere is a wind enough to blow one’s head off.Rate it:

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il jette feu et flammeHe frets and fumes; He is in a great rage.Rate it:

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il jette son argent par les fenêtresHe plays ducks and drakes with his money.Rate it:

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il la fait courte et bonneHe is having a short life and a merry one.Rate it:

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il lui obéit au doigt et à l'œilHe is at his beck and call.Rate it:

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il m'a faussé compagnieHe gave me the slip; He did not keep his appointment.Rate it:

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il mène plusieurs affaires de frontHe carries on several schemes simultaneously; He has many irons in the fire.Rate it:

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il n'a garde de venirHe will take care to keep away; There is no chance of his coming.Rate it:

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il n'a qu'à se baisser pour en prendreHe has only to stoop and pick it up; He has merely to ask for it to get it.Rate it:

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il n'est bois si vert qui ne s'allume (clément marot )There is nothing so difficult that cannot be done in time.Rate it:

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il n'est rien de tel que d'en avoirThere is nothing like money to make one respected.Rate it:

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il n'y a pas à s'y tromperThere is no mistake about it.Rate it:

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il n'y a pas de feu sans fuméeThere is no smoke without fire.Rate it:

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il n'y a pas de petit chez soiThere is no place like home; Home is home, be it ever so humble; East, west, home is best.Rate it:

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il n'y a pas de petites économiesA penny saved is a penny earned; Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves.Rate it:

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il n'y a pas de quoi (fam.)Pray don’t mention it; There is no necessity to apologise. Rate it:

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il n'y a pas de si qui fasseThere is no excuse for it.Rate it:

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il n'y a pas mèche (pop.)“It’s no go”; There is no doing it.Rate it:

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il n'y a pas presseThere is no hurry!Rate it:

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il n'y a pas un chatThere is not a soul.Rate it:

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il n'y a pas un chatthere is no one, there wasn't a soulRate it:

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il n'y a qu'un cri sur son compteThere is only one opinion about him.Rate it:

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il n'y a rien à redire à celaThere is no fault to be found with that; That is quite all right.Rate it:

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il n'y a si petit buisson qui ne porte ombreThere is no man, however humble, who cannot aid (or, injure) his superior.Rate it:

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il n'y paraît plusThere is no trace of it.Rate it:

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il ne faut pas courir deux lièvres à la foisYou must not have too many irons in the fire.Rate it:

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il ne va que par sauts et par bondsHe only works by fits and starts.Rate it:

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il s'en faut beaucoup que l'un ait autant de mérite que l'autreThere is a great difference in merit between the two.Rate it:

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il s'est jeté à corps perdu dans cette affaireHe threw himself headlong (or, with might and main) into the matter.Rate it:

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il se mettrait en quatre pour un amiHe would go through fire and water for a friend.Rate it:

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il se promenait de long en largeHe was walking up and down, to and fro.Rate it:

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il travaille à bâtons rompusHe works by fits and starts.Rate it:

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il va de la cave au grenier1. He rambles in his talk. 2. He writes very unevenly (up and down).Rate it:

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il voudrait avoir le drap et l'argentHe would like to have his cake and eat it too.Rate it:

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il vous fera un mauvais partiHe will try and pick a quarrel with you so as to ill-use you, to do you harm.Rate it:

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il y a beau temps que je ne vous ai (pas) vuI have not seen you for many a day.Rate it:

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il y a de l'étoffe dans cet enfantThere is grit in that boy.Rate it:

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il y a de quoi(lit.) There is good reason; (ironic.) There is no reason.Rate it:

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il y a du haut et du bas dans la vieLife has its ups and downs.Rate it:

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il y a fagots et fagotsThere are men and men; All men are not alike.Rate it:

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il y a jour d'avisThere is no hurry; There is plenty of time for consideration.Rate it:

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il y a loin de la coupe aux lèvresThere is many a slip ’twixt the cup and the lip.Rate it:

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il y a plusieurs façons de plumer un canardthere's more than one way to skin a catRate it:

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il y a quelque anguille sous rocheThere is a snake in the grass; I can smell a rat.Rate it:

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il y a quelque fer qui clocheThere is a hitch somewhere. Rate it:

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il y a terme à toutThere is an end to everything.Rate it:

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il y a un monde fouThere is a terrible crowd. Rate it:

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il y a un point noir à l'horizonThere are breakers ahead.Rate it:

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il y avait force badaudsA quantity of loafers were there.Rate it:

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