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c'est la moindre des chosesC’est le minimum, cela va de soi.Rate it:

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c'est le grand chemin des vachesThat is the beaten track.Rate it:

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c'est un des gros bonnets (or, légumes) de l'endroitHe is one of the bigwigs of the place.Rate it:

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caresse de chien donne des pucesFlatterie hypocrite n'apporte rien de bon à celui qui la reçoit.Rate it:

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cat's pajamasA highly sought-after and fancy example of something, usually referring to inanimate objects.Rate it:

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catch someone's driftIf you catch someone's drift (or get someone's drift) it means you understand what they mean; this phrase is used especially when you want to get an idea across to someone but you don't want to exactly speak the words you mean or if you think the listener may be confused about what you meanRate it:

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ce n'est pas à un vieux singe qu'on apprend à faire des grimacesCe n’est pas à un expert que l’on apprend sa spécialité.Rate it:

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ce ne sont que des usines à bachot (pop.)They are mere cramming shops.Rate it:

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

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ce sont des disputes à n'en plus finirThose are endless quarrels.Rate it:

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ce sont des finesses cousues de fil blancThose tricks are easily found out.Rate it:

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ce sont des fruits de son jardinSe dit de celui qui a fait quelque ouvrage quand il le présente.Rate it:

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ce sont des gens tels quels (fam.)They are “no great shakes,” just ordinary people, humdrum people.Rate it:

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

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cela me fait sortir des gondsThat exasperates me.Rate it:

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cela ne s'enfile pas comme des perlesThat is by no means an easy matter.Rate it:

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cette maladie peut avoir des suitesThat illness may have serious consequences.Rate it:

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cligner des yeuxto winkRate it:

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coming out of one's earshaving too much or too many of something; being overloaded or overwhelmedRate it:

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cut one's lossesTo abandon an unproductive pursuit or leave a failing situation before it gets worseRate it:

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daddy's girlA girl who has a very close relationship with her fatherRate it:

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dégât des eauxwater damageRate it:

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dégât des eauxAn incident, such as a burst pipe or overflowing tub, that causes water damage.Rate it:

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des clousNon ; exprime un refus net.Rate it:

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des clousRien du tout.Rate it:

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des contes à dormir deboutTedious, nonsensical tales; Old wives’ tales.Rate it:

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des couillesCri pour se donner du courage.Rate it:

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des dettes criardesSmall debts to trades-people or workmen (who are continually asking for their money).Rate it:

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des enfants perdus (military)A forlorn hope.Rate it:

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des gens de même farinePersons of the same kidney (generally in a bad sense); People tarred with the same brush.Rate it:

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des gens endimanchésFolk rigged out in their Sunday best.Rate it:

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des nèflesNon ; exprime un refus net.Rate it:

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des nèflesRien du tout.Rate it:

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des objets de carton(fig.) Gimcrack things.Rate it:

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des weiterenfurthermore, in additionRate it:

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des yeux à fleur de têteGoggle eyes. Rate it:

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Dieu garde la lune des loupsLocution qui se dit pour commenter une situation exagérée par alarmisme ou vantardise.Rate it:

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dites bien des choses de ma part à votre frèreRemember me kindly to your brother.Rate it:

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don't bite the hand that feeds youDon't do something bad to the person who does something for you.Rate it:

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don't bite the hand that feeds youTo cause harm to a benefactor.Rate it:

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don't count your eggs before they hatchDon't get your hopes up before things actually happenRate it:

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don't get your dander all in an uproarDon't get upset or too bothered; usually said to calm someone down from being too angry; Also said this way: Don't get your dander upRate it:

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don't put your cart before the horseThe same as saying, "First things first"; asserts that there is a certain order in which things happen and that the listener should consider that before going forward (outside of that order) regarding the matter at handRate it:

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don't threaten me with a good timea way of saying emphatically that you'd love to do something, after someone just mentioned something to doRate it:

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elle a des yeux à la perdition de son âmeHer eyes are so lovely that they will be her ruin.Rate it:

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et des poussièresor thereaboutsRate it:

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êtes-vous des nôtresAre you one of our party? Are you one of us? Do you think as we do?Rate it:

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faire des châteaux en espagneTo build castles in the air.Rate it:

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faire des cuirsTo drop one’s h’s.Rate it:

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faire des frais(lit.) To go to expense; (fig.) To make efforts to please.Rate it:

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