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c'est comme un cataplasme sur une jambe de boisA nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.Rate it:

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dormir comme une marmotte, comme un sabot, comme une souche, les (or, à) poings fermésTo sleep like a top, like a log.Rate it:

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elle est éveillée comme une petite souris (or, comme une potée de souris)She is as brisk as a bee.Rate it:

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les observations glissent sur lui comme sur une cuirasseBlame slips off him as water off a duck’s back.Rate it:

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passer sur une chose comme un chat sur la braiseTo pass lightly over a subject.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 vous ferait une belle jambe (ironic.)A fine lot of good that will do you.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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bête comme (un) chou (un pot, une cruche, une oie)As stupid as an owl.Rate it:

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cet homme mourra au coin d'un bois (or, d'une haie)That man will die in a ditch.Rate it:

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nom d'une pipe en boisNom de Dieu.Rate it:

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cela ne lui rend pas la jambe mieux faite! (ironic.)And a lot of good that will do him!Rate it:

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il le fera par dessous la jambeHe will do it with the greatest ease (or, carelessly).Rate it:

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si ça ressemble à un canard, si ça nage comme un canard et si ça cancane comme un canard, c'est qu'il s'agit sans doute d'un canardOn peut définir une chose par apparence et par comportement.Rate it:

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cette petite fille est sage comme une imageThat little girl is very quiet, is as good as gold.Rate it:

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il est planté là comme une borneHe stands there like a post.Rate it:

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est-ce qu'elle est belle?—elle est comme il y en a tantIs she beautiful?—Nothing to stare at; Nothing out of the common.Rate it:

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il est du bois dont on fait les flûtesHe is of an easy, pliable disposition (i.e. like the flexible reeds of which flutes were originally made).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 feu que de bois vertNone are so active as the young.Rate it:

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

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comme chat sur braiseLike a cat on hot bricks.Rate it:

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comme un cheveu sur la soupeout of the blueRate it:

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être comme l'oiseau sur la brancheTo be very unsettled.Rate it:

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je suis comme un poisson sur la pailleI am like a fish out of water.Rate it:

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fier comme artaban (or, comme un écossais)As proud as a peacock.Rate it:

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clair comme le jour (or, comme le soleil en plein midi)As plain as a pikestaff; As clear as noonday.Rate it:

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comme ci, comme çaSo-so; indifferently.Rate it:

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femme qui parle comme homme et geline qui chante comme coq ne sont bonnes à tenirA whistling woman and a crowing hen Are good for neither cocks nor men.Rate it:

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si vous lui en donnez long comme le doigt, il en prendra long comme le brasGive him an inch, he will take an ell.Rate it:

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vieux comme les rues, comme le mondeAs old as the hills.Rate it:

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disputer sur la pointe d'une aiguilleTo raise a discussion on a subject of no importance; To split hairs.Rate it:

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établir une rente sur les brouillards de la seineTo have an income in the clouds (i.e. nothing).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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baîller comme une carpeTo yawn one’s head off.Rate it:

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boire comme un trou (une éponge)To drink like a fish.Rate it:

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échapper comme une anguilleTo be as slippery as an eel.Rate it:

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elle jase comme une pie borgneShe chatters like a magpie.Rate it:

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être propre comme une écuelle de chatTo be very dirty.Rate it:

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