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c'est le diable et son trainC'est tout à la fois long, difficile, cause de souffrances, et dangereux ; bref, infernal.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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fait à la diable (i.e. à la manière du diable)Done anyhow, in a slipshod way.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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il n'est pas si diable qu'il est noirThe devil is not as black as he is painted.Rate it:

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il a son compte (or, son compte est réglé)1. (lit.) He has his due. 2. (pop.) He is done for. Rate it:

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c'est là le diable (or, le hic)There is the rub.Rate it:

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c'est le diable à confesserIt is terribly hard to do.Rate it:

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c'est le diable qui bat sa femme et qui marie sa filleIt is raining and the sun is shining at the same time.Rate it:

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c'est un air de porter le diable en terreIt is an air to conjure up the devil.Rate it:

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le diable est dans les détailsUne faute dans un détail peut compromettre tout un ensemble.Rate it:

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c'est un vrai boute-en-trainHe is the very life and soul of the party.Rate it:

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il est en train (pop.)He is slightly intoxicated.Rate it:

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il est en train d'écrireHe is in the act of writing; He is just writing.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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crier comme un aveugle (qui a perdu son bâton or, son chien)To yell with all one’s might.Rate it:

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être au bout de son rouleau, de son latin, de sa gammeTo be at one’s wits’ end; Not to know what to do.Rate it:

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qui coupe son nez dégarnit son visageIt is an ill bird that fouls its own nest; He who cuts off his nose spites his own face.Rate it:

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ce qui est simple est faux, ce qui est compliqué est inutilisableProverbe résumant la difficulté d’une tâche : si on fait les choses au plus simple, on oublie probablement beaucoup de cas particuliers ; si on essaie de prévoir tous les cas, le résultat devient tellement complexe que plus personne ne peut comprendre comment cela fonctionne.Rate it:

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que diable allait-il faire dans cette galère?Whatever induced him to get into that fix? Whatever business had he there?Rate it:

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aller au diable vauvert (corrupted into au vert)To go very far away, a devil of a way; To disappear.Rate it:

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au diableto hell withRate it:

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au diable l'avariceUne grosse dépense n’a pas lieu d’être annulée pour économiser.Rate it:

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cela ne vaut pas le diableCela ne vaut quoi que ce soit, cela n’est bon à rien.Rate it:

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diable vauverta million miles away, to the ends of the earthRate it:

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donner une chandelle à dieu et une au diableTo try and keep in with both parties.Rate it:

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elle a la beauté du diableAll her beauty consists in her youth and freshness.Rate it:

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faire le diable à quatreTo kick up a terrible noise; To exert oneself to the utmost.Rate it:

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il a le diable au corpsHe is never still, quite unmanageable, very energetic.Rate it:

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il tire le diable par la queueHe leads a struggling existence.Rate it:

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le diable bat sa femme et marie sa filleIl pleut alors que le soleil brille.Rate it:

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le diable bat sa femme pour avoir des crêpesSe disait autrefois dans les rares situations où il pleut tout en faisant soleil.Rate it:

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le diable chante la grand'messeHe hides his vices under the cloak of religion.Rate it:

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le diable n'y perd rienSe dit également en parlant des souffrances qu’on dissimule.Rate it:

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le diable n'y perd rienSe dit en parlant d’une personne qui sait habituellement maîtriser et cacher les passions et les sentiments qui la tourmentent.Rate it:

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loger le diable dans sa bourseTo be penniless.Rate it:

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quand le Diable devint vieux il se fit ermiteSe refaire une virginité.Rate it:

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quand le Diable devint vieux il se fit ermiteSe racheter une conduite.Rate it:

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quand le diable fut vieux il se fit ermiteThe devil was sick, the devil a monk would be, The devil was well, the devil a monk was he!Rate it:

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