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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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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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se fourrer le doigt dans l'œil (pop.)To deceive oneself blindly.Rate it:

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se fourrer le doigt dans l'œil jusqu'au coude (pop.)To deceive oneself most blindly; To put one’s foot in it.Rate it:

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œil pour œil, dent pour denteye for an eyeRate it:

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œil pour œilForme raccourcie de œil pour œil, dent pour dent.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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cela lui a tapé dans l'œil (pop.)That took his fancy; He was much struck by that.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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cette place est une bague au doigtThat position is a sinecure.Rate it:

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entre l'arbre et l'écorce il ne faut pas mettre le doigtOne must not interfere in other people’s quarrels.Rate it:

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entre l'arbre et l'écorce, il ne faut pas mettre le doigtIl ne faut pas se mêler des débats de famille.Rate it:

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il faut qu'il fourre le doigt (or, more fam., nez) partoutHe must have a finger in every one’s pie.Rate it:

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lire du pouce (or, doigt)To skip in reading (i.e. to do more work with the thumb than the brain).Rate it:

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mon petit doigt m'a ditIntroduit une assertion dont on ne souhaite pas divulguer la source.Rate it:

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mon petit doigt m'a dita little bird told me.Rate it:

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mon petit doigt me l'a ditA little bird told me so.Rate it:

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savoir sur le bout du doigtTo know perfectly; To have at one’s finger-ends.Rate it:

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un doigt de vin (fam.)A toothful of wine.Rate it:

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vous avez mis le doigt dessusYou have hit the right nail on the head; You have touched the spot.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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je m'en bats l'œil (pop.)I don’t care a straw for it.Rate it:

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avoir le compas dans l'œilTo have a good eye for distances.Rate it:

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avoir le compas dans l'œil (fam.)To have a good eye for distances.Rate it:

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en un clin d'œilIn a twinkling.Rate it:

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entrer à l'œil dans un théâtre (fam.)To get into a theatre on the nod (i.e. gratis).Rate it:

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il a bon pied, bon œilHe is sound, wind and limb; He is hale and hearty.Rate it:

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Jack n'a qu'un œilRappel à la prudence.Rate it:

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je ne vois pas cela d'un bon œilI do not look favourably upon that.Rate it:

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jeter un œilto have a lookRate it:

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l'œil du maître engraisse le chevalMatters prosper under the master’s eye.Rate it:

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mon œilSe dit pour montrer que l’on ne croit pas une affirmation, que l’on n’est pas crédule.Rate it:

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mords-y l'œilEncouragement belliqueux.Rate it:

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mords-y l'œil, t'auras l'osEncouragement belliqueux.Rate it:

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ouvrez l'œil, et le bon! (fam.)Look out!Rate it:

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c'est un parti pris chez lui de toujours contredireHe will always contradict.Rate it:

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je lui ai fait une scène1. I had a row with him. 2. I reproached (or, abused) him violently.Rate it:

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il lui en a fait voir de grisesHe plagued him terribly.Rate it:

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plus fin que lui n'est pas bêteHe who can take him in is no fool.\n It would take a smart man to deceive him.Rate it:

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