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il tomba les quatre fers en l'air(lit.) He fell on his back; (fig.) He was struck all of a heap.Rate it:

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cela ne vaut pas les quatre fers d'un chienThat is not worth a rap, a fig (i.e., nothing, for a dog is not shod).Rate it:

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ne valoir pas les quatre fers d'un chienNe valoir rien du tout.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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il a fait de cent sous quatre livres, et de quatre livres rienHe has brought his noble to ninepence, and his ninepence to nothing.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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pour comble de malheur, il tomba maladeTo crown his misfortune, he fell ill.Rate it:

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pour surcroît (or, comble) de malheur il tomba maladeTo crown his misfortunes he fell ill.Rate it:

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en plein air; au grand airIn the open air.Rate it:

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il a un air (or, l'air) comme il fautHe has a very gentlemanly manner.Rate it:

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couper les cheveux en quatreto split hairsRate it:

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il y met les quatre doigts et le pouce(lit.) He eats greedily; (fig.) He acts clumsily.Rate it:

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les plaisanteries les plus courtes sont les meilleuresAvoir un sens de la dérision tolérant de recevoir une moquerie mais refusant que celle-ci se prolonge.Rate it:

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les plaisanteries les plus courtes sont les meilleuresNe pas chercher à prolonger l’attrait d’une plaisanterie sous peine de le perdre.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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c'est un sot à vingt-quatre caratsHe is an out-and-out fool, an A 1 fool.Rate it:

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à un de ces quatreÀ un de ces prochains jours.Rate it:

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couper un cheveu en quatreTo split hairs.Rate it:

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entre quatre-z-yeux (fam.)Between ourselves.Rate it:

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faire feu des quatre piedsTo strain every nerve.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 de l'esprit comme quatreHe is very witty.Rate it:

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il est toujours tiré à quatre épinglesHe always looks as if he came out of a band-box.Rate it:

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il mange comme quatreHe eats like an ogre.Rate it:

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il marche à quatre pattesHe walks on all-fours.Rate it:

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il ne faut pas y aller par quatre cheminsYou must not beat about the bush; You must go straight to the point; You must not mince matters; It’s no good shilly-shallying.Rate it:

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il partira un de ces quatre matinsHe will start one of these fine days.Rate it:

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il se mettrait en quatre pour ses amisHe would do anything for his friends.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 tenait à quatre pour ne pas lui dire des injuresIt was as much as he could do not to abuse him.Rate it:

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il y avait quatre pelés et un tonduThere were only a few people and those of no importance; Only the tag, rag, and bobtail were there.Rate it:

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je le ferai la semaine des trois (quatre) jeudisI shall do it in a week of Sundays (i.e. never).Rate it:

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je me ferais tirer à quatre avant de parlerWild horses would not make me speak.Rate it:

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je me suis tenu à quatre pour ne pas lui dire ses véritésIt was almost more than I could do not to tell him what I thought of him.Rate it:

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la semaine des quatre jeudisnever in a month of SundaysRate it:

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laissez-lui prendre un pied, il en prendra quatrese dit en parlant de quelqu’un qui est entreprenant et qui abuse de l’indulgence, de la facilité qu’on a pour lui.Rate it:

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marcher à quatre pattesto crawlRate it:

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marcher à quatre pattesto walk on four legsRate it:

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nous convînmes de cela entre quatre yeuxWe agreed to that between ourselves.Rate it:

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