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lever la semelle devant quelqu'unTo show any one a clean pair of heels.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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aller au devant de quelqu'un avec la croix et la bannièreTo receive any one with great fuss and ceremony (often used ironically).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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lever les yeux au cielto roll one's eyesRate it:

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lever le piedTo decamp (of a dishonest banker, etc.).Rate it:

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lever les arrêtsTo release from arrest.Rate it:

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qui a bruit de se lever matin peut dormir jusqu'au soirA good reputation covers many sins.Rate it:

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qui a renommée de se lever matin peut dormir jusqu'à midiA good reputation covers a multitude of sins.Rate it:

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allons au-devant de luiLet us go and meet him.Rate it:

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battre le chien devant le loupTo pretend to be angry with one person to deceive another.Rate it:

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ce n'est pas à la poule à chanter devant le coqDans un ménage, c’est le mari qui doit être le maître.Rate it:

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chaud devantExpression utilisée dans la restauration par le personnel de service pour avertir de son passage.Rate it:

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danser devant le buffetTo have nothing to eat.Rate it:

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être gros jean comme devantTo be no better off than one was before, in spite of all one’s efforts.Rate it:

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il ne faut pas clocher devant les boiteuxOne must not remind people of their infirmities. Rate it:

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il ne faut pas parler latin devant les clercsDo not correct a specialist on his subject.Rate it:

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jouer devant les banquettes(of actors) To play to empty benches.Rate it:

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les premiers vont devantFirst come, first served.Rate it:

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mettre la charrette (or, charrue) devant les bœufsTo put the cart before the horse.Rate it:

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pas devant les enfantsNot in front of the children.Rate it:

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sens devant derrièreWrong side first.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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tirer une épine du pied à quelqu'unTo take a thorn out of some one’s side; To get some one over a difficulty.Rate it:

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crier haro sur quelqu'unTo raise an outcry against any one.Rate it:

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faire avaler des couleuvres à quelqu'unTo say very humiliating things to a man who, on account of his inferior position, is obliged to put up with them; To make any one swallow a bitter pill.Rate it:

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aimer quelqu'un comme la prunelle de ses yeuxTo love somebody like the apple of one’s eye.Rate it:

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avoir affaire à quelqu'unTo have to speak to (to deal with) a person.Rate it:

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avoir affaire de quelqu'unTo need a person.Rate it:

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avoir des raisons avec quelqu'unTo have words with any one; To quarrel with any one.Rate it:

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avoir maille à partir avec quelqu'unTo have a bone to pick (a crow to pluck) with some one.Rate it:

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battre quelqu'un à plate coutureTo beat some one hollow.Rate it:

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bêcher quelqu'un (fam.)To pick a person to pieces.Rate it:

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casser du sucre sur la tête de quelqu'un (pop.)To speak ill of any one in his absence.Rate it:

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casser le nez à quelqu'un à coups d'encensoirTo flatter some one fulsomely to his face. Rate it:

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damer le pion à quelqu'unTo outwit some one.Rate it:

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déchirer quelqu'un à belles dentsTo criticise some one mercilessly; To tear a person’s reputation to shreds.Rate it:

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dire quelque chose à quelqu'unÉvoquer quelque chose pour quelqu’un.Rate it:

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donner à quelqu'un un pourpoint de pierreTo give any one a stone doublet; To imprison any one.Rate it:

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