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Idiomes courants

Here are some idioms for everyday life.

Try not to read them while doing the exercise! Good luck !

Idiom	Meaning	French
To spend a penny (UK)	To go to the toilet.	Aller aux toilettes
To catch somebody red-handed	To catch someone while they are doing prohibited things.	Prendre quelqu'un la main dans le sac
To be dressed to kill	To be well-dressed.	Être sur son trente et un
To beat about the bush	Not to say clearly what someone mean.	Tourner autour du pot
When pigs have wings.	It's useful to say that something will never occur.	Quand les poules auront des dents
To flog a dead horse	To say something that is obvious or to speak about something that nobody is interested in.	Enfoncer des portes ouvertes
To get cold feet	To be afraid of doing something. Timidity preventing an event.	Avoir le trac
Icing on the cake	Something good that occurs besides an other good thing.	La cerise sur le gâteau
Once in a blue moon	It's to refer to impossibilities.	Tous les 36 du mois
To get something straight from the horse's mouth	To be sure that the person who told you a thing told you the truth.	Savoir quelque chose de source sûre.
To work one's fingers to the bones	To work too much.	Se tuer au travail
To be an egghead	To be very clever.	Être un intello
To spill the beans	To reveal something confidential.	Vendre la mèche
Birds of a feather flock together.	People who have the same tastes together.	Qui se ressemble s'assemble.
To have one's cake and eat it too.	Someone owns a thing and still tries to benefit from it.	Avoir le beurre et l'argent du beurre.
To be in the soup.	To have trouble.	Être dans le pétrin.
To put one's foot in one's mouth	To say something troublesome.	Faire une gaffe. Mettre les pieds dans le plat.
To have other fish to fry	To have something else to do. To be busy.	Avoir d'autres chats à fouetter
To cost an arm and a leg.	To be very expensive.	Coûter les yeux de la tête
Like two peas in a pod.	Very similar, almost the same.	Comme deux gouttes d'eau.
To have a frog in one's throat.	To have a scratchy voice.	Avoir un chat dans la gorge.
It's raining cats and dogs.	It's raining a lot.	Il pleut des cordes.
I could eat a horse	I am very hungry.	J'ai une faim de loup
It's the straw that breaks the camel's back.	A small thing which causes one's failure or makes someone angry.	C'est la goutte d'eau qui fait déborder le vase.
To pull one's leg	To make fun of someone (trying to hurt someone).	Se moquer de quelqu'un
A little bird told me	Someone told me, but I don't want to tell you who it was.	Mon petit doigt me l'a dit.
To be as cool as a cucumber	To be self-possessed.	Être imperturbable
To have goose pimples	To be cold.	Avoir la chair de poule.

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