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Idiomes avec le verbe ' tenir ' - cours

 Dans le langage courant, nous utilisons de nombreuses expressions parfois difficiles à traduire. Je vous en propose quelques-unes avec le verbe tenir plus ou moins familières .

 * - To keep one's word ( to keep promise ) --->Tenir parole

 * - To hold one's tongue ( to remain silent )---> Tenir sa langue

 * - To stand up to somebody ( to resist ) ---> Tenir tête

 * - To bear a grudge against somebody for something ( not to forgive somebody for something, to have grievance)--->Tenir rigueur à quelqu'un.

 * - To hold spellbound ( to keep somebody in suspense )---> Tenir en haleine.

 * - To hold out ( to continue to survive, to fight against somebody ) ---> Tenir le coup 

 * -  To be on the right track ( to be on the good way )---> Tenir le bon bout.

 * - To play gooseberry ( to be the third person at a date )---> Tenir la chandelle.

 * - To hold the purse strings ( to be in charge of the money)---> Tenir les cordons de la bourse.

 * - To keep tabs on ( to look after somebody) ---> Tenir quelqu'un à l'œil.

 * - To be the apple of one's eyes ( to care for somebody ) ---> Tenir à quelqu'un comme à la prunelle de ses yeux.

 * - To be hanging by a thread ( to be precarious) ---> Ne tenir qu'à un fil.

 * - To have a long run ( to put on a play a long time ) ---> Tenir l'affiche.

 * - To write nothing but fillers ( to pad with news in brief)---> Tenir la rubrique des chiens écrasés.

 * - To hold the floor (to monopolize the conversation )---> Tenir le crachoir.

 And so on !

Exercice :   Never mind ( qu'à cela ne tienne !) , amusez-vous à donner la bonne expression ! 

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