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| To put the cart before the horse |
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| Mettre la charrue devant les boeufs |
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| Don't count your chickens before they've hatched! |
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| Il ne faut pas vendre la peau de l'ours avant de la tuer! |
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To have the fox minding the henhouse
Setting the cat amongst the pigeons |
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| Mettre le loup dans la bergerie. |
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| Don't look a gift horse in the mouth! |
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| À cheval donné, on ne regarde pas le bride. |
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| Like a bull in a china shop |
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| Comme un chien dans un jeu de quilles |
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| To have a frog in one's throat |
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| Avoir un chat dans la gorge |
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To buy a pig in a poke
(something unknown, or buying something sight unseen) |
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| Quand les poules auront des dents! |
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| When the cat's away, the mice will play! |
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| Quand le chat est partie, les ouris dansent! |
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Let's get back to the subject
Let's get back to what we were talking about |
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| To kill to birds with one stone |
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| Faire d'une pierre deux coups |
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There's something suspicious here
There's something fishy here |
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| That's the straw the broke the camel's back |
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| C'est la goutte qui a débordé le vase |
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| Ménager le chevre et le chou |
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| Straight from the horse's mouth |
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| To try to keep two pots on the boil |
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| To let the cat out of the bag |
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| Speak of the devil! (and the devil appears) |
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| En parlant du loup! (on y voit la queue) |
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| A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush |
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| Un tiens vaut mieux, tu l'auras |
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| To bury one's head in the sand |
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S'acharner inutilement
Rabâcher une idée |
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| Un chat échaudé a peur de l'eau froide |
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C'est le monde à l'envers
Une petite minorité qui se fait obéir |
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| I give up! (in a guessing game) |
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| Je donne ma langue au chat! |
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| Bird of a feather flock together |
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| Qui se ressemble, s'assemble |
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| to deliberately cloud the issue with long-winded, confusing answers |
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| Pourquoi déterrer les morts |
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| To change subjects abruptly |
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| Passer (sauter) du coq à l'âne |
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That's a can of worms
Pandora's box |
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C'est un panier de crabes
C'est un paquet de problèmes |
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