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Language - French
Undergraduate 2
01/05/2013
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avoir les bras longs
 Definition
to have an influence
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avoir le coeur sur la main
 Definition
wear your heart on your sleeve
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se croire sorti de la cuisse de jupiter
 Definition
to think a lot of oneself
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se mettre le doigt dans l'oeil
 Definition
to kid yourself (if they point to their eye they think you're lying)
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avoir un poil dans la main
 Definition
to be lazy/ bone idle
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faire l'ane pour avoir du son
 Definition
to play dumb
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avoir le cafard
 Definition
to have the blues/ be down in the dumps
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sauter du coq a l'ane
 Definition
jump from one subject to another
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poser un lapin a quelqu'un
 Definition
stand someone up
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manger les pissenlits par la racine
 Definition
be pushing up daisies
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montre de quel bois on se chauffe
 Definition
to show your true colours
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Ramasser un buche
 Definition
to fall down (and hurt oneself)
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Enlever une epine du pide a quelqu'un
 Definition
To dig s.b out of a hole
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couper le poire en deux
 Definition
to meet halfway
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faire le poireau
 Definition
to wait for ages
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se fendre la peche
 Definition
to laugh your head off/ split your sides laughing
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casser du sucre sur le dos de quelqu'un
 Definition
to talk about s.o behind their back
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rotir le balai
 Definition
to lead the high life
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mettre quelqu'un en boite
 Definition
to tease s.b
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tirer la couverture a soi
 Definition
to turn sth to your own advantage
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etre une vrai girouette
 Definition
to change with the weather/ flag in the breeze (be fickle)
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etre dans les petits papiers de quelqu'un
 Definition
to be in someones goodbooks
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couper le sifflet a quelqu'un
 Definition
shut s/o up
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avoir l'air d'une poule qui a trouve un couteau
 Definition
to be puzzled
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etre au four et au moulin
 Definition
to be in two places at once
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raser les murs
 Definition
to keep a low profile
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tomber sur un os
 Definition
hit a brick wall
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CASSER LES PEIDS A QUELQU'UN
 Definition
BORE THE SOCKS OFF SOMEONE
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appeler un chat un chat
 Definition
state the obvious (call a spade a spade)
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jeter des fleurs a quelqu'un
 Definition
flatter someone
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tomber dans les pommes
 Definition
to faint
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jeter de l'huile sur le feu
 Definition
to add fuel to the fire
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tourner autour du pot
 Definition
beat around the bush
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etre sous les verrous
 Definition
to be under lock and key
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jeter l'argent par les genetres
 Definition
pour money down the drain
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sauter au plafond
 Definition
hit the roof (in anger)
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batir des chateaux en espagne
 Definition
build castles in the sky
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c'est la goutte d'eau qui fait deborder le vase
 Definition
it's the straw that broke tha camels back.
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