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Essuyer les plâtres

Essuyer les plâtres

Imagine your friend invited you for dinner and wants you to try her new, experimental dish. She jokes, "You're about to essuyer les plâtres of my latest culinary creation. Bon appétit!"Intrigued, you take a bite and suddenly realize why you are...

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Claire BARTHELEMY
19 September 2023
Aller plus vite que la musique

Aller plus vite que la musique

Imagine you are at a wild dance party. The beats are pumping, the music is grooving, and everyone is shaking their groove thing. In the midst of all this excitement, there is that one enthusiastic dancer who is absolutely determined to outdo...

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Claire BARTHELEMY
9 August 2023
Se monter le bourrichon

Se monter le bourrichon

"Se monter" means "to wind oneself up," but we're not talking about winding yourself up like a toy robot. We're talking about winding yourself up like a French person who just discovered they're out of cheese.  The expression is often used to...

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Claire BARTHELEMY
18 July 2023
Se prendre la tête

Se prendre la tête

This familiar expression literally translates to taking one's head.  But don't worry, no one is actually going around collecting heads in France anymore.  Il/elle se prend la tête describes someone who is overthinking a situation, causing their...

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Ne pas manger de ce pain-là

Ne pas manger de ce pain-là

Translated literally as, not eating that kind of bread, this expression means refusing to act in...

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June 7, 2023
Tiré par les cheveux

Tiré par les cheveux

This somewhat painful expression literally translates to pulled by the hair.  You'll often hear...

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April 5, 2023
Appuyer sur le champignon

Appuyer sur le champignon

Do you often dream of stepping on the gas when you drive?  Then this common vegetable expression...

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March 14, 2023
Faire la pluie et le beau temps

Faire la pluie et le beau temps

Wouldn't you feel powerful if you could control the weather?  Faire la pluie et le beau temps -...

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Claire BARTHELEMY
February 20, 2023
Pour des prunes

Pour des prunes

Une prune is a plum - not to be confused with un pruneau, a prune.  While this lovely fruit is...

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January 17, 2023
À la queue leu leu

À la queue leu leu

The poetry of those words!  They are a favorite of preschoolers.  But you will also hear them in...

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December 27, 2022

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Une image d'Epinal

Une image d'Epinal

When you’re told that you're providing une image d'Epinal - an Épinal print - it means you only...

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Claire BARTHELEMY
December 6, 2022
Un coup de main

Un coup de main

Every once in a while, you come across a vocabulary word with a lot of potential. The French...

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Claire BARTHELEMY
November 7, 2022
Être au bout du rouleau

Être au bout du rouleau

"To be at the end of the roll" isn't a good place to be.  Whether the roll is a paint roll (un...

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Claire BARTHELEMY
October 4, 2022
Se la couler douce

Se la couler douce

Je me la coule douce is a lovely expression which we hope you can still use for a few more days...

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August 17, 2022
Pédaler dans la choucroute

Pédaler dans la choucroute

This is another (weird) expression directly related to the Tour de France - which ended on July...

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July 25, 2022
La lanterne rouge

La lanterne rouge

Être la lanterne rouge - to be the red lantern - means to come last in a ranking, or list. The...

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July 20, 2022
Faire la grasse matinée

Faire la grasse matinée

What a luxury to pull a fluffy pillow over your ears while the birds break the silence of the...

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June 28, 2022
Un Papa Gâteau

Un Papa Gâteau

Here is a legitimate question to ask on Father's day: is Dad un Papa Gâteau?Literally translated...

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June 15, 2022
La fin des haricots

La fin des haricots

Literally translated as the end of the beans, la fin des haricots usually comes with a sigh and...

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June 8, 2022
Un Violon D'Ingres

Un Violon D'Ingres

Un violon d'Ingres (silent s) is not to be confused with "un violon dingue"  (a crazy violin) -...

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May 24, 2022
Muet comme une carpe

Muet comme une carpe

Channel your inner fish and don't say a word.  Muet comme une carpe - mute as a carp - is...

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May 18, 2022
C'est un navet!

C'est un navet!

This phrase is something you wouldn't be surprised to hear at a farmer's market, since un...

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May 11, 2022
À fleur de peau

À fleur de peau

Here is an elegant and visual expression that will impress any audience.  Être à fleur de peau...

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May 4, 2022
Tenir la chandelle

Tenir la chandelle

Tenir la chandelle may sound like an easy task but it can leave you desperate for an escape...

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April 19, 2022
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