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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Francophones seem particularly bothered by the clattering of saucepans and this has inspired a...

Literally to throw the sponge, jeter l'éponge is the French equivalent of the English expression...

This expression is a unique French idiom that translates literally to playing the girl from...

This charming expression involves roses, presumably sitting in a planter - pot - which must have...

Literally, the expression translates into another (a different) bell sound. When you strike or...

Perhaps you have heard of La Vache Qui Rit - The Laughing Cow?  Well, move over Laughing Cow! ...

Foudre means lightning, and un coup de foudre is a lightning bolt -  useful vocabulary if you're...

Literally translated as, “full as an egg,” it is a colloquial simile applied to a thing or a...

As cooks may already know, gratin is the generic French term for preparations (often involving...

Admittedly, Einstein taught us that time is relative.  But looking for noon when it's 2pm seems...

At first sight, all words in this expression are easy to translate from French into English: un...

If you are invited to a pendaison de crémaillère, you may be surprised to find out this has...

This French expression litterally translates as putting (one's) feet in the dish. In the...