French · Intermediate

French Idioms and Expressions

Common French idiomatic expressions with their literal and figurative meanings, one idiom per card. Front: the French word or phrase. Back: English meaning.

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Avoir un chat dans la gorge
To have a hoarse voice
Casser les pieds
To annoy or bother someone
Coûter les yeux de la tête
To be very expensive
Donner sa langue au chat
To give up, admit defeat in a guessing game
Être dans les nuages
To be daydreaming, lost in thought
Avoir des fourmis
To have a pins and needles sensation
Faire la tête
To sulk or pout
Avoir la boule au ventre
To be nervous or anxious
Mettre son grain de sel
To interfere or meddle
Avoir un poil dans la main
To be lazy
Chercher midi à quatorze heures
To overcomplicate or make trouble where there is none
Coup de foudre
Love at first sight
Crever de rire
To laugh very hard, burst out laughing
Être sur un nuage
To be very happy, elated
Faire chou blanc
To fail, have no success

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