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Idioms

Created by AnnieArgelas. Ac-Aix-Marseille

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Idiom 25

Idiom 17

Idiom 9

Idiom 1

Idiom 26

Idiom 18

Idiom 10

Idiom 2

Idiom 27

Idiom 19

Idiom 11

Idiom 3

Idiom 28

Idiom 12

Idiom 20

Idiom 4

Idiom 29

Idiom 13

Idiom 21

Idiom 5

Idiom 30

Idiom 14

Idiom 22

Idiom 6

Idiom 31

Idiom 15

Idiom 23

Idiom 7

Idiom 32

Idiom 16

Idiom 24

Idiom 8

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Break a leg

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Be on the same page

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Be head over heels

Be head over heels

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Be head over heels

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Hang in there !

Hang in there !

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Hang in there !

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Sleep on it

Sleep on it

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Sleep on it

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Time flies

Time flies

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Time flies

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Button your lip

Button your lip

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Button your lip

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The grass is always greener on the other side

The grass is always greener on the other side

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The grass is always greener on the other side

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Be mad as a hatter

Be mad as a hatter

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Be mad as a hatter

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Be as cool as a cucumber

Be as cool as a cucumber

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Be as cool as a cucumber

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Be like a fish out of the water

Be like a fish out of the water

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Be like a fish out of the water

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Once in a blue moon

Once in a blue moon

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Once in a blue moon

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Be a couch potato

Be a couch potato

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Be a couch potato

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Fly off the handle

Fly off the handle

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Fly off the handle

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Compare apples and oranges

Compare apples to oranges

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Compare apples to oranges

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Have your head in the clouds

Have your head in the clouds

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Have your head in the clouds

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Hold your horses

Hold your horses

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Hold your horses

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It's a piece of cake

It's a piece of cake

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It's a piece of cake

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It's raining cats and dogs

It's raining cats and dogs

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It's raining cats and dogs

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When pigs fly

When pigs fly

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When pigs fly

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Butterflies in my stomach

Butterflies in my stomach

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Butterflies in my stomach

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In a nutshell

In a nutshell

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In a nutshell

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As blind as a bat

As blind as a bat

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As blind as a bat

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It's all Greek to me !

It's all Greek to me

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It's all Greek to me

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I'm in the soup

I'm in the soup

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I'm in the soup

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Paint yourself in a corner

Paint yourself into a corner

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Paint yourself into a corner

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Go the whole hog

Go the whole hog

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Go the whole hog

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To be put through the wringer

To be put through the wringer

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To be put through the wringer

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Pull someone's leg

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Be like chalk and cheese

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Caught red-handed

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Let the cat out of the bag

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That's all folks !

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Meaning: En bref, en un mot, en résumé Very briefly, in a few words.

Meaning :Etre fou à lier. Be really crazy.

Meaning: Calme toi. Attends un peu. Slow down and think, be patient.

Meaning : Tous les 36 du mois. Rarely.

Meaning : La nuit porte conseil. Wait until the next day to take a decision.

Meaning: Avoir des papillons dans le ventre, des noeuds à l'estomac Feel very nervous or anxious.

Meaning : Tiens bon ! / Courage ! Accroche-toi ! Don’t give up !

MeaningÊtre dans une impasse. Get oneself into a difficulty from which one can't extricate oneself

Meaning: Il pleut des cordes When it is raining heavily.

MeaningDivulguer des choses que l'on ne devrait pas dire. Vendre la mèche. To reveal a secret or a surprise by accident.

Meaning : Etre sur la même longueur d’onde. Agree on something.

Meaning :La ferme ! Shut up !

Meaning: L’herbe est toujours plus verte ailleurs. We always envy the things we don’t have.

Meaning : S’emmeler les pinceaux Get confused.

Meaning :Etre fou amoureux. Be deeply in love.

MeaningComme le jour et la nuit Completely different from each other

MeaningSe plier en quatre. Make every effort to achieve something.

Meaning :Garder son sang froid Keep calm

Meaning: C'est du gateau ! C'est facile ! It's very easy ! It's easy peasy !

MeaningFaire marcher quelqu'un To try as a joke to make someone believe something which is not true

Meaning :Prendre la mouche. Get angry easily.

MeaningÊtre pris en flagrant délit, être pris la main dans le sac. Catch a person in the act of doing something wrong

Meaning : Ne pas avoir les pieds sur terre.Your plans are not reasonable.

Meaning :Avoir un poil dans la main Be extremely lazy

Meaning : Le temps passe vite.Time passes surprisingly quickly.

MeaningEn (faire) voir de toutes les couleurs. Go through a series of very difficult or unpleasant experiences.

Meaning : Bonne chance !Good luck !

MeaningÊtre dans le caca, être dans la panade. To be in serious trouble.

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Meaning: Etre myope comme une taupe. Unable to see well at all / having very poor vision.
Meaning C'est du chinois pour moi. Something you can't understand, usually because it is complicated.
Meaning: Quand les poules auront des dents. Cela n'arrivera jamais. There's no chance it happens. It's impossible.

Meaning : Ne pas être dans son élement. Feel uncomfortable.