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French expressions
Telling tall tales? Mettre sur un petit vélo? Francophone expressions can be found in many countries. To avoid getting lost, learn how to spot and use them!
10 words
Expressions from France
Difficult
to give up
to tell stories
to be full of energy
to retreat into one's shell
to get on your high horse
to have a green thumb
to make a mountain out of a molehill
to make a blunder
to have your head in the clouds
to stand someone up
10 words
Quebec expressions
Difficult
to have money
to act like the boss, to be a little tyrant
to take a chair
to be a scaredy-cat
to talk through one's hat
to sleep badly
to chase skirts
to be incapable of acting, to sit back and wait for things to happen
it's tacky
to be over the moon
6 words
Expressions from Côte d'Ivoire
Difficult
to declare your love
to be dumbstruck
to stand someone up, to break up (with someone)
to be two-faced
to reject someone
to bribe (someone)
10 words
Expressions from Belgium
Difficult
to be a renovation whiz
to spend the night in the slammer
to get spooked
to grind one’s gears
to look down one’s nose
to get plastered
to be peeved
to chug
to carry a torch for someone
to go curly
12 words
Expressions from Switzerland
Difficult
to tidy up
to bunk down
to pout
to snooze
to do a headstand
to take a tumble
to act the fool
to be itchy
to stumble
to be on the verge of
there’s no rush
jumble