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idioms

Your French is great, and you "know a spoke" about it...! But sometimes, French idioms, which are part of our culture and its charm, can make our language perplexing and abstruse. So, in our posts, we wish to "give you a punch with our thumb" to make it easier.

"En connaître un rayon": to be an expert in something.

"Donner un coup de pouce": to give a little help.

Bonhomme de neige

French Idioms from Christmas' vocabulary

On 18/12/2015

Bûche de Noël
Prendre une bûche !
To fall down; to fall flat

On our French post, you will find a list of idioms built from the Christmas vocabulary.
We use them in our everyday life. You could be stunned to hear them in a conversation, because it often does not make sense in a litteral translation.
Thoroughly, familiarize yourself with them to sound like a native speaker.

 

Sante expressions idiomatiques 1

To your health!

On 01/11/2015

Nurse French

Have a look on our French page to learn more idioms to talk about your health.