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*Meaning: Take disproportionate measures to resolve a problem.
*Meaning: Take disproportionate measures to resolve a problem.


Appeller un chat un chat
===Appeller un chat un chat===


litteraly call a cat a cat: Say thing frankly
litteraly call a cat a cat: Say thing frankly


Chat échaudé craint l'eau froide
===Chat échaudé craint l'eau froide===


Litteraly scalded cat fears cold water: every unhappy experience serves as a lesson of caution
Litteraly scalded cat fears cold water: every unhappy experience serves as a lesson of caution
===Il pleut comme vache qui pisse==
*Register: familiar
*literally: It rains like cow who pees.
*English Meaning: It’s raining very hard.
*French Meaning: Il pleut très fort.


=='''Videos'''==
=='''Videos'''==

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Les animaux (animals)

Here is a word list to learn the names of animals.

Enjoy !

Words

French English
la baleine whale
la chèvre goat
la girafe giraffe
la limace slug
la méduse jellyfish
la poule hen
la raie skate
la sauterelle grasshopper
la tortue turtle
la vache cow
l'araignée spider
le canard duck
le cerf stag
le chat cat
le cheval horse
le chien dog
le cochon pig
le coq cock
le criquet locust
le crocodile crocodile
le dauphin dolphin
le faon fawn
le hamster hamster
le hérisson hedgehog
le lapin rabbit
le lion lion
le loup wolf
le morse walrus
le moustique mosquito
la mouche fly
le mouton sheep
le phoque seal
le serpent snake
le renard fox
le requin shark
le rhinocéros rhinoceros
le sanglier wild boar
le singe monkey
le tigre tiger
le zèbre zebra
l'éléphant elephant
l'escargot snail
l'oiseau bird
l'orque killer-whale
l'ours bear
le kangourou kangaroo
Un écureuil A squirrel
Une grenouille A frog

Expressions

Faire l'autruche / pratiquer la politique de l'autruche

We use this expression to talk about someone who refuses to face reality and prefers to bury his head in the ground "like an ostrich".

écraser une mouche avec un marteau-pilon

  • Litteraly: crush a fly with a hammer
  • Meaning: Take disproportionate measures to resolve a problem.

Appeller un chat un chat

litteraly call a cat a cat: Say thing frankly

Chat échaudé craint l'eau froide

Litteraly scalded cat fears cold water: every unhappy experience serves as a lesson of caution

=Il pleut comme vache qui pisse

  • Register: familiar
  • literally: It rains like cow who pees.
  • English Meaning: It’s raining very hard.
  • French Meaning: Il pleut très fort.

Videos