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<span style="font-size:25px; font-weight:bold;color: black">Useful | <span style="font-size:25px; font-weight:bold;color: black">Useful French Idioms</span> | ||
'''Expressions idiomatiques utiles en français''' | '''Expressions idiomatiques utiles en français''' | ||
In this lesson, you will learn | In this lesson, you will learn a few interesting French idiomatic expressions. Those expressions are very useful in everyday conversations. Have fun! :) | ||
==Manger son pain noir== | =='''Manger son pain noir'''== | ||
"Manger son pain noir" | "Manger son pain noir" literally means "to eat one's black bread, bad bread". It means that one is going through a rough patch. | ||
==Manger son pain blanc== | =='''Manger son pain blanc'''== | ||
The opposite of "manger son pain noir" is "manger son pain blanc" (eat | The opposite of "manger son pain noir" is "manger son pain blanc" (to eat one's white bread). It means to have a good time. | ||
==Ne pas être né d'hier== | =='''Ne pas être né/tombé de la dernière pluie / Ne pas être né d'hier''' == | ||
* | |||
*Literally: "To be not born with the last rain"; "To be not born yesterday" | |||
*Meaning: Having experience, being smart, knowing the things of life | *Meaning: Having experience, being smart, knowing the things of life | ||
*Example: Pourquoi me dis-tu cela ? je ne suis pas né d'hier ! Why | *''Example: Pourquoi me dis-tu cela ? je ne suis pas né d'hier / je ne suis pas tombé de la dernière pluie !'' | ||
*''Why are you telling me that? I was not born yesterday! I didn't come in the last shower!'' | |||
=='''Cela m'a ouvert les yeux'''== | |||
*Literally: "It opened my eyes" | |||
*Meaning: It was an eye-opener | |||
*Example: ''Ce que m'a dit ma femme m'a vraiment ouvert les yeux.'' | |||
*''What my wife said was a real eye-opener.'' | |||
=='''Jeter de l'huile sur le feu / Remuer le couteau dans la plaie'''== | |||
*Literally: "To throw oil on the fire", "to shake the knife in one's wound" | |||
* | *Meaning: To add fuel to the fire, to make things worse. | ||
*Meaning: | *Example: ''Ce qu'il a répondu n'a fait que jeter de l'huile sur le feu / n'a fait que remuer le couteau dans la plaie.'' | ||
*Example: | *''What he answered only added fuel to the fire.'' | ||
== | == '''Ce n'est pas à un vieux singe qu'on apprend à faire des grimaces''' == | ||
* | *Literally: "You don't teach an old monkey how to make funny faces" | ||
*Meaning: to | *Meaning: You can't teach an old dog new tricks. Younger ones shouldn't try to tell more experienced people (and usually older people) how to do things. | ||
*Example: | *Example: ''J'ai été jeune avant toi. Ce n'est pas à un vieux singe qu'on apprend à faire des grimaces.'' | ||
*''I was young before your time. Don't teach your granny to suck eggs.'' | |||
Revision as of 21:43, 23 March 2020
Useful French Idioms
Expressions idiomatiques utiles en français
In this lesson, you will learn a few interesting French idiomatic expressions. Those expressions are very useful in everyday conversations. Have fun! :)
Manger son pain noir
"Manger son pain noir" literally means "to eat one's black bread, bad bread". It means that one is going through a rough patch.
Manger son pain blanc
The opposite of "manger son pain noir" is "manger son pain blanc" (to eat one's white bread). It means to have a good time.
Ne pas être né/tombé de la dernière pluie / Ne pas être né d'hier
- Literally: "To be not born with the last rain"; "To be not born yesterday"
- Meaning: Having experience, being smart, knowing the things of life
- Example: Pourquoi me dis-tu cela ? je ne suis pas né d'hier / je ne suis pas tombé de la dernière pluie !
- Why are you telling me that? I was not born yesterday! I didn't come in the last shower!
Cela m'a ouvert les yeux
- Literally: "It opened my eyes"
- Meaning: It was an eye-opener
- Example: Ce que m'a dit ma femme m'a vraiment ouvert les yeux.
- What my wife said was a real eye-opener.
Jeter de l'huile sur le feu / Remuer le couteau dans la plaie
- Literally: "To throw oil on the fire", "to shake the knife in one's wound"
- Meaning: To add fuel to the fire, to make things worse.
- Example: Ce qu'il a répondu n'a fait que jeter de l'huile sur le feu / n'a fait que remuer le couteau dans la plaie.
- What he answered only added fuel to the fire.
Ce n'est pas à un vieux singe qu'on apprend à faire des grimaces
- Literally: "You don't teach an old monkey how to make funny faces"
- Meaning: You can't teach an old dog new tricks. Younger ones shouldn't try to tell more experienced people (and usually older people) how to do things.
- Example: J'ai été jeune avant toi. Ce n'est pas à un vieux singe qu'on apprend à faire des grimaces.
- I was young before your time. Don't teach your granny to suck eggs.