Language/French/Vocabulary/Le-corps-humain

In today's lesson, you will learn words and expressions involving the body parts in French.

Vocabulary

la tête	the head
le(s) cheveu(x)	the hair
les yeux, l'oeil	eye(s)
le nez	the nose
la bouche	the mouth
les oreilles	ears
les joues	cheeks
le front	the forehed
le menton	the chin
les cils	the eyelashes
les sourcils	eyebrows
les dent	teeth
les épaules	shoulders
les bras	arms
le coude	the elbow
les main	hands
le poignet	wrist
les doigts	fingers
les hanches	hips
le dos	the back
les fesses	the buttocks
les jambes	legs
les genoux	knees
les pied	feet
la cheville	ankle
les doigts de pied	the toes
les ongles	nails

French expression involving body parts:

Main (hand)

Avoir un poil dans la main

• Literally: “to have a hair (growing) on one’s hand”
• Meaning: to be be lazy.

Gagner haut la main

• Literally: “to win high handed”
• Meaning: to have a clear victory

avoir le coeur sur la main

• Literally: have the heart on the hand
• Meaning: to wear one's heart on one's sleeve

Oreille (ear)

Mettre la puce à l’oreille

• Literally: “putting the flea to the ear”
• Meaning: making someone suspicious, giving a hint that something is going on, on purpose or not.

Dormir sur ses deux oreilles

• Literally: “sleeping on both ears”
• Meaning: to sleep very soundly.

Ce n’est pas tombé dans l’oreille d’un sourd

• Literally: It did not fall in the ear of a deaf man
• Meaning: it didn’t fall on deaf ears.

Rebattre les oreilles

• Literally: beat the ears again
• Meaning: to talk someone ear’s off about the same thing over and over again.

Tête (head)

faire la tête

• Literally: Make head
• Meaning: to pout

garder la tête froide

• Literally: keep a cool head
• Meaning: to keep one's calm

se creuser la tête

• Literally: dig up one's head
• Meaning: to think really hard

Oeil (eye)

se mettre le doigt dans l'œil

• Literally: Put your finger in the eye
• Meaning: to make a mistake

ne pas avoir froid aux yeux

• Literally: to not have cold eyes
• Meaning: to not be scared

à l'œil

• Literally: at the eye
• Meaning: without paying, for free

Bouche (mouth)

rester bouche cousue

• Literally: to keep mouth sewn
• Meaning: to not say anything; keep a secret

avoir/mettre l'eau à la bouche

• Literally: make mouth water
• Meaning: to want/drool over something

rester bouche bée

• Meaning: to remain speechless

Cheveux (hair)

avoir un cheveu sur la langue

• Literally: to have a hair on the tongue
• Meaning: to lisp

Langue (tongue)

ne pas avoir la langue dans sa poche

• Literally: not to have the tongue in his pocket
• Meaning: to be talkative

avoir la langue bien pendue

• Literally: to have the tongue well hanged
• Meaning: to know how to answer/talk

Doigts (fingers)

ne rien faire de ses dix doigts

• Literally: Do nothing with his ten fingers
• Meaning: to be lazy

That's all for today! I hope you have learned something!