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In today's lesson, you will learn words and expressions involving the body parts in French.
Vocabulary
la tête | the head |
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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!