chessfou2 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Today I discovered one that is new to me - the French for 'headless chicken' is 'canard sans tête' (France 3, Dimanche en politique). The same, but subtly different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 I have other fish to fry: j'ai d'autres chats à fouetter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 I have a frog in my throat. J'ai un chat dans ma gorge......well, they would, wouldn't they?[:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suein56 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 What a mess .. what chaos = une chatte n'y retrouverait pas ses petitsWhat is this thing with cats ?I love cats but honestly this is taking matters a bit far ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Sue, we are just as bad.....there are more ways of killing a cat than stuffing it with cream?[:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Cats again, mint!Chat échaudé craint l'eau froide - Once bitten, twice shy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereford Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 How would you say in French the English saying please:"He would turn in his grave if he" (e.g. heard that)... Thanks a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 il se retournerait dans sa tombe !Just hope it means the same thing and is not a ghost story for toussaint[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroTr@sh Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Thinking of graves and worms and things made me think of:tirer les vers du nez à quelqu'un - to make someone spill the beans (there is probably a better English equivalent but I can't think of it for the moment)EDIT It belatedly occurred to me, we do say 'to worm something out of somebody' don't we? So not that far away from the French. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Except we don't pull worms from people's noses.......yuck! That's definitely one I won't be using[6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 Have been watching some of the coverage of the US elections.Whereas we say Trump and Biden are "neck and neck", the French say they are "coude à coude". So who doesn't seem to know one part of their anatomy from another part?[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betise Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 If it originates from competitors in a race, then elbow to elbow is perhaps the better comparison? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 Depends which bit of the horse qualifies it to win. I should have thought "nose and nose" might be more appropriate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lehaut Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 Saute Mouton. Though in the context that I read this phrase this week was for an SNCF installation at a railway station to reduce congestion.Leapfrog in English, though I have never heard it used in British Railway terms :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 [quote user="Loiseau"]Depends which bit of the horse qualifies it to win. I should have thought "nose and nose" might be more appropriate![/quote]It certainly wouldn't be 'cheek to cheek' [6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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