my fave expression in France is
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Get in!
C'est comme pisser dans un violon...
"Oh, putain!"
this one but really made me laugh -il veut peter plus haut que son cul..... thinks he's the bees knees- now where did that one come from in English?
Hello, I love food and all the food related expresssions that there are in France, like mettre du beurre dans les épinards-to make ends meet or je ne me sens pas dans mon assiette- feeling off colour lol
I had some difficulty at first when the French call someone 'speciale', it appears to mean they are difficult - I was told this by a headmistress of a primary school after she had sent me to deal with a parent. How did you get on she inquired, OK I said and then she came out with il est special
Love Eddie Izzard.
For a problem with the chaudierre.......c'est normal.
I like 'occupe-toi de tes oignons', my family seems to prefer 'putain' and 'merde'. I like saying 'il faut que j'y aille' because then I imagine that I have conquered the subjunctive.
When you feel an sudden urgence to go to 'the small room'.... "La taupe est au guichet!" or "J'ai la cigarre aux lèvres!!" :)
les deux pieds dans le meme sabot.
@ Claire - I blame her mother ;-)
Despite the vague crudity, merde is very flexible! One can just change the intonation and give it a host of meanings. Eh!Alors! is similar.
What a pleasure to read so many useful, daily expressions. I'll add my two cents with the expression I use when making an appointment, namely "trouver un créneau dans l'agenda". It translates to mean to look for time in the calendar, but I also like the figurative sense of créneau as the crenalations (slots) in a fortified wall. Very pittoresque, n'est-ce pas?
Oh no Nick - I use the Occupe-toi de tes oignons expression. I first heard this when the children were at maternelle - only got the teachers to blame!
Has to be - Ooh la la - and I've heard so many different ways of saying it around here; it can accompany everything from the downright bad to the amazingly good.
Quite appropriate in our facebook/twitter era : Amusez vous à afficher votre vie privée et vous en serez privés.
They say 'get on with your onions' in parts of Spain too... like!
Love the Gallic shrug cartoon.