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to have the jitters, to have nerves
(to have nerves) |
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to have the blues
(to have the cockroach) |
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to have the floor
(to have the word) |
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| être haut comme trois pommes |
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to be knee-high to a grasshopper
(to be as high as three apples) |
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to be of age
(to be (opposite of minor) and vaccinated) |
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| on aurait entendu une mouche voler |
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you could have heard a pin drop
(you could have heard a fly fly) |
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| faire d'une mouche un éléphant |
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to make a mountain out of a molehill
(to make an elephant out of a fly) |
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| l'argent ne se trouve pas sous le pas d'un cheval |
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money doesn't grow on trees
(you can't find money in a horse's tracks) |
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to have ants in your pants
(to have fire in the train) |
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| avoir un chat dans la gorge |
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to have a frog in your throat
(to have a cat in your throat) |
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make it or break it, sink or swim
(it happens or it breaks) |
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| avoir une araignée au plafond |
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to have bats in the belfry
(to have a spider on the ceiling) |
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| ça coute les yeux de la tête |
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it costs an arm and a leg
(it costs the eyes from your head) |
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to commute
(to make the spaceship) |
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to wait for a long time
(to make the leek) |
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to have a long weekend
(to make the bridge) |
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to make a big deal of something
(to make a cinema of something) |
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| garder une poire pour la soif |
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to save it for a rainy day
(to save a pear for the thirst) |
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to have a sleepless night
(to pass a white night) |
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to sleep in
(to make the morning fat) |
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| quand les poules auront les dents |
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when pigs fly
(when chicken have teeth) |
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| tomber dans les oubliettes |
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to fall into disuse
(to fall into dungeons) |
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| du plus profound de mon coeur |
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from the bottom of my heart
(from the most deep of my heart) |
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| se vendre comme des petits pain chauds |
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to sell like hotcakes
(to sell like small hot bread) |
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| vouloir le beurre et l'argent du beurre |
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to want to have your cake and eat it too
(to want the butter and the money for the butter) |
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