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mieux vaut laisser son enfant morveux que lui arracher le nezIl est sage de tolérer un petit mal, lorsqu’on risque, en voulant y remédier, d’en causer un plus grand.Rate it:

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nul n'est prophète en son paysOn a ordinairement moins de succès en son pays qu’ailleurs ; c’est parmi les siens qu’on a le moins de chances d’être cru, qu’on en impose le moins.Rate it:

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on ne peut contenter tout le monde et son pèreOne cannot satisfy everybody, all the world and his wife.Rate it:

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only sonA sole male child among multiple siblings.Rate it:

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only sonUsed other than as an idiom: see only, son.Rate it:

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parler tout son soûl (pop.)To speak to one’s heart’s content.Rate it:

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payer son écotTo pay one’s share (scot).Rate it:

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perdre son sang-froidto lose one's cool; to lose one's headRate it:

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petit à petit l'oiseau fait son nidLittle strokes fell great oaks. Rate it:

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petit à petit, l'oiseau fait son nidEn avançant par petites étapes, avec de la patience et de la persévérance, on atteint son but.Rate it:

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pour un point (or, faute d'un point) martin perdit son âneFor want of a nail the shoe was lost (or, the miller lost his mare); Be careful of trifles.Rate it:

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prendre son élanTo take one’s spring (before a jump).Rate it:

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qui aime bertrand, aime son chienLove me, love my dog.Rate it:

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qui compte sans son hôte compte deux foisHe who reckons without his host must reckon again; Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched. Rate it:

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qui n'entend qu'une cloche n'entend qu'un sonPour prononcer dans une affaire, il faut entendre les deux parties.Rate it:

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qui n'entend qu'une cloche n'entend qu'un sonOne should hear both sides of a question.Rate it:

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qui veut noyer son chien l'accuse de la rageOn trouve aisément un prétexte quand on veut se débarrasser de quelqu’un, on invente des torts à ceux qu'on veut sanctionner.Rate it:

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qui veut noyer son chien l'accuse de la rageGive your dog a bad name and hang him.Rate it:

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qui veut tuer son chien l'accuse de la rageVariante de qui veut noyer son chien l’accuse de la rage.Rate it:

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qui voit Ouessant voit son sangPhrase poétique toute faite illustrant les conditions de navigation difficiles en mer d’Iroise.Rate it:

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remplir son mériteTo act up to one’s reputation.Rate it:

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ronger son freinTo put up with annoyance in silence.Rate it:

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se tenir sur son quant-à-soiTo stand on one’s dignity.Rate it:

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son affaire est faiteHe is a dead man (of one dying); He is done for; He is a ruined man.Rate it:

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son assiette dîne pour luiHe pays for his dinner whether he is present or not.Rate it:

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son nom ne me revient pasI do not recollect his name.Rate it:

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son of a gunA phrase expressing surprise or learning about some some unexpected news.Rate it:

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son of soilFarmer who works in field.Rate it:

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son of the morningA traveler.Rate it:

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son père lui a coupé les vivresHis father stopped his allowance.Rate it:

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souffrez que je lui montre son bec jauneAllow me to show him he is a silly goose.Rate it:

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tomber de son haut(fig.) To be thunder-struck.Rate it:

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toute médaille a son reversThere is a dark side to every picture.Rate it:

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tremper son vinTo water one’s wine.Rate it:

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tricherie revient à son maîtreCurses, like chickens, come home to roost.Rate it:

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une vache n'y retrouverait pas son veauLocution désignant un grand désordre.Rate it:

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does someone look likeUsed if the interlocutor seems to believe something inaccurate about; this question serves to free someone of a misconception.Rate it:

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don't just stand there like dying calf in a hailstorm.My mom said this to me sometimes when I had misbehaved if I just stood there during the scolding.Rate it:

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dressed/done up like a dog’s dinnerThe root of this idiom, chiefly used in the UK and Australia, is the phrase ‘a dog’s dinner’ which means- very disorganized, untidy, or messy. When it becomes the full idiom, to be ‘dressed up’ or ‘done up like a dog’s dinner’ it takes on the meaning of being inappropriately overdressed - garish or tastelessly. To attract attention by wearing formal or decorative clothing when it is not called for. This phrase is quite similar to ‘a dog’s breakfast’ in that the implication is of something messy and averse, as something socially distasteful or out of place, --an unappealing muddle.Rate it:

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Drop You like a Hot PotatoTo disassociate oneself with something/someone as soon as possibleRate it:

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fit like a gloveTo be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size.Rate it:

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get on like a house on fireTo immediately start a good relationship with someoneRate it:

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grinning like a jackass eating greenbriers.Someone with a goofy grin, especially if inappropriate.Rate it:

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life is like a s*** sandwich the more bread you have the less s*** you eatThe main point is bread is slang for money so money makes your sandwich a little less repulsive and your life a little less well whateverRate it:

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like a charmVery effectively.Rate it:

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like a ton of bricksVery strongly; very heavily; often unexpectedly.Rate it:

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like all get outLike nobody's business; The utmost degree possible.Rate it:

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like giving away ice in the winter!I was "googlingi" this phrase that I heard on TV today (9/4/2020) because I've never heard it before! I believe it has a similar meaning as: "Like selling ice to Eskimos"Rate it:

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like shooting fish in a barrelTo imply that something is very easy. Can be used sarcastically to mean the oppositeRate it:

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like the sound of one's own voiceTo talk a lot.Rate it:

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