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List of idioms in the [[French language]]:

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==A==
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|Avaler des couleuvres
|Put up with humilation.
|To Swallow grass snakes
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|Avoir bon dos
|To accept criticism or humor well
|To have a good back
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|Avoir la main au coeur
|To be generous
|To have the hand at the heart⏎
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==B==
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|Bête noire
|Pet Peeve
|Black beast
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|Conduire comme un pied
|To drive horribly
|To drive like a foot
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|Coûter les yeux de la tête
|To be very expensive
|To cost the eyes of the head⏎
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==E==
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|Esprit de l’escalier
|Staircase wit
|Spirit of the stairway
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==F==
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|Faire la sourde oreille
|To turn a deaf ear; to ignore
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|Faire une carte de France
|Have a wet dream.
|To do a French Card
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|Ce ne sont pas vos ognions
|It is none of your business
|Those are not your onions

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|[Avoir] un oeil au beurre noir
|[To have] a black eye
|[To have] an eye in black butter⏎
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==P==
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|Poser un lapin à quelqu'un
|To set someone up, not show up
|Put a rabbit to someone
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|(Coûter) la peau du cul
|(To cost) arms and legs
|(To cost) the skin of the bottom
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|Pillier de bar
|Bar fly
|Bar pillar
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|Prendre ses jambes à son cou
|To run away quickly; to escape
|To take one's legs to one's neck⏎
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(contracted; show full)*[[wiktionary:Category:Idioms|Wiktionary ''Idioms'' category]]
*[http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_idiotismes_en_fran%C3%A7ais List of idioms in the French language (explication in French)]

[[fr:Liste des idiotismes en français]]

==External links==
[[Category:French language]]
[[Category:French phrases]]