Idioms and proverbs
Real French expressions and their figurative meaning : to go beyond the literal words.
Real French expressions and their figurative meaning : to go beyond the literal words.
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Vocabulary for this lesson
- avoir un chat dans la gorge : to have a frog in one's throat
- poser un lapin : to stand someone up
- coûter les yeux de la tête : to cost an arm and a leg
- Qui vivra verra. : Time will tell.
- Petit à petit, l'oiseau fait son nid. : Little by little, the bird builds its nest.
🇫🇷 A bit of French culture
French is full of animal and food expressions that can't be understood literally. "Avoir un chat dans la gorge" (to have a cat in the throat) means to be hoarse. "Poser un lapin" (to put down a rabbit) means to stand someone up. "Coûter les yeux de la tête" (to cost the eyes of the head) means to be very expensive. Fortunately, some of these have a close English equivalent too: "Qui vivra verra" simply means "time will tell".
