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49 Cards in this Set
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remettre qqch à la Saint-Glinglin
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to postpone something forever/till the cows come home
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renvoyer aux calendes grecques
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to put off till the cows come home
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à la dernière minute
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at the last minute, under the wire
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en ce moment
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at this time
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pour le moment
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for the time being
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à une heure avancée
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late
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les heures d'affluence
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rush hour
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les heures de pointe
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rush hour
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à ses heures
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when one is free, when one feels like doing something
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du jour au lendemain
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overnight
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La semaine des quatre jeudis
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Never in a month of Sundays
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Tous les trente-six du mois
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Once in a blue moon
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Il est grand temps
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It's high time
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parler de la pluie et du beau temps
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to make small talk
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rapide comme l'éclair
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fast as lightning
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Il pleut à seaux
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It's pouring
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Il pleut des cordes
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It's raining cats and dogs
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Je ne suis pas tombé(e) de la dernière pluie
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I wasn't born yesterday
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Il fait lourd
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It's humid out
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être né(e) coiffé(e)
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to be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
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faire les quatre cents coups
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to sow one's wild oats, have a wild youth
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avoir le coup de foudre
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to fall head over heels in love
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avoir quarante ans bien sonnés
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to be well past forty
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friser la cinquantaine
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to be pushing fifty
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se faire vieux
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to be getting on in years
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faire de vieux os
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to live to a ripe old age
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mourir de sa belle mort
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to die of old age
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casser sa pipe
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to kick the bucket
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trouver la mort
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to lose one's life
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en bas âge
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little, young
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d'un certain âge
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middle-aged
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Quel âge me donnez-vous?
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How old do you think I am?
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Sa vie ne tient qu'à un fil
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His life hangs by a thread. He's deathly ill.
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aimer la table
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to good food
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avoir/vendre qqch pour une bouchée de pain
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to get/sell something for a song
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casser la croûte
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to have a bite
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avoir l'estomac dans les talons
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to be famished
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manger à sa faim
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to eat one's fill
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manger son pain blanc le premier
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to eat one's cake first, not save the best for last
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manger comme quatre
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to eat like a horse, eat for four
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marcher sur des oeufs
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to walk on eggs, tread lightly
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mourir de faim
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to be dying of hunger
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faire venir léau à la bouche à qqn
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to make someone's mouth water
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avoir un appétit d'oiseau
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to eat like a bird
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n'avoir rien à se mettre sous la dent
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to have nothing to eat
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avoir un bon fromage
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to have a cushy/soft job
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une bonne fourchette
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a hearty eater
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long comme une journée sans pain
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endless
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entre la poire et le fromage
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at the end of meal
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