The French idiom filer à l’anglaise translates literally to “to dash off English style” and means “to dash off”, “to do a runner” or “to slip out/away”.
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Faire une croix sur quelque’chose is a French expression meaning to kiss something good-bye or to give something up forever.
Être réglé comme du papier à musique is a French expression meaning extremely well-organized.
C’est reparti comme en quarante is a French expression that translates literally to “it’s started again like in the year 1940”. The English meaning is “Here we go again!”
The French expression changer son fusil d’épaule translates literally to “to put your gun on the other shoulder”. The expression has multiple usages. English meanings: French meanings: Example sentences:
