Mettre sa main au feu (To bet your life on it)
Mettre sa main au feu is a French expression meaning to bet your life on it.
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Avoir d’autres chats à fouetter (To have bigger fish to fry)
Avoir d’autres chats à fouetter is a French expression that translates literally to “to have other cats to whip” and means “to have bigger fish to fry” or “to have better things to do”.
À tout bout du champ (All the time, time and time again)
The French expression “à tout bout du champ” translates literally to “at every end of the field”.
Avoir les deux pieds dans le même sabot
Avoir les deux pieds dans le même sabot is a French idiom which translates literally to “to have both feet in the same clog” and means “to sit back and do nothing”. Avoir les deux pieds dans le même sabot to sit back and do nothing
Contre vents et marées (Against all odds)
The French expression “contre vents et marées” translates literally to “against winds and tides”. English meanings: French meanings: Example sentence: Synonym: