The French expression “faire quelque chose les doigts dans le nez” translates literally to “to do something with the fingers in the nose”. English meanings: to do something with your eyes closes to do something standing on your head French meanings: sans effort, très facilement – without effort, very easily Example sentence: Ça ne fait …
The French expression “aller au charbon” translates literally to “to go to the coal. This is an expression with multiple usages.
Être à la bourre is a French expression meaning to be late or to be behind.
The French expression “mettre les bouchées doubles” translates literally to “to put in double mouthfuls”. English meanings: redouble your efforts to work twice as hard to double your efforts French meanings: redoubler d’efforts – to double your efforts travailler encore plus dur – to work even harder Example sentence: J’ai beaucoup de travail a faire …
C’est simple comme bonjour is one of my favorite French expressions. The literal translation is: “it’s as easy as hello” and meanings include “it’s easy as pie”, “it’s easy as ABC” and “it’s as simple as that”.
