David Issokson

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 effortsto work twice as hardto double your efforts French meanings: redoubler d’efforts – to double your effortstravailler encore plus dur – to work even harder Example sentence: J’ai beaucoup de travail a faire avant les vacances…

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”.

The French expression “se mettre dans le bain” translates literally to “to put oneself into the bath”. English meanings: to warm upto get into the swing of things French meanings: s’acclimater – to acclimatizes’adapter – to adapt Example sentence: Avant de commencer la leçon, on va se mettre dans le bain avec quelques exercises. Before…