“Se lever du pied gauche” is a French expression that translates to: “to get up on the left foot”. English meaning: to get up on the wrong side of the bed A French meaning is “se réveiller de mauvaise humeur”, to wake up in a bad mood. Example sentence: Je me suis levé du pied …
“Vendre la peu de l’ours avant de l’avoir tué” is a fun metaphorical French expression that translates directly to “to sell the bear’s hide before having killed it”. English meaning: French meanings: Example sentence: more French expressions
Péter les plombs is an informal French expression which means to blow a fuse, lose it, go beserk or flip out.
“Comme les moutons de Panurge” is a French idiom that translates literally to: “like Panurge’s sheep”. English meaning: like a flock of sheep A French meaning is: “faire la même chose que les autres, suivre la mode” (to do the same things as others, to follow the fashion (trends). In literature, the French writer Rabelais …
Avoir une araignée au plafond is a French idiom that translates literally to “to have a spider on the ceiling” and means “to have a few screws loose” or “to have bats in the belfry”.
