Avoir la chair de poule (To have goose bumps)
Avoir la chair de poule is a French expression that translates literally to “to have chicken flesh” and means “to have goose bumps” or “to have gooseflesh”.
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tirer les vers du nez à quelqu’un
The French expression “tirer les vers du nez à quelqu’un” translates literally to “to pull the worms out of somebody’s nose”. English meanings include: A French meaning is: “extirper des informations à quelqu’un” or to drag out or extract information from somebody. In essence, the expression means to successfully get somebody to talk when they’re holding…
un secret de Polichinelle
The French expression “un secret de Polichinelle” translates literally to “the secret of a Polichinelle puppet”.English meanings include: an open secretit’s no secretit’s common knowledge A French meaning of this idiom is simply “un secret connu de tous”, or a secret known by all. Another French meaning is a “faux secret que tout le monde…
En connaître un rayon (To be really clued in)
En connaître un rayon is a French expression meaning to be really clued in.
ne pas savoir si c’est du lard ou du cochon
The French expression “ne pas savoir si c’est du lard ou du cochon” translates literally to “to know know if it’s bacon or pork”. English meanings include: The whole idea with this metaphor is that it’s hard to tell the difference between two things that are basically the same. A French meaning on wordreference.com is…