David Issokson

C’est la fin des haricots is a French expression that translates literally to “it’s the end of the beans” and means “that’s the last straw” or “game over!”

Faire des gorges chaudes is a French expression meaning to mock or make fun of.

“Mettre quelqu’un en boîte” is a fun little French expression that translates literally to “to put somebody in a can”. The word “boîte” can translate to both can and box. Here are several English meanings: to make fun of somebody to pull somebody’s leg to josh somebody to have a good laugh at somebody Expressio.fr …

Être dans le collimateur is a French expression meaning to be on somebody’s hit list.

“Tirer les boulets rouges à quelqu’un” is a French expression that translates literally to “to fire red balls at somebody”. English meanings include: to rip into somebody to give somebody both barrels to lay into somebody The idea here is that when somebody gets very angry at somebody else, he or she fires red-hot cannon …