“Couper l’herbe sous le pied de quelqu’un” is a fun figurative French idiom that translates directly to “to cut the grass under somebody’s feet”. Here’s the English meaning: Expressio.fr offers the following meaning in French: To frustrate somebody with an expected advantage by passing them, or to prevent somebody from succeeding in business by taking …
“Mettre la main à la pâte” is a lovely French expression that translates literally to “to put the hand at the dough”. The English meaning is: to lend a hand to lend a helping hand to chip in pitch in to muck in (UK) The idea is that by helping to knead the dough you’re …
The French expression “se regarder en chiens de faïence” translates literally to “to look at each other like china dogs. La faïence translates to china or ceramics. Here’s what the idiom mean in English: to glare at one another to be on hostile terms In the past people porcelain dogs on opposite ends of the …
Donner du fil à retordre is a French expression meaning to make somebody’s life difficult.
Avoir une dent contre quelqu’un is a fun little French expression that translates literally to “to have a tooth against somebody” and means “to have a grudge”.
