“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 handto lend a helping handto chip in pitch into muck in (UK) The idea is that by helping to knead the dough you’re offering a helping…
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 anotherto be on hostile terms In the past people porcelain dogs on opposite ends of the mantel…
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”.
👉 See also: Rester conjugation charts (with audio) » The French expression “rester en carafe” translates literally to “to stay in the decanter”. English meanings include the following: Expressio.fr offers lots of interesting meanings: 1) To feel frustrated, abandoned and forgotten; 2) To be left on your own and 3) To not be able to…