The French expression “cousu de fil blanc” translates literally to “sewn or stitched in white thread”. English meanings include: The idea is that if a dark-colored garment is sewn with a white piece of thread, the thread sticks out very clearly to the eye. Expressio.fr suggests the following definitions in French: 1) Very crude and…
Faire l’école buissonnière is a French expression meaning to play hooky.
The French expression “une histoire à dormir debout” translates literally to “a story to sleep standing”. A loose translation is “a story about sleeping standing up”. Unbelievable, right? Here are some English meanings: cock-and-bull storytall story The French expressions site, expressio.fr suggests “à dormir debout” means unbelievable, implausible, absurd or illogical. Il m’a raconté comment…
The French expression “pas très catholique” translates literally to “not very Catholic” and could definitely be seen as a bit offensive. Here are some English meanings: a bit shadynot very koshera bit fishy A French expressions site, expressio.fr, defines pas tres catholique as not conforming or complying with morality, subject to caution and doutful .…
The French expression “mener en bateau” translates literally to “to lead by boat”. The expression can also be in the form “mener quelqu’un en bateau”, to lead somebody by boat. Here are the meanings in English: to take somebody for a rideto bamboozle, hoodwinkto lead somebody up the garden path (UK) A French definition on…