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David Issokson

tirer des plans sur la comète

“Tirer des plans sur la comète” is one of the most comical French expressions. The literal meaning is “to draw plans on the comet”. English meanings including: to build castles in the airto make overly ambitious plansto chase rainbowspie in the skypipe dreams A French definition from expressio.fr defines the idiom as to make plans…

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se faire un sang d’encre

The French expression “se faire un sang d’encre” translates literally to “to turn your blood into ink”. This is an idiom which has a meaning that’s impossible to guess. It means: A French definition is simply “s’inquiéter beaucoup”, which means to worry a lot. Here’s an example sentence: There are some synonymous expressions: main expressions…

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tuer la poule aux œufs d’or

The French expression “tuer la poule aux œufs d’or” translates directly to “kill the goose that lays the golden eggs”. The expression comes from a Jean de La Fontaine fable from the 19th century called “The Hen with the Golden Eggs”. French explanation on expressio.fr suggest that “tuer la poule aux œufs d’or” means to…

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