French Expressions

The French idiom “être aux anges” is a French idiom that literally means “to be with the angles”. English meanings include to be “over the moon”, “ecstatic”, “on cloud nine” and “on top of the world”. A French equivalent expression is “être au septième ciel” or “to be in seventh heven”. être aux anges Expression …

In today’s lesson we’ll have a look at one of my all time favorite French expressions: avoir le cafard. The literal translation is “to have the cockroach” and meanings include to be depressed, down in the dumps or to have the blues. Let’s jump right into this fun lesson! avoir le cafard to be depressed

Casser les pieds à quelqu’un is one of my all time favorite French expressions. The literal translation is “to break the feet” but the real meanings of the idiom include: to annoy, to get on somebody’s nerves, to drive somebody up the wall and to drive nuts. casser les pieds Expression: to annoy, drive nuts

Prendre means “to take” in French. The French use the verb in a wide variety of expressions, including food and drink, transportation and much more. Prendre idioms Transportation Food, drink, medication More idioms More expressions Related lessons: References: French expressions | Lessons by David Issokson

The French language has many expressions, idioms and basic sayings based on the verb faire (to make, to do). We’ve broken down these expressions into categories including general, expressions, sports, hobbies, household chores, cooking, playing music and more. French faire expressions Sports Household Chores Hobbies Cooking Playing Music Idiomatic Expressions General Expressions Related Lesson: Discover …