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cunliffe
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help with French idioms
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Hey friends. Is there anybody French around? I am doing a little activity about French bread with my French conversation group. Are these idioms - to do with bread - still used? 1. Enlever
le pain de la bouche de quelqu’un.
2. Long comme
un jour sans pain.
3. Avoir du
pain sur la planche.
4. Se vendre
comme des petits pains.
5. Pour une
bouchée de pain.
6. Coller un
pain.
7. Ne pas
pouvoir etre au four at au moulin. Thanks, Lynne |
29 Mar 2023
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mfraczek
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Hi Lynne, I use number 3 to 7 very easily but I think number1 and 2 are less common. I love idioms and often use them with my students, but I must acknowledge they don�t know many of them. I would also suggest : Gagner son pain (ou sa croute) = earn a living Manger son pain blanc (avant son pain noir) = to have the best before something difficult Ne pas manger de ce pain là = refuse to take part in something. Cela (ça) ne mange pas de pain = It doesn�t cost anything / any efforts Hope it helps Lynne. Murielle |
29 Mar 2023
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cunliffe
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It�s perfect, thank you Murielle.  |
29 Mar 2023
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karagozian
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6. Coller un pain ( mettre un coup de poing violent) = punch someone violently in the face.
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30 Mar 2023
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karagozian
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1. To take the bread out of someone�s mouth. To deprive someone of something
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30 Mar 2023
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karagozian
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2. The expression refers to the bread that was the basis of the diet of the poor. A day without bread was therefore a difficult day. |
30 Mar 2023
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karagozian
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3. have a lot of work; have many tasks to do; have a lot of things to do; have a lot of work ahead of you;
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30 Mar 2023
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jannabanna
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I haven�t heard number 6 "coller un pain" since I�ve been in France (42 years!) but the others are used quite often except perhaps number 2. "long comme un jour sans pain".
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30 Mar 2023
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karagozian
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4. To be sold easily and quickly |
30 Mar 2023
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karagozian
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5. This expression means "for a small sum, for almost nothing.
To sell something for next to nothing. |
30 Mar 2023
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karagozian
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7. To multitask simultaneously. Generally used negatively to indicate the difficulty or impossibility of accomplishing several tasks at once.
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30 Mar 2023
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