Learn French: Idiomatic Expressions ‒ Proverbs & Sayings E-Book

Eveline Turelli

• Herausgeber: Eveline Turelli
• Kategorie: Fremdsprachen
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023

Beschreibung

Learn French fast: Apprenez le Français rapidement.

As you may already know, French is not an easy-to-learn language.
The best way to try to master French is to learn by heart its most popular idiomatic expressions.

In this book, you will find the corresponding English version below every French expression idiomatique. This will help you catch its full meaning in no time.

Learn 200 French idioms, everyday phrases and proverbs, and enjoy comparing them with their English equivalents.

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Learn French:

Idiomatic Expressions

Proverbs & Sayings

by

Eveline Turelli

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Table of contents

Proverbs & Sayings

Idiomatic Expressions

As you may already know,Frenchis not an easy-to-learn language.

The best way to try to master French is to learn by heart its most popular idiomatic expressions.

In this book, you will find the corresponding English version below every Frenchexpression idiomatique. This will help you catch its full meaning in no time.

Learn 200 French idioms, everyday phrases and proverbs, and enjoy comparing them with their English counterparts.

Proverbs & Sayings

(Proverbes et Dictons)

1)À bon entendeur, il ne faut qu'une parole.

À bon entendeur, salut.

A word to the wise is enough.

2)À cheval donné on ne regarde pas la denture / la bride.

Don't look a gift-horse in the mouth.

3)On revient toujours à ses premières amours.

Des soupes et des amours, les premières sont les meilleures.

One's first love is never forgotten.

4)À renard endormi, il ne tombe rien dans la gueule.

The early bird catches the worm.

5)Hâtez-vous lentement.

Haste makes waste.

6)Il faut battre le fer tant qu'il est chaud.

Strike while the iron is hot.

7)Appeler un chat un chat.

To call a spade a spade.

8)Autre pays, autre coutume.

À Rome, fais comme les Romains.

When in Rome do as the Romans do.

9)La beauté est dans l'œil de celui qui regarde.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

10)Ne remets pas au lendemain ce que tu peux faire le jour même.

Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

11)Il y a loin de la coupe aux lèvres.

There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.

12)Les mensonges ont de courtes jambes