Do you want to improve your knowledge of French, speak it like a real native? There’s nothing like knowing a few small, typically French expressions!

Here are 8 expressions, together wirh pictures and examples of how to use them in sentences, in order to help you remember them better:

•  “Rolling his hump”: travel a lot, go on an adventure.

Example: “During his studies he went to live in Thailand and then in Spain. He has also traveled extensively for his work, all over the world. Now he works in France. As you can see, he’s rolled his hump.”

• “Drowning in a glass of water”: let yourself be overtaken by a little difficulty.

Example: “She is always very stressed. She can’t handle too many things at the same time and panics as soon as there is a very small but not very serious incident: she is able to drown in a glass of water”

• “Being bored like a dead rat”: very bored

Example: “All evening long they only talked about themselves: their children, their holidays, their outings, their friends… What a bore! I was bored like a dead rat.”

• “It’s raining ropes: it’s raining a lot. 

Example: “I couldn’t get out of the day: it has been raining ropes from morning to night!”

• « To a have the bowl to the brim » : to be tired of it, to be sick of it.

Example: “Well, this time I have the bowl to the brim! It’s not a 14-year-old boy who’s going to decide everything in this house!»

• « To have a thunderbolt » : falling in love, being taken by a sudden passion. 

Example: “He told me about art, music, literature… He was so refined and charming. I had a thunderbolt! »

• “To have neither head nor tail”: to have no meaning, to be incomprehensible.

Example: “He tried to justify his absence from school with excuses that were nonsense. What he said had neither head nor tail. The truth is, he didn’t want to get up in the morning. “

• ” It’s a wordmill”: he’s a very talkative person, he talks a lot.

Example: “He’s incredible: he talks all the time, even when he’s alone! He’s a real wordmill. ”

Consulté sur Pinterest, Le français avec Pierre. https://www.pinterest.fr/francaisavecpierre/