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:

•  “These arent’ your onions” : it’s none of your business!

Example: “Do you want to know what I discussed with my friend Chantal? But these aren’t your onions! It’s intimate. ”

• “Getting a rake”: failing in your attempt to seduce someone.

Example: “I asked Ines to become my girlfriend, but I got a rake. She immediately refused, saying she was not interested.”

• “Throwing yourself into the wolf’s mouth”: exposing yourself to danger in a reckless manner

Example: “If a stranger on the street suggests you follow him to his house, don’t go there! It could be dangerous. We must never throw ourselves into the mouth of the wolf…”

• “Being in the moon”: being distracted, lost in thought.

Example: “When I talk to him, I wonder if he hears me, he always seems elsewhere in his thoughts. Besides, he always forgets everything: he’s really in the moon! “

• “To be picked up with a teaspoon”: in a deplorable physical state of extreme fatigue.

Example: “After finishing my marathon, I was to be picked up with a spoon. All I wanted to do was go to sleep.»

• “It’s not the sea to drink! “: it’s not that difficult!

Example: “You will get to work and review your math lesson for tomorrow. It’ll take you 20 minutes and you’ll be fine, it’s not the sea to drink! “

• “Drying classes”: do not go to class when there is a class.

Example: “Today 2 students in the class did not come to school because they did not want to: they dried classes. “

• “To be pistonned” : to get the support of an influential person to move up to a higher position

Example: “The former president’s son got a prestigious job at just 20 years old when he has no degree. He must have been pistonned by his Dad…. “

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