Idioms

Question 1

Prendre une (grosse) cuite

Answer 1

To get drunk (“to take a cooked”)

Question 2

Être bavard comme un pie

Answer 2

To talk a lot without saying anything

Question 3

Sauter sur le train en marche

Answer 3

To jump on the bandwagon

Question 4

Être dans les choux

Answer 4

In sport, when a team has lost all chance to win (“to be in the cabbage”)

Question 5

C’est la fin des haricots!

Answer 5

It’s the last straw (“that’s the end of the beans”)

Question 6

Faire du chou blanc

Answer 6

To fail; to draw a blank

Question 7

Managér le chêvre et le chou

Answer 7

To keep both parties happy/sweet; to keep to manage two conflicting things

Question 8

Êntre ce fer et l’enclume

Answer 8

Between a rock and a hard place

Question 9

Couteau à double tranchant

Answer 9

Double-edged sword (“two sided knife”)