Expressions of the week

French

Time flies and I realise it has been a long time since I have written the last « expressions of the week » … Shame on me!
Many French expressions use the word “langue” which means “tongue” in English and I was eager to share some with you.

To never be at a loss for words ->Ne [...]

Expressions of the week

In French, many expressions contains the word “chat” (=cat) and I was wondering how they were translated in English.

Image found here.
Here is what I found:
Donner sa langue au chat => to give in but you can also say “Put us (me) out of our (my) misery, kill us (me) know”;
Il n’y a pas un [...]

Expressions of the week

I was recently speaking to a friend about… the weather , which made him say: you’re English now!
So let’s start this category with this very English topic: the weather

“How to say it is raining a lot”
=>It’s pouring with rain.
=>It’s raining cats and dogs
=>It’s bucketing down (my favourite)
=>It’s raining buckets
While the 2 last expressions could [...]