Discover more popular French expressions with body parts words. Can you guess for instance what "having ants in one’s legs" mean? Enrich your vocabulary and get a fun insight into French culture as well :-)

Vocabulary and Spelling of the French Words mentioned in this episode

avoir un cœur de pierre

avoir le cœur sur la main = to be big-hearted, generous

avoir deux mains gauches = to be very clumsy

avoir un poil dans la main = to be very lazy

donner un coup de main / un coup de pouce

manger sur le pouce = to eat on the fly

se tourner les pouces = not to do anything

Viens nous aider au lieu de te tourner les pouces!

faire des pieds et des mains = to move heaven and earth

connaitre quelque chose par cœur / sur le bout des doigts

avoir le bras long = to be influential ; to pull strings, to be well connected

ne pas avoir 36 bras

un bras cassé = a person good for nothing

Etre le bras droit de quelqu'un = to be the right-hand man (sb’s advisor)

prendre ses jambes à son cou = to run for one’s life

avoir des fourmis dans les jambes = to have pins and needles in the legs

faire du pied à quelqu'un = to play footsie with someone ; to get yourself noticed, to attract attention

avoir l'estomac dans les talons = to be famished

LINKS and RESOURCES

Listen to the episode “French expressions with body parts (Part 1): frenchyourway.com.au/podcast64

Origin of expressions : http://www.linternaute.com/expression

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