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nothing we can do – French expression

What does ” le tour est joué ” mean? How do you say ‘ nothing we can do ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.

le tour est joué – the trick is played. In everyday French, le tour est joué means that it’s over and ‘there is nothing we can do about it’.

* « En un tour de main, le tour était joué, et on a su que c’était lui, le nouveau champion du Tour de France. »

“Very quickly, there was nothing we could do about it. We knew he was the new Tour de France champion.”

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to be on cloud nine – French expression

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What does ” être aux anges ” mean? How do you say ‘ to be on cloud nine ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.

être aux anges – to be at the angels. In everyday French, être aux anges means ‘to be ecstatic about something’, ‘to be on cloud nine.’

* « Elle est aux anges, elle voulait seulement avoir son exam et en fait, elle a eu une mention. »

* “She’s ecstatic, she just wanted to pass her exam and she actually made honor roll.”

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here we go again – French expression

What does ” c’est reparti ” mean? How do you say ‘ here we go again ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.

c’est reparti comme en 40 – it’s to leave again like in 40. 40 (quarante) is the year 1940 during the second world war. I’m not sure why we use this expression in such a way, but c’est reparti comme en 40 expresses the idea that something big and difficult is starting again. c’est reparti comme en 40 means ‘brace yourself’ or ‘here we go again’ in everyday French.

There is an older version of this expression: c’est reparti comme en 14, beginning of WW1.

* « Aïe aïe aïe ! La rentrée arrive et il va falloir se battre pour trouver toutes les fournitures à temps. C’est reparti comme en 40 ! »

* “Oh dear ! Back-to-school is here and we’ll have to fight to find all the school supplies on time. Here we go again!”

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I don’t mean to pry – French expression

What does ” être indiscret ” mean? How do you say ‘ to pry ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.

je ne voudrais pas être indiscret, indiscrète – I not would like not to be indiscreet. In everyday French, je ne voudrais pas être indiscret means ‘I don’t mean to pry’.

* « Je ne voudrais pas être indiscrète, mais quand avez-vous cassé, en fait ? »

* “I don’t mean to pry, but when did you actually break up?”

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What are you staring at? – French expression

Learn a French expression today. What does ” tu veux ma photo ” mean? How do you say ‘ What are you staring at ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.

tu veux ma photo ?– you want my picture?. In everyday French, tu veux ma photo means ‘What are you staring at?’.

* « Arrête de me regarder comme ça. Tu veux ma photo ? »

* “Stop looking at me like this. What are you staring at?”

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à 2 mètres – Mot du jour

very close – French expression

What does ” à 2 mètres ” mean? How do you say ‘ very close ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.

à 2 mètres – at 2 meters. When you want to express that something is close, you may use a small number with mètres. If you are on foot, you’ll pick a number under 10. If you are in a car, probably ‘500 mètres’ is a good number to express a close distance. In everyday French, à 2 mètres means ‘very close’. Another synonym expression is ‘à 2 pas’ – 2 steps away.

* « C’est pas loin, c’est juste à 2 mètres. »

* “It’s not far, it’s very close.”

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Where there’s a will – French expression

What does ” vouloir, c’est pouvoir ” mean? How do you say ‘ where there is a will, there is a way ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.

vouloir, c’est pouvoir – to want, it’s to be able to. Featuring two infinitive verbs vouloir, c’est pouvoir is a proverb I hear often. In everyday French, it means that if you want something, you can get/do it, that nothing is impossible. In English, it’s translated as ‘where there is a will, there is a way’.

* « C’est sûr que si tu veux pas vraiment, tu pourras jamais venir en France. Tu sais que ‘vouloir, c’est pouvoir’. Alors vas-y, commence à préparer ton voyage en France ! »

* “For sure, if you don’t really want to, you’ll never be able to come to France. You know that ‘where there is a will, there is a way’. So go ahead, start planning your trip to France!”

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to toot one’s horn – French expression

What does ” faire mousser ” mean? How do you say ‘ to toot one’s horwn ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.

faire mousser quelqu’un – to make to bubble someone. In everyday French, faire mousser quelqu’un means ‘to toot one’s  horn, trumpet’.

* « Je sais que c’est toi qui as fait le repas et tu devrais te faire mousser !  »

* “I know you made the meal, and you should toot your horn!”

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to feel good – French expression

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What does ” avoir la pêche ” mean? How do you say ‘ to feel good ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.

avoir la pêche – to have the peach, fishing – means to feel good, to be full of energy, to be enthusiastic in everyday French.

You may also hear: avoir la banane – to have the banana, avoir la patate – to have the potato, avoir la frite – to have the French ‘frie’.

* « J’ai la pêche aujourd’hui. Je vais aller au marché.  »

* “I feel good today. I’m going to go to the farmer’s market.”

 

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an opinion – French expression

What does ” un son de cloche ” mean? How do you say ‘ an opinion ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.

un son de cloche – a sound of bell. In everyday French, un son de cloche means ‘an opinion’. It’s often used with même (same) or autre (another).

Le même son de cloche: the same opinion, I agree. un autre son de cloche: another opinion, another story, I don’t agree.

* « Tu dis que faire un soufflé, c’est facile ; mais moi, j’ai entendu un autre son de cloche. »

* “You say that cooking a soufflé is easy; but I heard it another opinion.”

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une cloche – a stupid person

Quelle cloche ! – What a stupid person! (dated expression)

un son de cloche – an opinion

c’est cloche – ‘it’s a pity (dated expression)

se taper la cloche – to eat well, to pig out

sonner les cloches à quelqu’un/e – to scold someone

il y a quelque chose qui cloche – something’s wrong

une querelle de clocher – a fight within a community or a storm in a tea cup

un esprit de clocher – chauvinistic

à cloche-pied – to hop, on one leg

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