Catherine: | Guillaume, sais-tu quel est le terme scientifique qui désigne le fait d'avoir une passion pour les cimetières ? |
Guillaume: | Heu... |
Catherine: | Tu hésites parce que tu l'as sur le bout de la langue ? |
Guillaume: | Non, pas du tout... C'est plutôt parce que je donne ma langue au chat ! |
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To have your eye on someone
Avoir quelqu'un dans le collimateur
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To beat around the bush
Tourner autour du pot
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To not mince your words
Ne pas mâcher ses mots
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To tell a tall tale
Raconter des salades
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To squeeze the facts out of someone
Tirer les vers du nez
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To talk someone's ear off
Tenir la jambe
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To mutter under your breath
Faire / dire des messes basses
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To be outspoken
Ne pas avoir la langue dans sa poche
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To speak bluntly
Mettre les pieds dans le plat
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To take a look at
Jeter un coup d’œil
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A cock and bull story
A dormir debout
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To make a fuss
En faire tout un fromage
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To have something on the tip of your tongue
Avoir quelque chose sur le bout de la langue
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To go without saying
Couler de source
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To turn a deaf ear
Faire la sourde oreille
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To glare/stare at
Se regarder en chiens de faïence
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To play the fool, act silly
Faire le zouave
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To meet halfway
Couper la poire en deux
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To be seeing things
Avoir la berlue
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It's the pot calling the kettle black
C’est l’hôpital qui se moque de la charité
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To have a thick accent
Avoir un accent à couper au couteau
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To take the words right out of your mouth
Enlever les mots de la bouche
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To get back to business
Revenons à nos moutons
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To be sentimental/mushy
Etre à l’eau de rose
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To be on the same wavelength
Être sur la même longueur d’onde
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To give your two cents
Mettre son grain de sel
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To get something off your chest/to vent
Vider son sac
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To take someone for a ride
Faire marcher quelqu’un