Rylan: | J’ai une très bonne histoire à te raconter aujourd’hui Catherine. Il s’agit de l’un de mes meilleurs amis. |
Catherine: | J’aime les bonnes histoires ! |
Rylan: | Il était assez fier de lui quand il me l’a racontée. |
Catherine: | Fier de quoi exactement ? |
Rylan: | Bien, la nuit dernière, il a vraiment tiré son épingle du jeu. |
Catherine: | Comment ça ? |
Rylan: | Une de mes amies essaye de lui faire rencontrer quelqu’un depuis quelque temps. |
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To have your eye on someone
Avoir quelqu'un dans le collimateur
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To snowball
Faire boule de neige
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To manage to do well
Tirer son épingle du jeu
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To blow a fuse, lose it
Sortir de ses gonds
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To throw in the towel
Jeter l'éponge
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To be under the weather
Ne pas être dans son assiette
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To make ends meet
Joindre les deux bouts
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To take the fall
Porter le chapeau
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When I am gone, come what may
Après moi le déluge
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To be all over the place
Sauter du coq à l'âne
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To be in big trouble
Etre/Se mettre dans de beaux draps
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To rub salt on the wound
Remuer le couteau dans la plaie
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To be a guinea pig
Essuyer les plâtres
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To put the cart before the horse
Mettre la charrue avant les boeufs
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To kick the bucket
Passer l'arme à gauche
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To be an uphill battle
C’est la croix et la bannière !
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It's a disaster
C'est la Bérézina !
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To be in bad shape
Battre de l'aile
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I smell trouble
Il y a de l'eau dans le gaz
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To want no part of it
Ne pas manger de ce pain-là
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To be duped
Se faire rouler dans la farine
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To lose your temper
Perdre son sang-froid
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To tighten your belt
Se serrer la ceinture
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To go sour
Tourner au vinaigre
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To fall through
Tomber à l’eau
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To get in trouble
Faire les quatre cents coups
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To have stage fright
Avoir le trac
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To be obsessed, worried sick
Se mettre martel en tête
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To be in a jam
Être dans le pétrin
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To complicate matters
Chercher midi à quatorze heures
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To have the blues
Avoir du vague à l’âme
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To have a hard time
En voir de toutes les couleurs
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To make a fuss
En faire tout un fromage
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To stir the pot
Semer la zizanie
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To break into a cold sweat
Donner/avoir des sueurs froides
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To make a fuss
Faire des chichis
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To take someone for a ride/mislead
Mener en bateau
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To worry yourself sick
Se faire du mauvais sang
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To watch your step
Se tenir à carreau
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To be the laughing stock
Etre le dindon de la farce
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Damned if you do, damned if you don't
Choisir entre la peste et le choléra
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To be off to a bad start
Etre mal barré
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To make waves/drop a bombshell
Jeter un pavé dans la mare
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To cry your eyes out
Pleurer comme une madeleine
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The straw that broke the camel's back
Etre la goutte d’eau qui fait déborder le vase
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To hava a sleepless night
Passer une nuit blanche
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To blow a fuse/lose control
Péter les plombs
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To bite off more than you can chew
Avoir les yeux plus gros que le ventre