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Idioms Translation – English<->French

A selection of the hundreds of idioms stored in our English<->French idioms translation database. Don't see the idiom translation you are looking for on this page? Do a search of our database by entering the idiom (or a keyword string) in the Quick Search box in the upper left corner of this website page to find the idiom you're looking for and its French translation (or English as the case may be).

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Some of the idioms in our idiom translation database include:

Tit for Tat

   French Translation: Un prêté pour un rendu

A man/woman after my own heart

   French Translation: Un homme/une femme qui a les mêmes goûts que moi

To keep a cool head or To keep one's head

   French Translation: Garder son sang-froid

To lose one's head

   French Translation: Perdre son sang-froid

To have friends in high places

   French Translation: Avoir des amis influents

Money talks

   French Translation: L'argent peut tout – L'argent ouvre toutes les portes

A tissue of lies

   French Translation: Un tissu de mensonges

To drop like flies

   French Translation: Tomber comme les mouches

Boys will be boys

   French Translation: Les hommes et les garçons sont ça et on ne les changera pas

Charity begins at home

   French Translation: Charité bien ordonnée commence par soi-même.

To work like a charm

   French Translation: Marcher à merveille ou à la perfection

To have money to burn

   French Translation: Avoir de l'argent à perdre ou avoir de l'argent à ne pas savoir quoi en faire

To have stars in one's eyes

   French Translation: Rêver des feux de la rampe

To bust a gut

   French Translation: Se décarcasser, se donner un mal de chien

To be in the doghouse

   French Translation: Ne pas être en odeur de sainteté, être en disgrâce

Cheek by jowl

   French Translation: Coude à coude, côte à côte

The odd one out

   French Translation: L'exception, l'intrus

The sands of time are running out

   French Translation: Il ne reste que très peu de temps

What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander

   French Translation: Ce qui vaut pour l'un vaut pour l'autre

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