Question

Can someone tell me some idioms in French with English meanings?

Answer 1

Etre au taquet. laterally : to be at a piece of wood : meaning the 'word' raquet use to refer to a piece of wood put between a door and a wall to block it . the expression Etre au racquet meaning that something is blocking you , but in a positive way , meaning that you could not be in a better situation.

Answer 2

Il pleut des cordes It rains ropes It rains cats and dogs

Quand les poules auront des dents When the hen will have teeth When pigs fly

On ne peut pas etre au four et au moulin You can’t be at the oven and at the mill One can’t be in two places at once

Ce n’est pas ma tasse de thé It is not my cup of tea It’s not my bowl of rice

Filer á l’anglaise To take English leave Take French leave

Avoir le vent en poupe To have the wind in one’s sails All wheels in motion