Sunday, 27 October 2013

Les expressions

Each week, we have been learning a new idiomatic expression in French. Here is a summary of the expressions we have learned to date:

A tes souhaits!/A vos souhaits! - used when someone sneezes (tes is used for friends, family, while vos is used to be more polite)

avoir une faim de loup (to be as hungry as a wolf) - used when very hungry

quoi de neuf? (what's up?) - used with friends/family only

avoir du pain sur la planche (literally translated: to have bread on the cutting board) - said when there is a lot to do

avoir la tete dans les nuages (literally translated: to have ones head in the clouds) - used when someone is daydreaming, or lost in their thoughts