expressions
10 things that we say in French that is another sentence in English, unit equivalences or salutations terms
- 2.5 centimètres
- en: an inch
- 30.5 cm
- en: 1 foot = 12 inches
- bonne continuation
- en: all the best!
- bonne route
- en: safe journey, drive safe
- cordialement
- en: best regards, yours sincerely
- j'ai une faim de loup
- .
- expression used when someone is starving
- Example: I am so hungry that I could eat a horse.
- en: I could eat a horse
- je donne ma langue au chat
- en: I give up
- merde!
- Example: - I have an exam tomorrow.
- Break a leg!
- en: break a leg!
- myope comme une taupe
- en: as blind as a bat
- on n'est pas sorti de l'auberge
- en: we're not out of the woods yet