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Even if you are just going to France for a few days, it is advisable to learn some expressions on complaining, getting mad, and a few idioms that the French locals commonly use when talking to their friends.
France is also about art and you should know there is an art to expressing your feelings. Hey, it never hurts to know how to say, “It is cold enough to freeze your balls.” Get down with what is trending and use the slangs and styles below.
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| Y a de l’abus! | That's going too far! |
| la blague | joke |
| bouffer | to eat |
| à la bourre | running late |
| C'est quoi ça? | What’s this? |
| Ça marche? | Is that all right? Is that acceptable? |
| cafouíller | to mess things up ( to make a balls of something) |
| chopper | to catch |
| le comble | the absolute limit |
| cramer | to go up in smoke, to burn (for food) |
| débordé, être | to be overwhelmed (usually by work) |
| démarrer | to start work, to get going (starting a car) |
| dingue | crazy, mad |
| foutre*; Qu’est-ce qu’il | to do |
| fout*? en avoir rien à foutre* | I don’t give a damn |
| aux frais de | at the expense of ….:…. is paying |
| furax | really mad |
| grave | really ( when used as an adverb) |
| marché: par dessus l’marché | to top it all (crown it all) |
| marre: en avoir marre | to be sick of something, to have as much as you can take |
| péter un plomb | to blow a fuse ( to bust a gut) |
| péter | to blow up, to fart, to break down |
| le poireau, faire | to hang around (about) |
| poireauter | to be kept waiting, to hang around |
| pousser: Faut pas pousser. | Don’t push your luck. |
| râler | to moan, complain |
| ras le bol: en avoir ras le bol | to be sick and tired of something,/to be fed up with |
| remettre ça | start all over again |
| remuer | to stir, to get someone moving |
| rincer, se faire | to get soaked |
| le salaud | bastard |
| le saligaud* | bastard |
| le salopard* | bastard |
| saturer | to have had enough of something |
| se casser* | to split, to beat it ( synonym on se tire) |
| se ficher du monde | not to give (care) a damn about something |
| se les geler* | cold enough to freeze your balls off |
| trempé (jusqu°aux os) | soaked ( to the bone/skin) |
| Y a pas l’feu! | No rush! Calm down! |
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J’adore les expressions et toutes les publications…merci beaucoup pour tout!
Merci
Super,très utile ! je cherchais depuis longtemps comment dire ce que signifie “par dessus le marché” 🙂 est-ce que “par là-dessus” c’est vraiment équivalent comment l’indique le wiktionnary ou bien il y a des différences ? merci 🙂
Johan vous pouvez me donner votre référence de wikitionnay, je ne comprends pas “par là-dessus”. Là-dessus = on it.
Merci bien pour nous donnant ça!!! Je n’en ai pas ras le bol avec ça!! (Ça marche?!)
I see asterisks behind some of the words here (for example, se casser*). What do they indicate?
* = slang (impolite)
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c’est super et facile ,mille merci pour vos efforts