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Discover some popular French expressions with food. What does “to have the heart of an artichoke” mean? Or, “to fall in the apples”? Listen to find out!
Vocabulary and Spelling of the French Words mentioned in this episode
être cœur d’artichaut / avoir un cœur d’artichaut = to fall in ove easily
avoir la banane
avoir la pêche / la patate / la frite
avoir la moutarde qui monte au nez
faire le poireau (poireauter) = to wait, hang around
Etre une bonne poire = be a bit of a sucker, be easily taken in
tomber dans les pommes = to faint
Etre haut comme trois pommes
avoir un petit pois à la place du cerveau
s’occuper de ses oignons = to mind one’s own business
LINKS and RESOURCES
- Origin of expressions : http://www.linternaute.com/expression
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