Each French idiom below comes with what its words literally say, what it means and how other languages put the same idea. To see every language at once, open the side-by-side page for weather and places.
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lit. ‘it’s raining ropes’
It is raining very heavily.
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lit. ‘a duck cold’
It is bitterly cold.
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lit. ‘at the devil’s Vauvert’
A very remote place, far from towns and people.
Elsewhere
- EN The middle of nowhere
- DE Wo sich Fuchs und Hase gute Nacht sagen
- ES En el quinto pino
- IT A casa del diavolo
- JA 陸の孤島
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lit. ‘two steps away’
A very short distance away.
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- EN A stone’s throw
- DE Ein Katzensprung
- ES A tiro de piedra
- IT A due passi
- JA 目と鼻の先
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lit. ‘do the java’
There's a lively party or a lot going on somewhere.
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- DE Da steppt der Bär
- JA お祭り騒ぎ
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lit. ‘it’s a heat to croak from’
It is extremely hot.
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lit. ‘squeezed together like sardines’
Packed tightly together in a crowded place.
Elsewhere
Phrases in bold with a red marker are written up. The rest don’t have their own page yet.