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GourmeCe jeune homme jette sa gourme= That young man is sowing his wild oats.

Gourme

Gourme

Ce jeune homme jette sa gourme= That young man is sowing his wild oats.

Ce jeune homme jette sa gourme= That young man is sowing his wild oats.

Goût*Des goûts et des couleurs il ne faut (pas) discuter= There is no disputing about tastes.*À chacun son goût= Tastes differ.[Colloquially theàis omitted and the phrase becomeschacun son goût. The Dictionnaire de l’Académie gives:Chacunason goût.]

Goût

Goût

*Des goûts et des couleurs il ne faut (pas) discuter= There is no disputing about tastes.*À chacun son goût= Tastes differ.[Colloquially theàis omitted and the phrase becomeschacun son goût. The Dictionnaire de l’Académie gives:Chacunason goût.]

*Des goûts et des couleurs il ne faut (pas) discuter= There is no disputing about tastes.

*À chacun son goût= Tastes differ.

[Colloquially theàis omitted and the phrase becomeschacun son goût. The Dictionnaire de l’Académie gives:Chacunason goût.]

GoutteJe n’y vois goutte= I cannot see at all.*Goutte à goutte on emplit la cuve= Many a little makes a mickle.*Ils se ressemblent comme deux gouttes d’eau= They are as like as two peas.C’est une goutte d’eau dans la mer= It is a drop in the ocean.Boire la goutte(fam.) = To have a drop; To take a nip.Payer la goutte(fam.) = To stand something to drink.

Goutte

Goutte

Je n’y vois goutte= I cannot see at all.*Goutte à goutte on emplit la cuve= Many a little makes a mickle.*Ils se ressemblent comme deux gouttes d’eau= They are as like as two peas.C’est une goutte d’eau dans la mer= It is a drop in the ocean.Boire la goutte(fam.) = To have a drop; To take a nip.Payer la goutte(fam.) = To stand something to drink.

Je n’y vois goutte= I cannot see at all.

*Goutte à goutte on emplit la cuve= Many a little makes a mickle.

*Ils se ressemblent comme deux gouttes d’eau= They are as like as two peas.

C’est une goutte d’eau dans la mer= It is a drop in the ocean.

Boire la goutte(fam.) = To have a drop; To take a nip.

Payer la goutte(fam.) = To stand something to drink.

GrâceFaites-moi grâce de vos observations, je vous en prie= Pray spare me your remarks.

Grâce

Grâce

Faites-moi grâce de vos observations, je vous en prie= Pray spare me your remarks.

Faites-moi grâce de vos observations, je vous en prie= Pray spare me your remarks.

GrainVeillez au grain= Keep a sharp look-out.Avoir un grain de folie= To be a little cracked.

Grain

Grain

Veillez au grain= Keep a sharp look-out.Avoir un grain de folie= To be a little cracked.

Veillez au grain= Keep a sharp look-out.

Avoir un grain de folie= To be a little cracked.

GraineCes plantes sont montées en graine= Those plants have run to seed.C’est de la graine de niais= That is something to deceive fools with.

Graine

Graine

Ces plantes sont montées en graine= Those plants have run to seed.C’est de la graine de niais= That is something to deceive fools with.

Ces plantes sont montées en graine= Those plants have run to seed.

C’est de la graine de niais= That is something to deceive fools with.

Grand*Les grands sont les plus exposés aux coups du sort= High winds blow on high hills.Faire quelque chose en grand= To do something on a large scale.

Grand

Grand

*Les grands sont les plus exposés aux coups du sort= High winds blow on high hills.Faire quelque chose en grand= To do something on a large scale.

*Les grands sont les plus exposés aux coups du sort= High winds blow on high hills.

Faire quelque chose en grand= To do something on a large scale.

GrandeurUn buste de grandeur naturelle= A life-size bust.

Grandeur

Grandeur

Un buste de grandeur naturelle= A life-size bust.

Un buste de grandeur naturelle= A life-size bust.

Gré*Bon gré, mal gré= Whether you wish or not; Nolens volens; Willy-nilly.Cette maison a été vendue de gré à gré= That house was sold by private contract.Il le fera de gré ou de force= He will have to do it whether he likes it or not.Il venait moitié de gré, moitié de force= He came somewhat reluctantly.De son plein gré= Of his own accord.De plein gré= Voluntarily.Nous vous en saurons bon gré= We shall be obliged to you for it.Je me sais bon gré de ne l’avoir pas fait= I am thankful I did not do it.

Gré

Gré

*Bon gré, mal gré= Whether you wish or not; Nolens volens; Willy-nilly.Cette maison a été vendue de gré à gré= That house was sold by private contract.Il le fera de gré ou de force= He will have to do it whether he likes it or not.Il venait moitié de gré, moitié de force= He came somewhat reluctantly.De son plein gré= Of his own accord.De plein gré= Voluntarily.Nous vous en saurons bon gré= We shall be obliged to you for it.Je me sais bon gré de ne l’avoir pas fait= I am thankful I did not do it.

*Bon gré, mal gré= Whether you wish or not; Nolens volens; Willy-nilly.

Cette maison a été vendue de gré à gré= That house was sold by private contract.

Il le fera de gré ou de force= He will have to do it whether he likes it or not.

Il venait moitié de gré, moitié de force= He came somewhat reluctantly.

De son plein gré= Of his own accord.

De plein gré= Voluntarily.

Nous vous en saurons bon gré= We shall be obliged to you for it.

Je me sais bon gré de ne l’avoir pas fait= I am thankful I did not do it.

Grelot*Attacher le grelot= To bell the cat.[This phrase arises from the fable (La Fontaine, ii. 2) of the rats who held a council as to how they might best defend themselves from the cat. They resolved to hang a bell round his neck, so that they might hear him coming and run away. But the difficulty was to find a volunteer “to bell the cat.” In Scottish history Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus (1449-1514), was called Bell-the-Cat. James III. used to make favourites of architects and masons. The Scotch nobles held a council in the Church of Lauder for the purpose of putting down these upstarts. Lord Gray asked who would bell the cat. “That will I,” said Douglas, and fearlessly he put the minions to death in the King’s presence. CompareScott,Marmion, v. 14. The Greek equivalent, Ξυρεῖν λέοντα (= to shave the lion) occurs in Plato, Republic, 341 C. The refrain of Eustace Deschamps’ Ballade 58 is: “Qui pendra la sonnette au chat?”]

Grelot

Grelot

*Attacher le grelot= To bell the cat.[This phrase arises from the fable (La Fontaine, ii. 2) of the rats who held a council as to how they might best defend themselves from the cat. They resolved to hang a bell round his neck, so that they might hear him coming and run away. But the difficulty was to find a volunteer “to bell the cat.” In Scottish history Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus (1449-1514), was called Bell-the-Cat. James III. used to make favourites of architects and masons. The Scotch nobles held a council in the Church of Lauder for the purpose of putting down these upstarts. Lord Gray asked who would bell the cat. “That will I,” said Douglas, and fearlessly he put the minions to death in the King’s presence. CompareScott,Marmion, v. 14. The Greek equivalent, Ξυρεῖν λέοντα (= to shave the lion) occurs in Plato, Republic, 341 C. The refrain of Eustace Deschamps’ Ballade 58 is: “Qui pendra la sonnette au chat?”]

*Attacher le grelot= To bell the cat.

[This phrase arises from the fable (La Fontaine, ii. 2) of the rats who held a council as to how they might best defend themselves from the cat. They resolved to hang a bell round his neck, so that they might hear him coming and run away. But the difficulty was to find a volunteer “to bell the cat.” In Scottish history Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus (1449-1514), was called Bell-the-Cat. James III. used to make favourites of architects and masons. The Scotch nobles held a council in the Church of Lauder for the purpose of putting down these upstarts. Lord Gray asked who would bell the cat. “That will I,” said Douglas, and fearlessly he put the minions to death in the King’s presence. CompareScott,Marmion, v. 14. The Greek equivalent, Ξυρεῖν λέοντα (= to shave the lion) occurs in Plato, Republic, 341 C. The refrain of Eustace Deschamps’ Ballade 58 is: “Qui pendra la sonnette au chat?”]

GrenierIl va de la cave au grenier= 1. He rambles in his talk. 2. He writes very unevenly (up and down).

Grenier

Grenier

Il va de la cave au grenier= 1. He rambles in his talk. 2. He writes very unevenly (up and down).

Il va de la cave au grenier= 1. He rambles in his talk. 2. He writes very unevenly (up and down).

GrippeIl m’a pris en grippe= He has taken a dislike to me.

Grippe

Grippe

Il m’a pris en grippe= He has taken a dislike to me.

Il m’a pris en grippe= He has taken a dislike to me.

GrisIl en a vu de grises= He had an unpleasant time of it.Il lui en a fait voir de grises= He plagued him terribly.

Gris

Gris

Il en a vu de grises= He had an unpleasant time of it.Il lui en a fait voir de grises= He plagued him terribly.

Il en a vu de grises= He had an unpleasant time of it.

Il lui en a fait voir de grises= He plagued him terribly.

Grive*Faute de grives on mange des merles= Half a loaf is better than no bread. (SeeAimer.)

Grive

Grive

*Faute de grives on mange des merles= Half a loaf is better than no bread. (SeeAimer.)

*Faute de grives on mange des merles= Half a loaf is better than no bread. (SeeAimer.)

GrosIls se sont dit de gros mots= They came to high words; They insulted (slanged) one another.La servante fait le gros de la besogne(or,la grosse besogne) = The servant does the heavy work.Il n’a qu’un gros bon sens= He has only plain common-sense.Vous avez touché la grosse corde= You have come to the main point.Vendre en gros et en détail= To sell wholesale and retail.

Gros

Gros

Ils se sont dit de gros mots= They came to high words; They insulted (slanged) one another.La servante fait le gros de la besogne(or,la grosse besogne) = The servant does the heavy work.Il n’a qu’un gros bon sens= He has only plain common-sense.Vous avez touché la grosse corde= You have come to the main point.Vendre en gros et en détail= To sell wholesale and retail.

Ils se sont dit de gros mots= They came to high words; They insulted (slanged) one another.

La servante fait le gros de la besogne(or,la grosse besogne) = The servant does the heavy work.

Il n’a qu’un gros bon sens= He has only plain common-sense.

Vous avez touché la grosse corde= You have come to the main point.

Vendre en gros et en détail= To sell wholesale and retail.

GrueIl m’a fait faire le pied de grue pendant deux heures= He made me wait two hours for him; I was dancing attendance on him for two hours.[“Faites vous sus un pied toute la nuict la grue?”Régnier,Sat.xi.]

Grue

Grue

Il m’a fait faire le pied de grue pendant deux heures= He made me wait two hours for him; I was dancing attendance on him for two hours.[“Faites vous sus un pied toute la nuict la grue?”Régnier,Sat.xi.]

Il m’a fait faire le pied de grue pendant deux heures= He made me wait two hours for him; I was dancing attendance on him for two hours.

[“Faites vous sus un pied toute la nuict la grue?”Régnier,Sat.xi.]

Guerre*À la guerre comme à la guerre= One must take things as they come; We must take the rough with the smooth.Je l’ai fait de guerre lasse= Weary of resistance I did it for the sake of peace and quiet.*Qui terre a, guerre a= Much coin, much care; Much land, many lawsuits.[Voltaire’s variant was: “Qui plume a, guerre a.”]Ça, c’est de bonne guerre= He has only used fair means to defend himself (or, attack you); He has acted within his rights, you cannot complain.

Guerre

Guerre

*À la guerre comme à la guerre= One must take things as they come; We must take the rough with the smooth.Je l’ai fait de guerre lasse= Weary of resistance I did it for the sake of peace and quiet.*Qui terre a, guerre a= Much coin, much care; Much land, many lawsuits.[Voltaire’s variant was: “Qui plume a, guerre a.”]Ça, c’est de bonne guerre= He has only used fair means to defend himself (or, attack you); He has acted within his rights, you cannot complain.

*À la guerre comme à la guerre= One must take things as they come; We must take the rough with the smooth.

Je l’ai fait de guerre lasse= Weary of resistance I did it for the sake of peace and quiet.

*Qui terre a, guerre a= Much coin, much care; Much land, many lawsuits.

[Voltaire’s variant was: “Qui plume a, guerre a.”]

Ça, c’est de bonne guerre= He has only used fair means to defend himself (or, attack you); He has acted within his rights, you cannot complain.

GuideMener la vie à grandes guides= (lit.) To drive life four in hand; (fig.) To live a very fast life.

Guide

Guide

Mener la vie à grandes guides= (lit.) To drive life four in hand; (fig.) To live a very fast life.

Mener la vie à grandes guides= (lit.) To drive life four in hand; (fig.) To live a very fast life.

Guillot*Qui croit guiller Guillot, Guillot le guille=“He that seeks others to beguileIs oft overtaken in his wile.”The biter bit.[“For often he that will begyleIs gyled with the same gyle,And thus the gyler is begyled.”Gower,Confessio Amantis, 135.“For ’tis the sport to have the enginerHoist with his own petar.”Hamlet, iii. 4.]

Guillot

Guillot

*Qui croit guiller Guillot, Guillot le guille=“He that seeks others to beguileIs oft overtaken in his wile.”The biter bit.[“For often he that will begyleIs gyled with the same gyle,And thus the gyler is begyled.”Gower,Confessio Amantis, 135.“For ’tis the sport to have the enginerHoist with his own petar.”Hamlet, iii. 4.]

*Qui croit guiller Guillot, Guillot le guille=

“He that seeks others to beguileIs oft overtaken in his wile.”The biter bit.

[“For often he that will begyleIs gyled with the same gyle,And thus the gyler is begyled.”Gower,Confessio Amantis, 135.

“For ’tis the sport to have the enginerHoist with his own petar.”Hamlet, iii. 4.]

GuiseIl fait(or,agit)toujours à sa guise= He always goes his own way; He always acts according to his own sweet will.

Guise

Guise

Il fait(or,agit)toujours à sa guise= He always goes his own way; He always acts according to his own sweet will.

Il fait(or,agit)toujours à sa guise= He always goes his own way; He always acts according to his own sweet will.

Habit*L’habit ne fait pas le moine= The cowl does not make the friar; The coat does not make the gentleman.Prendre l’habit= To become a monk or a nun (of the latter, To take the veil).

Habit

Habit

*L’habit ne fait pas le moine= The cowl does not make the friar; The coat does not make the gentleman.Prendre l’habit= To become a monk or a nun (of the latter, To take the veil).

*L’habit ne fait pas le moine= The cowl does not make the friar; The coat does not make the gentleman.

Prendre l’habit= To become a monk or a nun (of the latter, To take the veil).

HabituéCe monsieur est un de nos habitués= That gentleman is one of our regular customers.

Habitué

Habitué

Ce monsieur est un de nos habitués= That gentleman is one of our regular customers.

Ce monsieur est un de nos habitués= That gentleman is one of our regular customers.

HacheCela est fait à coups de hache(or,serpe) = That is done clumsily, roughly.

Hache

Hache

Cela est fait à coups de hache(or,serpe) = That is done clumsily, roughly.

Cela est fait à coups de hache(or,serpe) = That is done clumsily, roughly.

HacherJe les hacherais menu comme chair à pâté= I would make mincemeat of them.

Hacher

Hacher

Je les hacherais menu comme chair à pâté= I would make mincemeat of them.

Je les hacherais menu comme chair à pâté= I would make mincemeat of them.

HaleineJ’ai couru à perte d’haleine= I ran until I was out of breath.Ce sont des phrases à perte d’haleine= Those are very long-winded sentences.Il faut tenir les gens en haleine= One must keep the ball rolling.C’est un ouvrage de longue haleine= It’s a long job, a heavy piece of work.

Haleine

Haleine

J’ai couru à perte d’haleine= I ran until I was out of breath.Ce sont des phrases à perte d’haleine= Those are very long-winded sentences.Il faut tenir les gens en haleine= One must keep the ball rolling.C’est un ouvrage de longue haleine= It’s a long job, a heavy piece of work.

J’ai couru à perte d’haleine= I ran until I was out of breath.

Ce sont des phrases à perte d’haleine= Those are very long-winded sentences.

Il faut tenir les gens en haleine= One must keep the ball rolling.

C’est un ouvrage de longue haleine= It’s a long job, a heavy piece of work.

HalleLe langage des Halles= Billingsgate.[Also:des injures de carrefour.]

Halle

Halle

Le langage des Halles= Billingsgate.[Also:des injures de carrefour.]

Le langage des Halles= Billingsgate.

[Also:des injures de carrefour.]

HallebardeCela rime comme hallebarde et miséricorde= That does not rhyme at all.[The usual explanation of this expression is, that, on the death of the verger of St. Eustache, one of his friends—a small shopkeeper of the neighbourhood—wished to write an epitaph for his tomb. Being entirely ignorant of the rules of verse, he composed the following:—“Ci-gît mon ami MardocheIl a voulu être enterré à Saint EustacheIl y porta trente-deux ans la hallebardeDieu lui fasse miséricorde.”(Par son ami, J. Cl. Bombet, 1727.)But in reality the proverb is much older. It dates from the time of the old versifiers, one of whose rules was that two consonants followed by anemute were sufficient to form a feminine rhyme. This led to abuses like the above, and this rule was superseded by another, that the vowel preceding the two consonants must be alike in both cases.]

Hallebarde

Hallebarde

Cela rime comme hallebarde et miséricorde= That does not rhyme at all.[The usual explanation of this expression is, that, on the death of the verger of St. Eustache, one of his friends—a small shopkeeper of the neighbourhood—wished to write an epitaph for his tomb. Being entirely ignorant of the rules of verse, he composed the following:—“Ci-gît mon ami MardocheIl a voulu être enterré à Saint EustacheIl y porta trente-deux ans la hallebardeDieu lui fasse miséricorde.”(Par son ami, J. Cl. Bombet, 1727.)But in reality the proverb is much older. It dates from the time of the old versifiers, one of whose rules was that two consonants followed by anemute were sufficient to form a feminine rhyme. This led to abuses like the above, and this rule was superseded by another, that the vowel preceding the two consonants must be alike in both cases.]

Cela rime comme hallebarde et miséricorde= That does not rhyme at all.

[The usual explanation of this expression is, that, on the death of the verger of St. Eustache, one of his friends—a small shopkeeper of the neighbourhood—wished to write an epitaph for his tomb. Being entirely ignorant of the rules of verse, he composed the following:—

“Ci-gît mon ami MardocheIl a voulu être enterré à Saint EustacheIl y porta trente-deux ans la hallebardeDieu lui fasse miséricorde.”(Par son ami, J. Cl. Bombet, 1727.)

But in reality the proverb is much older. It dates from the time of the old versifiers, one of whose rules was that two consonants followed by anemute were sufficient to form a feminine rhyme. This led to abuses like the above, and this rule was superseded by another, that the vowel preceding the two consonants must be alike in both cases.]

HanterDis-moi qui tu hantes, je te dirai qui tu es= A man is known by his company; Birds of a feather flock together.

Hanter

Hanter

Dis-moi qui tu hantes, je te dirai qui tu es= A man is known by his company; Birds of a feather flock together.

Dis-moi qui tu hantes, je te dirai qui tu es= A man is known by his company; Birds of a feather flock together.

HaroCrier haro sur quelqu’un= To raise an outcry against any one.[“À ces mots on cria haro sur le baudet.”La Fontaine,Fables, vii. 1.The origin of the wordharois disputed; Littré quotes Diez, who connects it with O.H.G.hera= here. The old opinion was that it was derived fromHa-Raoul, an appeal to Rollo, or Hrolf, first Duke of Normandy, and a mighty lawgiver. However, within living recollection the cry ofHa-Ro! à l’aide, mon Prince!was used in the Channel Islands as a protection against force and fraud, when no other defence was possible. See a curious tale in “The Gossiping Guide to Jersey,” by J. Bertrand Payne, London, 1863, p. 15.]

Haro

Haro

Crier haro sur quelqu’un= To raise an outcry against any one.[“À ces mots on cria haro sur le baudet.”La Fontaine,Fables, vii. 1.The origin of the wordharois disputed; Littré quotes Diez, who connects it with O.H.G.hera= here. The old opinion was that it was derived fromHa-Raoul, an appeal to Rollo, or Hrolf, first Duke of Normandy, and a mighty lawgiver. However, within living recollection the cry ofHa-Ro! à l’aide, mon Prince!was used in the Channel Islands as a protection against force and fraud, when no other defence was possible. See a curious tale in “The Gossiping Guide to Jersey,” by J. Bertrand Payne, London, 1863, p. 15.]

Crier haro sur quelqu’un= To raise an outcry against any one.

[“À ces mots on cria haro sur le baudet.”La Fontaine,Fables, vii. 1.

The origin of the wordharois disputed; Littré quotes Diez, who connects it with O.H.G.hera= here. The old opinion was that it was derived fromHa-Raoul, an appeal to Rollo, or Hrolf, first Duke of Normandy, and a mighty lawgiver. However, within living recollection the cry ofHa-Ro! à l’aide, mon Prince!was used in the Channel Islands as a protection against force and fraud, when no other defence was possible. See a curious tale in “The Gossiping Guide to Jersey,” by J. Bertrand Payne, London, 1863, p. 15.]

HasardIl corrige le hasard= He cheats at play.[“La fortune est redevenue mauvaise, il faut la corriger.”Hamilton,Mémoires de Grammont, iii.]

Hasard

Hasard

Il corrige le hasard= He cheats at play.[“La fortune est redevenue mauvaise, il faut la corriger.”Hamilton,Mémoires de Grammont, iii.]

Il corrige le hasard= He cheats at play.

[“La fortune est redevenue mauvaise, il faut la corriger.”Hamilton,Mémoires de Grammont, iii.]

Hâte*Trop de hâte gâte tout= The more haste, the less speed.[Also:Plus on se hâte, moins on avance;Hâtez-vous lentement(Lat.Festina lente);Assez tôt si bien; and the English popular proverb, “Do nothing hastily save catching of fleas.”]

Hâte

Hâte

*Trop de hâte gâte tout= The more haste, the less speed.[Also:Plus on se hâte, moins on avance;Hâtez-vous lentement(Lat.Festina lente);Assez tôt si bien; and the English popular proverb, “Do nothing hastily save catching of fleas.”]

*Trop de hâte gâte tout= The more haste, the less speed.

[Also:Plus on se hâte, moins on avance;Hâtez-vous lentement(Lat.Festina lente);Assez tôt si bien; and the English popular proverb, “Do nothing hastily save catching of fleas.”]

Hâter*Ouvrage hâté, ouvrage gâté= Haste makes waste.

Hâter

Hâter

*Ouvrage hâté, ouvrage gâté= Haste makes waste.

*Ouvrage hâté, ouvrage gâté= Haste makes waste.

HautTomber de son haut= (fig.) To be thunder-struck.Regarder de haut en bas= To treat contemptuously; To look down upon with contempt.Il y a du haut et du bas dans la vie= Life has its ups and downs.Haut le pied!= Be off!

Haut

Haut

Tomber de son haut= (fig.) To be thunder-struck.Regarder de haut en bas= To treat contemptuously; To look down upon with contempt.Il y a du haut et du bas dans la vie= Life has its ups and downs.Haut le pied!= Be off!

Tomber de son haut= (fig.) To be thunder-struck.

Regarder de haut en bas= To treat contemptuously; To look down upon with contempt.

Il y a du haut et du bas dans la vie= Life has its ups and downs.

Haut le pied!= Be off!

Herbe*Mauvaise herbe croît toujours= Ill weeds grow apace.Votre rival vous coupera l’herbe sous le pied= Your rival will cut you out, will take the wind out of your sails, will cut the ground from under your feet.L’herbe sera bien courte s’il ne trouve à brouter= It will go hard if he does not pick up a living; He would live on nothing.C’est un avocat en herbe= He is studying for the bar; He is a sucking barrister.

Herbe

Herbe

*Mauvaise herbe croît toujours= Ill weeds grow apace.Votre rival vous coupera l’herbe sous le pied= Your rival will cut you out, will take the wind out of your sails, will cut the ground from under your feet.L’herbe sera bien courte s’il ne trouve à brouter= It will go hard if he does not pick up a living; He would live on nothing.C’est un avocat en herbe= He is studying for the bar; He is a sucking barrister.

*Mauvaise herbe croît toujours= Ill weeds grow apace.

Votre rival vous coupera l’herbe sous le pied= Your rival will cut you out, will take the wind out of your sails, will cut the ground from under your feet.

L’herbe sera bien courte s’il ne trouve à brouter= It will go hard if he does not pick up a living; He would live on nothing.

C’est un avocat en herbe= He is studying for the bar; He is a sucking barrister.

HeureA l’heure qu’il est on ne le fait plus= Nowadays it is no longer done.A l’heure qu’il est il doit savoir la nouvelle= By this time no doubt he has heard the news.Faites-le sur l’heure= Do it this very minute.Je partirai tout à l’heure= I will start presently.Je l’ai vu tout à l’heure= I saw him just now, not long ago.A la bonne heure!= Well done!; That’s right!; Capital!; That is something like!Le quart d’heure de Rabelais= The moment of payment (or, suspense).[On returning from Italy, Rabelais found himself in the south of France with no more money to continue his journey to Paris. He had dined well at an inn, and while waiting for his reckoning, he packed up some dust in small packets which he labelled, “Poison for the King,” “Poison for the Dauphin,” and so on. The innkeeper noticing these packets and their terrible inscriptions, informed the police, who took Rabelais to Paris free of charge to suffer the penalty of treason. When he was brought before the King, the monarch laughed heartily at the tale and let him go free.]Passer un mauvais quart d’heure= To have a bad time of it.

Heure

Heure

A l’heure qu’il est on ne le fait plus= Nowadays it is no longer done.A l’heure qu’il est il doit savoir la nouvelle= By this time no doubt he has heard the news.Faites-le sur l’heure= Do it this very minute.Je partirai tout à l’heure= I will start presently.Je l’ai vu tout à l’heure= I saw him just now, not long ago.A la bonne heure!= Well done!; That’s right!; Capital!; That is something like!Le quart d’heure de Rabelais= The moment of payment (or, suspense).[On returning from Italy, Rabelais found himself in the south of France with no more money to continue his journey to Paris. He had dined well at an inn, and while waiting for his reckoning, he packed up some dust in small packets which he labelled, “Poison for the King,” “Poison for the Dauphin,” and so on. The innkeeper noticing these packets and their terrible inscriptions, informed the police, who took Rabelais to Paris free of charge to suffer the penalty of treason. When he was brought before the King, the monarch laughed heartily at the tale and let him go free.]Passer un mauvais quart d’heure= To have a bad time of it.

A l’heure qu’il est on ne le fait plus= Nowadays it is no longer done.

A l’heure qu’il est il doit savoir la nouvelle= By this time no doubt he has heard the news.

Faites-le sur l’heure= Do it this very minute.

Je partirai tout à l’heure= I will start presently.

Je l’ai vu tout à l’heure= I saw him just now, not long ago.

A la bonne heure!= Well done!; That’s right!; Capital!; That is something like!

Le quart d’heure de Rabelais= The moment of payment (or, suspense).

[On returning from Italy, Rabelais found himself in the south of France with no more money to continue his journey to Paris. He had dined well at an inn, and while waiting for his reckoning, he packed up some dust in small packets which he labelled, “Poison for the King,” “Poison for the Dauphin,” and so on. The innkeeper noticing these packets and their terrible inscriptions, informed the police, who took Rabelais to Paris free of charge to suffer the penalty of treason. When he was brought before the King, the monarch laughed heartily at the tale and let him go free.]

Passer un mauvais quart d’heure= To have a bad time of it.

HistoireVoilà bien des histoires pour si peu de chose!= What a fuss about nothing.Voilà bien une autre histoire!= That is quite another thing.Histoire(or,Chansons)que tout cela!= That is all stuff and nonsense.Le plus beau de l’histoire c’était qu’il n’en savait rien= The best of the joke was he knew nothing about it.Histoire de rire= 1. For the fun of the thing. 2. It was only a joke.

Histoire

Histoire

Voilà bien des histoires pour si peu de chose!= What a fuss about nothing.Voilà bien une autre histoire!= That is quite another thing.Histoire(or,Chansons)que tout cela!= That is all stuff and nonsense.Le plus beau de l’histoire c’était qu’il n’en savait rien= The best of the joke was he knew nothing about it.Histoire de rire= 1. For the fun of the thing. 2. It was only a joke.

Voilà bien des histoires pour si peu de chose!= What a fuss about nothing.

Voilà bien une autre histoire!= That is quite another thing.

Histoire(or,Chansons)que tout cela!= That is all stuff and nonsense.

Le plus beau de l’histoire c’était qu’il n’en savait rien= The best of the joke was he knew nothing about it.

Histoire de rire= 1. For the fun of the thing. 2. It was only a joke.

HommageHommage de l’auteur= With the author’s compliments.

Hommage

Hommage

Hommage de l’auteur= With the author’s compliments.

Hommage de l’auteur= With the author’s compliments.

Homme*L’homme propose et Dieu dispose= Man proposes, God disposes.[Also: “L’homme s’agite et Dieu le mène.”Fénelon,Sermon pour la Fête de l’Épiphanie, 1685.“A man’s heart deviseth his way, but the Lord directeth his steps.”—Proverbsxvi. 9.“There’s a divinity that shapes our ends,Rough hew them how we will.”—Hamlet, v. 2.German: Der Mensch denkt, Gott lenkt.]*Le style c’est l’homme= Style is the man himself; Like author, like book.[“Ces choses sont hors de l’homme, le style est l’homme même.”—Buffon,Discours de Réception à l’Académie, 1753. There has been much discussion as to what Buffon really did write, whetherle style estl’homme mêmeorle style estDEl’homme même. In most editions after that of Didot (1843) the latter form will be found, whilst in editions from 1800-1843 the phrase is absent altogether. In theRecueil de l’Académieit is printedle style est l’homme même, and of this the proofs were probably corrected by Buffon himself. There is a small pamphlet,Discours prononcé dans l’Académie française, par M. de Buffon, le samedi 25 août 1753, which is probably earlier still, in which it is also printed thus. However this may be, the phrase “le style c’est l’homme,” which Buffon assuredly didnotwrite, has become a French proverb, and is in everyday use.]

Homme

Homme

*L’homme propose et Dieu dispose= Man proposes, God disposes.[Also: “L’homme s’agite et Dieu le mène.”Fénelon,Sermon pour la Fête de l’Épiphanie, 1685.“A man’s heart deviseth his way, but the Lord directeth his steps.”—Proverbsxvi. 9.“There’s a divinity that shapes our ends,Rough hew them how we will.”—Hamlet, v. 2.German: Der Mensch denkt, Gott lenkt.]*Le style c’est l’homme= Style is the man himself; Like author, like book.[“Ces choses sont hors de l’homme, le style est l’homme même.”—Buffon,Discours de Réception à l’Académie, 1753. There has been much discussion as to what Buffon really did write, whetherle style estl’homme mêmeorle style estDEl’homme même. In most editions after that of Didot (1843) the latter form will be found, whilst in editions from 1800-1843 the phrase is absent altogether. In theRecueil de l’Académieit is printedle style est l’homme même, and of this the proofs were probably corrected by Buffon himself. There is a small pamphlet,Discours prononcé dans l’Académie française, par M. de Buffon, le samedi 25 août 1753, which is probably earlier still, in which it is also printed thus. However this may be, the phrase “le style c’est l’homme,” which Buffon assuredly didnotwrite, has become a French proverb, and is in everyday use.]

*L’homme propose et Dieu dispose= Man proposes, God disposes.

[Also: “L’homme s’agite et Dieu le mène.”Fénelon,Sermon pour la Fête de l’Épiphanie, 1685.

“A man’s heart deviseth his way, but the Lord directeth his steps.”—Proverbsxvi. 9.

“There’s a divinity that shapes our ends,Rough hew them how we will.”—Hamlet, v. 2.

German: Der Mensch denkt, Gott lenkt.]

*Le style c’est l’homme= Style is the man himself; Like author, like book.

[“Ces choses sont hors de l’homme, le style est l’homme même.”—Buffon,Discours de Réception à l’Académie, 1753. There has been much discussion as to what Buffon really did write, whetherle style estl’homme mêmeorle style estDEl’homme même. In most editions after that of Didot (1843) the latter form will be found, whilst in editions from 1800-1843 the phrase is absent altogether. In theRecueil de l’Académieit is printedle style est l’homme même, and of this the proofs were probably corrected by Buffon himself. There is a small pamphlet,Discours prononcé dans l’Académie française, par M. de Buffon, le samedi 25 août 1753, which is probably earlier still, in which it is also printed thus. However this may be, the phrase “le style c’est l’homme,” which Buffon assuredly didnotwrite, has become a French proverb, and is in everyday use.]

HonneurNous jouons pour l’honneur= We are playing for love.*Un homme d’honneur n’a que sa parole= An honest man’s word is as good as his bond.Il fait honneur à ses affaires(comm.) = He meets all his engagements.Il ne prétend à votre fille qu’en tout bien tout honneur= He has honourable intentions towards your daughter.

Honneur

Honneur

Nous jouons pour l’honneur= We are playing for love.*Un homme d’honneur n’a que sa parole= An honest man’s word is as good as his bond.Il fait honneur à ses affaires(comm.) = He meets all his engagements.Il ne prétend à votre fille qu’en tout bien tout honneur= He has honourable intentions towards your daughter.

Nous jouons pour l’honneur= We are playing for love.

*Un homme d’honneur n’a que sa parole= An honest man’s word is as good as his bond.

Il fait honneur à ses affaires(comm.) = He meets all his engagements.

Il ne prétend à votre fille qu’en tout bien tout honneur= He has honourable intentions towards your daughter.

HonteNous lui avons fait honte= 1. We caused him to feel ashamed of himself. 2. He was ashamed of us.

Honte

Honte

Nous lui avons fait honte= 1. We caused him to feel ashamed of himself. 2. He was ashamed of us.

Nous lui avons fait honte= 1. We caused him to feel ashamed of himself. 2. He was ashamed of us.

Honteux*Jamais honteux n’eut belle amie= Faint heart never won fair lady.*Il n’y a que les honteux qui perdent= Nothing ask, nothing have.

Honteux

Honteux

*Jamais honteux n’eut belle amie= Faint heart never won fair lady.*Il n’y a que les honteux qui perdent= Nothing ask, nothing have.

*Jamais honteux n’eut belle amie= Faint heart never won fair lady.

*Il n’y a que les honteux qui perdent= Nothing ask, nothing have.

HorsHors ligne= Standing out from the rest; Out of the common run; Beyond comparison; Incomparable.Ce peintre est hors concours= That artist is no longer a competitor (having already received the highest award).

Hors

Hors

Hors ligne= Standing out from the rest; Out of the common run; Beyond comparison; Incomparable.Ce peintre est hors concours= That artist is no longer a competitor (having already received the highest award).

Hors ligne= Standing out from the rest; Out of the common run; Beyond comparison; Incomparable.

Ce peintre est hors concours= That artist is no longer a competitor (having already received the highest award).

Hôte*Qui compte sans son hôte compte deux fois= He who reckons without his host must reckon again.

Hôte

Hôte

*Qui compte sans son hôte compte deux fois= He who reckons without his host must reckon again.

*Qui compte sans son hôte compte deux fois= He who reckons without his host must reckon again.

HuileSentir l’huile= To smell of the lamp (of poetry, etc.).Il tirerait de l’huile d’un mur= He would skin a flint, get blood from a stone. (SeeCheveuxandŒuf.)[Aquam a pumice postulare.—Plautus.]De l’huile de bras= Elbow grease.

Huile

Huile

Sentir l’huile= To smell of the lamp (of poetry, etc.).Il tirerait de l’huile d’un mur= He would skin a flint, get blood from a stone. (SeeCheveuxandŒuf.)[Aquam a pumice postulare.—Plautus.]De l’huile de bras= Elbow grease.

Sentir l’huile= To smell of the lamp (of poetry, etc.).

Il tirerait de l’huile d’un mur= He would skin a flint, get blood from a stone. (SeeCheveuxandŒuf.)

[Aquam a pumice postulare.—Plautus.]

De l’huile de bras= Elbow grease.

HuisA huis clos= With closed doors; in camera.

Huis

Huis

A huis clos= With closed doors; in camera.

A huis clos= With closed doors; in camera.

ImageCette petite fille est sage comme une image= That little girl is very quiet, is as good as gold.

Image

Image

Cette petite fille est sage comme une image= That little girl is very quiet, is as good as gold.

Cette petite fille est sage comme une image= That little girl is very quiet, is as good as gold.

ImportanceFaire l’homme d’importance= To play the consequential; To give oneself airs; To be pompous.

Importance

Importance

Faire l’homme d’importance= To play the consequential; To give oneself airs; To be pompous.

Faire l’homme d’importance= To play the consequential; To give oneself airs; To be pompous.

ImporterQu’importe?= No matter! It is of no consequence.Que m’importe?= What is that to me?Peu importe= It does not much matter.Venez n’importe quand= Come at any time, no matter when, whenever you please.

Importer

Importer

Qu’importe?= No matter! It is of no consequence.Que m’importe?= What is that to me?Peu importe= It does not much matter.Venez n’importe quand= Come at any time, no matter when, whenever you please.

Qu’importe?= No matter! It is of no consequence.

Que m’importe?= What is that to me?

Peu importe= It does not much matter.

Venez n’importe quand= Come at any time, no matter when, whenever you please.

Impossible*A l’impossible nul n’est tenu= There is no doing impossibilities; No living man all things can.

Impossible

Impossible

*A l’impossible nul n’est tenu= There is no doing impossibilities; No living man all things can.

*A l’impossible nul n’est tenu= There is no doing impossibilities; No living man all things can.

IndexLes grévistes mirent cette boutique à l’index= The strikers boycotted that shop.[TheIndex Expurgatoriusis a list of books compiled for the Pope which Roman Catholics are forbidden to read.]

Index

Index

Les grévistes mirent cette boutique à l’index= The strikers boycotted that shop.[TheIndex Expurgatoriusis a list of books compiled for the Pope which Roman Catholics are forbidden to read.]

Les grévistes mirent cette boutique à l’index= The strikers boycotted that shop.

[TheIndex Expurgatoriusis a list of books compiled for the Pope which Roman Catholics are forbidden to read.]

InjureIls se sont dit mille injures= They abused one another like pickpockets.Vous lui faites injure= You wrong him.

Injure

Injure

Ils se sont dit mille injures= They abused one another like pickpockets.Vous lui faites injure= You wrong him.

Ils se sont dit mille injures= They abused one another like pickpockets.

Vous lui faites injure= You wrong him.

InscrireJe m’inscris en faux contre cette assertion= I emphatically deny the truth of that assertion.

Inscrire

Inscrire

Je m’inscris en faux contre cette assertion= I emphatically deny the truth of that assertion.

Je m’inscris en faux contre cette assertion= I emphatically deny the truth of that assertion.

InsuIl sortit à mon insu= He went out without my knowing it.

Insu

Insu

Il sortit à mon insu= He went out without my knowing it.

Il sortit à mon insu= He went out without my knowing it.

IntelligenceVivre en bonne intelligence avec quelqu’un= To live on good terms with some one.

Intelligence

Intelligence

Vivre en bonne intelligence avec quelqu’un= To live on good terms with some one.

Vivre en bonne intelligence avec quelqu’un= To live on good terms with some one.

Intention*L’intention est réputée pour le fait= The will is taken for the deed.J’ai mis ce livre de côté à voire intention= I put that book on one side especially for you (to read, to see).

Intention

Intention

*L’intention est réputée pour le fait= The will is taken for the deed.J’ai mis ce livre de côté à voire intention= I put that book on one side especially for you (to read, to see).

*L’intention est réputée pour le fait= The will is taken for the deed.

J’ai mis ce livre de côté à voire intention= I put that book on one side especially for you (to read, to see).

JamaisAu grand jamais= Never, no never.

Jamais

Jamais

Au grand jamais= Never, no never.

Au grand jamais= Never, no never.

JambeIl court à toutes jambes= He is running as fast as his legs will carry him.[Compare:à toute bride,à toute vapeur,à toute vitesse.]Il a pris ses jambes à son cou= He took to his heels.Il a joué des jambes= He took to flight.Il a des jambes de quinze ans= He still walks well.Cela ne lui rend pas la jambe mieux faite!(ironic.) = And a lot of good that will do him!Cela vous ferait une belle jambe(ironic.) = A fine lot of good that will do you.Il a les jambes en manche de veste(fam.) = He is bow-legged.Il le fera par dessous la jambe= He will do it with the greatest ease (or, carelessly).Il a des fourmis dans les jambes= He is fidgety, restless.

Jambe

Jambe

Il court à toutes jambes= He is running as fast as his legs will carry him.[Compare:à toute bride,à toute vapeur,à toute vitesse.]Il a pris ses jambes à son cou= He took to his heels.Il a joué des jambes= He took to flight.Il a des jambes de quinze ans= He still walks well.Cela ne lui rend pas la jambe mieux faite!(ironic.) = And a lot of good that will do him!Cela vous ferait une belle jambe(ironic.) = A fine lot of good that will do you.Il a les jambes en manche de veste(fam.) = He is bow-legged.Il le fera par dessous la jambe= He will do it with the greatest ease (or, carelessly).Il a des fourmis dans les jambes= He is fidgety, restless.

Il court à toutes jambes= He is running as fast as his legs will carry him.

[Compare:à toute bride,à toute vapeur,à toute vitesse.]

Il a pris ses jambes à son cou= He took to his heels.

Il a joué des jambes= He took to flight.

Il a des jambes de quinze ans= He still walks well.

Cela ne lui rend pas la jambe mieux faite!(ironic.) = And a lot of good that will do him!

Cela vous ferait une belle jambe(ironic.) = A fine lot of good that will do you.

Il a les jambes en manche de veste(fam.) = He is bow-legged.

Il le fera par dessous la jambe= He will do it with the greatest ease (or, carelessly).

Il a des fourmis dans les jambes= He is fidgety, restless.

JauneJaune comme un coing= As yellow as a guinea.

Jaune

Jaune

Jaune comme un coing= As yellow as a guinea.

Jaune comme un coing= As yellow as a guinea.

JeanÊtre gros Jean comme devant= To be no better off than one was before, in spite of all one’s efforts.[Rabelais,Pantagruel, iv. second prologue, andLa Fontaine,Fables, vii. 10.]

Jean

Jean

Être gros Jean comme devant= To be no better off than one was before, in spite of all one’s efforts.[Rabelais,Pantagruel, iv. second prologue, andLa Fontaine,Fables, vii. 10.]

Être gros Jean comme devant= To be no better off than one was before, in spite of all one’s efforts.

[Rabelais,Pantagruel, iv. second prologue, andLa Fontaine,Fables, vii. 10.]

JeterIl jette son argent par les fenêtres= He plays ducks and drakes with his money.C’est jeter de l’huile sur le feu= It is adding fuel to the fire (flames).

Jeter

Jeter

Il jette son argent par les fenêtres= He plays ducks and drakes with his money.C’est jeter de l’huile sur le feu= It is adding fuel to the fire (flames).

Il jette son argent par les fenêtres= He plays ducks and drakes with his money.

C’est jeter de l’huile sur le feu= It is adding fuel to the fire (flames).

Jeu*Jeu qui trop dure ne vaut rien(Charles d’Orléans) = Too much of a good thing is bad.C’est vieux jeu= That is quite old-fashioned.Ne me mettez pas en jeu= Do not mix me up in it.Cela passe le jeu= That is beyond a joke.*Jeu de mains, jeu de vilains= 1. Horse-play is not gentlemanly. 2. Rough play often ends in tears.Il fait bonne mine à mauvais jeu= He puts a good face on the matter; He makes the best of a bad job.*A beau jeu beau retour= One good turn deserves another.Nous sommes à deux de jeu= We are even; We are a match for each other; Two can play at that game.Je vous donne beau jeu= (lit.) I give you good cards; (fig.) I give you a good opportunity; I play into your hands.Jouer gros jeu= (lit.) To play for high stakes; (fig.) To risk very much in an attempt.Cela n’est pas du jeu= 1. That is not fair, not cricket; You are not playing the game. 2. That was not agreed upon.

Jeu

Jeu

*Jeu qui trop dure ne vaut rien(Charles d’Orléans) = Too much of a good thing is bad.C’est vieux jeu= That is quite old-fashioned.Ne me mettez pas en jeu= Do not mix me up in it.Cela passe le jeu= That is beyond a joke.*Jeu de mains, jeu de vilains= 1. Horse-play is not gentlemanly. 2. Rough play often ends in tears.Il fait bonne mine à mauvais jeu= He puts a good face on the matter; He makes the best of a bad job.*A beau jeu beau retour= One good turn deserves another.Nous sommes à deux de jeu= We are even; We are a match for each other; Two can play at that game.Je vous donne beau jeu= (lit.) I give you good cards; (fig.) I give you a good opportunity; I play into your hands.Jouer gros jeu= (lit.) To play for high stakes; (fig.) To risk very much in an attempt.Cela n’est pas du jeu= 1. That is not fair, not cricket; You are not playing the game. 2. That was not agreed upon.

*Jeu qui trop dure ne vaut rien(Charles d’Orléans) = Too much of a good thing is bad.

C’est vieux jeu= That is quite old-fashioned.

Ne me mettez pas en jeu= Do not mix me up in it.

Cela passe le jeu= That is beyond a joke.

*Jeu de mains, jeu de vilains= 1. Horse-play is not gentlemanly. 2. Rough play often ends in tears.

Il fait bonne mine à mauvais jeu= He puts a good face on the matter; He makes the best of a bad job.

*A beau jeu beau retour= One good turn deserves another.

Nous sommes à deux de jeu= We are even; We are a match for each other; Two can play at that game.

Je vous donne beau jeu= (lit.) I give you good cards; (fig.) I give you a good opportunity; I play into your hands.

Jouer gros jeu= (lit.) To play for high stakes; (fig.) To risk very much in an attempt.

Cela n’est pas du jeu= 1. That is not fair, not cricket; You are not playing the game. 2. That was not agreed upon.

Jeune*Qui jeune n’apprend, rien ne saura= An old dog will learn no tricks. (SeeJeunesse.)

Jeune

Jeune

*Qui jeune n’apprend, rien ne saura= An old dog will learn no tricks. (SeeJeunesse.)

*Qui jeune n’apprend, rien ne saura= An old dog will learn no tricks. (SeeJeunesse.)

Jeunesse*Si jeunesse savait, si vieillesse pouvait= If only the young had experience and the old strength; If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.Ce que poulain prend en jeunesse, il le continue en vieillesse=“’Tis education forms the common mind.Just as the twig is bent the tree’s inclined.”[Pope,Moral Essays, i. 149.]Youth and white paper take any impression.[Also:Vieil arbre mal aisé à redresser. Compare the English, “Old dogs are hard to train.” (SeeJeune.)“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”—Proverbsxxii. 6.]Il faut que jeunesse se passe= Boys will be boys.

Jeunesse

Jeunesse

*Si jeunesse savait, si vieillesse pouvait= If only the young had experience and the old strength; If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.Ce que poulain prend en jeunesse, il le continue en vieillesse=“’Tis education forms the common mind.Just as the twig is bent the tree’s inclined.”[Pope,Moral Essays, i. 149.]Youth and white paper take any impression.[Also:Vieil arbre mal aisé à redresser. Compare the English, “Old dogs are hard to train.” (SeeJeune.)“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”—Proverbsxxii. 6.]Il faut que jeunesse se passe= Boys will be boys.

*Si jeunesse savait, si vieillesse pouvait= If only the young had experience and the old strength; If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.

Ce que poulain prend en jeunesse, il le continue en vieillesse=“’Tis education forms the common mind.Just as the twig is bent the tree’s inclined.”[Pope,Moral Essays, i. 149.]

Youth and white paper take any impression.

[Also:Vieil arbre mal aisé à redresser. Compare the English, “Old dogs are hard to train.” (SeeJeune.)

“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”—Proverbsxxii. 6.]

Il faut que jeunesse se passe= Boys will be boys.

JoieUn rabat-joie= A mar-joy; A wet blanket.

Joie

Joie

Un rabat-joie= A mar-joy; A wet blanket.

Un rabat-joie= A mar-joy; A wet blanket.

JouerIl joua de son reste= He played his last card; He was on his last legs.[Carefully distinguish this fromJouir de son reste= To make the most of one’s remaining time.]Il joue au plus sûr= He plays a safe game.Jouer de malheur= To have a run of ill-luck.Jouer serré= To act cautiously; To leave nothing to chance.

Jouer

Jouer

Il joua de son reste= He played his last card; He was on his last legs.[Carefully distinguish this fromJouir de son reste= To make the most of one’s remaining time.]Il joue au plus sûr= He plays a safe game.Jouer de malheur= To have a run of ill-luck.Jouer serré= To act cautiously; To leave nothing to chance.

Il joua de son reste= He played his last card; He was on his last legs.

[Carefully distinguish this fromJouir de son reste= To make the most of one’s remaining time.]

Il joue au plus sûr= He plays a safe game.

Jouer de malheur= To have a run of ill-luck.

Jouer serré= To act cautiously; To leave nothing to chance.

JourCes gens vivent au jour le jour= Those men live from day to day, from hand to mouth.*À chaque jour suffit sa peine= Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.Je suis à jour= I am up to date; I am not behind in my work.*Tôt ou tard la vérité se fait jour= Sooner or later the truth will come out.C’est le jour et la nuit= They are as different as chalk and cheese.Il n’est si long jour qui ne vienne à vêpres=“Be the day weary, be the day long,At length it ringeth to evensong.”[From a poem by Stephen Hawes, a poet of the reign of Henry VII.Compare:“Come what come may,Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.”Macbeth, i. 3.And:Come day, go day,God brings Sunday.]A bon jour, bonne œuvre= The better the day, the better the deed.*Ce n’est pas tous les jours fête= 1. Christmas comes but once a year. 2. One cannot always have “a high old time,” but must work as well. 3. Life is not all beer and skittles.D’aujourd’hui en huit= This day week.Il y a aujourd’hui huit jours= This day last week.En plein jour= In broad daylight.Il y a quinze ans jour pour jour= It was fifteen years ago to the very day.Prendre jour= To agree upon a day for an appointment.

Jour

Jour

Ces gens vivent au jour le jour= Those men live from day to day, from hand to mouth.*À chaque jour suffit sa peine= Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.Je suis à jour= I am up to date; I am not behind in my work.*Tôt ou tard la vérité se fait jour= Sooner or later the truth will come out.C’est le jour et la nuit= They are as different as chalk and cheese.Il n’est si long jour qui ne vienne à vêpres=“Be the day weary, be the day long,At length it ringeth to evensong.”[From a poem by Stephen Hawes, a poet of the reign of Henry VII.Compare:“Come what come may,Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.”Macbeth, i. 3.And:Come day, go day,God brings Sunday.]A bon jour, bonne œuvre= The better the day, the better the deed.*Ce n’est pas tous les jours fête= 1. Christmas comes but once a year. 2. One cannot always have “a high old time,” but must work as well. 3. Life is not all beer and skittles.D’aujourd’hui en huit= This day week.Il y a aujourd’hui huit jours= This day last week.En plein jour= In broad daylight.Il y a quinze ans jour pour jour= It was fifteen years ago to the very day.Prendre jour= To agree upon a day for an appointment.

Ces gens vivent au jour le jour= Those men live from day to day, from hand to mouth.

*À chaque jour suffit sa peine= Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Je suis à jour= I am up to date; I am not behind in my work.

*Tôt ou tard la vérité se fait jour= Sooner or later the truth will come out.

C’est le jour et la nuit= They are as different as chalk and cheese.

Il n’est si long jour qui ne vienne à vêpres=“Be the day weary, be the day long,At length it ringeth to evensong.”

[From a poem by Stephen Hawes, a poet of the reign of Henry VII.

Compare:

“Come what come may,Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.”Macbeth, i. 3.

And:Come day, go day,God brings Sunday.]

A bon jour, bonne Å“uvre= The better the day, the better the deed.

*Ce n’est pas tous les jours fête= 1. Christmas comes but once a year. 2. One cannot always have “a high old time,” but must work as well. 3. Life is not all beer and skittles.

D’aujourd’hui en huit= This day week.

Il y a aujourd’hui huit jours= This day last week.

En plein jour= In broad daylight.

Il y a quinze ans jour pour jour= It was fifteen years ago to the very day.

Prendre jour= To agree upon a day for an appointment.

Juge*De fou juge briève (brève) sentence= A fool’s bolt is soon shot.

Juge

Juge

*De fou juge briève (brève) sentence= A fool’s bolt is soon shot.

*De fou juge briève (brève) sentence= A fool’s bolt is soon shot.

JugerJuger sur l’étiquette du sac= To judge by appearances, by the exterior.Au juger= At a guess.

Juger

Juger

Juger sur l’étiquette du sac= To judge by appearances, by the exterior.Au juger= At a guess.

Juger sur l’étiquette du sac= To judge by appearances, by the exterior.

Au juger= At a guess.

JurerLe vert jure avec le jaune= Green does not match with yellow; Green clashes with yellow.Jurer comme un templier (charretier, païen)= To swear like a trooper.

Jurer

Jurer

Le vert jure avec le jaune= Green does not match with yellow; Green clashes with yellow.Jurer comme un templier (charretier, païen)= To swear like a trooper.

Le vert jure avec le jaune= Green does not match with yellow; Green clashes with yellow.

Jurer comme un templier (charretier, païen)= To swear like a trooper.

JusteAu plus juste prix= At the lowest price.Comme de juste= Rightly enough.[Littré condemns this expression as ungrammatical, giving the correct form as:comme il est juste. It is, however, almost universally used.]

Juste

Juste

Au plus juste prix= At the lowest price.Comme de juste= Rightly enough.[Littré condemns this expression as ungrammatical, giving the correct form as:comme il est juste. It is, however, almost universally used.]

Au plus juste prix= At the lowest price.

Comme de juste= Rightly enough.

[Littré condemns this expression as ungrammatical, giving the correct form as:comme il est juste. It is, however, almost universally used.]

JusticePasser à pleines voiles à travers les mailles de la justice= To drive a coach-and-four through an Act of Parliament.[Also:Il est facile de donner une entorse à la loi.]La justice ne connaît personne= Justice is no respecter of persons.

Justice

Justice

Passer à pleines voiles à travers les mailles de la justice= To drive a coach-and-four through an Act of Parliament.[Also:Il est facile de donner une entorse à la loi.]La justice ne connaît personne= Justice is no respecter of persons.

Passer à pleines voiles à travers les mailles de la justice= To drive a coach-and-four through an Act of Parliament.

[Also:Il est facile de donner une entorse à la loi.]

La justice ne connaît personne= Justice is no respecter of persons.

LàJe jette là mon soufflet avec dépit= I fling aside my bellows in disgust.[É. Souvestre,Le Philosophe sous les toits.]

Là

Là

Je jette là mon soufflet avec dépit= I fling aside my bellows in disgust.[É. Souvestre,Le Philosophe sous les toits.]

Je jette là mon soufflet avec dépit= I fling aside my bellows in disgust.

[É. Souvestre,Le Philosophe sous les toits.]

LaineNous sommes allés chercher de la laine et nous sommes revenus tondus= We went out to shear and returned shorn; The biter bit.

Laine

Laine

Nous sommes allés chercher de la laine et nous sommes revenus tondus= We went out to shear and returned shorn; The biter bit.

Nous sommes allés chercher de la laine et nous sommes revenus tondus= We went out to shear and returned shorn; The biter bit.

LaisserCela laisse à désirer= There is room for improvement; It is not quite the thing.Je ne laisse pas d’être inquiet= In spite of all that, I am anxious.[Here we have the old meaning of laisser (= laxare) to leave off. Hence, I do not leave off being anxious.]C’est à prendre ou à laisser= You must take it or leave it; It’s a case of Hobson’s choice.Il se laissa faire= He offered no resistance.

Laisser

Laisser

Cela laisse à désirer= There is room for improvement; It is not quite the thing.Je ne laisse pas d’être inquiet= In spite of all that, I am anxious.[Here we have the old meaning of laisser (= laxare) to leave off. Hence, I do not leave off being anxious.]C’est à prendre ou à laisser= You must take it or leave it; It’s a case of Hobson’s choice.Il se laissa faire= He offered no resistance.

Cela laisse à désirer= There is room for improvement; It is not quite the thing.

Je ne laisse pas d’être inquiet= In spite of all that, I am anxious.

[Here we have the old meaning of laisser (= laxare) to leave off. Hence, I do not leave off being anxious.]

C’est à prendre ou à laisser= You must take it or leave it; It’s a case of Hobson’s choice.

Il se laissa faire= He offered no resistance.

Langage*“Je vis de bonne soupe et non de beau langage” = “Fair words butter no parsnips.”[The French is found inMolière,Les Femmes Savantes, ii. 7, and the English equivalent inWycherley,Plain Dealer, v. 3.Also:C’est un bel instrument que la langue.]

Langage

Langage

*“Je vis de bonne soupe et non de beau langage” = “Fair words butter no parsnips.”[The French is found inMolière,Les Femmes Savantes, ii. 7, and the English equivalent inWycherley,Plain Dealer, v. 3.Also:C’est un bel instrument que la langue.]

*“Je vis de bonne soupe et non de beau langage” = “Fair words butter no parsnips.”

[The French is found inMolière,Les Femmes Savantes, ii. 7, and the English equivalent inWycherley,Plain Dealer, v. 3.

Also:C’est un bel instrument que la langue.]

LangueIls tiraient la langue= (lit.) They put their tongues out; (fig.) They showed signs of distress.Il a la langue trop longue= He cannot hold his tongue.Il a la langue bien pendue= He has the gift of the gab.Jeter sa langue aux chiens= To give up guessing (conundrums, etc.). (SeeChat.)La langue lui a fourché= He made a slip of the tongue.

Langue

Langue

Ils tiraient la langue= (lit.) They put their tongues out; (fig.) They showed signs of distress.Il a la langue trop longue= He cannot hold his tongue.Il a la langue bien pendue= He has the gift of the gab.Jeter sa langue aux chiens= To give up guessing (conundrums, etc.). (SeeChat.)La langue lui a fourché= He made a slip of the tongue.

Ils tiraient la langue= (lit.) They put their tongues out; (fig.) They showed signs of distress.

Il a la langue trop longue= He cannot hold his tongue.

Il a la langue bien pendue= He has the gift of the gab.

Jeter sa langue aux chiens= To give up guessing (conundrums, etc.). (SeeChat.)

La langue lui a fourché= He made a slip of the tongue.

LanterneIl veut nous faire prendre des vessies pour des lanternes= He would have us believe that the moon is made of green cheese.

Lanterne

Lanterne

Il veut nous faire prendre des vessies pour des lanternes= He would have us believe that the moon is made of green cheese.

Il veut nous faire prendre des vessies pour des lanternes= He would have us believe that the moon is made of green cheese.

LargePrendre le large= To run for the offing (nav.); To run away.Au large= In the open sea. (SeePlein.)

Large

Large

Prendre le large= To run for the offing (nav.); To run away.Au large= In the open sea. (SeePlein.)

Prendre le large= To run for the offing (nav.); To run away.

Au large= In the open sea. (SeePlein.)

LarronIls s’entendent comme larrons en foire= They are as thick as thieves.*L’occasion fait le larron= Opportunity makes the thief; Keep yourself from opportunities and God will keep you from sins.[“How oft the sight of means to do ill deedsMakes ill deeds done.”Shakespeare,King John, iv. 2.]

Larron

Larron

Ils s’entendent comme larrons en foire= They are as thick as thieves.*L’occasion fait le larron= Opportunity makes the thief; Keep yourself from opportunities and God will keep you from sins.[“How oft the sight of means to do ill deedsMakes ill deeds done.”Shakespeare,King John, iv. 2.]

Ils s’entendent comme larrons en foire= They are as thick as thieves.

*L’occasion fait le larron= Opportunity makes the thief; Keep yourself from opportunities and God will keep you from sins.

[“How oft the sight of means to do ill deedsMakes ill deeds done.”Shakespeare,King John, iv. 2.]

LatinLatin de cuisine= Dog Latin.J’y perds mon latin= I cannot make it out; I am nonplussed; I can make neither head nor tail of it.Être au bout de son latin(or,rouleau) = To be at one’s wits’ end; Not to know what to do, or say, next.

Latin

Latin

Latin de cuisine= Dog Latin.J’y perds mon latin= I cannot make it out; I am nonplussed; I can make neither head nor tail of it.Être au bout de son latin(or,rouleau) = To be at one’s wits’ end; Not to know what to do, or say, next.

Latin de cuisine= Dog Latin.

J’y perds mon latin= I cannot make it out; I am nonplussed; I can make neither head nor tail of it.

Être au bout de son latin(or,rouleau) = To be at one’s wits’ end; Not to know what to do, or say, next.

LettreJe lui ai dit la chose en toutes lettres= I told him the matter plainly.Ne prenez pas ce que je dis au pied de la lettre= Do not take what I say literally.

Lettre

Lettre

Je lui ai dit la chose en toutes lettres= I told him the matter plainly.Ne prenez pas ce que je dis au pied de la lettre= Do not take what I say literally.

Je lui ai dit la chose en toutes lettres= I told him the matter plainly.

Ne prenez pas ce que je dis au pied de la lettre= Do not take what I say literally.

LeverJ’en lèverais la main= I would swear to it; I would take my oath to it.[The oath in courts of justice is taken in many countries with the right hand raised, palm outwards. In England we kiss a Bible.]Le président leva la séance= The chairman dissolved the meeting; The Speaker left the chair.*À qui se lève matin Dieu prête la main= It is the early bird that catches the worm.

Lever

Lever

J’en lèverais la main= I would swear to it; I would take my oath to it.[The oath in courts of justice is taken in many countries with the right hand raised, palm outwards. In England we kiss a Bible.]Le président leva la séance= The chairman dissolved the meeting; The Speaker left the chair.*À qui se lève matin Dieu prête la main= It is the early bird that catches the worm.

J’en lèverais la main= I would swear to it; I would take my oath to it.

[The oath in courts of justice is taken in many countries with the right hand raised, palm outwards. In England we kiss a Bible.]

Le président leva la séance= The chairman dissolved the meeting; The Speaker left the chair.

*À qui se lève matin Dieu prête la main= It is the early bird that catches the worm.

LèvreJ’avais le mot sur le bord des lèvres(or,au bout de la langue) = I had the word at the tip of my tongue.

Lèvre

Lèvre

J’avais le mot sur le bord des lèvres(or,au bout de la langue) = I had the word at the tip of my tongue.

J’avais le mot sur le bord des lèvres(or,au bout de la langue) = I had the word at the tip of my tongue.

LiardIl n’a pas un rouge liard= He has not a brass farthing. (SeeRadis.)

Liard

Liard

Il n’a pas un rouge liard= He has not a brass farthing. (SeeRadis.)

Il n’a pas un rouge liard= He has not a brass farthing. (SeeRadis.)

LièvreC’est là que gît le lièvre= That is the main point; There’s the rub.*Il ne faut pas courir deux lièvres à la fois= You must not have too many irons in the fire.Il a une mémoire de lièvre= He has a memory like a sieve.[Also:Il est comme les lièvres, il perd la mémoire en courant.]Il veut prendre les lièvres au son du tambour= He makes a great noise about what should be kept secret; He divulged a plan which to succeed had to be kept secret.

Lièvre

Lièvre

C’est là que gît le lièvre= That is the main point; There’s the rub.*Il ne faut pas courir deux lièvres à la fois= You must not have too many irons in the fire.Il a une mémoire de lièvre= He has a memory like a sieve.[Also:Il est comme les lièvres, il perd la mémoire en courant.]Il veut prendre les lièvres au son du tambour= He makes a great noise about what should be kept secret; He divulged a plan which to succeed had to be kept secret.

C’est là que gît le lièvre= That is the main point; There’s the rub.

*Il ne faut pas courir deux lièvres à la fois= You must not have too many irons in the fire.

Il a une mémoire de lièvre= He has a memory like a sieve.

[Also:Il est comme les lièvres, il perd la mémoire en courant.]

Il veut prendre les lièvres au son du tambour= He makes a great noise about what should be kept secret; He divulged a plan which to succeed had to be kept secret.

LigneC’est un homme hors ligne= He is a first-rate man. (SeeHors.)Il est en première ligne= He is in the front rank.

Ligne

Ligne

C’est un homme hors ligne= He is a first-rate man. (SeeHors.)Il est en première ligne= He is in the front rank.

C’est un homme hors ligne= He is a first-rate man. (SeeHors.)

Il est en première ligne= He is in the front rank.

LinotteIl a une tête de linotte= He is a hare-brained fellow.

Linotte

Linotte

Il a une tête de linotte= He is a hare-brained fellow.

Il a une tête de linotte= He is a hare-brained fellow.

LivreTraduire à livre ouvert= To translate at sight.

Livre

Livre

Traduire à livre ouvert= To translate at sight.

Traduire à livre ouvert= To translate at sight.

LoinRevenir de loin= 1. To come back from a distant place. 2. To recover from a very severe illness.De loin en loin= At long intervals.

Loin

Loin

Revenir de loin= 1. To come back from a distant place. 2. To recover from a very severe illness.De loin en loin= At long intervals.

Revenir de loin= 1. To come back from a distant place. 2. To recover from a very severe illness.

De loin en loin= At long intervals.

Long*Tout s’use à la longue= Everything wears out in time.[Tout passe, tout casse, tout lasse.]Il se promenait de long en large= He was walking up and down, to and fro.Il en sait trop long= He knows too much.Il m’a raconté la chose tout au long= He told me every detail of the affair.Il était étendu tout de son long= He was lying at full length.

Long

Long

*Tout s’use à la longue= Everything wears out in time.[Tout passe, tout casse, tout lasse.]Il se promenait de long en large= He was walking up and down, to and fro.Il en sait trop long= He knows too much.Il m’a raconté la chose tout au long= He told me every detail of the affair.Il était étendu tout de son long= He was lying at full length.

*Tout s’use à la longue= Everything wears out in time.

[Tout passe, tout casse, tout lasse.]

Il se promenait de long en large= He was walking up and down, to and fro.

Il en sait trop long= He knows too much.

Il m’a raconté la chose tout au long= He told me every detail of the affair.

Il était étendu tout de son long= He was lying at full length.

LongerLonger la côte= To hug the shore.

Longer

Longer

Longer la côte= To hug the shore.

Longer la côte= To hug the shore.

LongueurCe procès traîne en longueur= That lawsuit is dragging on slowly.

Longueur

Longueur

Ce procès traîne en longueur= That lawsuit is dragging on slowly.

Ce procès traîne en longueur= That lawsuit is dragging on slowly.

Louer*Qui se loue s’emboue= Self-praise is no recommendation.

Louer

Louer

*Qui se loue s’emboue= Self-praise is no recommendation.

*Qui se loue s’emboue= Self-praise is no recommendation.

LoupIl marche à pas de loup= He walks stealthily.Il est connu comme le loup blanc= He is known to every one.*Quand on parle du loup, on en voit la queue(or,il sort du bois) = Speak of angels and you hear their wings; Talk of the devil, he is sure to appear.*Le loup mourra dans sa peau= A bad thing never dies; A bad man will die a bad man.[Lupus pilum mutat non mentem. Erasmus (Adagia 989) gives the Greek origin of this saying, ὁ λύκος τὴν τρίχα οὐ τὴν γνώμην ἀλλάττει, but he quotes no author.]Tenir le loup par la queue= To have hold of the sow by the wrong ear.On fait toujours le loup plus gros qu’il n’est= A tale never loses in the telling.*Il faut hurler avec les loups= When we are at Rome we must do as Rome does; You must do as others do; He who kennels with wolves must howl.[“Evil communications corrupt good manners” (1 Cor. xv. 33). Paul quoted this iambic line form Menander’s “Thais,” “φθείρουσιν ἤθη χρῆσθ᾽ ὁμιλίαι κακαί.”The proverb about Rome is said to have originated with St. Ambrose, who, when he was asked by St. Augustine whether he should fast on Saturday or not when he was at Rome, although he was not accustomed to do so when at home, replied: “When I am at home I do not fast on Saturday; but when I am at Rome I do, and I think you should follow the custom of every city you visit, if you would avoid scandal.” From this reply originated the hexameter: Cum Romæ fueris Romano vive more = When you shall be at Rome, live after the Roman fashion.]Tenir le loup par les oreilles= To be in a critical situation; To have caught a Tartar.[“Auribus lupum teneo.”—Terence,Phormio, iii. 2, 21.]Il fait un froid de loup= It is terribly cold.*Les loups ne se mangent pas entre eux= Dog does not eat dog; There is honour among thieves. (SeeCorsaire.)Renfermer le loup dans la bergerie= To set the fox to keep the geese.Ils se sont mis dans la gueule du loup= They rushed into the lion’s mouth.C’est un vieux loup de mer= He is an old sea dog.

Loup

Loup

Il marche à pas de loup= He walks stealthily.Il est connu comme le loup blanc= He is known to every one.*Quand on parle du loup, on en voit la queue(or,il sort du bois) = Speak of angels and you hear their wings; Talk of the devil, he is sure to appear.*Le loup mourra dans sa peau= A bad thing never dies; A bad man will die a bad man.[Lupus pilum mutat non mentem. Erasmus (Adagia 989) gives the Greek origin of this saying, ὁ λύκος τὴν τρίχα οὐ τὴν γνώμην ἀλλάττει, but he quotes no author.]Tenir le loup par la queue= To have hold of the sow by the wrong ear.On fait toujours le loup plus gros qu’il n’est= A tale never loses in the telling.*Il faut hurler avec les loups= When we are at Rome we must do as Rome does; You must do as others do; He who kennels with wolves must howl.[“Evil communications corrupt good manners” (1 Cor. xv. 33). Paul quoted this iambic line form Menander’s “Thais,” “φθείρουσιν ἤθη χρῆσθ᾽ ὁμιλίαι κακαί.”The proverb about Rome is said to have originated with St. Ambrose, who, when he was asked by St. Augustine whether he should fast on Saturday or not when he was at Rome, although he was not accustomed to do so when at home, replied: “When I am at home I do not fast on Saturday; but when I am at Rome I do, and I think you should follow the custom of every city you visit, if you would avoid scandal.” From this reply originated the hexameter: Cum Romæ fueris Romano vive more = When you shall be at Rome, live after the Roman fashion.]Tenir le loup par les oreilles= To be in a critical situation; To have caught a Tartar.[“Auribus lupum teneo.”—Terence,Phormio, iii. 2, 21.]Il fait un froid de loup= It is terribly cold.*Les loups ne se mangent pas entre eux= Dog does not eat dog; There is honour among thieves. (SeeCorsaire.)Renfermer le loup dans la bergerie= To set the fox to keep the geese.Ils se sont mis dans la gueule du loup= They rushed into the lion’s mouth.C’est un vieux loup de mer= He is an old sea dog.

Il marche à pas de loup= He walks stealthily.

Il est connu comme le loup blanc= He is known to every one.

*Quand on parle du loup, on en voit la queue(or,il sort du bois) = Speak of angels and you hear their wings; Talk of the devil, he is sure to appear.

*Le loup mourra dans sa peau= A bad thing never dies; A bad man will die a bad man.

[Lupus pilum mutat non mentem. Erasmus (Adagia 989) gives the Greek origin of this saying, ὁ λύκος τὴν τρίχα οὐ τὴν γνώμην ἀλλάττει, but he quotes no author.]

Tenir le loup par la queue= To have hold of the sow by the wrong ear.

On fait toujours le loup plus gros qu’il n’est= A tale never loses in the telling.

*Il faut hurler avec les loups= When we are at Rome we must do as Rome does; You must do as others do; He who kennels with wolves must howl.

[“Evil communications corrupt good manners” (1 Cor. xv. 33). Paul quoted this iambic line form Menander’s “Thais,” “φθείρουσιν ἤθη χρῆσθ᾽ ὁμιλίαι κακαί.”

The proverb about Rome is said to have originated with St. Ambrose, who, when he was asked by St. Augustine whether he should fast on Saturday or not when he was at Rome, although he was not accustomed to do so when at home, replied: “When I am at home I do not fast on Saturday; but when I am at Rome I do, and I think you should follow the custom of every city you visit, if you would avoid scandal.” From this reply originated the hexameter: Cum Romæ fueris Romano vive more = When you shall be at Rome, live after the Roman fashion.]

Tenir le loup par les oreilles= To be in a critical situation; To have caught a Tartar.

[“Auribus lupum teneo.”—Terence,Phormio, iii. 2, 21.]

Il fait un froid de loup= It is terribly cold.

*Les loups ne se mangent pas entre eux= Dog does not eat dog; There is honour among thieves. (SeeCorsaire.)

Renfermer le loup dans la bergerie= To set the fox to keep the geese.

Ils se sont mis dans la gueule du loup= They rushed into the lion’s mouth.

C’est un vieux loup de mer= He is an old sea dog.

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