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Illustrated idioms for language lovers

Enjoy corresponding idioms in different languages with through lovely illustrations: For example, the corresponding expressions for ‘It’s raining cats and dogs’ are ‘It’s raining thread’ (German), ‘It’s raining ropes (French), It’s raining washbasins (Italian). Please click on see examples.

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To have a change of heart in French

“To have a change of heart” in French means “avoir un changement de cœur”. However, in French one wo…

A storm in a tea cup in French..

Une tempête dans un verre d'eau” en anglais

The straw that broke the camel’s back in French refers to a vase.

The straw that broke the camel's back in French, and other French English idioms

If you see stars in French, you see thirty-six candles

To see stars en français

To call a spade a spade in French means to call a cat.

To call a spade a spade in French/en français

A frog in the throat in French is less slimy.

To have a frog in the throat in French – en français