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…
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