The little guide to French expressions n°1

We know that the French language is immeasurably rich. There is already an absolutely impressive amount of words and other adjectives, but the best part is that from this dictionary full of famous expressions have emerged.

Immerse yourself in this discussion with this man absolutely fan of French expressions here is what it could give:

One Friday evening at work, your superior asks you for a report to do before leaving for the weekend. You tell this to your colleague who will quite naturally tell you “what a pain in the ass!”

Obviously you agree and continue to explain to him that this is your first assessment, you do not know how to go about it, if this colleague is a good friend he will answer “you can count on me, I will help you”. You who have just arrived in France and have not yet mastered all the subtleties of the language are wondering how it could help you to rely on your colleague's back, but hey...

After having succeeded in this task, not without difficulty, thanks to the help of your friend, you are invited to your director's office the following week. Anxiety overtakes you but courageously you enter his office when he exclaims “you have enlightened me! by saying this he means to you that you have been excellent and that your work has enabled him to understand things that he had not seen… It is relieved that you come out of this office although a little embarrassed screw your friend you say to yourself “after the rain comes the good weather”, this is the first expression you learned here!

Then your colleague who will have learned all about this story some time later will come knocking on your office door and declare in a slightly annoyed tone that “you really took the melon! »… It will simply mean that he finds you a bit too pretentious…

Never mind, you will have learned at least five new French expressions and that's already a lot for you !