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Some funny French idioms

Like all languages, French is rich in idioms – expressions that mean something other than their literal meaning. Spend enough time in France and you may hear people talking about having  mustard up their nose , a  hair in the hand , a  wooden mouth , or a  hand in the bag . What does this all mean? Below I'll share some weird and wonderful examples of widespread French idioms. They should be handy if you want to understand what French people are saying – just try not to think about them too literally. 1. “Il fait un temps de chien!” Imagine you're walking around Paris with a friend and it starts to rain heavily. Your friend curses, and exclaims  il fait un temps de chien!  – literally, “it's dog weather!”. This is a French way of saying that the weather is very bad – similar to the English expression “it's raining cats and dogs!”. 2. “Ta gueule!” French has two words for “mouth”. There's  bouche , which means the mouth of a human, and  gueule , which is u

Conjugation of REGULAR Italian verbs - Blank form

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