Idioms

FLE exercises

Bonjour de France invites you to discover the socio-cultural and historical significance of many idiomatic expressions also called « expressions of popular wisdom » . This section offers you multiple choice exercises to test your understanding. A simple and illustrated explanation is also available.

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Idioms

French expressions associated with the word 'science'
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French expressions associated with the word 'science'

Hard sciences, soft sciences, occult sciences, we can talk about it, right? Well, that's exactly what I did with my friend regarding clairvoyance.

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Idioms with colours
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Idioms with colours

Make your own colour-rich glossary using the following exercises.

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Good grief
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Good grief

You are doing it this exercise, "nom d'une pipe"!! (literally "in the name of a pipe", meaning "dammit") It is but an example of the use of this idiom...

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Idiomatic expressions A2
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Idiomatic expressions A2

Thanks to Patrick MOYA for these illustrations that put a little color in the exercises of Bonjour de France!

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To faint (
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To faint ("tomber dans les pommes", literally "fall into the apples")

Another idiom: especially don't faint doing the exercises!!!

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Stand someone up
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Stand someone up

An idiom, "Poser un lapin" (literally "to place a rabbit", meaning "standing someone up"). Bonjour de France doesn't "place you a rabbit"... Turn quic...

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