ENGLISH AND AMERICAN IDIOMS
To cost an arm and a leg	Coûter les yeux de la tête
To skate on thin ice	Marcher sur des oeufs
To have other fish to fry	Avoir d'autres chats à fouetter
To make ends meet	Joindre les deux bouts
To flog a dead horse	Gaspiller son énergie
To beat about the bush	Tourner autour du pot
It's the last straw	C'en est trop !
To give someone a pat on the back	Flatter quelqu'un
To butter somebody up	Passer de la pommade à quelqu'un
Birds of a feather flock together	Qui se ressemble s'assemble
To have bats in the belfry	Avoir une araignée au plafond
To pull somebody's leg	Mettre quelqu'un en boîte
To push up daisies	Manger les pissenlits par la racine
To let the cat out of the bag	Vendre la mèche
To sit (or straddle) on the fence	Rester neutre
To lead someone up the garden path	Mener quelqu'un en bateau
Great minds think alike	Les grands esprits se rencontrent
Travel broadens the mind	Les voyages forment la jeunesse
To rattle someone's cage	Enquiquiner quelqu'un
The pot calling the kettle black	L'hôpital qui se moque de la charité
To choose the lesser of two evils	De deux maux choisir le moindre
The apple does not fall far from the tree	A rapprocher de "Like father, like son"
Don't bet on a lame rooster/horse	Miser sur le mauvais cheval
It's all water under the bridge	C'est du passé.
He did not just fall off the turnip truck	Il n'est pas né de la dernière pluie
He doesn't have a leg to stand on	Il est à court d'arguments
He never met a doughnut he didn't like	Il est gros
His bark is worse than his bite	Il fait plus de bruit que de mal
His chickens have come home to roost	Il a récolté ce qu'il a semé
He doesn't cut the mustard	Il ne fait pas le poids
He didn't say boo (about it)	Il n'a pas sourcillé
He wants to get the best of both worlds	Il veut le beurre et l'argent du beurre
He's got a face only a mother could love	He is not very attractive
He escaped by the skin of his teeth	Il l'a échappé belle
Once bitten twice shy	Chat échaudé craint l'eau froide
When pigs have wings	Quand les poules auront des dents
To say that someone is not very smart :
He's not the sharpest knife in the drawer
Lights are on but there's nobody home
His elevator doesn't go to the top floor
He doesn't have both oars in the water
The wheel is turning but the hamster is dead
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