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Forum: France
Apr 17th 2020, 8:10 am
Replies: 355
Views: 208,632
Posted By dmu

Re: Useful French Phrases

"Suffisante" is the best I've found in French, but I still think it's too arrogant, in the sense of a smug know-all. Whereas I want to get over the idea of willingly accepting/being resigned to a...
Forum: France
Apr 14th 2020, 6:24 pm
Replies: 355
Views: 208,632
Posted By dmu

Re: Useful French Phrases

This occurred to me, too! I was trying to explain to a French person that I risked becoming too complacent (or whatever) during the second half of our confinement. A sort of Stockholm syndrome...
Forum: France
Apr 14th 2020, 8:41 am
Replies: 355
Views: 208,632
Posted By dmu

Re: Useful French Phrases

Can any one suggest a French equivalent to "complacent"? I'd say that "complaisant" is a faux ami, and, IMO, "suffisant" or "content de soi" are too arrogant or smug for that particular state of...
Forum: France
Mar 29th 2020, 2:59 pm
Replies: 355
Views: 208,632
Posted By dmu

Re: Useful French Phrases

Thanks for that, I had a Senior moment and knew it was a bit like "fop", but didn't think to add the milky bit.
Forum: France
Mar 29th 2020, 11:31 am
Replies: 355
Views: 208,632
Posted By dmu

Re: Useful French Phrases

"Thanks for the memory...."
Forum: France
Mar 29th 2020, 8:41 am
Replies: 355
Views: 208,632
Posted By dmu

Re: Useful French Phrases

OH never used the expression - I had to find out what it means, and its origin. I always thought it meant the opposite, e.g. a wishy-washy introvert, so I'm glad I've never used it!!
Another...
Forum: France
Mar 25th 2020, 8:39 am
Replies: 355
Views: 208,632
Posted By dmu

Re: Useful French Phrases

Didn't watch this either, mainly because it was dubbed in French at the time it was shown on French TV. But there might be replays in v.o. nowadays - if so, I'll listen out for it....
LBCOT!!
Forum: France
Mar 24th 2020, 4:11 pm
Replies: 355
Views: 208,632
Posted By dmu

Re: Useful French Phrases

Thanks for that!
I've never heard of Hill St Blues - if it was broadcast on French TV, it must have been under a completely different title...
Forum: France
Mar 24th 2020, 2:01 pm
Replies: 355
Views: 208,632
Posted By dmu

Re: Useful French Phrases

I'm tucking this in the Useful French Phrases section, as I'm ashamed of my ignorance:o.
What does LBCOT mean at the end of a message? (noticed on another forum).
Forum: France
Mar 18th 2020, 10:08 am
Replies: 355
Views: 208,632
Posted By dmu

Re: Useful French Phrases

Those of you who aren't aware of this faux ami should know that:

French "isolation" is English "insulation"
English "isolation" is French "isolement"
Forum: France
Oct 20th 2019, 6:35 pm
Replies: 355
Views: 208,632
Posted By dmu

Re: Useful French Phrases

Jusqu'à la Saint Glinglin!!;)
Forum: France
Oct 20th 2019, 5:02 pm
Replies: 355
Views: 208,632
Posted By dmu

Re: Useful French Phrases

LOL, I, too, know Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, but No. 3 flummoxed me, never having been pronounced by OH, and I had to check, as per:
https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/casser_du_sucre_sur_le_dos_de
From other...
Forum: France
Oct 20th 2019, 3:00 pm
Replies: 355
Views: 208,632
Posted By dmu

Re: Useful French Phrases

Sorry, incorrect! This would be "enfantin" or "puéril" in French.
All of tp's definitions are correct, and I'd add "good-natured" for "bon enfant".
Forum: France
Sep 5th 2019, 6:31 am
Replies: 355
Views: 208,632
Posted By dmu

Re: Useful French Phrases

"Et rebelote!", an announcement made during the card game belote, is often announced in general, meaning "here we go again!", or "yet again" when in context.
Forum: France
Oct 3rd 2018, 10:04 am
Replies: 355
Views: 208,632
Posted By dmu

Re: Useful French Phrases

:)
Thanks!
"La paille est la poutre!" is often a peeved exclamation, at least in our family.
Forum: France
Aug 11th 2018, 8:13 am
Replies: 355
Views: 208,632
Posted By dmu

Re: Useful French Phrases

Everyone says "RAS" nowadays, meaning Rien à Signaler. AFAIK it was originally a military term. "Nothing to report" is the English equivalent, but is there a corresponding military acronym in...
Forum: France
Jul 8th 2018, 11:52 am
Replies: 355
Views: 208,632
Posted By dmu

Re: Useful French Phrases

I've never been able to get my head around the term "chiche", which sounds too much like "chouette", "chichi" or "chic", or refers to chick peas.
In fact as an adjective, it means stingy, but you...
Forum: France
Jun 1st 2018, 4:11 pm
Replies: 355
Views: 208,632
Posted By dmu

Re: Useful French Phrases

Can't remember how to do multi-quotes :o
- I'll alternate expressions when I'm talking to myself, watching the circle churn and spin! Thanks guys!:)
- The expression "moulin à paroles" means a...
Forum: France
May 28th 2018, 3:51 pm
Replies: 355
Views: 208,632
Posted By dmu

Re: Useful French Phrases

Thanks for that! It's what an English person would murmur to another English person in front of the computer while waiting for something to happen? Family say "ça mouline" while waiting together, but...
Forum: France
May 28th 2018, 2:09 pm
Replies: 355
Views: 208,632
Posted By dmu

Re: Useful French Phrases

A not-very-useful French expression is "ça mouline", used when a little circle goes round and round while you're waiting for something to come up on the computer screen. Presumably from the verb...
Forum: France
Apr 12th 2018, 6:48 am
Replies: 355
Views: 208,632
Posted By dmu

Re: Useful French Phrases

:confused:
Depends on the company you keep!
"Je m'en fiche" is a polite way of saying the same thing!;)
Forum: France
Nov 17th 2017, 7:24 am
Replies: 355
Views: 208,632
Posted By dmu

Re: Useful French Phrases

Not really a useful French phrase, but I've just heard on French radio that some police activities are too "chronophages". Is this being linguistically pretentious? It's in Larousse, but OH has never...
Forum: France
Nov 14th 2017, 7:15 am
Replies: 355
Views: 208,632
Posted By dmu

Re: Useful French Phrases

Hi and welcome to the France forum!
Sorry to be a nit-picker, but "I would like" is "Je voudrais". "J'irais visiter" is the conditional and means "I would visit" (if I were you/if I could...)

And...
Forum: France
Jun 28th 2017, 8:45 am
Replies: 355
Views: 208,632
Posted By dmu

Re: Useful French Phrases

Hi again, I'm afraid you've posted in the wrong section. But you've posted in a thread in the main section below, so will soon "meet" us all, at least virtually.
I would suggest asking at your...
Forum: France
Jun 21st 2017, 7:54 am
Replies: 355
Views: 208,632
Posted By dmu

Re: Useful French Phrases

Hi, and welcome to the forum!:) Join in the various threads below or start a New Thread with info about yourself!
I, too, like using the expression "c'est chouette", but I seem to be the only one....
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