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Forum: France
Mar 29th 2020, 10:33 am
Replies: 355
Views: 208,618
Posted By Tweedpipe

Re: Useful French Phrases

Now look what you've done......;) From now onwards whenever I see the following faces I'll be thinking 'Bob Expectation'.
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Forum: France
Mar 28th 2020, 7:41 pm
Replies: 355
Views: 208,618
Posted By Tweedpipe

Re: Useful French Phrases

This took a few moments for the penny to drop. In fact I don't believe it's a common expression as I've certainly never heard it said in public. From what I recall it's more of a familiar,...
Forum: France
Mar 19th 2020, 4:04 pm
Replies: 355
Views: 208,618
Posted By Tweedpipe

Re: Useful French Phrases

DMU reminds me that some of these faux amis can be deadly embarrasing if used incorrectly.
Some time ago whilst living close to a Paris airport, a friend asked me where we should go for a drink, and...
Forum: France
Oct 22nd 2019, 12:07 pm
Replies: 355
Views: 208,618
Posted By Tweedpipe

Re: Useful French Phrases

I'm still in the dark with, 'and someone broke sugar cubes on someone’s back'. I certainly have never heard of a French idiomatic phrase that comes anywhere close.
And like BB, sucre les fraises/...
Forum: France
Oct 20th 2019, 4:25 pm
Replies: 355
Views: 208,618
Posted By Tweedpipe

Re: Useful French Phrases

BB as you tend to go looking for idiomatic uses of language, look no further. Try these:
So you’re in a French bar. It’s loud, but you can make out what people are saying.

i) You hear a fellow...
Forum: France
Oct 20th 2019, 4:03 pm
Replies: 355
Views: 208,618
Posted By Tweedpipe

Re: Useful French Phrases

BB, thanks for the DeepL link.
I wasn't familiar with it before, but could prove useful in future. Having said that DeepL and also a few other free on-line translators I've just tried (Reverso/World...
Forum: France
Oct 19th 2019, 6:40 pm
Replies: 355
Views: 208,618
Posted By Tweedpipe

Re: Useful French Phrases

Have just been getting up to date with the latest news of the 'Westminster wallies', aka the Brexit fiasco. There were 2 phrases which caught my eye and especially raised a smile in the google...
Forum: France
Oct 3rd 2018, 8:14 am
Replies: 355
Views: 208,618
Posted By Tweedpipe

Re: Useful French Phrases

Here's something that may result in a much needed smile from DMU, and hopefully others.

I came across this yesterday - an interesting phrase, even if not really 'useful' as per the thread title....
Forum: France
Aug 12th 2018, 6:50 pm
Replies: 355
Views: 208,618
Posted By Tweedpipe

Re: Useful French Phrases

NTR is indeed the US military aviation term for 'nothing to report'. It's a long time since I worked on UK military or civil aircraft, and I honestly cannot remember if NTR is a term used in aircraft...
Forum: France
Jun 1st 2018, 2:14 pm
Replies: 355
Views: 208,618
Posted By Tweedpipe

Re: Useful French Phrases

Another that I really like - and use when the occasion arises, is 'Pedaler dans la choucroute', which many of you have probably heard, meaning pedal through the sauerkraut , for something or someone...
Forum: France
Jun 1st 2018, 12:45 pm
Replies: 355
Views: 208,618
Posted By Tweedpipe

Re: Useful French Phrases

In the AppleMac world, as it's multicoloured, it's often referred to as the 'Spinning Beachball of Death', or more frequently just 'Spinning Beachball'. Until recently I experienced it on a 16...
Forum: France
Nov 17th 2017, 8:39 am
Replies: 355
Views: 208,618
Posted By Tweedpipe

Re: Useful French Phrases

No, Mme TP hadn't heard of it either, and didn't know the meaning.
Not a word I would use, and yes it does sound particularly pretentious. Some may love it (I know Bernard Pivot and Fabrice Luchini...
Forum: France
Nov 14th 2017, 8:37 pm
Replies: 355
Views: 208,618
Posted By Tweedpipe

Re: Useful French Phrases

Methinks you weren't paying enough attention during your French lessons......;)
Forum: France
Jul 12th 2017, 11:34 am
Replies: 355
Views: 208,618
Posted By Tweedpipe

Re: Useful French Phrases

:confused: Which phrase are you referring to exactly?
Forum: France
Jun 29th 2017, 6:26 pm
Replies: 355
Views: 208,618
Posted By Tweedpipe

Re: Useful French Phrases

Broke out in a sweat for a second, I understood you were living with 'Bigard (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Marie_Bigard)'. :sneaky:
For those who may not know, he's one of the best loved (or...
Forum: France
Jun 24th 2017, 5:46 pm
Replies: 355
Views: 208,618
Posted By Tweedpipe

Re: Useful French Phrases

.......and Jean D'Ormesson. ;) He's brilliant! Never tire of listening to him.
Forum: France
Jun 24th 2017, 1:41 pm
Replies: 355
Views: 208,618
Posted By Tweedpipe

Re: Useful French Phrases

I agree DMU, the expression "c'est chouette" although still heard, has been largely overtaken by "c'est cool". But the former is now generally regarded as ringard; there was a cringe-worthy song in...
Forum: France
Mar 20th 2016, 10:41 pm
Replies: 355
Views: 208,618
Posted By Tweedpipe

Re: Useful French Phrases

Welcome to the forum.


I deem to be an expert on nothing, knowledgeable on most, and a fool in my spare time.... ;)
TP
Forum: France
Dec 30th 2015, 6:51 pm
Replies: 355
Views: 208,618
Posted By Tweedpipe

Re: Useful French Phrases

Apart from being Mme Eiffel's husband, if I simply said, 'The gent who designed a tall tower', I might be doing him a tiny bit of injustice. ;)
Forum: France
Dec 30th 2015, 12:53 pm
Replies: 355
Views: 208,618
Posted By Tweedpipe

Re: Useful French Phrases

Interesting. Both Mme & Jnr Tweedpipe are native French speakers, university-educated too, and were only familiar with the 'retired' related expression.
As I mentioned in post it...
Forum: France
Dec 27th 2015, 10:09 pm
Replies: 355
Views: 208,618
Posted By Tweedpipe

Re: Useful French Phrases

Whoooops! My bad. Of course you are, I should have remembered that from previous postings.
Which has me thinking, I'm starting to regret that I never shared a bedsit with Mme Eiffel.
(Makes me...
Forum: France
Dec 27th 2015, 4:28 pm
Replies: 355
Views: 208,618
Posted By Tweedpipe

Re: Useful French Phrases

Interesting. Personally I've never heard the expression relating to 'taking a break', and I'd never use it myself in that sense. I suggest that it may be a specifically regional expression.
One...
Forum: France
Dec 25th 2015, 6:38 pm
Replies: 355
Views: 208,618
Posted By Tweedpipe

Re: Useful French Phrases

Ouch! That's worse than the cracker howlers........;)
Forum: France
Dec 25th 2015, 4:30 pm
Replies: 355
Views: 208,618
Posted By Tweedpipe

Re: Useful French Phrases

And from myself, a Happy Christmas and prosperous 2016 (if Flamby allows) to all BE expats in France.

http://www.concert610.com/Joke/Christmas/6.gif



And a few Christmas howlers you can...
Forum: France
Dec 14th 2015, 12:44 pm
Replies: 355
Views: 208,618
Posted By Tweedpipe

Re: Useful French Phrases

Or if it should turn out to be a plombier(e), keep both eyes wide open and/or blindfold your OH....:eek:
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