{"id":107,"date":"2009-06-29T18:02:44","date_gmt":"2009-06-29T22:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=104"},"modified":"2009-06-29T18:02:44","modified_gmt":"2009-06-29T22:02:44","slug":"more-colloquial-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/more-colloquial-french\/","title":{"rendered":"More Colloquial French"},"content":{"rendered":"

I broke my husband’s iPhone yesterday and no, he was not content<\/em>. \u00a0And just like many other people in today’s society, I decided to share this event with all of my friends on Facebook. \u00a0About an hour later, one of my French friends responded with “Tu as des mains \u00e0 faire des mottes!”<\/em> and to be honest, I wasn’t entirely sure what that meant, so I did some investigating. \u00a0And it turns out that ‘avoir des mains \u00e0 faire des mottes’<\/em> is an expression from the Languedoc region where Montpellier<\/a> is located and where my friend is from. \u00a0Well, ‘motte’<\/em> can mean ‘a clod of earth’ or ‘slab of butter’. \u00a0So, it looks as though in this case it is referring to the slab of butter and my friend is referring to the fact that my hands are slippery perhaps. \u00a0Maybe a native French reader out there could help me out with this one by leaving a comment…???
\nIn any case, this Facebook comment got me thinking about expressions again because after all, they are quite fun. \u00a0So, today I’ll give you some more expressions with ‘avoir’<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
avoir le pot pr\u00e8s des talons<\/em><\/td>\nto be short<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
avoir du pot<\/em><\/td>\nto be lucky<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
avoir le cul bord\u00e9 de nouilles<\/em><\/td>\nto be very lucky<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
avoir le nez creux<\/em><\/td>\nto have flair<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
avoir les dents longues<\/em><\/td>\nto be very ambitious<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
avoir une araign\u00e9e au plafond<\/em><\/td>\nto be a bit crazy, but not so much that you are dangerous or bothersome<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
avoir un polichinelle dans le tiroir<\/em><\/td>\nto be pregnant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
avoir un c\u0153ur d’artichaut<\/em><\/td>\nto easily and often fall in love<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
avoir les yeux plus gros que le ventre<\/em><\/td>\nto ask for more food than you can eat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
avoir un nom \u00e0 coucher dehors<\/em><\/td>\nto have a name that is difficult to pronounce or remember<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

And now, j’ai un poil dans la main <\/em>(I’m feeling lazy),\u00a0so I’m going to end this article now. \u00a0I hope you enjoyed it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I broke my husband’s iPhone yesterday and no, he was not content. \u00a0And just like many other people in today’s society, I decided to share this event with all of my friends on Facebook. \u00a0About an hour later, one of my French friends responded with “Tu as des mains \u00e0 faire des mottes!” and to…<\/p>\n

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