I love French idioms and expressions! \u00a0They can be so challenging to a language learner, yet so empowering once mastered. \u00a0Today, we’re going to talk about some idioms and phrases you can use in any setting including at work when chatting to friends or colleagues.<\/p>\n
Let’s imagine you’re not feeling very well.\u00a0 Maybe you need an excuse to go home or an excuse not to go to that after-work event.\u00a0 Well, if you are talking to French colleagues, you could say: “Je ne suis pas en forme.<\/em><\/strong>”<\/p>\n And what if you’re talking to a colleague about your boss or someone else and suddenly that person shows up…well, when in English we would say “Talk of the devil!” in French you could say: “Quand on parle du loup on en voit la queue<\/em><\/strong>“.<\/p>\n And how many of you have at least once stuck your foot in your mouth?\u00a0 Well, if you are explaining to a French friend or colleague how you did this, you could say: “J’ai fait une gaffe<\/em><\/strong>” or “J’ai mis les pieds dans le plat<\/em><\/strong>“.<\/p>\n Have you ever wanted to celebrate that new raise or a new job within your company or anything else with your friends or colleagues?\u00a0 Well, if they are French, you could tell them on such an occasion: “On va faire la f\u00eate!<\/em><\/strong>”<\/p>\n Or actually, perhaps you are the person getting invited to that party and you wish to politely turn down the invitation.\u00a0 After telling them you can’t go, just say: “Merci quand m\u00eame<\/em><\/strong>” and you won’t seem rude at all for rejecting the invite.<\/p>\n Maybe you went to the party and your colleague is boring you because he\/she won’t stop talking shop (parler du boulot<\/em><\/strong>).\u00a0 What a drag! (Quelle barbe!<\/em><\/strong>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I love French idioms and expressions! \u00a0They can be so challenging to a language learner, yet so empowering once mastered. \u00a0Today, we’re going to talk about some idioms and phrases you can use in any setting including at work when chatting to friends or colleagues. Let’s imagine you’re not feeling very well.\u00a0 Maybe you need…<\/p>\n