{"id":21884,"date":"2015-04-09T21:06:37","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T19:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=21884"},"modified":"2017-10-23T15:03:01","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T13:03:01","slug":"la-vie-en-rose-expressions-with-pink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/la-vie-en-rose-expressions-with-pink\/","title":{"rendered":"La vie en rose: Expressions with Pink"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s post’s title comes from a very famous song by French songstress Edith Piaf. This song has known international success – I would say in part to its catchy chorus. I chose the title because we’re going to continue with colorful expressions. Last time, we looked at le vert<\/strong><\/a>, and this time, we’re going to study expressions and shades of le rose<\/strong> (pink) — not to be confused with la <\/strong>rose, the flower by the same name. Let’s study a few expressions with this word.<\/p>\n

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We’ll start with the title of the post. La vie en rose<\/strong> has been translated as “life through rose-tinted glasses.” Still doesn’t help much with the meaning, does it? To see things rose <\/strong>simply means you see the bright side of things! It’s a wonderful viewpoint to have, but for some, tout n’est pas rose <\/strong>(not everything is pink). This just means that things aren’t looking up for you. You could also translate it with the flower’s name in it: it’s not a bed or roses.<\/p>\n

Le rose <\/strong>has a very feminine and floral idea behind it, and this extends to scent, too. Can you guess what ne pas sentir la rose<\/strong> means? It’s a familiar way of saying something smells horrible or rotten.<\/p>\n

Do you practice a healthy lifestyle and work out? Besides all the added health benefits, you get to be compared to a flower in French. Quelle chance <\/strong>(what luck)! Etre frais comme une rose<\/strong> means to be as fit as a fiddle! A bit of a difference in the English counterpart, but the idea behind it is the same. Part of being fit means eating well, but attention: ne mangez pas trop de carrotes<\/strong> (be careful: don’t eat too many carrots)! Why not? Vous auriez les fesses roses <\/strong>(you’ll have pink buttcheeks)!<\/p>\n

In English, boys are born “with snips and snails and puppy dog tails,” while girls are made of “sugar and spice and everything nice.” Well, I like dogs, so I won’t take offense to this. But French kids have it a little different: Les filles naissent dans les roses et les gar\u00e7ons dans les choux <\/strong>(girls are born among the roses, and boys are born among the cabbages). Again, no offense taken. I like cabbage. :-p Un carnet rose <\/strong>is a list of celebrities (les people) <\/strong>who have recently given birth.<\/p>\n

Vous aimez boire <\/strong>(do you like to drink)? If someone drinks to the point of hallucinations, they’re said to see les <\/strong>\u00e9l\u00e9phants roses. <\/strong>Want to find them? Maybe you can see them in la ville rose<\/strong>, the nickname of Toulouse. It has this name because of the colors of the bricks on the buildings.<\/p>\n

Vous aimez lire<\/strong> (do you like to read)? Are you fans of sappy love stories? If so, you’re a fan of les roman \u00e0 l’eau de rose<\/strong>. If something is \u00e0 l’eau de rose<\/strong>, it means that it is sentimental.<\/p>\n

Le rose <\/strong>also has a sexual connotation both in terms of anatomy and its use as an adjective to show that something is sexual.<\/p>\n

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Below you will find 12 shades of pink and their English counterparts:<\/p>\n

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rose –<\/strong> pink
\ncuisse de nymhe –<\/strong> literally “thigh of a nymph,” but this is referring to the color of Alba\u00a0roses
\nrose bonbon –<\/strong> candy pink
\nrose corail –<\/strong> coral pink
\nmagenta –<\/strong> magenta
\nrose tendre –<\/strong> baby pink
\nvieux rose –<\/strong> old pink
\nfuchsia –<\/strong> \u00a0fuchsia
\nrose drag\u00e9e –<\/strong> pastel pink
\nrose vif \/ rose fluo –<\/strong> hot pink
\nrose saumon –<\/strong> salmon pink
\nincarnadin –<\/strong>\u00a0incarnadine<\/p>\n

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…I’ll just leave this here.
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