{"id":22445,"date":"2015-09-11T23:55:29","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T21:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=22445"},"modified":"2017-10-23T17:09:22","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T15:09:22","slug":"the-dog-days-are-over-french-expressions-with-chien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/the-dog-days-are-over-french-expressions-with-chien\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dog Days Are Over – French Expressions with Chien"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this summer (mais o\u00f9 est donc pass\u00e9 l’\u00e9t\u00e9?<\/strong> – where has summer gone?), I wrote a post<\/a> with expressions and proverbs using the word chat<\/strong>. Whether you’re a cat person or a dog person, it’s not fair to exclude the dogs of their own post \ud83d\ude09 So, for all my fellow dog lovers, let’s get started!<\/p>\n

As I was doing a braindrain on expressions with dog I knew in French, I realized just how many we have in English. Think about it – top dog, can’t teach an old dog new tricks, a barking dog never bites, dog-eat-dog world, dog days of summer, the hair of the dog… The list goes on and on.<\/p>\n

French also has many uses for le chien<\/strong> – there are so many expressions idiomatiques<\/strong> and proverbes<\/strong>. Maybe it’s because dogs are considered man’s best friend*. Maybe it’s easier to compare a dog’s behavior to our own. Regardless of the reason, here are some fun expressions with le chien to broaden your knowledge of French!<\/p>\n

* = and we certainly use their help when we can! Il y a les chiens d’aveugle<\/strong> (guide dogs), les chiens d’utilit\u00e9<\/strong> (working dogs), les chiens de berger<\/strong> (sheepdogs), les chiens de chasse<\/strong> (hunting dogs), les chien de tra\u00eeneau<\/strong> (sled dogs), les chiens policiers<\/strong> (police dogs), les chiens secouriste<\/strong> (search and rescue dogs), et les chiens de garde<\/strong> (guard dogs)!<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Let’s get started!
\n(hot diggety dog! new vocabulary!<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Expressions<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

arriver comme un chien dans un jeu de quilles<\/strong> – arrive like a bull in a china shop
\navoir du chien<\/strong> – to be very attractive
\navoir un mal de chien<\/strong> – to be sick as a dog
\ncouch\u00e9 en chien de fusil<\/strong> – to be in the fetal position
\nentre chien et loup<\/strong> – at nightfall
\n\u00eatre comme chien et chat<\/strong> – fight like cat and dog
\n\u00eatre d’une humeur de chien<\/strong> – to be in a foul mood
\n\u00eatre malade comme un chien<\/strong> – to be sick as a dog
\nil fait un temps de chien<\/strong> – the weather is pretty awful
\nne pas attacher son chien avec des saucisses<\/strong> – to be cheap\/miserly
\nnom d’un chien!<\/strong> – holy cow!
\nparler \u00e0 quelqu’un comme \u00e0 un chien<\/strong> – to treate somebody badly
\nse regarder en chien de fa\u00efence<\/strong> – to glare at each other<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Proverbes<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Chien qui aboie ne mord pas <\/strong>– A barking dog doesn’t bite
\nQui couche avec le chien, se l\u00e8ve avec des puces<\/strong> – If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas
\nBon chien chasse de race<\/strong> – similar to ‘like father, like son’
\nLes chiens ne font pas des chats<\/strong> – a child is the spit and image of his parents<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Can you think of any additions?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Earlier this summer (mais o\u00f9 est donc pass\u00e9 l’\u00e9t\u00e9? – where has summer gone?), I wrote a post with expressions and proverbs using the word chat. Whether you’re a cat person or a dog person, it’s not fair to exclude the dogs of their own post \ud83d\ude09 So, for all my fellow dog lovers, let’s…<\/p>\n

Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":22446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[359201,4981,66,348599],"class_list":["post-22445","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vocabulary","tag-chien","tag-dog","tag-expressions","tag-proverbes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t