Why being told to go cook an egg in French is rarely a good thing We look at seven colourful expressions to brighten up your conversations
Six commonly used French rabbit expressions A potential penalty for missing a doctor鈥檚 appointment has been nicknamed la taxe lapin - we explain why
Speak butter French: six expressions around the word beurre See if you can guess the meaning of these phrases just from their English translations
magazine Test your French with these nine expressions linked to insects Gober les mouches, fier comme un pou, avoir le bourdon - learn how to use these everyday French phrases
Eight ways to express surprise in French apart from Oh l脿 l脿 Oh la vache, macarel, mon dieu - learn how to be surprised like a native with these expressions
Speak like a local: seven phrases specific to the north of France Il drache, b茅nache, biloute - try the language of the Ch鈥檛is
Nine words and phrases from Brittany Yec鈥檋ed mat, trugarez, Ma Dou茅 - find out how to use these typically Breton expressions
Seven words and phrases from the south of France Pitchouns, avoir la cagne, g芒t茅 - how many do you know?
Eight French expressions around the word apple From fainting to high-quality, pomme can be used for a variety of different meanings
Why it鈥檚 risqu茅 but never pass茅 to use a double entendre in France Just because we use the French word in English, it may not have the same meaning in French
鈥楿n temps de Toussaint鈥�: Our French expression of the week We look at a phrase relating to today鈥檚 All Saints鈥� Day public holiday in France
Hein? A little word that helps you sound much more French We look at its meaning, when to use it and how to pronounce it 鈥榗omme un Fran莽ais鈥�
Hungry, peckish, stuffed: 15 French phrases to do with food and eating 'Eat like a bird' or 'stuff your face'? You will need these phrases to talk about one of the most important subjects in France - food
Baguette, petits pains: Seven French expressions to do with bread Bread is a huge part of French culture - no wonder so many phrases are bread-related
How many of these 12 fruity French expressions do you know? With France's summer fruit season almost upon us, we pick out some of our favourite fruit-based French phrases
Religious cartoons planned as France honours Samuel Paty A booklet is to be distributed in lyc茅es as the country pays homage to the teacher murdered by an Islamic extremist
Where does the French word gr猫ve come from? The French word 鈥榞r猫ve鈥� which now refers to protest movements and strikes originally came from the Gallic word grava, meaning thick sand and gravel.
Why is 鈥楤ryan in the kitchen鈥�? Why do 麻豆传媒映画 sometimes say 鈥淏ryan is in the kitchen鈥� when they find out you are British? R.W.
Five French ways to say you are angry It鈥檚 Monday but hopefully you don鈥檛 have mustard in your nose ( avoir la moutarde qui monte au nez )鈥� a French expression which means to see red, to be on the verge of losing your temper. Here we look at this and four other ways to say you are annoyed or angry in French. Please share others you may know鈥�
11 French expressions using the word mouth 脟a t鈥檈n bouche un coin! You might hear this when someone opens a letter... but what has it got to do with your mouth? Here we have a look at 11 expressions in French that use the word mouth ( bouche ).
Oups, hop, paf: French mini expressions that say a lot The government is about to launch a new website to help people correct mistakes they have made on official documents such as tax declarations 鈥� and it is aptly named Oups.gouv.fr. The site name reminded us that there are lots of mini expressions in French just like 鈥� oups 鈥� (oops in English). Here we have a look at some other expressions you might hear in French...
Why do we say 鈥榩ardon my French鈥�? 鈥楶ardon my French!鈥� is a quaint English-language expression used to excuse oneself for using a rude word 鈥� but why the reference to French?
So long, farewell... goodbye With everyone talking about Brexit, we thought you might enjoy some French expressions based around leaving and saying goodbye.
