French And English Idioms And Proverbs: With Critical And Historical Notes 1
French And English Idioms And Proverbs: With Critical And Historical Notes 1
Alphonse Mariette
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Digitized by VjOOQ IC FRENCH AND ENGLISH IDIOMS AND PROVERBS 151 Drap. — Vous voilà dans de beaux draps f — YoM are in a pretty mess. Vous me mettez dans de beaux draps blancs^ à ce que je vots= [Molière.] You put me in a fine pickle, I see. // a de quoi tailler en plein drap = He can do what he likes. Le farceur voudrait avoir le drap et V argent — The rogue ^ w^^ld like to eat his cake and hâve it still. Drapeau^^^/ est sous les drapeaux = He is serving in the army. Le drapeau déchiré fait la... gloire du capitaine — A torn flag redounds to the captain's crédit. Dresser. — Cela fait dresser les cheveux à la tête— It makes one's hair stand on end. ' '" Oest un animal bien dressé = It is a well-trained animal. Droit. — C^est à bon droit quHl se plaint ^Yi^ has good reason to complain. Adressez-vous à qui de droit =A.^^\y to those whom it may concern. Où il ny a rien le roi perd ses droits = WheTe nothing is to be had, the king loses his right. • -""^ Malgré son âge, il est droit comme un /= In spite of his great âge, he is as straight as an arrow.
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