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one's (belonging to one)
determiner
[UK: wʌnz]
[US: wʌnz]

son◼◼◼determiner
{m}

sa◼◼◼nom {f}

ses◼◼◼determiner
{Pl}

one's bark is worse than one's bite (one acts in a threatening way but is relatively harmless)
phrase

chien qui aboie ne mord pasphrase

one's days are numbered (some period of time is coming to an end)
phrase

ses jours sont comptésphrase

one's lips are sealed (I won't tell anyone)
phrase

motus et bouche cousuephrase

according to one's understanding (as far as one can understand)
preposition

selon sa compréhensionpreposition

ace up one's sleeve (a surprise of which others are not aware)
noun

as dans la manchenom

atout dans la manchenom {m}

avoir un atout dans sa manchenom {m}

garder un atout dans sa manchenom {m}

jokernom

against someone's will (reluctantly, unwillingly)
adverb

contre son gréadverbe

ahead of one's time (in advance of commonly accepted ideas)
preposition
[UK: ə.ˈhed əv wʌnz ˈtaɪm]
[US: ə.ˈhed əv wʌnz ˈtaɪm]

en avance sur son tempspreposition

air one's dirty laundry in public verb

laver son linge sale en publicverbe

albatross around one's neck (thing that hinders)
noun

poidsnom {m}

anyone's guess noun

mystère◼◼◼nom

surprisenom {f}

apple of someone's eye (favourite, a particular preference, or a loved one)
noun
[UK: ˈæp.l̩ əv ˈsəˌm.wənz aɪ]
[US: ˈæp.l̩ əv ˈsəˌm.wənz ˈaɪ]

prunelle de ses yeuxnom

at one's fingertips (readily available)
preposition

sous la mainpreposition

à portée de mainpreposition

at one's own risk (taking personal responsibility for any harm that arises from a dangerous activity)
preposition
[UK: ət wʌnz əʊn rɪsk]
[US: ət wʌnz ˈoʊn ˈrɪsk]

à ses risques et périls◼◼◼preposition

at the end of one's tether (at the limit of one’s patience)
preposition
[UK: ət ðə end əv wʌnz ˈte.ðə(r)]
[US: ət ðə ˈend əv wʌnz ˈte.ðər]

au bout du rouleaupreposition

exaspérépreposition

at the top of one's lungs preposition

à pleins poumonspreposition

à tue-têtepreposition

at the top of one's voice preposition
[UK: ət ðə tɒp əv wʌnz vɔɪs]
[US: ət ðə ˈtɑːp əv wʌnz ˌvɔɪs]

du haut de sa têtepreposition

à pleins poumonspreposition

à tue-têtepreposition

bang one's head against a brick wall (to waste effort on a futile project)
verb

perdre son tempsverbe

bare one's teeth ((figuratively) to show aggression)
verb

montrer les dentsverbe

bat one's eyes (to flutter one's eyelashes, romantically)
verb

faire les yeux douxverbe

beat one's breast verb

battre sa coulpeverbe

bee in one's bonnet (something of particular interest or concern)
noun

[colloquial] fixettenom

[colloquial] marottenom

[informal] manienom

idée fixenom

behind someone's back (secretly)
preposition

dans le dos de◼◼◼preposition

à l'insu depreposition

believe one's ears (to believe that something which one hears is truly the case)
verb

en croire ses oreilles [in the negative]verbe

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