English | French |
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grit one's teeth (face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it) verb | serrer les dentsverbe |
have bats in one's belfry (to be crazy or eccentric) verb | |
have blood on one's hands (be responsible for a violent act) verb | |
have butterflies in one's stomach (be nervous) verb [UK: həv ˈbʌt.ə.flaɪz ɪn wʌnz ˈstʌ.mək] [US: həv ˈbʌt.r̩.flaɪz ɪn wʌnz ˈstʌ.mək] | être nerveuxverbe |
have eyes bigger than one's stomach (take more food than one can eat) verb | |
have eyes in the back of one's head (perceived ability to see) verb | |
have one's cake and eat it too (to seek to have two things which are mutually incompatible) verb | avoir le beurre et l'argent du beurre [to have the butter and the money from [selling] the butter]verbe |
have one's hand in the till (to steal money that one has been trusted with) verb [UK: həv wʌnz hænd ɪn ðə tɪl] [US: həv wʌnz ˈhænd ɪn ðə ˈtɪl] | taper dans la caisseverbe |
have one's hands tied (be powerless to act) verb | |
have one's head screwed on verb [UK: həv wʌnz hed skruːd ɒn] [US: həv wʌnz ˈhed ˈskruːd ɑːn] | |
have one's heart in one's boots (feel very sad) verb [UK: həv wʌnz hɑːt ɪn wʌnz buːts] [US: həv wʌnz ˈhɑːrt ɪn wʌnz ˈbuːts] | |
have one's heart in the right place (to have good intentions, to be well-intentioned) verb | avoir bon cœurverbe avoir bon fondverbe |
have one's tubes tied verb | |
have one's work cut out for one verb | |
have someone's ear verb | |
hide one's light under a bushel (to conceal one’s positive qualities or talents) verb [UK: haɪd wʌnz laɪt ˈʌnd.ə(r) ə ˈbʊʃ.l̩] [US: ˈhaɪd wʌnz ˈlaɪt ˈʌnd.r̩ ə ˈbʊʃ.l̩] | |
hoist by one's own petard (be hurt by one's own plot) adjective | l'arroseur arrosé◼◼◼adjectif tel est pris qui croyait prendreadjectif |
hold one's breath (to hold one's breath) verb [UK: həʊld wʌnz breθ] [US: hoʊld wʌnz ˈbreθ] | retenir son souffleverbe |
hold one's head high (act with pride) verb [UK: həʊld wʌnz hed haɪ] [US: hoʊld wʌnz ˈhed ˈhaɪ] | garder la tête haute◼◼◼verbe |
hold one's horses (idiomatic: to be patient) verb [UK: həʊld wʌnz ˈhɔː.sɪz] [US: hoʊld wʌnz ˈhɔːr.səz] | butterfly)verbe minuteverbe |
hold one's liquor (to have a considerable tolerance to alcohol) verb | tenir l'alcoolverbe |
hold one's own (demonstrate oneself to be capable) verb [UK: həʊld wʌnz əʊn] [US: hoʊld wʌnz ˈoʊn] | bien se défendreverbe se montrer capableverbe |
hold one's tongue (refrain from talking about something, see also: shut up) verb [UK: həʊld wʌnz tʌŋ] [US: hoʊld wʌnz ˈtəŋ] | tenir sa langueverbe |
hold up one's end (to fulfill one's promise or obligation) verb [UK: həʊld ʌp wʌnz end] [US: hoʊld ʌp wʌnz ˈend] | |
hot on someone's heels (close behind) adjective | aux trousses deadjectif |
hurt someone's feelings (to offend someone) verb | blesser◼◼◼verbe vexerverbe |
in a world of one's own preposition | dans son mondepreposition |
in all one's glory (literally) phrase | dans toute sa splendeurphrase |