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question		réponse
a bitter pill to swollow commencer à apprendre		a difficult fact to accept
against all odds commencer à apprendre		despite the difficulties
be out of practice commencer à apprendre		lacking practice
come to the point commencer à apprendre		reach the main point in the discussion
fall into place commencer à apprendre		become clear
get the sack commencer à apprendre		be dismissed from one's job
get the wrong end of the stick commencer à apprendre		misunderstand completely what has been said
golden opportunity commencer à apprendre		the best chance to gain sth
grease sb's palm commencer à apprendre		bribe sb
grow out of sth commencer à apprendre		become too big for sth
have no option but commencer à apprendre		must, have no choice
in public commencer à apprendre		in the presence of other people
in the offing commencer à apprendre		likely to happen
off the point commencer à apprendre		irrelevant
once and for all commencer à apprendre		for the last time
out-and-out commencer à apprendre		complete, total
out in the open commencer à apprendre		(of secrets) revealed, known
out of print commencer à apprendre		(of books) not available anymore
out of the frying pan into the fire commencer à apprendre		from a situation to a worse/ similar one
part and parcel of commencer à apprendre		basic part of
past one's prime commencer à apprendre		growing old/ not at one's best
pop the question commencer à apprendre		make a proposal of marriage
short and sweet commencer à apprendre		brief but pleasant (usu ironic)
status symbol commencer à apprendre		property/possession that shows sb's high social rank wealth etc
take things to pieces commencer à apprendre		dismantle things
throw a party commencer à apprendre		have/ hold a party
white elephant commencer à apprendre		useless/ unwanted possession
an unknown quantity commencer à apprendre		person or thing that one has no experience of
as a last resort commencer à apprendre		when all else has failed
at close quarters commencer à apprendre		from a short distance
be in a quandary commencer à apprendre		be confused; undecided
beg the question commencer à apprendre		makes people want to ask a particular question
call it quits commencer à apprendre		give up/ stop
cut sb to the quick commencer à apprendre		deeply hurt sb's feelings
hit the roof commencer à apprendre		get very angry
in a rut commencer à apprendre		be stuck in a monotonous routine
in the long run commencer à apprendre		after a long period of time
it stands to reason commencer à apprendre		it is logical
keep sth quiet commencer à apprendre		keep the secret
know the ropes commencer à apprendre		know all the details of sth
off the record commencer à apprendre		unofficial(ly)
on the quiet commencer à apprendre		secretly
open to debate commencer à apprendre		not decided/ settled
out of the question commencer à apprendre		impossible
put down roots commencer à apprendre		settle down
work to rule commencer à apprendre		adhere strickly to the rules as a form of protest
rack sb's brains commencer à apprendre		think very hard about sth
a long shot commencer à apprendre		a wild guess/a risk
a memory like a sieve commencer à apprendre		a poor memory
be all at the sea commencer à apprendre		be in a state of confusion
be in sb's shoes commencer à apprendre		be in sb's position
be in the same boat commencer à apprendre		be in the same (usu bad) situation
be the spitting image of sb commencer à apprendre		look exactly like sb
be/get soaked to the skin commencer à apprendre		be/get very wet
be/have a close shave commencer à apprendre		barely avoid an accident/ a bad situation

idioms /fixed phrases 5

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