Tu déchires

Meaning: You're awesome — you totally rock.

Language: French

Literally: You tear

Category: Compliment

Origin: Modern French slang.

More compliments & insults — Compliment

• Eres un sol — You're a lovely, warm-hearted person.
• Eres más bueno que el pan — You are a genuinely good, kind soul.
• Sei in gamba — You're sharp, capable, and on the ball.
• Sei un tesoro — You're a darling — precious to have around.
• Du bist ein Schatz — You're a sweetheart.
• 目に入れても痛くない — Said of someone you adore completely, often a child or grandchild.

More French compliments & insults

• Bête comme ses pieds — Really not very bright.
• Avoir un poil dans la main — To be incurably lazy.
• Tête de linotte — A scatterbrain who can't hold a thought.
• Courir sur le haricot — To get badly on someone's nerves.
• Tu as du chien — You have a certain irresistible magnetism — a je-ne-sais-quoi that draws people in.
• Tu as la tête sur les épaules — You're grounded, sensible, and dependable — not easily swept off course.

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