avoir de la tchatche
Meaning: To be talkative and persuasive, to have the gift of gab.
Language: French
Literally: to have some tchatche
Category: Daily Life
Origin: Tchatche is slang derived from Hebrew, meaning chatter or idle talk, and entered French through immigrant communities; the phrase celebrates verbal fluency.
More idioms — Daily Life
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- n’avoir qu’à bien se tenir — A warning or threat implying that one must behave properly or face consequences.
- recoller les morceaux — to repair a broken relationship or reconcile after a quarrel.
- brûler ses dernières cartouches — to exhaust one's final resources or use one's last arguments in desperation.
- passer un mauvais quart d’heure — to experience a brief but unpleasant or distressing moment.
- envoyer des piques — To make cutting or barbed remarks intended to irritate or provoke someone.
More French idioms
- tomber à l’eau — To be canceled or abandoned.
- ne plus savoir où donner de la tête — To be overwhelmed with work or demands.
- avoir les yeux qui sortent de la tête — To stare with eyes wide open in anger or astonishment.
- faire le pont-levis — For a horse to rear up very high.
- faire baiser les verges — To force someone you have mistreated to beg your pardon.
- retourner l’estomac — To disgust or sicken someone, to make them feel nauseous.
From our untranslatable words
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- Terroir — The unique character that a place — its soil, climate and tradition — gives to a wine or…
- Râler — To complain and grumble with a certain national flair — a beloved French pastime.