Avoir la moutarde qui monte au nez
Meaning: To be getting angry.
Language: French
Literally: To have the mustard rising to the nose
Category: Food & Drink
Origin: French expression from the 17th century, referencing the burn of hot mustard.
More idioms — Food & Drink
- Pédaler dans la semoule — To be confused and getting nowhere.
- Raconter des salades — To tell lies or tall tales.
- En faire tout un fromage — To make a big deal out of nothing.
- Mettre son grain de sel — To give an unsolicited opinion.
- Les carottes sont cuites — It's too late, nothing can be done.
- Tomaten auf den Augen haben — To be oblivious to what's right in front of you.
More French idioms
- Avoir d'autres chats à fouetter — To have more important things to do.
- Couper les cheveux en quatre — To over-analyze or split hairs.
- Se regarder le nombril — To be self-centered or narcissistic.
- Avoir le cul entre deux chaises — To be indecisive, caught between two options.
- Casser les pieds à quelqu'un — To annoy or bore someone greatly.
- Avoir le beurre et l'argent du beurre — To want to have it both ways.
From our compliments & insults
- 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.