Avoir le vent en poupe
Meaning: To be doing very well; everything is going your way.
Language: French
Literally: To have the wind at the stern
Category: Nature
Origin: Nautical metaphor, 17th century French.
More idioms — Nature
- Avoir la tête dans les nuages — To be a daydreamer; out of touch with reality.
- Jeter de l'huile sur le feu — To make a bad situation worse.
- faire la pluie et le beau temps — Having complete control over a situation or someone's fate.
- être une girouette — Being inconsistent, constantly changing opinions or allegiances.
- estar más claro que el agua — Something is obvious, evident, and beyond any doubt or confusion.
- Έχει φτερά το χρήμα — Money disappears quickly and easily without your realizing how you spent it.
More French idioms
- Mettre les pieds dans le plat — To put one's foot in it; to say something awkward or blunt.
- Tourner autour du pot — To beat around the bush.
- Casser du sucre sur le dos de quelqu'un — To talk behind someone's back.
- Faire d'une pierre deux coups — To kill two birds with one stone.
- Faire d'une mouche un éléphant — To make a mountain out of a molehill; to exaggerate wildly.
- avoir des fourmis — Experiencing a tingling or prickling sensation in a limb losing circulation.
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