avoir les yeux qui sortent de la tête

Meaning: To stare with eyes wide open in anger or astonishment.

Language: French

Literally: to have eyes that come out of the head

Category: Body & Senses

Origin: The phrase draws a vivid picture of eyes bulging outward from the face under intense emotion.

More idioms — Body & Senses

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.
ne pas garder les yeux dans sa poche — To be observant and alert; to miss nothing.
donner du poing sur la table — To express strong disagreement or disapproval with a situation.
avoir sur les bras — To be burdened with or responsible for someone or something; to be occupied with a demand…
ne s’être pas regardé — to judge others harshly while being blind to one's own equal or greater faults.

faire le pont-levis — For a horse to rear up very high.
remonter plus haut — To begin a story or explanation at an earlier point in time to clarify or better illumina…
être victime de son succès — To suffer problems or difficulties that arise as a result of becoming too successful.
n’avoir qu’à bien se tenir — A warning or threat implying that one must behave properly or face consequences.
battre les fourrés — To range far and wide in search of adventure or chance encounters.
recoller les morceaux — to repair a broken relationship or reconcile after a quarrel.

C'est une vraie chèvre — They're hopelessly stubborn and infuriating — a goat that refuses to be moved.
Casse-pieds — A massive bore or pain in the neck — someone who wears you down with their irritating way…
Espèce de patate — You dim bulb — a potato being the very picture of inert, unthinking stodginess.