avoir un poisson d'avril
Meaning: Being fooled by a prank or hoax on April 1st.
Language: French
Literally: to have an April fish
Category: Daily Life
Origin: French tradition of pranks on April 1st involving fish tricks.
More idioms — Daily Life
- être aux petits soins — Receiving attentive, careful treatment and consideration from someone.
- faire un esclandre — Creating a public disturbance or embarrassing scene.
- faire la fortune de quelqu'un — Bringing great wealth or success to another person.
- être sur la brèche — Being actively engaged in battle or difficult work.
- être du voyage — Being involved in an illicit or questionable scheme.
- faire le gendarme — Acting authoritarian or enforcing rules with excessive zeal.
More French idioms
- être une girouette — Being inconsistent, constantly changing opinions or allegiances.
- faire ses dents — A baby is teething and developing their first teeth.
- avoir le compas dans l'oeil — Having excellent judgment of distance, measurement, or proportion.
- faire la soupe à la grimace — Complaining or grumbling about something constantly.
- avoir les pieds qui démangent — Wanting to travel or move to a different place.
- montrer les dents — Displaying aggression, defiance, or readiness to fight.
From our proverbs
- Don't look a gift horse in the mouth — Don't question the value of a gift.
- When it rains, it pours — Troubles often come all at once.
- All roads lead to Rome — There are many ways to reach the same goal.