avoir une peur bleue

Meaning: Being terrified or extremely frightened of something.

Language: French

Literally: to have a blue fear

Category: Body & Senses

Origin: Color blue intensifies the emotion of fear to extreme level.

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avoir des étoiles dans les yeux — Being dreamy, hopeful, or enchanted by romantic ideals.
avere un diavolo per capello — Be extremely angry or agitated, ready to argue with anyone about anything.
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душа нараспашку — Extremely open, trusting, or emotionally vulnerable with others.
estar com a corda no pescoço — Be in serious financial or personal trouble with no easy escape.
wear your heart on your sleeve — to display emotions openly; to be transparent about feelings.

être du voyage — Being involved in an illicit or questionable scheme.
faire le gendarme — Acting authoritarian or enforcing rules with excessive zeal.
faire un couac — Making an embarrassing mistake or producing a discordant sound.
Quand les poules auront des dents — Never — it describes something that will simply never happen.
Il y a anguille sous roche — Something suspicious is quietly going on beneath the surface.
Ménager la chèvre et le chou — To try to please both sides of a conflict without committing to either.

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