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Englishbe all the rage
Meaning: To be extremely fashionable or popular for a time.
Example: “Those chunky sneakers were all the rage two summers ago; now nobody wears them.”
Origin: "The rage" meant a craze or fashion from the late 18th century; "all the rage" is found in print by the 1830s.
Equivalents in other languages
French: Faire florès Literally: To make florès- French: Faire fureur Literally: To make fury
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- welcome with open arms To greet or accept someone with great warmth and enthusiasm.
- count on the fingers of one hand To be very few in number, five or fewer.
- give someone an earful To scold someone at length, or tell them angrily what one thinks.
- one's eyes pop out of one's head To be astonished, often at something striking or desirable.
- turn one's stomach To make someone feel sick, physically or with disgust.
- have eyes in the back of one's head To notice everything, even what happens behind one's back.
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- Espèce de patate You dim bulb — a potato being the very picture of inert, unthinking stodginess.
- Quel râleur / quelle râleuse You never stop moaning — everything is a complaint, nothing is ever good enough.
- Peau de vache A mean, difficult, and unpleasant person — tough and unyielding like tanned hide.
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