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Casser les pieds à quelqu'un

Meaning: To annoy or bore someone greatly.

Language: French

Literally: To break someone's feet

Category: Body & Senses

Origin: French slang from the 19th century.

More idioms — Body & Senses

  • Avoir un poil dans la main — To be extremely lazy.
  • Prendre ses jambes à son cou — To run away very fast.
  • Se lever du pied gauche — To wake up in a bad mood.
  • Mettre les pieds dans le plat — To put one's foot in it; to say something awkward or blunt.
  • avoir des fourmis — Experiencing a tingling or prickling sensation in a limb losing circulation.
  • avoir un chat dans la gorge — Having difficulty speaking due to hoarseness or a sore throat.

More French idioms

  • Avoir le beurre et l'argent du beurre — To want to have it both ways.
  • Noyer le poisson — To confuse the issue deliberately; to dodge a question.
  • Chercher midi à quatorze heures — To overcomplicate a simple matter.
  • Appeler un chat un chat — To call things by their proper name; to speak bluntly.
  • Donner sa langue au chat — To give up trying to guess the answer.
  • C'est la croix et la bannière — It is an enormous effort or ordeal.

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