chase skirts

French: courir après les cotillons — literally: to run after the cotillions
French: Un chaud lapin — literally: A hot rabbit

Meaning: To pursue women constantly and flirtatiously.

Language: English

Literally: (Already vivid in English)

Example: “He spent his twenties chasing skirts and his thirties wondering why he was lonely.”

Category: Daily Life

Origin: "Skirt" has been slang for a woman since the 16th century. "Skirt-chasing" is recorded by the end of the 19th century.

Equivalents in other languages

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play one's last card — To make a final attempt, using the last resource one has.
people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones — One should not criticize others for faults one has oneself.
take potshots at — To criticize someone in a casual, unfair or opportunistic way.

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.
have a lot on one's plate — To have many tasks or problems to deal with.
go underground — To go into hiding or begin operating in secret.