Être connu comme le loup blanc
Meaning: To be known by absolutely everyone.
Language: French
Literally: To be known like the white wolf
Category: Animals
Origin: A white wolf is rare enough that any sighting is remarked on and remembered across a whole district. The phrase is about conspicuousness, not reputation.
More idioms — Animals
- Se jeter dans la gueule du loup — To walk straight into obvious danger.
- Un vieux loup de mer — A seasoned old sailor.
- Avoir des yeux de lynx — To have extremely sharp eyesight, or to notice everything.
- Des larmes de crocodile — Insincere grief performed for effect.
- Se laisser tondre la laine sur le dos — To let oneself be exploited without resisting.
- S'entendre comme larrons en foire — To be thick as thieves; to understand one another perfectly.
More French idioms
- À la fortune du pot — Taking potluck; sharing whatever happens to be cooking.
- Séparer le bon grain de l'ivraie — To distinguish what is valuable from what is worthless.
- Se demander si c'est du lard ou du cochon — To be unable to tell what something is or how it is meant.
- Une autre paire de manches — A different matter entirely; a far harder proposition.
- Faire du lèche-vitrine — To go window shopping.
- L'huile de coude — Hard physical effort; elbow grease.
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