Être tout feu tout flamme

Meaning: To be full of ardent enthusiasm.

Language: French

Literally: To be all fire all flame

Category: Daily Life

Origin: The doubling is the point, piling one term of combustion on another. It frequently carries the implication that the blaze will not last.

More idioms — Daily Life

Faire fi de quelque chose — To scorn something; to dismiss it as beneath notice.
Des grosses ficelles — Crude, obvious tricks that fool nobody.
Cousu de fil blanc — So obvious that the deception is plainly visible.
Mettre le doigt dans l'engrenage — To take a first small step that drags you into something far larger.
Le dos au feu et le ventre à table — In a state of complete physical contentment.
Marquer à la culotte — To watch someone so closely they cannot move freely.

Revoir sa copie — To go back and rework a proposal that has been rejected.
Ronger son frein — To wait in barely contained impatience.
Jeter sa gourme — To sow one's wild oats.
Tirer à hue et à dia — To pull in opposite directions; to work at cross purposes.
Une grenouille de bénitier — A woman conspicuously and tiresomely devout.
Faire le pied de grue — To stand around waiting for a long time.

Tu as de la répartie — You're brilliantly quick-witted — always ready with the perfect comeback.
T'as pas inventé le fil à couper le beurre — You're not exactly a genius — the wire to cut butter is about the most obvious tool imagi…
Tête de mule — An impossibly stubborn person who refuses to change their mind no matter what.

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