Faire du ramdam
Meaning: To make a great deal of noise.
Language: French
Literally: To make ramadan
Category: Daily Life
Origin: From Ramadan, borrowed through North African French, and referring to the nightly activity after the fast breaks rather than to the daytime observance. It entered French army slang in the 19th century.
More idioms — Daily Life
- Un remède de bonne femme — A folk cure of doubtful value.
- Tirer sa révérence — To take one's leave, with a show of formality.
- À tour de rôle — Each in turn.
- Un rond-de-cuir — A petty bureaucrat.
- Au bout du rouleau — Completely exhausted; at the end of one's resources.
- Hommes de sac et de corde — Thorough scoundrels.
More French idioms
- L'affaire est dans le sac — It is as good as settled.
- Mettre à sac — To plunder a place completely.
- À bon entendeur, salut — A word to the wise — take the hint.
- Bon sang ! — Good grief — an exclamation of exasperation.
- Bon sang ne saurait mentir — Breeding shows in the end.
- Séance tenante — Then and there, without adjournment.
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