IdiomDaily Life
French
FrenchFaire fi de quelque chose
Meaning: To scorn something; to dismiss it as beneath notice.
Literally: To make fie of something
Example: “Il a fait fi des conseils du guide et s'est perdu dans la montagne.” — He turned up his nose at the guide's advice and got lost in the mountains.
English equivalent: To turn up one's nose at something
Other ways to say this
- French: Faire la fine bouche Literally: To make the fine mouth
English: turn up one's nose at something or someone
Origin: Fi is an interjection of disgust, the same one preserved in English fie. Making a fi of something is performing the sound at it, which is about as much attention as it is being granted.
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- 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.
- Crier haro sur le baudet To denounce someone publicly and unanimously.
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