faire florès

Meaning: To achieve success and build a reputation.

Language: French

Literally: to make flowers

Category: Nature

Origin: The image is of flourishing like flowers in bloom, a metaphor for prosperity and prominence.

More idioms — Nature

fuir comme la peste — To avoid something or someone as much as possible.
tomber à l’eau — To be canceled or abandoned.
battre les fourrés — To range far and wide in search of adventure or chance encounters.
prendre le maquis — To go into hiding or join a resistance movement to escape authority or persecution.
remuer ciel et terre — To exert all possible effort and use every available means to achieve a goal.
de aquellos polvos, estos lodos — Consequences or problems arise later from careless or harmful actions taken earlier; misd…

beurrer épais — To exaggerate or overdo something.
mettre ses deux mains au feu — To stake one's reputation or safety by guaranteeing something is true.
tendre les bras — To offer help and support to someone, or to welcome them warmly.
retourner à la case départ — To find oneself back where one began, as if no progress had been made.
sentir la naphtaline — To be old-fashioned or antiquated.
passer maître — To become the foremost expert in something.

Épanouissement — The full flourishing of a person — blooming into your most complete, radiant self. More t…
Ressourcement — The act of returning to one's roots or origins to find renewal — going back to a place, t…
Dépaysement — The disorienting yet often pleasant feeling of being far from home, immersed in the unfam…