faire fureur

Meaning: To provoke great enthusiasm or widespread popularity.

Language: French

Literally: to make fury

Category: The Absurd

Origin: The metaphor is of an emotion running wild, uncontrolled and intense.

More idioms — The Absurd

• être victime de son succès — To suffer problems or difficulties that arise as a result of becoming too successful.
• ne pas tourner rond — to be unwell or not functioning properly.
• casser le nez à coups d’encensoir — To offer someone clumsy, exaggerated, and insincere flattery to their face.
• péter une baloune — To cause deep disappointment; to shatter someone's illusions or hopes.
• passer d'un excès à l'autre — To swing from one extreme to the opposite extreme without ever finding moderation.
• fuera de sí — to be in a state of extreme emotion, either elation or distress, such that one loses comp…

More French idioms

• tirer l’oreille — To scold or reprimand someone.
• pousser les feux — To intensify effort or energy; to redouble one's exertions to achieve a goal.
• courir après les cotillons — To pursue amorous or romantic adventures.
• tirer les oreilles — To scold someone harshly or punish them.
• avoir de la tchatche — To be talkative and persuasive, to have the gift of gab.
• tomber à l’eau — To be canceled or abandoned.

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