faire un esclandre
Meaning: Creating a public disturbance or embarrassing scene.
Language: French
Literally: to make a scandal
Category: Daily Life
Origin: Italian origin; means to cause public disgrace or commotion.
Equivalents in other languages
- Italian: Fare il diavolo a quattro — literally: To make the devil times four
- Hindi: आसमान सिर पर उठाना (aasmaan sir par uthaana) — literally: To lift the sky onto your head
More idioms — Daily Life
- faire la fortune de quelqu'un — Bringing great wealth or success to another person.
- être sur la brèche — Being actively engaged in battle or difficult work.
- être du voyage — Being involved in an illicit or questionable scheme.
- faire le gendarme — Acting authoritarian or enforcing rules with excessive zeal.
- irse por los cerros de Úbeda — To digress or wander off-topic during conversation without purpose or reason.
- 소 잃고 외양간 고친다 (So ilkko oeyanggan gochinda) — Taking preventive action only after suffering loss; closing the stable door after the hor…
More French idioms
- être un ours — Being unfriendly, grumpy, and difficult to approach socially.
- avoir une mémoire d'éléphant — Having exceptional ability to remember details over time.
- avoir une langue de vipère — Speaking maliciously, spreading rumors, or being verbally cruel.
- faire ses griffes — Practicing or preparing oneself for a challenging task or confrontation.
- manger du bout des lèvres — Eating without appetite or showing disinterest in the meal.
- avoir une peur bleue — Being terrified or extremely frightened of something.
From our tongue twisters
- Un chasseur sachant chasser doit savoir chasser sans son chien. — The classic French 'ch' / 's' tangler.
- Les chaussettes de l'archiduchesse sont-elles sèches, archi-sèches? — A merciless duel between 'ch' and 's'.
- Si six scies scient six cyprès, six cents scies scient six cents cyprès. — An 's' / 'si' minefield.