passer maître
Meaning: To become the foremost expert in something.
Language: French
Literally: to pass master
Category: Daily Life
Origin: The phrase evokes a craftsperson progressing from apprentice to master, the highest rank of skill.
More idioms — Daily Life
- courir après les cotillons — To pursue amorous or romantic adventures.
- avoir de la tchatche — To be talkative and persuasive, to have the gift of gab.
- remonter plus haut — To begin a story or explanation at an earlier point in time to clarify or better illumina…
- n’avoir qu’à bien se tenir — A warning or threat implying that one must behave properly or face consequences.
- recoller les morceaux — to repair a broken relationship or reconcile after a quarrel.
- brûler ses dernières cartouches — to exhaust one's final resources or use one's last arguments in desperation.
More French idioms
- plumer la poule sans la faire crier — To extract money or advantage from someone so skillfully that they do not complain or res…
- compter sur les doigts d’une main — To be so few in number that they can be counted on five fingers or fewer.
- faire fureur — To provoke great enthusiasm or widespread popularity.
- 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.
- tirer les oreilles — To scold someone harshly or punish them.
From our untranslatable words
- 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…