prendre ses rêves pour des réalités
Meaning: Confusing fantasy with reality; living in delusion.
Language: French
Literally: to take one's dreams for realities
Category: The Absurd
Origin: Philosophical observation about the human tendency toward wishful thinking.
More idioms — The Absurd
- tirer les vers du nez — Getting someone to reveal information they want to keep secret.
- faire un bide — Experiencing complete failure or lack of success.
- faire un couac — Making an embarrassing mistake or producing a discordant sound.
- estar en la luna de Valencia — Completely distracted or absent-minded, oblivious to what's happening around you.
- avere la coda di paglia — Feel guilty about something because you're afraid of being discovered or criticized.
- 호랑이도 제 말 하면 온다 (Horangido je mal hamyeon onda) — Speaking of someone often enough may cause them to unexpectedly appear; talk of the devil.
More French idioms
- faire la pluie et le beau temps — Having complete control over a situation or someone's fate.
- avoir une dent contre quelqu'un — Holding a grudge or resentment toward someone.
- avoir le trac — Feeling nervous or anxious before a performance or important event.
- faire la morte — Pretending not to notice something or ignoring a situation.
- manger ses paroles — Having to take back or admit one was wrong about something said.
- mettre l'eau à la bouche — Making someone crave or desire something through temptation.
From our tongue twisters
- Dans ta tente ta tante t'attend. — A gentle 'ta / ten / tan / t'' warm-up that sounds faster than it reads.
- Seize chaises sèches sur seize arches sèches. — A relentless collision of 'sei', 'sèch', and 's' — the tongue can't find traction.
- Un beau ver vert dans un verre vert verra un ver vert. — Ver (worm), vert (green), and verre (glass) are near-homophones — distinguishing them at…