Ramener sa fraise
Meaning: To butt in or show off uninvited.
Language: French
Literally: To bring back your strawberry
Category: Food & Drink
Origin: 'Fraise' is slang for the face, so to 'bring your strawberry' is to stick your face in where it isn't wanted.
More idioms — Food & Drink
- To bite off more than you can chew — To take on more than you can handle.
- To take with a pinch of salt — To regard a claim with healthy skepticism.
- To butter someone up — To flatter someone to win their favor.
- Das ist nicht das Gelbe vom Ei — It's not ideal; not quite good enough.
- Alles in Butter — Everything is fine and under control.
- Jemandem auf den Keks gehen — To get on someone's nerves.
More French idioms
- Ça m'en touche une sans faire bouger l'autre — I couldn't care less; it leaves me utterly indifferent.
- Prendre son pied — To take intense pleasure; to have a wonderful time.
- Il pleut comme vache qui pisse — It's pouring down — a crude, vivid way to say the rain is coming down extremely hard.
- Mettre la puce à l'oreille — To arouse someone's suspicion or make them uneasy about something.
- Sortir de ses gonds — To fly into a rage; to lose one's temper suddenly and violently.
- Reprendre du poil de la bête — To recover one's strength or spirit after a setback; to bounce back.
From our tongue twisters
- Didon dîna, dit-on, du dos d'un dodu dindon dont le dodu dos dodine. — A 'd' / 'din' / 'dod' avalanche that seems designed to jam the tongue in third gear.
- 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'.