recoller les morceaux
Meaning: to repair a broken relationship or reconcile after a quarrel.
Language: French
Literally: to glue the pieces back together
Category: Daily Life
Origin: Origin uncertain; the phrase draws a straightforward metaphor comparing a fractured relationship to broken objects that can be reassembled.
More idioms — Daily Life
- brûler ses dernières cartouches — to exhaust one's final resources or use one's last arguments in desperation.
- passer un mauvais quart d’heure — to experience a brief but unpleasant or distressing moment.
- envoyer des piques — To make cutting or barbed remarks intended to irritate or provoke someone.
- prendre le train en marche — To join opportunely in an action or endeavor already underway.
- aiguiser ses couteaux — To prepare oneself for conflict or confrontation.
- passer le Rubicon — To make a decisive, irrevocable commitment or choice with serious consequences.
More French idioms
- ne s’être pas regardé — to judge others harshly while being blind to one's own equal or greater faults.
- ne pas tourner rond — to be unwell or not functioning properly.
- prendre le maquis — To go into hiding or join a resistance movement to escape authority or persecution.
- ne pas en croire ses oreilles — To be startled or disbelieving upon hearing something astonishing.
- se composer le visage — To adopt a serious or carefully studied expression suited to the circumstances.
- être de mauvais poil — To be in a bad mood or irritable disposition.
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