remettre en selle
Meaning: To help someone recover a former position or regain their footing after a setback.
Language: French
Literally: to put back in the saddle
Category: Animals
Origin: The phrase draws on the image of a rider who has been thrown from a horse being helped back onto it.
More idioms — Animals
- tener más conchas que un galápago — To be extremely cunning or crafty; to have many tricks up one's sleeve.
- cachicamo diciéndole a morrocoy conchudo — Calling out someone's faults when the accuser has the very same fault, especially when th…
- como pez en el agua — perfectly at ease in a situation; in one's natural element.
- pico de oro — someone with exceptional eloquence or persuasive speech.
- no decir ni pío — to remain completely silent or say nothing at all.
- vérsele el plumero — Someone's true nature or hidden faults become glaringly visible.
More French idioms
- prendre des gants — To handle a delicate matter with great tact and care to avoid offending someone.
- remettre en train — To restart or reactivate something that has stopped or slowed down.
- ça pique — It is very expensive or causes financial pain.
- vendre chèrement sa peau — To defend oneself fiercely and make a determined stand against those trying to kill you.
- C'est pas tes oignons — That's none of your business.
- C'est la fin des haricots — It's all over; there's no hope left.
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.