renaître de ses cendres
Meaning: To rise again and flourish after near-total destruction.
Language: French
Literally: to be reborn from its ashes
Category: Animals
Origin: An allusion to the phoenix, the mythological bird that immolates itself and is reborn from the ashes of its pyre.
More idioms — Animals
- donner un coup de pied dans la fourmilière — To strike a major blow or take bold action that stirs up considerable agitation and contr…
- remettre en selle — To help someone recover a former position or regain their footing after a setback.
- 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.
More French idioms
- se payer la tête de quelqu'un — To mock or ridicule someone.
- avoir les sangs tournés — To be profoundly shocked or horrified.
- fourrer son nez dans les affaires de quelqu'un — To meddle or pry indiscreetly into someone else's affairs.
- griller les neurones — To drive someone insane or cause them to go mad.
- passer d'un excès à l'autre — To swing from one extreme to the opposite extreme without ever finding moderation.
- prendre des gants — To handle a delicate matter with great tact and care to avoid offending someone.
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- Make hay while the sun shines. — Seize opportunities during favorable conditions before circumstances change and make prog…
- Man is the head, but woman turns it. — Women's subtle influence often guides decisions that men believe they make independently.