Se faire rouler dans la farine
Meaning: To be conned or deceived.
Language: French
Literally: To get rolled in flour
Category: Food & Drink
Origin: Actors once powdered their faces with flour to play a part; to 'flour' someone came to mean to dupe them.
More idioms — Food & Drink
- Avoir le melon — To be bigheaded and conceited.
- To have egg on your face — To look foolish or embarrassed.
- Da haben wir den Salat — Now we've got a fine mess.
- Den Löffel abgeben — To die.
- Ins Fettnäpfchen treten — To commit an embarrassing social blunder.
- Estar en el ajo — To be in on a secret or scheme.
More French idioms
- Tirer le diable par la queue — To struggle to make ends meet.
- Passer du coq à l'âne — To switch topics abruptly and illogically.
- Mettre la charrue avant les bœufs — To do things in the wrong order.
- Avoir le cœur sur la main — To be very generous and giving.
- Tirer son épingle du jeu — To extract yourself cleverly from a tricky situation.
- Être soupe au lait — To be quick-tempered and flare up easily.