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.

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