Tomber dans les pommes
Meaning: Suddenly losing consciousness — possibly derived from the older expression 'être dans les pommes cuites' (to be in the cooked apples), meaning to be utterly exhausted.
Language: French
Literally: To fall in the apples
Category: Food & Drink
Origin: Possibly a corruption of tomber en pâmoison (to fall in a swoon).
More idioms — Food & Drink
- Avoir la moutarde qui monte au nez — To be getting angry.
- Pédaler dans la semoule — To be confused and getting nowhere.
- Raconter des salades — To tell lies or tall tales.
- En faire tout un fromage — To make a big deal out of nothing.
- Mettre son grain de sel — To give an unsolicited opinion.
- Les carottes sont cuites — It's too late, nothing can be done.
More French idioms
- Avoir d'autres chats à fouetter — To have more important things to do.
- Couper les cheveux en quatre — To over-analyze or split hairs.
- Se regarder le nombril — To be self-centered or narcissistic.
- Avoir le cul entre deux chaises — To be indecisive, caught between two options.
- Casser les pieds à quelqu'un — To annoy or bore someone greatly.
- Avoir le beurre et l'argent du beurre — To want to have it both ways.
From our proverbs
- What goes around comes around — Your actions will eventually return to affect you.
- Silence is golden — Sometimes it's better to say nothing.
- The grass is always greener on the other side — What others have always seems better than what you have.