Un chasseur sachant chasser doit savoir chasser sans son chien.

Meaning: The classic French 'ch' / 's' tangler.

Literally: A hunter who knows how to hunt must know how to hunt without his dog.

Origin: France's most famous tongue twister.

More French tongue twisters

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.
Dans ta tente ta tante t'attend. A gentle 'ta / ten / tan / t'' warm-up that sounds faster than it reads.
Un beau ver vert dans un verre vert verra un ver vert. Ver (worm), vert (green), and verre (glass) are near-homophones — distinguishing them at…
Didon dîna, dit-on, du dos d'un dodu dindon dont le dodu dos dodine. A 'd' / 'din' / 'dod' avalanche that seems designed to jam the tongue in third gear.

Words that look familiar in another language but mean something else entirely.

Coin Actually means 'corner'. A coin you spend is une pièce.
Chance Actually means 'luck'. Bonne chance! = Good luck! For chance (probability), say une possi…
Sympathique Actually means 'nice' or 'pleasant'. Il est très sympathique = He's very nice — not 'He's…

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