Casser - French Expressions
The French verb casser literally means to break, and is also used in a number of idiomatic expressions. Learn how to talk about breaking someone, boring someone stiff, warning someone, making an omelette by breaking eggs, and more.
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casser |
to break | |
| to crack (a nut) | ||
| to snap (a branch) | ||
| to spoil the flavor (of wine) | ||
| to demote | ||
| to annul | ||
| to lower (prices) | ||
| (familiar) | to kill (esp. if motivated by prejudice) | |
| casser la baraque | (informal) | to bring the house down |
| casser la baraque à qqun | (inf) | to screw everything up for someone |
| casser la croûte | (inf) | to have a bite to eat |
| casser la figure à qqun | (inf) | to smash someone's face in |
| casser la graine | (inf) | to have a bite to eat |
| casser la gueule à qqun | (fam) | to smash someone's face in |
| casser le morceau | (fam) | to spill the beans, come clean to give the game away |
| casser les oreilles à qqun | (inf) | to deafen someone |
| casser les pieds à qqun | (inf) | to bore someone stiff, get on s.o.'s nerves |
| casser sa pipe | (inf) | to kick the bucket, snuff it |
| casser les reins à qqun | to ruin, break someone | |
| casser du sucre sur le dos de qqun | to talk about someone behind his back | |
| casser la tête à qqun | to deafen someone, to bore someone stiff | |
| crier casse-cou à qqun | to warn someone | |
| à tout casser | stupendous, fantastic; at the most | |
| Ça / Il ne casse pas des briques | (inf) | That's no great shakes. |
| Ça / Il ne casse pas trois pattes à un canard. | It / He is nothing special, nothing to get excited about | |
| Ça / Il ne casse rien. | It / He is nothing special, nothing to get excited about | |
| Casse-toi ! | (fam) | Get the hell out of here! |
| Il ne s'est pas cassé le cul | (slang) | He didn't bust his butt. |
| Il ne s'est pas cassé la tête | (inf) | He didn't overtax himself, put any effort into it. |
| Il ne s'est pas cassé le tronc / la nénette | (fam) | He didn't do much, try very hard. |
| Il nous les casse ! | (fam) | He's a pain in the neck! |
| Tu me casses les bonbons ! | (fam) | You're a pain in the neck! |
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