| Dictionary of French Expressions - V |
| Idiomatic French expressions, phrasal verbs, and French formulas |
More than 2,000 French expressions, including idiomatic expressions, proverbs, phrasal verbs, and French formulas. Expressions are arranged alphabetically by the first word in the French expression, not including articles.
| Abbreviations | |||
| (fam) | familiar | (inf) | informal |
| qqun | quelqu'un | qqch | quelque chose |
| s.o. | someone | s.t. | something |
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| valoir mieux | to be better / more valuable | |
| Va te faire mettre ! | (slang) | Get lost! |
| la veille au soir | the previous evening | |
| vendre la mèche | to let the cat out of the bag | |
| Venez donc... | Come and... | |
| venir à | to come up to, reach, happen to | |
| venir à bout de + infinitive | to manage to, to succeed in | |
| venir à bout de souffle | to get through; to overcome | |
| venir au monde | to come into the world | |
| venir avec plaisir | to be glad to come | |
| venir chercher | to call for, to come get | |
| venir chercher qqun | to come get / pick s.o. up | |
| venir de | to have just done s.t. (le passé récent) | |
| venir par (la côte) | to come along/by (the coast) | |
| La vérité sort de la bouche des enfants. | Out of the mouths of babes. | |
| veuillez (+ infinitive) | please | |
| la vie aux champs | country life | |
| Viens donc... | Come on and... | |
| vivre au jour le jour | To live from hand to mouth | |
| vivre comme chien et chat | to fight like cat and dog | |
| vivre dans (la misère, la peur) | to live in (poverty, fear) | |
| vivre les uns sur les autres | to live one on top of the other | |
| voir 36 chandelles | to see stars | |
| voir à | to see to it that, to make sure that | |
| voir de ses propres yeux | to see s.t. with one's own eyes | |
| voir la vie en rose | to see life through rose-colored glasses | |
| voir le bout du tunnel | to see the light at the end of the tunnel | |
| voir qqch d'un mauvais oeil | to look down on s.t. | |
| voir qqun à l'oeuvre | to see s.o. in action | |
| voir venir | wait and see | |
| voir venir gros comme une maison | to see s.t. coming from a mile away | |
| vol à main armée | armed robbery | |
| voler (qqch) à (qqun) | to steal (s.t.) from (s.o.) | |
| voter contre | to vote against | |
| voter pour | to vote for | |
| vouloir bien | to be willing/glad/good/kind enough to | |
| vouloir dire | to mean | |
| Vouloir, c'est pouvoir. | Where there's a will, there's a way. | |
| Vous avez tout votre temps | You have all the time in the world / plenty of time / all the time you need | |
| Vous nous feriez très plaisir si vous pouviez nous consacrer une soirée. | We would be delighted if you could spend an evening with us. | |
| Vous voyez d'ici le tableau ! | Just picture it! | |
| voyager en (train, taxi) | to travel by (train, taxi) | |
Dictionary of French Expressions
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