French Expressions

Thousands of idiomatic French expressions, proverbs, and clichés

Speaking French is a lot more than just vocabulary and conjugating verbs. Your ability to speak and understand the language will be greatly enhanced by knowing some commonly used idiomatic French expressions, and even proverbs and clichés. Take some time to study them and begin incorporating them into your speech.
 

French expressions listed by...

Verb	Vocabulary	Theme
aller	à	conclusions
arriver	an/année	driving
avoir	autant	"French" things
casser	bon/bien	gratitude
chercher	bouche	greetings
claquer	bout	impersonal expressions
croire	c'est	invitations
demander	champ	love
devoir	chat	math
dire	chose	money/banking
donner	comme	mood + health
entrer	coup	obligation/necessity
être	de	opinions
faire	dessus/dessous	personality
falloir	en	politeness
laisser	fois - new	restaurant
mettre	il est	telephone
monter	il y a	time
paraître	jour/journée	travel
parler	l'un	used in English
passer	matin/matinée
payer	mauvais/mal
perdre	meilleur/mieux
pouvoir	même
prendre	mise
raconter	n'importe
rendre	pain
rouler	pas
savoir	plus
sonner	quelque
tenir	sans
tirer	soir/soirée
tomber	sur
trouver	tant
venir	tel
vivre	temps
voir	tour
vouloir	tout
to make
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Dictionary of French Expressions
All of the French expressions on this site, including idiomatic expressions, proverbs, phrasal verbs, and formulas, arranged alphabetically by the first word in the French expression.

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