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
comprendre	c'est	invitations
croire	champ	love
demander	chat	math
devoir	chose	money/banking
dire	comme	mood + health
donner	coup	obligation/necessity
entrer	de	opinions
être	dessus/dessous	personality
faire	en	politeness
falloir	fois	restaurant
laisser	il est	telephone
mettre	il y a	time
monter	jour/journée	travel
paraître	l'un	used in English
parler	matin/matinée
passer	mauvais/mal
payer	meilleur/mieux
perdre	même
pouvoir	mise
prendre	n'importe
raconter	pain
rendre	pas
rouler	plus
savoir	quelque
sonner	sans
tenir	soir/soirée
tirer	sur
tomber	tant
trouver	tel
venir	temps
vivre	tour
voir	tout
vouloir
to make
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Dictionary of French Expressions
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