French Expressions with Verbs

The French verb aller literally means "to go" and is also used in many idiomatic expressions. Learn how to go fishing, get to the bottom of things, go away, and more with this list of expressions with aller.

Learn how to arrive safe and sound, to manage to do something, to not be able to hold a candle to, and more with this list of expressions with arriver.

Learn how to be lucky, feel blue, hold a grudge, and more with this list of expressions with avoir.

Learn how to talk about breaking someone, boring someone stiff, warning someone, making an omelette by breaking eggs, and more with this list of expressions with casser.

Learn how to court danger, pick a fight, search for one's path in life, and more with this list of expressions with chercher.

Learn how to snap your fingers, chatter your teeth, pull a muscle, and more with this list of expressions with claquer.

Learn how to say it has two parts, to catch on quickly, you don't have a clue, and more with this list of expressions with comprendre.

Learn how to say take it from me, it's unbelievable, you don't know how right you are, and more with this list of expressions with croire.

Learn how to apologize, ask for mercy, wonder, and more with this list of expressions with demander.

Learn how to tell someone off, talk nonsense, be a yes-man, and more with this list of expressions with dire.

Learn how to sound the alarm, devote oneself, show signs of weakness, and more with this list of expressions with donner.

Learn how to get in touch with someone, come into effect, go to war, and more with this list of expressions with entrer.

Learn how to say that's right, here goes, so be it, and more with this list of expressions with être.

Learn how to build castles in the air, turn a deaf ear, act like a child, and more with this list of expressions with faire.

Learn how to say far from it, that's more than we need, it takes all kinds, and more with this list of expressions with falloir.

Learn how to abandon something, to leave room to maneuver, drop everything, and more with this list of expressions with laisser.

Learn how to take great care in doing something, spend money on, bolt the door, and more with this list of expressions with mettre.

Learn how to be promoted, rise gently, turn up the volume, and more with this list of expressions with monter.

Learn how to say apparently, to die, to publish, and more with this list of expressions with paraître.

Learn how to babble, be a good speaker, make small talk, and more with this list of expressions with parler.

Learn how to say whatever comes into one's head, to write something off, to kick the bucket, and more with this list of expressions with passer.

Learn how to fob someone off with empty promises, take a risk, make sacrifices, and more with this list of expressions with payer.

Learn how to go crazy, pass out, get confused, and more with this list of expressions with perdre.

The French verb pouvoir literally means "to be able to" and is also used in many idiomatic expressions. Learn how to be beside oneself, to be fed up, to do what you can, and more with this list of expressions with pouvoir.

Learn how to make a decision, get a breath of fresh air, catch someone red-handed, and more with this list of expressions with prendre.

Learn how to tell one's life story, spin yarns, be fooling oneself, and more with this list of expressions with raconter.

Learn how to give thanks, glorify, comply with orders, and more with this list of expressions with rendre.

Learn how to say we made good time, it's hilarious, how's life?, and more with this list of expressions with rouler.

Learn how to say knowledge is power, make up your mind, God only knows, and more with this list of expressions with savoir.

Learn about ringing bells, ringing ears, ringing hollow, and more with this list of expressions with sonner.

Learn how to keep in mind, have on good authority, keep an eye on someone, and more with this list of expressions with tenir.

Learn how to shoot blanks, make someone's life difficult, go on a spree, and more with this list of expressions with tirer.

Learn how to fall in love, be gullible, knock something over, and more with this list of expressions with tomber.

Learn how to meet one's match, find one's way, be lost for words, and more with this list of expressions with trouver.

Learn how to come into the world, send for, manage to, and more with this list of expressions with venir.

Learn how to be at peace, move with the times, live to a ripe old age, and more with this list of expressions with vivre.

Learn how to see stars, see life through rose-colored glasses, wait and see, and more with this list of expressions with voir.

Learn how to hold a grudge, only half want something, wish someone well, and more with this list of expressions with vouloir.