English & French Expressions

1. Nose out of joint / vexé, dépité
   
2. Follow one's nose ou follow your instinct in life / (va tout droit) (suis ton intuition)
   
3. Keep your nose clean / tiens-toi à carreau
   
4. Look down your nose / regarder de haut
   
5. Turn up one's nose at something / dédaigner
   
6. Keep your nose to the grindstone / garder le nez dans le guidon ou travailler sans relâche
   
7. It's no skin off my nose / je m'en moque éperdument
   
8. Win by a nose / gagner d'une tête ou gagner d'un poil

to keep ou have one's nose to the grindstone / travailler sans relâche
to keep sb's nose to the grindstone / faire trimer[!] qn, faire travailler qn sans relâche

to have one's nose put out of joint / être dépité

1. avoir les oreilles décollées
   
2. dire qch à l'oreille de qn, dire qch à qn dans le creux de l'oreille
   
3. dresser l'oreille
   
4. emmitouflé jusqu'aux oreilles
   
5. rougir jusqu'aux oreilles
   
6. tendre l'oreille
   
7. entrer par une oreille et sortir par l'autre
   
8. c'est arrivé or parvenu à leurs oreilles
   
9. écouter de toutes ses oreilles, être tout oreilles
   
10. n'écouter que d'une oreille, écouter d'une oreille distraite
    
11. ouvre-bien les oreilles!
    
12. il m'en a glissé or soufflé un mot à l'oreille
    
13. en avoir plein les oreilles de qch
    
14. tu me casses les oreilles
    
15. ne prête pas l'oreille à
    
16. avoir l' oreille fine
    
17. avoir de l'oreille
    
18. n'avoir pas d'oreille
    
19. avoir l'oreille juste
    
20. avoir l'oreille basse
    
21. avoir l'oreille de qn
    
22. s'il y a une oreille qui traîne
    
23. tirer or frotter les oreilles à qn
    
24. se faire tirer l'oreille pour faire
    
25. montrer le bout de l'oreille (être vu)
    
26. montrer le bout de l'oreille (se trahir)
    
27. les oreilles ont dû te siffler

MurielB a écrit:
1. avoir les oreilles décollées= To have sticking out ears
2. there's better / dire qch à l'oreille de qn, dire qch à qn dans le creux de l'oreille= To have a word in sb’s ear about sth
3. dresser l'oreille = To cock up one’s ears
4. emmitouflé jusqu'aux oreilles = wrapped up warmly
5. rootS rougir jusqu'aux oreilles = to go bright red or to blush to the roots of one’s hair
6. tendre l'oreille = To prick up one’s ears
7. entrer par une oreille et sortir par l'autre = It goes in one ear and out the other.
8. there's better / c'est arrivé or parvenu à leurs oreilles = It has reached their ears
9. écouter de toutes ses oreilles, être tout oreilles = To be all ears.
10. with a hyphen n'écouter que d'une oreille, écouter d'une oreille distraite = to only half-listen.
11. ouvre-bien les oreilles! = Listen carefully.
12. there's better / il m'en a glissé or soufflé un mot à l'oreille = He has whispered it into my ear.
13. there's better / en avoir plein les oreilles de qch = My head is full with
14. there's better / tu me casses les oreilles = you make a terrible racket.
15. ne prête pas l'oreille à = Don’t pay attention to
16. there's better / avoir l' oreille fine = to have a quick ear.
17. avoir de l'oreille = To have a good ear for music
18. there's better / n'avoir pas d'oreille = To have no ear for music
19. there's better / avoir l'oreille juste = to sing in tune.
20. avoir l'oreille basse = To be crestfallen
21. avoir l'oreille de qn= I don't understand the meaning
22. there's better / s'il y a une oreille qui traîne = walls have ears
23. tirer or frotter les oreilles à qn= To tweak sb’s ears
24. se faire tirer l'oreille pour faire = To be given a good telling off to do sth
25. there's better / montrer le bout de l'oreille (être vu)= To show oneself
26. montrer le bout de l'oreille (se trahir)= To give oneself away
27. les oreilles ont dû te siffler = Your ears must have been burning.

1. to play music by ear
   
2. he is wet behind the ears
   
3. it has come to my ears that
   
4. about ou around one's ears
   
5. my ears are burning
   
6. to be all ears[!]
   
7. to be on one's ear[!]
   
8. to bend sb's ear
   
9. to be out on one's ear[!] (from job)
   
10. to be out on one's ear[!] (from home)
    
11. to be up to one's ears in debt/work
    
12. to get a thick ear[!]
    
13. to give sb a thick ear[!]
    
14. to have a word in sb's ear
    
15. to close ou shut one's ear(s) to sth/sb
    
16. to go in one ear and out the other
    
17. to have ou keep one's ear to the ground
    
18. to have the ear of sb
    
19. I'll keep my ears open
    
20. to lend ou give a sympathetic ear to sb
    
21. to listen with (only) half an ear
    
22. to play it/sth by ear (figurative)
    
23. to set ou put sb on his/her ear[!] US
    

1. to play music by ear= jouer de la musique à l'oreille
   
2. he is wet behind the ears=Si on lui pressait le nez, il en sortirait du lait / c'est un petit jeunot
   
3. it has come to my ears that= c'est venu jusqu'à mes oreilles que / il m'est arrivé aux oreilles que
   
4. about ou around one's ears= avec to go about and around one's ears= Je pense "se casser le nez" / tout autour de soi
   
5. my ears are burning= Mes oreilles sifflent(Parce que quelqu'un parle de moi)
   
6. to be all ears[!] = Etre tout ouie.
   
7. to be on one's ear[!]= être rond, ivre
   
8. to bend sb's ear casser les oreilles de quelqu'un (Parce que l'on parle trop ) / insister auprès de quelqu'un
   
9. to be out on one's ear[!] (from job)= Etre congédié ou être mis à la porte.
   
10. to be out on one's ear[!] (from home)= Etre mis dehors.
    
11. to be up to one's ears in debt/work = En avoir jusqu'au cou.
    
12. to get a thick ear[!]= avoir une raclée / recevoir une baffe
    
13. to give sb a thick ear[!]=Donner une raclée / commer une baffe à quelqu'un
    
14. to have a word in sb's ear= Toucher un mot à quelqu'un parler à quelqu'un en privé
    
15. to close ou shut one's ear(s) to sth/sb = ne pas écouter quelque chose refuser d'écouter qch/qn
    
16. to go in one ear and out the other= Entrer par une oreille et sortir de l'autre
    
17. to have ou keep one's ear to the ground = Faire attention aux moindres indice garder l'oeil ouvert
    
18. to have the ear of sb= Avoir de l'influence su quelqu'un d'important / avoir l'oreille de quelqu'un
    
19. I'll keep my ears open = Je garderai les oreilles grandes ouvertes / si j'entends parler de quelque chose, je te le dirai
    
20. to lend ou give a sympathetic ear to sb = Ecouter quelqu'un prêter une oreille compatissante à qn
    
21. to listen with (only) half an ear= Ecouter d'une oreille distraite / n'écouter que d'une oreille
    
22. to play it/sth by ear (figurative) = Jouer à l'oreille improviser
    
23. to set ou put sb on his/her ear[!] US= scandaliser quelqu'un provoquer la colère de qn
    

Yesterday when I woke up, I looked in a mirror. I looked very neat and organized. Not a hair was out of place. But today when I woke up, I knew I was going to have a bad hair day. My hair was standing up in all the wrong places. I thought I would be unhappy all day and things would not go well. I work at home so I just hoped that my computer would work right and not have a bad hair day also.

I was very tired because I did not sleep well last night. I made the mistake of watching a horror movie on television. The movie really made my hair stand on end. It was about a house possessed by evil spirits. The thought of having to live alone in a house like that was so frightening it was enough to curl your hair. I will say it another way: watching that movie was a hair-raising experience.

I prepared a meal for my children but they were behaving badly. I turned on the television so they would be quiet. I did not want them to be difficult or to get in my hair while I was working on the computer.

My children were making so much noise that I could not work. I was getting angry. In fact, I was ready to pull my hair out. I told them to please be quiet or I would punish them. But they knew I would not harm a hair on their heads.

I decided to make myself some strong coffee so I could work better. But my drink was so strong that it could put hair on your chest.

Finally, I got back to work. I was writing a proposal for a project. I knew that I was very close to finishing the proposal. Success was very close – within a hair's breadth. My supervisor called me to discuss the project. She wanted to argue about very small differences and unimportant details. But I told her not to split hairs.

Later, I got a telephone call from a friend whom I had not seen in a long time. In fact, I had not seen hide nor hair of him in months. So I was glad to know that he was all right.

I worked all day and finished my project. So I decided to celebrate, have some fun and let my hair down. I played some old recordings, and my children and I danced around the room. The recordings are from my favorite musical, a show called "Hair." It takes place during the nineteen sixties when many young people wore their hair very long.
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