About this episode

This episode explores seven common French idioms related to animals, explaining their literal and real meanings along with examples.

French is full of idioms that are borrowed from the animal world, and once you know them you'll start hearing them everywhere. In this episode, Max walks you through seven of the most common ones, from "avoir le cafard" to "se jeter dans la gueule du loup", with the literal meaning, the real meaning, and an example for each. ➡️ Click here to watch the video version of this episode . ➡️ Get free mini-lessons and language tips every week by signing up to our newsletter: https://coffeebreaklanguages.kit.com/newsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Host: Max

Topics covered

• French idioms
• animal idioms
• language learning
• French language
• idiomatic expressions

Keywords

• French idioms
• animal expressions
• language tips
• learning French
• idioms meaning

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