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From ”Idiom`s Delight,” by Suzanne Brock (Random House, 1988), here, translated, are how seven common sayings are expressed in France:
1. ”Rack your brains”-”break your head”
2. ”Let your hair down”-”to unbutton yourself”
3. ”Play leap-frog”-”play jump sheep”
4. ”Turns my stomach”-”lifts my heart”
5. ”Have a sharp tongue”-”have a hard tooth”
6. ”Call a spade a spade”-”call a cat a cat”
7. ”To cry uncle”-”to cry thumb”
