Dictionary French ← English: the straw that broke the camel's back

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	C'est la goutte d'eau qui fait déborder le vase. `[loc.]` `[fig.]`	It's the straw that broke the camel's back. `[idiom]` `[fig.]`
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	C'est le bouquet ! `[hum.]` `[fam.]` `[loc.]`	That's the final straw! `[idiom]`
	C'est le bouquet ! `[hum.]` `[fam.]` `[loc.]`	That's the last straw! `[idiom]`
	La barbe ! `[fam.]`	That's the last straw! `[idiom]`
	C'est là que gît la difficulté. `[loc.]`	That's the crux of the matter. `[idiom]`
	C'est là que gît le lièvre. `[loc.]`	That's the crux of the matter. `[idiom]`
	C'est là que gît le lièvre ! `[loc.]`	That's the fly in the ointment! `[idiom]`
	Voilà le hic. `[loc.]`	That's the fly in the ointment. `[idiom]`
	prov. À qui se lève matin, Dieu aide et prête la main.	It's the early bird that catches the worm.
	C'est le revers de la médaille. `[loc.]`	That's the other side of the coin. `[idiom]`
	C'est comme envoyer le renard compter les poules ! `[loc.]`	That's like sending the fox in to count the chickens! `[idiom]`
	C'est complet !	It's the last straw! `[coll.]` `[fig.]`
	C'est la goutte d'eau qui fait déborder le vase. `[loc.]` `[fig.]`	It's the last straw. `[idiom]` `[fig.]`
	meub. au fond du tiroir `{adv}`	at the back of the drawer
	remonter les bouteilles de la cave	to bring the bottles back up from the cellar
	faire marche arrière `[fig.]` `[loc.]`	to put the genie back in the bottle `[idiom]`
	remonter les valises au grenier	to take the suitcases back up to the attic
	anat. méd. douleurs `{f.pl}` lombaires	pain `{sg}` in the small of the back
	Il va falloir mettre les valises derrière.	The suitcases will have to go in the back.
	mâcher le travail à qn. `[loc.]`	to break the back of the work for sb. `[idiom]`
	remettre l'ouvrage sur le métier `[loc.]`	to put the matter back on the drawing board `[idiom]`
	le lendemain et le surlendemain `{adv}`	the next day and the day after that
	revenir la queue entre les jambes `[fig.]` `[fam.]`	to come back with the tail between the legs `[idiom]` `[fig.]`
	Plus ça change, plus ça reste la même chose. `[1849]` `[Jean-Baptiste` `Alphonse` `Karr]`	The more it changes, the more it's the same thing. `[often` `quoted` `in` `French]`
	Ayez tapé cette lettre avant la fin de la journée.	Have that letter typed before the end of the day.
	Le fin mot de l'histoire c'est que ... `[loc.]`	The long and the short of it is that ... `[idiom]`
	bible Il est plus facile à un chameau de passer par le trou d'une aiguille qu'à un riche d'entrer dans le royaume de Dieu.	It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.
	C'est le comble ! `[fam.]`	That's the limit! `[coll.]`
	C'est un comble ! `[fam.]`	That's the limit! `[coll.]`
	C'est là que gît le lièvre ! `[loc.]`	That's the snag! `[idiom]`
	Voilà le hic. `[loc.]`	That's the snag. `[idiom]`
	À la bonne heure !	That's the spirit! `[idiom]`
	Et le tour est joué.	That's done the trick.
	C'est l'essentiel.	That's the main thing.
	être le dos au mur	to have one's back to the wall
	Mais il ne s'agit pas de ça !	But that's not the point!
	C'est l'intention qui compte.	It's the thought that counts.
	C'est le geste qui compte.	It's the thought that counts.
	À quoi ça rime ?	What's the point (of that)?
	dans un coin de ma tête `{adv}`	at / in the back of one's mind
	dans un coin de ma tête `{adv}` `[loc.]`	in the back of one's head `[idiom]`
	être au pied du mur `[loc.]`	to have one's back against the wall `[idiom]`
	C'est la seule chose qui compte.	It's the only thing that matters.
	C'est tout à fait hors de question !	That's absolutely out of the question!
	Ça me vient naturellement !	That's just the way I am!
	C'est le cadet de mes soucis.	That's the least of my worries.
	C'est le moindre de mes soucis.	That's the least of my worries.
	Il n'y a pas d'autre mot.	That's the only word for it.
	C'est ce qui fait toute la différence !	That's what makes all the difference !
	C'est là que le bât blesse. `[fig.]`	That's where the shoe pinches. `[idiom]`

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