Grammar
Daily French Expressions
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350 – Daily French Expressions: ça va barder: things are going to get hot!
Arrête sinon ça va barder! Stop or sparks are going to fly!
Meaning: it is becoming dangerous.
You can also say: ça va chauffer!
351 – Daily French Expressions: le baratin: sweet talk, sales talk
Quel baratin, elle parte trop et on ne comprend rien: what a chatter, she is speaking too much and we don’t understand anything!
352 – Daily French Expressions: un bavard, une bavarde: chatterbox, talkative
Il est bavard comme une pie (magpie): he is a real chatterbox.
353 – Daily French Expressions: BCBG: Chic and conservative
An abbreviation for “bon chic bon genre”, it is a stereotype of upper middle class person with outward signs of wealth. We can say ‘posh’ but only for people.
354 – Daily French Expressions: oh la barbe! what a pain! how boring!
Oh la barbe, je m’endors: what a pain, I am falling asleep!
Ce type est vraiment barbant: this guy is just a bore!
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