Lost in Literal

🇫🇷 French, taken literally

Arriver comme un chien dans un jeu de quilles

Literally

to appear like a dog in a bowling alley

What it really means

to show up at the worst possible moment

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French, taken literally

Poser un lapinto place a rabbitQuand les poules auront des dentswhen hens will have teethEntre chien et loupbetween dog and wolfAvoir le cafardto have a cockroachÊtre comme une poule qui a trouvé un couteauto be like a hen that found a knifeParler français comme une vache espagnoleto speak French like a Spanish cow