Friday, February 08, 2008

La mouche

une mouche (pronounced moosh) = a fly, bull's eye (when referring to a target) or a fake beauty spot.

Lots of interesting expressions with mouche:
  • il ne ferait pas de mal à une mouche = he wouldn't hurt a fly
  • on entendrait une mouche voler = you could hear a pin drop (literally a fly buzz)
  • quelle mouche les a piqués? = what's gotten into them? (literally what fly bit them)
  • regarder voler les mouches = to stare into space (literally to watch flies)
  • prendre la mouche = to get upset, to take something personally
  • tomber comme des mouches = to drop like flies.

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