English Idioms 3

On the Web page, "very" is written with "rr": of course, it's a typo, not the new spelling even tho' the USA changed its president

I remember years ago when my boss changed and I had an American one: I discovered "I appreciate it" in place of "thanks", I liked this!

MurielB a écrit:

On the Web page, "very" is written with "rr": of course, it's a typo,

Of course it's a typo Gérard but perhaps uncousciouly you wanted to insist on the gratitude

I'm not the author Muriel.

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Easy to confuse when words are so close pronunciationwise... and French ears so untrained in subtle sounds.

MurielB a écrit:Most of these expressions can be litterally translated into French can't they?

I agree Muriel. It's very interesting to realize these random choices crossed the Channel.
I don't see a word-to-word translation nor the French expressions for "Paint the town red", "Tickled pink" ("tickled"?? - Idioms - tickled pink ou to death ravi), "Blue-eyed boy", "With flying colors".
Re "With flying colors", I guess there's something to do with the flag in the army but I can't remember the French equivalent, can you help me pls?