{"id":11831,"date":"2025-07-08T13:14:56","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T12:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?p=11831"},"modified":"2026-02-02T12:57:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T12:57:44","slug":"a-la-francaise-ep-2-quand-les-poules-auront-des-dents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/a-la-francaise-ep-2-quand-les-poules-auront-des-dents\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c0 la fran\u00e7aise Ep. 2: &#8220;Quand les poules auront des dents&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">French Expressions and Idioms<\/h2>\n<p><em>Have you heard of <strong>&#8220;idiomatic expressions&#8221;<\/strong>? Those are figurative expressions specific to French, that are usually not translatable directly, as each language uses its own references! Therefore, you need to learn them directly in the language, as well as learning French equivalents to the ones you use in English! 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