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Idioms and birds
Message de dvn44 posté le 06-12-2010 à 16:35:58 (S | E | F)
Hi everybody !
I would like to know some idioms using bird names; could you please post a few of them here ?

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Edited by bridg on 06-12-2010 16:59

Hello
Just one click on Google "idioms birds"
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..... and so on ...

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Réponse: Idioms and birds de taconnet, postée le 06-12-2010 à 16:47:46 (S | E)
Hello.

1- A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
2- To kill two birds with one stone.
3- Birds of a feather flock together.
4- It's the early bird that catches the worm.
5- An odd bird.
6- An old bird.
7- A bird of passage.
8- A jail- bird.
9- Free as a bird.
10- A little bird told me.
11- A bird of ill-omen.

Here is another link:
Lien Internet

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Réponse: Idioms and birds de violet91, postée le 06-12-2010 à 16:47:55 (S | E)

A bird in the hand is worth(or better than) two in the bush.= "Un "tiens" vaut mieux deux "tu l'auras".

-To kill two birds with one stone = "faire d'une pierre deux coups".

Je vais regarder sur mon petit livre I'll look it up in my book "Idiomatics". A+ See you later.

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Edited by lucile83 on 06-12-2010 16:59
This is the English Only Forum...

Sorry and thank you helpful Lucile !

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Modifié par lucile83 le 06-12-2010 18:14
Revenu au forum normal car dvn44 est français,et il peut comprendre cette langue.

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Réponse: Idioms and birds de dvn44, postée le 06-12-2010 à 16:56:52 (S | E)
Very nice, thanks, but can a bird also define a person such as French idioms "vieille chouette " or "vieux hibou" ?
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Edited by lucile83 on 06-12-2010 16:58

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Réponse: Idioms and birds de violet91, postée le 06-12-2010 à 17:02:00 (S | E)
- A cuckoo (or cukold) = a betrayed husband.
- A chick : une poule mouillée.
Lien Internet
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- As you have an early bird , you have a night's owl (somebody who is still up when everybody is asleep).
Sorry I addressed you in French too, but I am so used to working on bilingual forums .
Still looking for my book ! A+

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Réponse: Idioms and birds de lucile83, postée le 06-12-2010 à 17:39:50 (S | E)
Hi,
vieille chouette : old harridan
with one click on the word...

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