Ruby & Row : French Idioms

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in lieu of my second semester taking french, I've picked up on several idioms and i'm totally in love.

Casser les pieds à quelqu'un

to get on someone's nerves; to bore someone
("to break someone's feet)

Couper la poire en deux

to meet someone halfway
("to cut the pear in two")

Pédaler dans la sémoule

to become insane / senile
("to pedal in the semonlina") (ha!)

Appuyer sur le champignon

to drive very fast / accelerate
("to press on the mushroom")

(guilty of pressing the mushrooms)

avoir la tête dans le guidon

to be overwhelmed; to be striving; to be working hard
("to have one's head in the handlebars")

and last, but most like me;

être soupe au lait

to be quick-tempered
("to be milky soup")

i am milky soup :(

diving into this as well as some children's books written in french.

A hummingbird and a snake

let everything happen to you