Well, it’s 4 days since the EU referendum now and after that shocking result we have certainly got the cockroach (“on a le cafard”) at our house. In fact, it feels like we’ve got a whole plague of them. This cartoon is from the book “101 French Idioms” I wrote about in my last post,…
Brexit idioms
French idioms for Brexit (1): we’re pedalling in the semolina
I wish this EU Referendum wasn’t happening. Here’s what I think we’re doing: ….and don’t let’s put our fingers into our eyes: ….we’ll have to pay for the broken pots, in all sorts of ways, if we leave the EU. The above cartoons come from the book “101 French Idioms” by Jean-Marie Cassagne, which gives…
