French Idioms and Proverbs / A Companion to Deshumbert's "Dictionary of Difficulties"

by de V. Payen-Payne

C’est bien comme cela! = That is just it!!

C’est cela même! = That’s the very thing!

Pour cela même = For that very reason.

N’est-ce que cela? = Is that all?

Cent

En un mot comme en cent = Once and for all.

Je vous le donne en cent = I bet you 100 to 1 you will not guess it.

*Cent ans bannière, cent ans civière = Up to-day, down to-morrow; Every dog has his day.

[Bannière is here used as the mark of nobility. Also: Aujourd’hui chevalier, demain vacher. German: Heute mir, morgen dir. Latin: Hodie mihi, cras tibi.]

Cent ans de chagrin ne paient pas un sou de dettes = Worrying will not pay your debts.