Nous prendrons la clef des champs = We shall take the key of the street (i.e., run away).
Un rien le met aux champs = A trifle throws him into a passion, bewilders him.
Être aux champs = To be put out, bewildered, angry.
Prendre du champ = To take a run (before leap); To have room before one (for an effort).
[“Ils prirent du champ et coururent l’un sur l’autre avec furie.”—Chateaubriand, Dernier des Abencérages, 185.]
Chance
Chance vaut mieux que bien jouer = Luck is better than wit or brains.
Il n’est chance qui ne retourne = The luck must change.
Chandelle
*A chaque saint sa chandelle = Honour to whom honour is due; Every lawyer must have his fee.