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

by de V. Payen-Payne

Elle est au comble de ses désirs = She is at the very height of her wishes.

Pour comble de malheur, il tomba malade = To crown his misfortune, he fell ill.

Comité

Venez demain, nous serons en petit comité = Come to-morrow, there will be only a few intimate friends.

Comme

Comme ci, comme ça = So-so; indifferently.

Je ne l’ai pas dit, mais c’est tout comme = I did not say so, but it is just as if I did.

C’est tout comme = It comes to the same thing.

Commencer

*N’a pas fait qui commence = The beginning is not everything.