Convertir

Vous prêchez un converti = You are talking to a man who thinks with you.

Coq

Il est comme un coq en pâte = He is in clover.

[Lit. one kept separately from the others to be fattened; pâte is its food. Comme rats en paille is sometimes used.]

Il est le coq du village = He is the cock of the walk.

Des coq-à-l’âne = Cock and bull stories; Disconnected rigmaroles.

Coquille

À qui vendez-vous vos coquilles? = Tell that to the marines. (See [Autre].)

[Charles d’Orléans, Rondeau, 148.]