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.]