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

by de V. Payen-Payne

Je vous écrirai fin courant (commercial) = I will write to you at the end of the present month.

Je ne suis pas au courant de l’affaire = I have not the latest information on the point; I am not up (well posted) in the matter.

Courir

Par le temps qui court = Nowadays; As times go.

Être fou à courir les champs = To be as mad as a March hare.

Nous courons même fortune = We are rowing in the same boat.

“Rien ne sert de courir, il faut partir à point” = It is no good hurrying if you have not started in time.

[La Fontaine, Le lièvre et la tortue, vi. 10.]

Courrier

Répondez par retour du courrier = Answer by return of post.