Qui tout convoite tout perd.
L’avarice rompt le sac.
Too much is stark naught.
“Oh, the little more, and how much it is!
And the little less, and what worlds away!”
Browning, Dramatic Lyrics,‘By the Fireside,’ 39.]
Employer
Il a employé le vert et le sec pour y parvenir = He left no stone unturned to secure success.
Emporter
S’emporter comme une soupe au lait = To be very hasty-tempered.
Ne faites pas attention à ses menaces, autant en emporte le vent = Pay no attention to his threats, they are as light as air.
Emporter ses cliques et ses claques = To clear off, bag and baggage.
C’est une réponse à l’emporte-pièce = It is a very cutting answer, and to the point.
[À l’emporte-pièce = Cut out by a machine-punch.]
Cela m’emporte la bouche = It burns my mouth (i.e. it is too highly spiced).