Essuyer les plâtres = To move into a newly-built house before the walls are dry; (fig.) To experience the disadvantages of a beginning.
Estomac
Avoir l’estomac dans les talons = To be as hungry as a hunter.
État
Nous faisons peu d’état de cet homme = We consider that man very little; We take little account of that man.
De son état = By profession, by trade.
Je l’ai mis hors d’état de vous nuire = I have put it out of his power to harm you.
Pour un rien il se met dans tous ses états (fam.) = He gets very excited over a mere trifle.
L’État, c’est moi! = The State! I am the State.