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

by de V. Payen-Payne

Coquelin sait le mieux se faire une tête = Coquelin is the cleverest at altering his features, at making up.

Cela se fait maintenant = That is the fashion now.

Cela ne se fait pas = That is not proper; That is not the correct thing.

Faiseur

C’est un faiseur d’embarras = He is a fussy personage.

Fait

Cela est de mon fait = That is my doing.

Venons au fait = Let us come to the point.

Mettez-moi au fait de ce qui s’est passé = Tell me what happened.

Il lui a dit son fait = He told him what he thought of him (not complimentary); He gave him a bit of his mind.