Cette remarque a porté à faux = That remark was not to the point, was not conclusive.
Faux comme un jeton = As false as Judas; As false as a die.
Je m’inscris en faux contre cette assertion = I emphatically deny the truth of that assertion.
Fée
C’est la fée Carabosse = She is an old hag.
Fêler
*Les pots fêlés sont ceux qui durent le plus = The door with the creaking hinge hangs longest; The cracked pitcher goes oftenest to the well.
Femme
*Femme qui parle comme homme et geline qui chante comme coq ne sont bonnes à tenir =
A whistling woman and a crowing hen
Are good for neither cocks nor men.