Grue
Il m’a fait faire le pied de grue pendant deux heures = He made me wait two hours for him; I was dancing attendance on him for two hours.
[“Faites vous sus un pied toute la nuict la grue?”
Régnier, Sat. xi.]
Guerre
*À la guerre comme à la guerre = One must take things as they come; We must take the rough with the smooth.
Je l’ai fait de guerre lasse = Weary of resistance I did it for the sake of peace and quiet.
*Qui terre a, guerre a = Much coin, much care; Much land, many lawsuits.
[Voltaire’s variant was: “Qui plume a, guerre a.”]
Ça, c’est de bonne guerre = He has only used fair means to defend himself (or, attack you); He has acted within his rights, you cannot complain.