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

by de V. Payen-Payne

Histoire

Voilà bien des histoires pour si peu de chose! = What a fuss about nothing.

Voilà bien une autre histoire! = That is quite another thing.

Histoire (or, Chansons) que tout cela! = That is all stuff and nonsense.

Le plus beau de l’histoire c’était qu’il n’en savait rien = The best of the joke was he knew nothing about it.

Histoire de rire = 1. For the fun of the thing. 2. It was only a joke.

Hommage

Hommage de l’auteur = With the author’s compliments.

Homme

*L’homme propose et Dieu dispose = Man proposes, God disposes.