Nous sommes à deux de jeu = We are even; We are a match for each other; Two can play at that game.
Je vous donne beau jeu = (lit.) I give you good cards; (fig.) I give you a good opportunity; I play into your hands.
Jouer gros jeu = (lit.) To play for high stakes; (fig.) To risk very much in an attempt.
Cela n’est pas du jeu = 1. That is not fair, not cricket; You are not playing the game. 2. That was not agreed upon.
*Qui jeune n’apprend, rien ne saura = An old dog will learn no tricks. (See [Jeunesse].)
*Si jeunesse savait, si vieillesse pouvait = If only the young had experience and the old strength; If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.
Ce que poulain prend en jeunesse, il le continue en vieillesse =
“’Tis education forms the common mind.
Just as the twig is bent the tree’s inclined.”
[Pope, Moral Essays, i. 149.]
Youth and white paper take any impression.