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

by de V. Payen-Payne

Mois

Tous les 36 du mois = Once in a blue moon.

Monde

C’est vieux comme le monde = It is as old as the hills.

Vous dites des choses de l’autre monde = You say most out-of-the-way things.

Il y a un monde fou = There is a terrible crowd. (See [Fou].)

Vous moquez-vous du monde de parler ainsi? = Are you making fun of people (are you serious) in speaking thus? Do you take people for a pack of fools?

Si vous obtenez cinq francs, c’est le bout du monde = If you get five francs, it is the utmost; You will get five francs at the very outside.

Si elle a trente ans c’est tout le bout du monde = She may be thirty at the very outside.