Montrer
Montrer le soleil avec un flambeau = To paint the lily; To hold a farthing rushlight to the sun.
Mordre
Se mordre les doigts = To repent what one has done.
Se mordre la langue = To repent what one has said.
Mort
Il est mort de sa belle mort = He died a natural death.
Il est à l’article de la mort = He is at the point of death, at death’s door.
Quand on compte sur les souliers d’un mort on risque de marcher pieds nus = It’s an ill thing to wait for dead men’s shoes; He pulls with a long rope that waits for another’s death.