*Il ne vaut pas le pain qu’il mange = He is not worth his salt.
Il sait son pain manger = He knows on which side his bread is buttered.
*C’est un long jour qu’un jour sans pain = ’Tis a long lane that has no turning.
*Pain dérobé réveille appétit = Stolen joys are sweet.
[“Pain qu’on dérobe et qu’on mange en cachette,
Vaut mieux que pain qu’on cuit et qu’on achète.”
La Fontaine, Les Troqueurs.]
Je ne mange pas de ce pain-là = I don’t go in for that sort of thing.
Pair
Hors de pair = Beyond all comparison; Above the level of others.
Traiter quelqu’un de pair à compagnon = To be hail-fellow-well-met with any one; To treat any one on an equal footing.
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