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

by de V. Payen-Payne

*Les deux font la paire (fam.) = They are well matched; Arcades ambo.

Paître

*Je l’ai envoyé paître (fam.) = I sent him about his business.

Paix

Paix et peu = Anything for a quiet life.

Panier

*Adieu paniers, vendanges sont faites = You come too late, it is all over.

[The chorus of an old glee sung by the grape-pickers when their labours were finished. Comp. Rabelais, Gargantua, xxvii.]

Vous me donnez le dessus du panier = You give me the best, the pick.