Il découvrit bientôt le pot aux roses = He soon found out the secret.
*Un pot fêlé dure longtemps = A creaking door hangs long: Ailing folk live longest.
*Il n’y a si méchant pot qui ne trouve son couvercle = Every Jack must have his Jill.
[Also: À un boiteux, femme qui cloche.]
Il a reçu un pot-de-vin = He received a bribe, an illicit commission.
[A pot-de-vin is a gratuity given to B by A because B obtained for A an order from C. It implies the idea of a bribe, for if everything had been fair A would not have obtained his order from C, either because his terms were too high or his wares not good enough.]
Payer les pots cassés = To stand the racket; To pay the damage; To face the music.
Tourner autour du pot = To beat about the bush.
C’est le pot de terre contre le pot de fer = It is a most unequal combat.