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

by de V. Payen-Payne

Il serait bon à aller quérir la mort = He is very slow.

Question

Mettre en question = To call in question; To doubt.

Mettre à la question = To put to the torture.

Qu’il n’en soit plus question = Do not bother me about it any more; Let bygones be bygones. (See [Oublier].)

Queue

J’ai fait queue au théâtre pendant une heure = I waited outside the theatre for an hour (before I could get in).

On fait queue au théâtre = There is a crowd at the door of the theatre (waiting for admittance).

À la queue gît le venin = The sting is in the tail.