Est-ce qu’elle est belle?—Elle est comme il y en a tant = Is she beautiful?—Nothing to stare at; Nothing out of the common.
Vous l’avez fait tant bien que mal = You did it in a casual (off-hand) way.
Je l’ai fait tant bien que mal = I did it as well as I could, though I know it is not well done.
Si tant est que .... = If it be true that....
Tapis
Être sur le tapis = To be the subject of general conversation; To be broached.
Amuser le tapis (or, la galerie) = To amuse people by talking the time away.
Tapisserie
Faire tapisserie (fam.) = To be a wall-flower at a ball.
Tard