Ce sont des descriptions prises sur le vif = Those descriptions are life-like.

Les paysans dans ce tableau sont pris sur le vif = The peasants in that picture are life-like.

Vigne

Il est dans les vignes du Seigneur = He is in his cups.

Vin

Du vin à faire danser les chèvres = Sour wine not fit to drink.

*À bon vin point d’enseigne = Good wine needs no bush.

[It was a Roman custom to hang out a branch of ivy at the doors of taverns in honour of Bacchus. Branches of green stuff may still be seen at the doors of wineshops along the Loire and in Burgundy. Kelly traces the word “bosky” (i.e. drunk) to this bush.]

Être entre deux vins = To be half seas over (pop.).

*Le vin entre, la raison sort = When ale is in, wit is out.