Those funny Frenchies

My favorite French word is parapluie. Pahr ah plew eee. An umbrella. How fun, eh?

In honor of the country of France and the rude people that live there, I have accumulated a list of some french sayings.

Kooky phrases:

POSER UN LAPIN.
To leave a rabbit. (To stand someone up.)

AH LA VACHE!
Oh, my Cow! (Good God!)

FAIRE UN BIDE.
To make a big belly. (To fail, flop.)

BOIRE COMME UN TROU.
Drink like a hole. (Get smashed.)

AVOIR LE GUEULE DE BOIS.
To have a wooden face. (Have a hangover)

Hyacinthe Rigaud, Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre, oil on canvas, 1701 (Musée du Louvre, Paris)

French tongue twisters:

Poisson sans boisson--c'est poison!.
(To each fish without drinking wine is poison!)

Didon dîna, dit-on, du dos d'un dodu dindon.
(Didon ate, it is said, from the back of a fat turkey.)

Natacha n'attacha pas son chat qui s'échappa.
(Natasha did not tie up her cat, who escaped.)

Tonton, ton thé t'a-t-il ôté ta toux?
(Uncle, did your tea take away your cough?)