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In French, as in all languages, we are influenced
by the movies, TV, songs…
And we end up using expressions from those
movies, TV programs and songs that don’t
mean anything on their OWN but that everybody
understands anyway.
I’m not sure they are “idiomatic” but
they are definitely a part of the language.
And something you CAN’T work out on your
own.
“3 expressions from movies that we all use”
That’s what we’ll take a look at today
on Comme une Française TV!
These 
expressions are used by 20 to 30 somethings.
Older people have own their favorite expressions
and younger people others still.
If you want to explore more cult cinema, I’ll
give you some ideas at the end of the video.
1. C’est pas faux -
“C’est pas faux” is one of the catchphrases
of the French TV serie Kaamelott.
It is a phrase from Perceval.
He’s not very bright and when he doesn’t
understand something he says “c’est pas
faux” as a way to hide his ignorance.
It literally means “it’s not wrong”
so the sense is “It’s quite true”.
“Ça va trancher chérie” - from La cité
de la Peur
For my generation, La Cité de la Peur is
SO cult that we know almost all of its dialogues
by heart.
“ça va trancher chérie” was mistakenly
said by a character instead of “ça va couper chérie”.
SInce couper means “cut” and trancher
“slice”.
It’s a play on words.
Now, you might hear it used when you know
the signal is bad and your conversation on
the phone could be cut short at any time.
“C’est roulé sous les aisselles” - from
Le père Noël est une ordure
In “Le Père Noël est une ordure”, the
characters try a weird foreign specialty handmade
by their neighbour that is “roulé sous
les aisselles” which means “rolled under the armpits”.
Which is disgusting.
This expression is used when tasting dubious
food.
Want more?
Watch other cult French movies such as “OSS
117”, “Les Bronzés font du ski”, “Rabbi
Jacob”, “Astérix et Obélix Mission Cléopâtre”,
“Les Tontons flingueurs”, “Le dîner de cons”...
The best thing to do is to ask French friends
around you to share their favorite French
movie.
They can talk about it for hours.
Since the dialogues are very very idiomatic,
I highly recommend subtitles.
Et toi ? Your French will ONLY improve if
you put into practice what you’ve learnt
on Comme une Française TV.
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below this video :
Have you heard any of these expressions?
Have you learnt any others in France?
Which of these movies is your favorite?
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