LES FAUX AMIS
MERCREDI 2 MARS 2022
ADHÉRENCE – ADHÉSION
Ne confondez pas adhérence avec adhésion.
Adhérence : état d’une chose qui tient à une autre, laquelle est fortement attachée, collée.
Adhésion : approbation, ralliement à une idée, à une organisation.
Francois Aristide ESSOH
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WEDNESDAY 2 MARCH 2022
Don’t teach granny/ your grandmother (how) to suck eggs
“Don’t teach granny how to suck eggs” means you should not advice someone who is more experienced than yourself, respect (somebody’s) experience.
In French: ce n’est pas au vieux singe qu’on apprend à faire des grimaces.
Most likely the meaning of the idiom derives from the fact that before the advent of modern dentistry (and modern dental prostheses) many elderly people (grandparents) had very bad teeth, or no teeth, so, the simplest way for them to eat protein was to poke a pinhole in the shell of a raw egg and suck out the contents; therefore, a grandmother was usually already a practiced expert on sucking eggs and didn’t need anyone to show her how to do it.
Example: my son you still have much to learn in this domain, don’t teach your grandmother how to suck eggs.
Mougang Alvine
LE PROVERBE DU JOUR
MERCREDI 2 MARS 2022
L’oisiveté est la mère de tous les vices
Signification : le manque d’activité expose aux tentations.
En anglais : idle hands are the devil’s workshop.
Sainte Orliane Ebontab
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THURSDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2022
Jump or climb on the bandwagon
“Jump or climb on the bandwagon” means to follow a trend or to do what is fashionable. In French: prendre le train en marche, suivre le mouvement.
In America, a bandwagon is a truck, often with ornate decorations used in circuses or to carry musicians in parades in town. However, this object was used in the half of the 1800s by political candidates to gain support during political rallies, climbing on the candidate’s wagon was a sign of support.
Example: he does not jump on the bandwagon, but he singles himself out.
Mougang Chamda Alvine
PROVERBE DU JOUR
JEUDI 24 FÉVRIER 2022
Les plaisanteries les plus courtes sont les meilleures
Signification : ce proverbe sert à signifier à son interlocuteur que l’on possède un sens de dérision suffisant pour accepter une moquerie, mais pas assez pour la tolérer indéfiniment. Autrement dit, il ne faut pas chercher à prolonger une parole hilarante ou une bonne plaisanterie, sinon elles perdront de leur attrait.
En anglais : short jokes are the funniest / it wasn’t funny the first time.
Sainte Orliane Ebontab
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LE PROVERBE DU JOUR
LUNDI 31 JANVIER 2022
Tel est pris qui croyait prendre
Signification : à trop avoir confiance en son piège, on finit par y tomber ou tomber dans un autre
En anglais : the bitter (is) bit.
Par Sainte Orliane Ebontab
L’EXPRESSION DU JOUR
LUNDI 31 JANVIER 2022
Tomber de Charybde en Scylla
Cette expression signifie aller de mal en pis, aggraver sa situation, éviter un mal, et tomber dans un autre encore plus grand. En anglais : go from the frying pan into the fire.
Pour la petite histoire, Charybde et Scylla sont des monstres de la mythologie grecque. Il s’agissait de deux femmes transformées en créature marine en guise de punition de leurs actes.
Exemple : cherchons-nous à tomber de Charybde en Scylla ou voulons-nous emprunter une voie durable ?
Par François Aristide ESSOH
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