eau dans son vin – Mot du jour

to meet halfway – French expression

What does ” eau dans son vin ” mean? How do you say ‘ to meet halfway ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.

mettre de l’eau dans son vin – to put some the water in his/her wine. In everyday French, mettre de l’eau dans son vin means that you agree to compromise with someone, ‘to make concessions’, to meet someone halfway’.

« Il a mis beaucoup d’eau dans son vin avec elle et leur relation est bien meilleure maintenant. »
“He’s been meeting her halfway a lot and their relationship is a lot better now.”

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