faire un carton - Mot du Jour
to be a big hit - French expression
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faire un carton - to make a cardboard. faire un carton means ‘to be a big hit’, ‘to be a real success’, ‘to nail it’.
- « On a fait un carton aux soldes : on a réussi à acheter tous nos vêtements pour cet été sans dépasser le budget. »
- “We nailed it during the sales: we managed to buy all our clothes for the summer and stay under budget.”
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Kathy King says
Fun phrase!!
Anne says
🙂