La trouille - Mot Du Jour
Scared to death – French Expression
Part of Courses About the Holidays | Halloween and La Toussaint
la trouille is a familiar French way of saying ‘the fear, the fright’. la trouille is often used with verbs like avoir la trouille, ficher ou foutre la trouille. You’ll also hear this common expression: ‘être mort de‘: être mort de trouille ou être morte de trouille‘. All of these expressions mean ‘to give the willies’, ‘to be scared to death’.
- « Je suis allée au musée, l’autre jour, et j’ai vu une statue tellement moche qu’elle m’a fichu la trouille. »
- “I went to the museum the other day, and I saw a statue that was so ugly that it scared me to death.“
Further your French - Allez plus Loin
. Today’s French . Mot du Jour . Tutorials . Memberships . Donate . Go to Course - Halloween and La Toussaint .
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: RSS
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.