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The document provides information about common English and French idioms including their meanings and origins. It discusses the English idioms "a bed of roses" meaning something is easy or luxurious, "holding all the aces" meaning a person or group is in a position to win, and "short fuse" meaning someone gets angry easily. It also examines the French idioms "C'est du gâteau" meaning something can be done easily, "Être dans la lune" meaning to daydream, and "Ça marche" meaning something works or is understood. The document traces the origins of each idiom.

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Language Shapes People - Suarez Tozal Maria Julia

The document provides information about common English and French idioms including their meanings and origins. It discusses the English idioms "a bed of roses" meaning something is easy or luxurious, "holding all the aces" meaning a person or group is in a position to win, and "short fuse" meaning someone gets angry easily. It also examines the French idioms "C'est du gâteau" meaning something can be done easily, "Être dans la lune" meaning to daydream, and "Ça marche" meaning something works or is understood. The document traces the origins of each idiom.

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LANGUAGE

SHAPES PEOPLE
ACTIVITY 5
Suarez Tozal Maria Julia. /03047403
Teacher: Iván Carrillo
21/02/23
DIOMS IN ENG
E I L
M IS
SO H
BED OF ROSES
HOLD ALL THE ACES SHORT FUSE
When something is very
When a certain person or When someone is very
easy or luxurious.
group of people are in the propense to getting angry
ORIGIN position to win
“A bed of roses” as an idiom

ORIGIN
ORIGIN

Comes from the fuse used in
originated in England and is
quite an old expression. One of The idiom “holding all the aces” setting off explosions like
the earliest examples can be became a metaphor used by writers firecrackers and dynamite.
found in a poem called “The and the general public. This happens
Passionate Shepherd to His when a phrase is found to be useful,
Love” written by Christopher clever, and/or interesting enough to
Marlowe (also known as Kit eventually become part of the
Marlowe), published in 1599 after common vernacular.
the death of the author.
DIOM S I N FREN
E I
M CH
O
Ça marche

To say that
C’est du gâteau. something works or Être dans la lune
that you
A piece of cake, understood it.

To be daydreaming or
when somthing can to have your head in the
be done in a very moon
easy way.
ORIGIN
ORIGIN ORIGIN
Had its first appareance in This expression had its
This expression was used by
the text of poet Ogdne Nash first appareance with
Bernet et Rézeau, in the novel
"her pictures in the papers writer Mirabeau, in the
of René Fallet from 1947.
now and life´s a íece of cake". 18TH century in Empire
de la Lune.
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Talking Like a Native. Speechling Official Blog. https://speechling.com/blog/20-
most-common-french-idioms-to-get-you-talking-like-a-native/
Gustin, T. (2015, 14 octubre). Expresión en francés : C’est du gâteau. La Classe
Française. https://laclassefrancaise.es/expresion-en-frances-cest-du-gateau/
Etre dans la Lune. (s. f.). https://www.linternaute.fr/expression/langue-
francaise/16799/etre-dans-la-lune/
Tabatabai, L. (2021, 2 marzo). ça marche. Learn French with Lara.
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