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avoir du cul: to be damn lucky, to be jammy, to be a jammy git
avoir du cœur au ventre: To have guts; to be gutsy
avoir du mal: to have a hard time, to have difficulty
avoir du monde au balcon: to be stacked, to have big breasts, also to expose a lot of cleavage
avoir du métier: to be experienced
avoir du pain sur la planche: to have bread on the table (to have enough to live on); to have a lot on one's plate, to have one's work cut out for one
avoir du plomb dans l'aile: to be in bad shape
avoir du pot: to be lucky, to be jammy, to be fortunate
avoir du sang sur les mains: to have blood on one's hands
avoir du sens: to make sense
avoir du travail sur la planche: synonym of avoir du pain sur la planche
avoir en horreur: to hate, to loathe, to abhor
avoir en travers de la gorge: to have something sticking in one's craw
avoir en tête: to have in mind; to remember
avoir envie: to want; to want, to desire (sexually); to feel like, to want to; to feel an urge; to need to use the toilet
avoir faim: to be hungry
avoir fait son temps: to have seen one's day, to have had one's day, to have seen better days, to be past one's sell-by date
avoir foi: to have faith in, to believe in
avoir force de loi: to be legally binding, to have the force of law
avoir fort à faire: to have a lot to do; to have one's work cut out
avoir froid: to be cold
avoir gardé les cochons ensemble: to know each other well, to be on familiar terms, to be close, to be chums
avoir honte: to be ashamed, to feel ashamed
avoir horreur: to hate, to loathe, to have a horror of
avoir hâte: can't wait; to look forward, to be eager
avoir intérêt: to be well-advised to, to do well to, had better, to be better off
avoir l'air: to seem, look, appear
avoir l'alcool triste: to be a sad drunk, to get sad when one drinks
avoir l'esprit ailleurs: Used to say that someone's mind is elsewhere.
avoir l'esprit mal tourné: to have one's mind in the gutter, to have a dirty mind, to be dirty minded, to be a pervert
avoir l'estomac dans les talons: to be starving, to be ravenous (to be extremely hungry)
avoir l'estomac noué: to have a knot in one's stomach
avoir l'œil américain: to pay attention to every detail, to be very observant, to have a keen eye
avoir la barre: to have an erection
avoir la berlue: to see things
avoir la boule au ventre: to have a knot in one's stomach
avoir la conscience tranquille: to have a clear conscience, to have a clean conscience, to have an easy conscience
avoir la cote: to be popular
avoir la cuisse accueillante: synonym of avoir la cuisse légère
avoir la cuisse gaie: synonym of avoir la cuisse légère
avoir la cuisse hospitalière: synonym of avoir la cuisse légère
avoir la cuisse légère: to be easy; to open one's legs for everybody
avoir la dalle: to be hungry, to feel like eating
avoir la dent: to be starving
avoir la dent creuse: to be hungry
avoir la flemme: to be lazy
avoir la gorge nouée: to have a lump in one's throat
avoir la gorge serrée: to have a lump in one's throat
avoir la grosse tête: to have a big head, to be big-headed, to be full of oneself, to be too big for one's britches
avoir la gueule de bois: to be hungover
avoir la gueule de l'emploi: to look the part
avoir la gâchette facile: to be quick on the trigger, to be trigger-happy
avoir la haine: to be pissed off, to be hacked off, to be cheesed off
avoir la langue bien pendue: to be a chatterbox, to talk a lot, to be very talkative; to have the gift of the gab; to have a sharp tongue, to be sharp-tongued
avoir la larme à l'œil: to have a tear in one's eye, to be welling up, to be dewy-eyed/teary-eyed, to be on the verge of tears
avoir la main heureuse: to be consistently successful; to win often; to be lucky at cards
avoir la main leste: to be quick to lash out
avoir la main lourde: to be a bit too generous with
avoir la main verte: to have a green thumb, to have green fingers, to be green-fingered
avoir la moutarde qui monte au nez: to lose one's temper