Product Description

101 French Proverbs is a delightful introduction to the colorful and insightful proverbs that French speakers use every day. The 101 proverbs are grouped according to useful themes such as animals, occupations, dining, daily life, people, and others.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #173199 in Books
• Published on: 1999-01-01
• Original language: English, French
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Customer Reviews

A very useful and interesting book - you can't put it down!
You are drawn to this book initially because of its appealing cover illustration. On delving deeper inside the pages you'll find some fantastic proverbs used by the French and their English equivalent. Not only is it essential reading for any French language student, but for the non-French speaker it also gives an insight into the way that a different language develops. Fun pictures accompany each proverb and also an contextual example of how each phrase is used.
Above all it's a fun book to browse through, which will be really useful for anyone studying the language.

Proverbs & idioms
I bought this book just before moving to France 7 years ago. It's amusing and the ilustrations are great!

101 French Proverbs
Fun to read. Reminded me of my days at the old in Warcq (1959)in Lorraine (Eastern France), when my old school mistress, Mademoiselle Marchal reproached me for my lateness: "rien ne sert de courir, il faut partir a temps" (La Fontaine) (sorry can't get grave accent on the "a")