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La météo at C1 — weather idioms

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The many French expressions built on the weather.

📓 Expressions météo

1🔊

it’s pouring / raining cats and dogs

2🔊

horrible weather

3🔊

every cloud has a silver lining

4🔊

to be in the dark / confused

5🔊

love at first sight

6🔊

to call the shots

7🔊

to have the wind in one’s sails

8🔊

to make small talk

9🔊

bitter cold

10🔊

it’s freezing (slang)

🔊 Example sentences

Il pleut des cordes, on reste ici.It’s pouring, let’s stay here.
On a parlé de la pluie et du beau temps.We made small talk.
Ce projet a le vent en poupe.This project has the wind in its sails.

💡 Your C1 goal

At C1 you’re refining style: choosing between correct options for tone and precision. Notice how native writers and speakers deploy this, and imitate deliberately.

Feeling shaky? Step back to La Meteo at B2. Comfortable? Level up to La Meteo at C2.

Quel temps de chien aujourd’hui !What horrible weather today!

✍️ Practice

Il pleut des ___ . (ropes = pouring) (idiome)

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cordes

Un temps de ___ . (dog = awful) (idiome)

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chien

Après la pluie, le beau ___ . (weather) (idiome)

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temps

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