« Raconter des salades »🥬 🇺🇸 It means “to tell lies, stories.” (Literally “to tell salads”) 🔻🔻 🇫🇷 « Y’en a marre! Arrête de me raconter des salades et dis la vérité pour une fois!»🥒🥬🥕 🇯🇵 サラダを言う、語る = 「でたらめや嘘を言う」ことの意味です🥦 元々、色んな具材を混ぜてつくるサラダから、「混乱した話」などになり、最終的に「嘘」の意味になりました🥒
Today’s quote: Françoise Sagan’s passion for gambling. She wrote in her essay that she requested to be forbidden from casinos, but that she regretted it right away… 🎰 Love her dramatic phrases❤️ « C’est après une série de ces mauvais coups que je décidai, un beau soir, un soir dostoïevskien, un soir tragique, de me faire […]
🇺🇸 Wondering what’s going with the Olympics in Tokyo? At barely one week away from the games, Japanese people are… pretty worried and angry. Summed up with perfect sarcastic wit, “Le Monde”, France’s most renowned newspaper, states: “Prime minister Suga’s lack of political courage and discernment has succeeded in provoking an almost unanimous dissatisfaction amongst […]
French author Annie Ernaux is the first female French writer to receive the prize, and the 17th woman to win the Nobel prize in literature. Ernaux’s work is mostly autobiographical and sociological. She is a feminist writer who focuses on the often overlooked working class. She also expressed support for Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of the […]
As far as interesting careers go, French professional tennis player Corentin Moutet definitely stands out. He has recently released a rap music album scattered with references to his struggles, as well as to French classic literature, another of his passions. He began writing lyrics a few years ago during the pandemic as there was a hiatus […]
Today, a poetic quote by Proust about the artist’s creations: « Un tableau est une sorte d’apparition d’un coin d’un monde mystérieux, dont nous connaissons quelques autres fragments, qui sont les toiles du même artiste. » Proust Nouveaux mélanges; Portraits de peintres📚 🇯🇵 プルーストの、画家とその作品についての美しい文章📚 プルーストの長編小説が難しいと感じたり苦手な方に、エッセイ評論「サント＝ブーヴに反論する」がいいかもしれないです。モネやゲーテ、ドストエフスキーなど、画家や文豪についての随筆も含まれていて、気になったトピックだけたまにちょっと読んだりできます📚
« Tomber dans les pommes »🍎 🇺🇸 It means “to pass out.” (literally “to fall in apples”) 🔻🔻 🇫🇷 « Quelle chaleur aujourd’hui, j’ai failli tomber dans les pommes pendant mon jogging! » 🍎🍎🍎 Il semblerait que cette expression provienne de l’expression « être dans les pommes cuites » (= “être dans une situation critique” et ensuite “être très […]
🇺🇸 Today, I’d like to introduce a French group who named their last album with an interesting Japanese expression. L’Impératrice (= the empress) is a French pop-disco band made up of six musicians. They were founded in 2012 and have become exceedingly popular. Their last album is named “Tako tsubo” (蛸壺)… can you guess what it […]
« Être dans la lune »🌙 🌖 🇺🇸 It means “to have one’s head in the clouds.” (literally “to be in the moon”) 🔻🔻 🇫🇷 « Jean est toujours dans la lune, il ne m’entend jamais quand je l’appelle! »🌔🌓🌒 Il semble que cette expression provienne des anciennes croyances, comme quoi la lune influencerait le comportement des […]
🇺🇸 More and more people in Japan and overseas are questioning whether it is reasonable to hold the Tokyo Olympics in July, as the epidemic has yet to be contained. Whether you are for or against the event, you must admit that this French ad is very cool! It’s an amazing tribute and I love […]