Fête des Mères

Bonne fête Maman!
Bonne fête des Mères!

Happy Mother's day! It's not celebrated today in France. It's usually the last Sunday in May.

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#happymothersday

Qu'est-ce que vous avez fait le week-end dernier?

Avec ma famille, nous nous sommes promenés (to go for a walk) le long du fleuve (along the river). Le temps était magnifique! De belles jonquilles (daffodil) jaunes ont fleuri. On se serait cru (we would think) au printemps s'il ne faisait pas un froid de canard. Click here to learn about this idiom.

#jonquilles #daffodils #river #fleuve #learningfrench #spring #printemps

#frenchidioms "Il fait un froid de canard"

Il fait un froid de canard!

Literally, it means "It's a duck's cold"! or simply It's freezing. But why the duck (le canard) is involved here! It comes from duck hunters (les chasseurs). The hunting (la chasse) period lasts until January (Janvier), so hunters have to wait for ducks to hunt them down in the cold weather.

And for the coming week, we'll experience a freezing cold again. Hopefully, it's the last one for this winter (l'hiver).
Click here to have an example of how to use this idiom.