Learn French as a habit French Slang For Drinking

Learn French as a habit
French Slang
For Drinking
and Eating
Situation
By Talk in French
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Difficulty: Intermediate- Advanced
It’s party time! Whether you’re out for a cozy dinner
with your French friends or hitting the town for
a night of drinking, merriment, and a little bit of
mischief, how would you like to be the life of the
party by knowing exactly the right words to say?
Sounds awesome? You bet it is!
So here you go with a list of words and phrases that
you should arm yourself with. And no matter how
wasted you get, remember to always keep it classy!.
EN BUVANT ET EN MANGEANT DRINKING AND EATING
À la tienne/À la vôtre!
une andouille
un apéro (= apéritif)
ardoise: avoir une ardoise
arroser
becter
la bouffe
bouffer
Ça s’arrose!
C’est cadeau.
le canon
cloche: se taper la cloche
couper (ne pas y couper)
coûter (la peau des fesses*)
cracher (sur quelque chose)
crever (de faim)
crocs: avoir les crocs
croute: casser la croute
la cuisine
la cuisine du terroir
le cuistot
dalle: avoir la dalle
descente: avoir une bonne descente
ecluser
estomac: avoir l’estomac dans les talons
les fruits de mer
le gigot
grave
jaune: un p’tit jaune
jeter: s’en jeter un*
magner/se magner
la mousse
une occase (= occasion)
la picole
le pinard
le pochtron
poil: être de bon/mauvais poil
poil: n’avancer pas d’un poil
Cheers!
fool (sort of sausage)
drink, aperitif
to have a tab (slate)
to celebrate with a drink
to eat (to nosh)
meal, something to eat
to eat, to have a meal
That deserves a drink!
It’s a treat.
drink
to have a good meal
to cut (not to miss)
to cost (an arm and a leg)
to say no to, to spit on
to die (of hunger)
be famished
have a meal, snack
cooking
regional cooking
chef
to be hungry
to knock it back
to knock back (to sink) (your drink)
to be very hungry
seafood
leg of lamb
serious(ly)
pastis
to down a drink
to get a move on
beer
occasion
boozing
cheap wine (plonk)
drunkard (piss artist)
to be in a good/bad mood
to advance hardly at all
poil: reprendre du poil de la bête
le poivrot
régaler
regarder: ne pas y regarder
remettre
le resto (= restaurant)
rétamé, être
se creuser les méninges
se défoncer
se grouiller
mettre en train
payer
prendre (un apéro)
se taper
le soûlard
tassé: bien tassé
train: se mettre en train
traite: boire d’une traite
trinquer
les viennoiseries
to recover (from a hangover)
drunkard
to treat someone else
to be generous
to have another
restaurant
to be hammered (legless)
to rack your brains
to get wasted
to get a move on
to get with the flow
to treat yourself
to have a drink
to treat yourself
drunkard
a good measure
to get in the flow
(to drink) in one swallow
to clink glasses, to propose a toast to someone
pastríes
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