Water in Paris Part 7: Speak Easy
Concluding our series of articles on water in Paris here is a Speak Easy of idiomatic expressions using water. Match the English word or expression with the French.
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« La Seine a de la chance
Elle n’a pas de souci
Elle se la coule douce
Le jour comme la nuit. »
« Chanson de la Seine », Poème de Jacques Prévert 1951
(Se la couler douce = to chill, la dolce vita, to have no worries)
This article is the last in a seven part series on Water in Paris.
- Part 1: La Seine
- Part 2: Drinking water
- Part 3: Non-Drinking water
- Part 4: Crossing the Seine
- Part 5: Paris Canals
- Part 6: Tidbits
- Part 7 : Speak Easy, idomatic expressions using water
- Part 8: Paris flood 2016