plural of machine à voyager dans le temps

to moderate one's impetuosity

(transitive, figuratively) to butter up, to soft-soap

(figuratively) to twist the knife, to rub salt in the wound

(transitive, informal) to bust, to catch red-handed, to catch with one's hand in the cookie jar

(intransitive, figuratively, informal) not to embarrass oneself with manners, be indelicate

(informal, figuratively) to have one's head in the clouds

(vulgar) to be knackered; to feel like shit

(figuratively) to put one's foot in it, put one's foot in one's mouth

(figurative, transitive with à) to put a spoke in someone's wheel, to throw a spanner in the works of someone