(transitive, figuratively) to read like a book, to read like an open book

(figuratively) to put all one's eggs in one basket

make her laugh and you're halfway there; women like a man who can make them laugh

Alternative form of femme qui rit, à moitié dans ton lit

(figuratively) to put one's foot in one's mouth, to be like a bull in a china shop, to hit the wrong note (to broach a sensitive topic in an inappropriate setting, where that topic is taboo; to be completely tactless)

the ball is in someone's court

Alternative form of c'est dans le besoin qu'on reconnaît ses vrais amis

(simile) like a bull in a china shop

(simile) very suddenly and incongruously

(figuratively) to look for a needle in a haystack