(figuratively, informal) not know whether one is coming or going, not know which way to turn

(simile) to hold something very dear, to hold something close to one's heart

(figuratively, informal) to be bone-idle, to be extremely lazy

(figuratively, informal) Synonym of ne pas avoir inventé le fil à couper le beurre

(transitive with à) (informal) to upset, to hurt, to hurt someone's feelings / (transitive with à) (informal) to look pitiful, to be pathetic

(figuratively, transitive) to fool, to deceive; to scam, to con, to swindle, to take to the cleaners

(informal) to nitpick, to split hairs

(figuratively, intransitive) to stick in someone's craw

(psychiatry) personality disorder

hunger strike (fast undertaken as a means of protest)