bird of ill omen

(transitive) to pull someone's bacon out of the fire, to pull someone's fat out of the fire (to get someone out of a bad situation) / (reflexive) to get out of a bind

Alternative form of filer un mauvais coton

good cop bad cop

(transitive with avec) to be on bad terms with

(informal) to tie oneself in knots, to worry oneself sick

(figuratively) to back the wrong horse

(takes a reflexive pronoun) to get up on the wrong side of the bed (to feel irritable without a particular reason)

to grin and bear it, to put a brave face on it

feminine singular of mauvais