to keep contradicting oneself, to make conflicting arguments

(informal) to be given a dressing-down, to get a severe telling-off, to get read the riot act; to get hauled over the coals

Synonym of dire tout et son contraire

(colloquial) post-1990 spelling of sur son trente et un

(idiomatic) To bite the dust; to buy the farm

horse that has a white nose and the rest of its body another colour

plural of cheval qui boit dans son blanc

to moderate one's impetuosity

(figuratively) to pluck up one's courage, to gather up one's courage, to man up

(figuratively, vulgar, derogatory) to think one's shit doesn't stink, to think the sun shines out of one's arse, to think one is the shit, to think one is the business, to think one is hot shit (to be full of oneself)