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To be translated to French

 * artsy-fartsy
 * back-to-back (idiomatic)
 * beat a dead horse
 * between a rock and a hard place
 * beyond the pale
 * big gun
 * big up
 * black and blue
 * blessing in disguise
 * blow off
 * blow off steam
 * blow-by-blow
 * blue note
 * blue state
 * boardinghouse reach
 * boot camp
 * bottom of the ninth
 * box the compass
 * boy in the boat
 * brace of shakes
 * break even
 * break the back of
 * bring about
 * brown bread
 * brown study
 * buckle down
 * bundle of joy
 * busman's holiday
 * butt heads
 * buy straw hats in winter
 * by all means
 * by hook or by crook
 * cold turkey
 * corny
 * dash off
 * deep water
 * don't cry over spilt milk
 * doo-doo
 * everybody and his cousin
 * fight shy of
 * from the get-go
 * go to the dogs
 * go to pot
 * hit the nail on the head
 * I'll be a monkey's uncle
 * hornswoggle
 * kindred spirit
 * latch-key child
 * let the cat out of the bag
 * make head or tail of
 * monkey wrench
 * offing
 * pace egg
 * pummel
 * prop
 * prop wash
 * scamper
 * sign off
 * smartass
 * sour grapes
 * spend a penny
 * tickled pink
 * yak shaving

waiting for English def

 * flowerbed = plate-bande, see Phoenix p7