Flower power 1

April showers bring May flowers, so the saying goes. And we’ve got some flower-related sayings for you. The trick is that, while the French expressions all contain the word fleur, the word flower does not appear in the English translations! Your job is to match the French sayings with their English equivalents.

1. dans la fleur de l’âge a) sentimentalb) first ratec) just above the waterd) to be a bundle of nervese) easilyf) in the prime of lifeg) to do somebody an unexpected favourh) like water lilies
2. faire une fleur à quelqu’un a) sentimentalb) first ratec) just above the waterd) to be a bundle of nervese) easilyf) in the prime of lifeg) to do somebody an unexpected favourh) like water lilies
3. la fine fleur (de quelque chose) a) sentimentalb) first ratec) just above the waterd) to be a bundle of nervese) easilyf) in the prime of lifeg) to do somebody an unexpected favourh) like water lilies
4. avoir les nerfs à fleur de peau a) sentimentalb) first ratec) just above the waterd) to be a bundle of nervese) easilyf) in the prime of lifeg) to do somebody an unexpected favourh) like water lilies
5. à fleur d’eau a) sentimentalb) first ratec) just above the waterd) to be a bundle of nervese) easilyf) in the prime of lifeg) to do somebody an unexpected favourh) like water lilies
6. comme une fleur a) sentimentalb) first ratec) just above the waterd) to be a bundle of nervese) easilyf) in the prime of lifeg) to do somebody an unexpected favourh) like water lilies
7. fleur bleue a) sentimentalb) first ratec) just above the waterd) to be a bundle of nervese) easilyf) in the prime of lifeg) to do somebody an unexpected favourh) like water lilies