les doigts dans le nez*
* fingers in the nose
French
French speaking countries
Idiom
USED
On Occasion
BY
Anyone
Used to describe something that is done very easily, without any difficulty.
While the literal translation is not actually used by native English speakers, French speaking people sometimes use it in a humorous way in English.
“Elle a réussi son examen du permis de conduire les doigts dans le nez!”
“She passed her driving test fingers in the nose!”
Submitted June 2020
by melhmns
Confirmed by 13 people
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<h3>Literal translation: les doigts dans le nez</h3>
<p>Used to describe something that is done very easily, without any difficulty.
While the literal translation is not actually used by native English speakers, French speaking people sometimes use it in a humorous way in English.</p>