k&k learn french 80 -
tomber à l'eau
"Tomber à leau", or when something falls through, is the expression of the week in show 80!
Literal translation
To fall at the water
English equivalent
To fall through
To fail
To come to nothing
French equivalent
Abandonner (to abandon)
Êchouer (to fail)
Finir en queue de poisson (to finish in tail of fish)
Frog's phrase
Le projet de spin-off de Frog est tombé à l'eau quand Katia et Kyliemac ont appris qu'il demandait 5,000 euros par episode.
Translation
Frog's spin-off projet fell through when Katia and Kyliemac found out that he was asking 5,000 euros per episode.
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oups! that must have slipped through the muffin man spell check filter! thanks!
Aïe! C'est plutôt "...ont appris qu'il demandait 5.000 euros par episode," non?