Le mot du jour : tomber dans les pommes
Tomber dans les pommes (litterally “to fall in the apples”) actually means “to faint”.
I was reminded of that common expression the other day when my kids
were reminiscing an old joke that all French primary school students
know. Here goes :
“Quel est le
sport le plus fruité ? C’est la boxe, parce que tu te prends une pêche
en pleine poire et tu tombes dans les pommes !”
Translation : “What sport is the most fruity? It’s boxing because you get a peach on your pear and fall in the apples (You get hit in your face and faint)”
As you can see, we use lots of fruits in French language 😊