A Francophone who’s feeling low might say so with J’ai le moral dans les chaussettes. The idiom avoir le moral dans les chaussettes means “to have morale in your socks.” This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of...
Keisha from Lafayette, Louisiana, grew up speaking Cajun French in Acadiana and was struck anew by honte, used for acute embarrassment or shame—as in someone feeling deeply honte after an awkward public mishap. It’s not the English haunt and has...