Vocabulary
boire la tasse
to swallow involuntarily a mouthful of water when swimming; to go under, to lose a lot of money
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boire à sa soif
to drink one's fill, to drink as much as one wants or needs, to have enough to drink
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boire du petit-lait
to jubilate, to exult, to take great delight in a situation, to be on cloud nine, to be in seventh heaven (to have a feeling of deep satisfaction)
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boire le calice jusqu'à la lie
to go through an unmitigatedly unpleasant experience, to see something through to the bitter end, to swallow a bitter pill
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