Knife
: nm Un couteau is a sharp instrument for cutting, consisting of a blade and a handle.
To be at loggerheads: in open war; is said of an atmosphere or a very tense situation between several people.
A fog to cut with a knife: a very thick fog.
Knife match: a meeting where each of the opponents, of identical levels, does not manage to outrun the other significantly, where the advantage constantly changes sides.
Having knives in the eye: looking at someone viciously (often with good reason), as if the person has knives pointed at the person who is disturbing them.
To be like a hen who has found a knife: to be unable to act for lack of know-how.
To stir the knife in the wound: to cause pain by stirring up a cause of moral pain. Put the knife under, on the throat: constrain by a threat.
Drive the knife between your teeth and the egg under your foot: drive with finesse and with great determination (mechanical sport jargon).
Hold the knife by the handle: have a dominant position; have the situation well in hand.
To stab in the back: to betray.
Big Knife: Big Ugly; renowned surgeon.
Second or third knife: little mobster or substitute in the theater.
Second knife: second-rate athlete (sports jargon).
Small knife: little mobster.
Big knife: big surgeon.