Finir Expressions

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Endless French Phrases

The French verb finir, "to finish," is found in many idiomatic expressions, including happy ending, endless, and it’s over. Learn these and many other French expressions featuring finir.

Finir translations

• to be over
• to complete
• to conclude
• to die
• to end
• to finish
• to stop

Proverb with finir

Tout est bien qui finit bien.

All’s well that ends well.

Expressions with finir

en finir avec + noun			to be done with
en finir de + infinitive			to be done ___ing
finir bien			to have a happy ending
finir dans la misère			to end up in poverty
finir (de faire)			to stop (doing)
finir en			to end in
finir en beauté			to finish brilliantly, end with a flourish
finir en fuseau			to taper
finir en queue de poisson			to come to an abrupt end, to end not with a bang but a whimper
finir mal			to come to a bad end
finir par			to end up, to ___ in the end
ne pas en finir de	(informal)		to never stop ___ing
à n’en plus finir			never-ending, endless
bien fini			well-finished (clothing)
Ça manque de fini.			It needs a few finishing touches.
C’est fini.			It’s over.
et pour finir			and finally
Fini de rire maintenant.			The fun/joke is over now.
Finie la rigolade !	(informal)		Party’s over!
J’ai fini.			I am / have finished.
Je suis fini.			I am dead; I’m a has-been.
Il est temps que cela finisse.			It’s time to stop this.
mal fini			badly-finished (clothing)
On finit par aimer ça.			It’s an acquired taste.
pour finir			finally
qui n’en finit pas			never-ending, endless, interminable
Tout cela va mal finir.			It will end in disaster.
Tout est fini entre nous.			It’s all over between us, We’re through.
Tout finit par des chansons.			Everything ends with a song.

 Related lessons

• Finir conjugations
• Using finir
• Avoir vs être (auxiliary verbs)
• À la fin
• Prepositions

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