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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. |
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