Hello, dear friends! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for joining the Authentic French podcast. I am very happy and honored that you have decided to listen to me today. And like every Sunday, we are going to discover together an idiomatic French expression, in this case today, it will be "faire des pieds et des mains". This expression will, in a few minutes, no longer have any secrets for you.
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The verb "to do", which is one of the words that make up this expression, means to act. So the verb "to do", is a very common verb, it has many different meanings. The meaning changes depending on the context, but in general, we say to act, to accomplish, to have a particular effect. That is the verb "to do".
The foot, we have two in our body. The singapore whatsapp number data foot is a part of the body that is located at the end of the leg and is used for walking. So it is what touches the ground. Your foot is what touches the ground and allows you to walk.
Hands, we have two too. It's a part of the body that is located at the end of the arm, this time. It goes from the wrist to the tips of the fingers. We can touch, grab things with it. There, I touch the microphone, you may hear it, with my hand, with my fingers more precisely, but the fingers are part of the hand.
So it probably doesn't make any sense to you today when you understand the meaning of these words, but this expression, apparently, it dates back to the 19th century and it shows the will of someone to achieve their goals. This person, they would be willing to use their feet in addition to their hands to achieve their goals, to succeed in something, so they would be willing to try all the means at their disposal even if it's difficult, they would try using their feet, using their hands.