On this page, we are going to explain you everything you need to know about the funny French idiom "J'ai la pêche". Including a complete explanation of what it is and how you can use it in a normal conversation with an audio example. As well as the cool things we sprinkled like dialogue example, synonym, slow pronunciation audio and more!
Translation : I feel great
Literal meaning : I have the peach
Register : Informal - Funny
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IPA : / ʒe la pɛʃ /
The most common explanation for the origin of this idiom bring us to... China. There, peaches are a symbol of health, fecundity and immortality.
Then, when we feel full of energy, what a better image than using this fruit to say so?
Whenever someone asks you how you feel and you feel super good, you can use: "J'ai la pêche !" (I feel great!).
A more conversation friendly way would be "Aujoud'hui, j'ai la pêche ! Et toi ?" (Today I feel great! And you?).
And don't forget that this is a familiar expression, not fitted to most work environments. In this case you should use instead: "Je suis en pleine forme" (I feel great).
You don't like peaches? No worries, you can replace it by "Patate" (Potato) or even by "Frite" (French fry).
You can also replace it by "Banane" (Banana) but in this case the meaning is slightly different.
In fact, the "banana variation" is more about being smiling (because bananas are smile-shaped) than being full of energy. Even though most of the time these things are linked...
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