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French idioms

What does “En avoir ras le bol” mean?

FrenchEmotions and relationshipsInformal

En avoir ras le bol

Word for word

To have it up to the rim of the bowl

What it really means

To be fed up, unable to stand a situation any longer. It is one of the most used complaints in spoken French.

How we say it in English

To have had it up to here

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