Felix Brassier

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Remuer / tourner le couteau dans la plaie - To rub salt in the wound

It literally means ''to turn the knife in the wound/injury'' which give approximately the same result as the English equivalent - a huge pain.

Used when oneself is reminded of a painful thing (mainly emotional/immaterial troubles/pains)

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S'en payer une (bonne) tranche - to have a good time / a good laugh ''to pay oneself a good slice''

Une tranche '' a slice'' is not only a physical thing (une tranche de pain ''a slice of bread'') but can also refer to an immaterial thing such as:

- une tranche de vie ''a slice of time'' (which refers to a period in life)

- une tranche horaire ''a slice of hour/schedule/time'' (which refer to a period of time in the 24 hours day format)

Then, this expression take these last meaning of ''slice'' (referring to the time) - a good time

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Au ras des pâquerettes - of low quality, interest ''close to the daisy level''

The high reference isn't only used to express phisycal high of an object or the size of something but also a level of something (ideologicaly, mentaly etc ...) as instance : High grades, I'm high etc ...

So here, to talk about something of poor quality (either a film, story, joke, humor, exam, etc ...) we used this expression to say that it (the thing you're talking about) is just above the high (level) of the daisies -> not very high and so, not very good (of poor, low quality)

We could also use:

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''on est passé par ...'' meaning we passed by ...

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''on a fait une halte à ... meaning we had a break at ...

Être canon

This is a slang adjective used to describe a handsome or very seductive person. We can refer to this expressions with the weapons ''canons'' or the esthetical rules that were used a lot before in paintings, sculptures and arts in general - ''canons de beauté''

Être une bombe

We also say of a very attractive and sexy woman: « c'est une bombe » To be a knockout, to be a bomb

I would say also in English ''you feed me up'' or ''I'm fed up with you'' as ''saouler'' and ''gaver'' are two verbs that describe also fill up/feeding up something/someone in English.

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Je me saoule avec du vin - I'm filling up with wine

Je me gave de pizzas - I'm feeding up with pizza 

 

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But notice that both expressions implement the idea of ''too much'' of something, it's used to literally say that you either eat/drink to much and so, in this context, when you use it like ''tu me gave / tu me saoule'' it has too be understood as ''you feed me too much'' which at the end of the day result in ''I'm fed up with you''.