Homesick Idioms with the word mal say this and more

The French word mal means badly or wrong and is used in many idiomatic expressions. Learn how to say headache, seasickness, work hard, and more with idiomatic expressions using  mal.   Mal  is often confused with  mauvais  because they both have negative meanings and can be adjectives, adverbs, or nouns. Here are a few pointers. Mal  is usually an adverb  meaning  poorly,  badly,  improperly, etc. It can also be used in front of a past participle in order to give that verb a negative meaning.   Mauvais, in the rare instances where it is used as an adverb,  means  bad. Mauvais  is usually an adjective that modifies a noun and means  bad,  mean,  wrong, and the like.  Mal, when used as an adjective,  means  bad,  ill-at-ease,  immoral, and the like, and can only be used as an adjective with copular (state-of-being) verbs such as  Ãƒ ªtre  (to be) and  se sentir  (to feel). Dont mix up mal and mauvais  with bon and bien either.  Its easy to do because the two pairs have similar meanings, but bon and bien are positive,  while mal and mauvais are negative. Common French Expressions with Mal Aux grands maux  les grands remà ¨des.Big problems require big solutions.avoir du mal à   faire quelque choseto have a hard time doing somethingavoir mal à   la tà ªte, aux dentsto have a headache, toothacheavoir un mal de tà ªte, de dentsto have a headache, toothacheavoir le mal de merto be seasickavoir le mal du paysto be homesickle bien et le malgood and evilbon grà © mal grà ©(whether you) like it or notcest mal vupeople dont like thatde mal en pisfrom bad to worseà ªtre bien malto be close to deathà ªtre mal avec quelquunto be on bad terms with someonefaire mal à   quelquunto do harm to someoneHoni soit qui mal y penseShame on anyone who thinks evil of it. /  This person has hidden evil intentions.mal du sià ¨cleworld-wearinessne voir aucun mal à   quelque choseto see no harm in somethingnon sans malnot without difficultyon na rien sans malyou cant get something for nothingpas malnot badpas mal (de)quite a lot (of)prendre la chose malto take it badlyrendre le bie n pour le malto return good for evilse faire mal / Je me suis fait mal au pied.to hurt oneself / I hurt my foot.se donner du malto work hardse donne un mal de chien à   faireto bend over backwards to dosy prendre malto do a bad job; to handle something badly