A good expression to learn is arrête donc de. With this expression, you can tell people to stop doing whatever it is that’s bothering you.
Google is our friend again. I typed arrête donc de to find 10 things that people want others to stop doing.
Donc is pronounced don here. I’ll use the spelling don’ to help you remember.
I’ve translated arrête don’ de in the examples as “stop (doing whatever)” and “stop (doing whatever), will you.”
Arrête don’ de chiâler contre les chiâleux.
Stop complaining about people who complain.
T’aimes pas ça te faire gosser?
Ben arrête don’ de gosser les autres.
You don’t like to be bugged?
Well stop bugging others then.
Arrête don’ de faire ta moumoune.
Stop acting like a sissy, will you.
Arrête don’ de capoter pour rien.
Stop freaking out for nothing.
Arrête don’ de dire des niaiseries.
Stop saying such stupid things, will you.
Stop talking nonsense, will you.
Arrête don’ de blâmer les joueurs.
Stop blaming the players.
Arrête don’ de péter d’la broue.
Stop showing off. (Péter sounds like pèté.)
Don’t forget the form arrêtez donc de, of course. This one can be used when speaking to more than one person.
Arrêtez don’ de bitcher sur les posts des autres!
Stop bitching on other people’s posts!
Arrêtez don’ de niaiser, c’est sérieux tout ça.
Stop messing around, this is serious stuff.
Arrêtez don’ de chercher des bibittes partout!
Stop finding fault with everything!
Stop looking for problems everywhere!
I’ll end with this note about the word une bibitte: it means “bug” (insect). So the last example literally means “stop looking for bugs everywhere.” This word is also said as une bébitte. We’ll look more closely at how this word is used in another entry.
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