revenons à nos moutons

Literally, it means: "let's return to our sheep."
Figuratively, it is an idiomatic expression that roughly translates to ... "let's get back to the point / on-track."

I learned it from Alex (a guy with a master's degree in French who also works as a tutor and is learning Spanish in a restaurant kitchen) at Wine Steals tonight while visiting cousin Andrea at work.

calendar wisdom

My French phrase-a-day calendar is spot-on for a few issues in my life of late.

Les actes en disent plus long que les mots.
Actions speak louder than words.

Estimez-vous heureux.
Consider yourself lucky.