un sac de noeuds – Mot du jour a can of worms – French expression What does ” un sac de nœuds ” mean? How do you say ‘ a can of worms ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com. un sac de noeuds (nœuds) – a bag of knots. As you can imagine if you have to untangle knots in a bag, it’s a difficult task to accomplish. In everyday French, un sac de noeuds means exactly that: a difficult situation to deal with. In English, it’s ‘a can of worms’. * « Toute cette paperasse est un véritable sac de noeuds. On n’arrive pas à s’en sortir. »* “All this paperwork is a can of worms. We can’t cope.” Students also liked to practice French with this free material Hiking Vocabulary – Today’s French S’en Sortir – Today’s French je m’en sors pas – French expression French Reflexive Verbs – QUIZ – Use this at three times this week – You like it? Share the link –  LEARN FRENCH AS A MEMBERPractice – Rules – Audios – Videos – PDFs . Today’s French . List . Mot du Jour . List . Le Blogue . 3 Great Memberships . Courses . Donate .