In deeper - En creusant avant

We were discussing ways of saying "in", and that brings to mind a question we were asked a few days back: why do we say "dans l'aithe" meaning "on the floor"? It's just a standard phrase. There's a diton: "tchaie du solyi dans l'aithe" (fall from the hayloft to the ground - be brought low).

And here are some more idioms with "dans":

• dans l'aithe = on the ground, on the floor
• dans eune belle ambette = one fine day
• dans tchique avolée = one of these days
• dans deux fis d'coton = in a jiffy
• dans la dgeule des loups = in the lion's mouth
• dans tchique êcappée = one of these days
• dans tchique engambée = one of these days
• dans tchique mathée = one of these days
• dans un rédgulyi = usually
• dans tchique satchet = one of these days

And here are some with "en":

• en amont = up, uphill
• en auprès = henceforth, thereafter; later on
• en ava = downward; downhill
• en avalrague = in ruins
• en badinn'nie = for a laugh
• en bapaume = at a loose end
• en bêclian = aslant
• en biheinedaine = topsy-turvy, upside down
• en blio = as a body; in large quantity
• en boête = in jail, in clink
• en bouôn trînme = in good shape
• en c'mîn = on the way
• en d'lacres = dilapidated, in ruins
• en d'rive = in a mess
• en d'sastre = bankrupt
• en faichon = under construction, being made
• en fait dé = as for
• en fouleboulque = in disorder
• en gambe dé tchian = any old how
• en hahan = furious
• en l'heu = presently, just now
• en margalot = squashed, crushed
• en pliaiche = in place
• en plian = in the lurch
• en pliein = in abundance, galore
• en t'nanche = in one piece, in good order
• en trian = triangular