13.1 Tu crois pas si bien dire: You are not far from the truth: (idiom - casual)

I had -at first- the worst time to grasp the sentence in the title.  My mind refused to remember it. So I thought about it and may have a plain translation that does not even qualify as idiom:
You would not believe how well said.
Am I far from truth?
 

Salut VitN !

Part of the reason why this phrase may have given you so much trouble is that the English translation provided doesn't really match the meaning: Tu crois pas si bien dire would in fact be more like "You have no idea how right you are" in English. Our apologies for causing confusion - I've made sure that the lesson will be updated with the accurate translation.

With that in mind, your more literal translation is a good way of thinking of it, and it works for the intended meaning - essentially, the phrase means that without realizing it, someone has said something that was exactly right.

I hope that this is helpful, and our apologies again for the error! Do let me know if you have any more questions.

À la prochaine,

Liss