Will take a log does not're struggling to make a tree trunk, but just take a chair!
Here's another expression that comes from the early colonial days. It is easy to understand when we know the living conditions of the settlers of that era .......
Suite: http://www.journallanouvelle.ca/Mieux-etre/2007-12-19/article-789420/Se-tirer-une-buche/1
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