"You are getting warm."

Translation: Tu brûles.

[claude295345]

It is an expression used in games when you get close to the solution. It really should be in idioms. Of course "tu brûles le journal" is translated by "you burn the newspaper"

[ScottRJ]

Hello Claude. Is this how ''tu brûles'' is used? As an idiom meaning to be close to finding somthing? It could be used that way in English too.

[claude295345]

yes, it is mainly used in this idiom, the only other use that comes to my mind is when you are burning in the sun.

[Betsy134556]

Hide-and-go-seek comes to mind. Would the translation be different for literal "getting warmer," as in, "You were suffering from hypothermia, but now you're getting warmer"?

[King184867]

"Vous brûlez" is marked wrong. Is it a custom to use "tu" rather than "vous" here?

[CharlotteRhodo]

Is "Tu te réchauffes" an incorrect translation? I was marked wrong.

[claude295345]

" tu te réchauffes " would be " you are getting warmer "

[grooveyfrench]

Vous devenez chaud?

[Dubnowalos]

How would we say "You're getting warm" in the literal sense?

[samer.sati]

In English, you can say: "you're getting warmer' in a guessing game, which is the equivalent of 'tu brûles' in French.

http://englishidiomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/getting-warmer.html