"The bride was angry with her mother-in-law."

Translation: La mariée était en colère contre sa belle-mère.

[Qiset1]

This doesn't make sense. Would you say "la mariée était heureause contre sa belle-mère" for "the bride was happy with her mother-in-law"? Why is "contre" used instead of "avec"?

[DianaM]

It's just a different way of looking at it. When it's a matter of conflict, the French say "angry against".

[Patrick252934]

Pourquoi pas 'fâché contre'

[DianaM]

I would have said, because "fâché" needs to be "fâchée" in this sentence, but in fact Duo does not accept "fâchée" either. "Fâché" is what I learned for "angry", but that was a long time ago. Is it, perhaps, out of date? Or should it be reported?

[Andrew110653]

I'm confused as to why "en" is a drop down option for "with" but is not accepted

[Sitesurf]

Prepositions are fickle and deceiving. Not all specific translations of a given preposition can be listed in the hints because they are mostly context-dependent.

[Estragon3]

on dit aussi : "... était en colère après sa belle-mère" il faudrait donc accepter cette réponse et non pas la refuser crûment.

[Sitesurf]

Cette formule est incorrecte.

Voir le Larousse: "CONSTRUCTION
On dit : être, se mettre en colère contre quelqu'un, et non après quelqu'un."*