Stephane Henaut

“If you want to come to a compromise over something, you must “cut the pear in two” (couper la poire en deux). Picking one’s brain might be expressed as “squeezing one’s lemon” (presser le citron). If you want to convey a sense of “eh” or “so-so” when asked for an opinion on something, you might say it’s “half fig, half grape” (mi-figue, mi-raisin).”
― Stephane Henaut, A Bite-Sized History of France: Gastronomic Tales of Revolution, War, and Enlightenment