to sweep (carry) all (everything) before one | To have complete, uninterrupted success |
to know a thing or two | To have practical ability and |
to know what is what | To have proper knowledge of |
to be (all) in the same boat | To have the same dangers (difficulties) to face |
to carry (take) the can (back) | To have to answer for other people`s misdeeds, bear the chief burden of blame |
to call a person names | To insult him by using bad names |
to get under somebody`s skin | To irritate |
to rub (stroke) someone the wrong way | To irritate him |
to get on one`s nerves | To irritate, to annoy |
to put someone`s back up | To irritate, to antagonise |
to jump to conclusions | To judge hastily |
to keep something under one`s hat | To keep it secret |
not to breathe a word (a syllable) to a soul | To keep it secret to say nothing; |
to say nothing | not to breathe a word (a syllable) to a soul; |
to know on which side one`s bread is buttered | To know where one`s interests lie |
to pack (it) up and to pack in have the same significance | To leave off work |
to lose one`s grip | To lose control of circumstances |
to lose one`s head | To lose one`s presence of mind to become irresponsible and incapable of coping with an; |
to become irresponsible and incapable of coping with an | to lose one`s head; |
to get angry | to lose one`s temper; |
to drop a brick | To make a bad mistake, especially to make a stupid and indiscreet social mistake |
to raise (make, kick up) a dust (shindy) | To make a disturbance |
to check up on it | To make certain by checking |
to pin a person down to ... (a promise, arrangement, date, etc.) | To make him keep it to refuse to let him take a different course; |
to refuse to let him take a different course | to pin a person down to ... (a promise, arrangement, date, etc.); |
to draw a person out | To make him talk and so reveal a secret |
to overdo it | To make oneself too tired by working too hard |
to stir up trouble | To make trouble |
to get together | To meet in friendly discussion to con; |
to con | to get together; |
to back the wrong horse | To misplace one`s trust |
to get it all wrong | To misunderstand it completely |
not to get (someone) anywhere | To obtain no result |
to blow over | To pass by to be forgotten; |
to be forgotten | to blow over; |
to keep the ball rolling | To prevent the conversation (or the excitement, amusement) from flagging |
to pump (someone) | To question persistently to try to obtain all information possible |
to come to a decision | To reach a decision, to decide |
to give a person a piece (bit) of one`s mind | To rebuke him |
to tell a person off (to give a person a good telling off) | To rebuke, scold or reprimand him |
to pull oneself together | To recover one`s normal self-control or balance |
to play truant (play hookey) | To remain away from |
to keep one`s mouth shut | To remain silent, say nothing about |
to put a person in his place | To reprimand him severely or take him down |
to let on | To reveal (a secret) to betray (a fact); |
to betray (a fact) | to let on; |
to let out | To reveal a secret |
to spill the beans | To reveal a secret to confess all; |
to confess all | to spill the beans; |
to let the cat out of the bag | To reveal unintentionally |
to tell a person straight that... | To say forcibly and firmly to him that... |
to speak one`s mind | To say plainly what one thinks |
to blurt out | To say something without thought, un |
to give a person a (good) dressing down | To scold or beat |
to give a person a good talking to | To scold or rebuke him |
to see something with half an eye | To see it easily because it is obvious |
to get down to (one`s work, business, etc.) | To settle down to it seriously |
to give a person a nasty (bad) turn | To shock or frighten |
to lay down the law | To speak as one having authority and knowledge, though not necessarily possessing either to talk authoritatively as if; |
to talk authoritatively as if | to lay down the law; |
not to mince matters (words) | To speak plainly or |
to snap (bite) a person`s head (nose) off | To speak to him rudely, angrily or impatiently |
to put a spoke in a person`s wheel | To spoil his plans |
to say (have) one`s say | To state one`s views to express one`s opinion; |
to express one`s opinion | to say (have) one`s say; |
to stir up a hornets` nest (the nest of hornets) | To stir |
to come (get) down to brass tacks | To stop discussing general principles, plans, etc. and turn attention to prac |
to knock off | To stop work for a (short) period |
to make good | To succeed in spite of obstacles to make a success of things; |
to come off | To succeed to reach a satisfactory end; |
to reach a satisfactory end | to come off; |
to do brown | To swindle often in the passive: to be done brown; |
often in the passive: to be done brown | to do brown; |
to do the dirty on (somebody) | To swindle to treat shame; |
to treat shame | to do the dirty on (somebody); |
to pull a fast one (over, on) | To take a tactical advantage of, by a sudden manoeuvre or a clever swindle (trick, deception) |
to ask for (it) | To take an action leading almost inevitably to an undesired result or trouble |