make allowances for somebody Idiom, Proverb

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get wise to something/somebody

learn about something kept secret He finally got wise to the fact that they were stealing his money.

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somebody up there loves/hates me

an expression meaning that an unseen power in heaven has been favorable/unfavorable to you "Somebody up there loves me," he said as he found the money on the side of the road.

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get on (well) with (somebody)

have a good relationship with
" I get on very well with my colleagues."

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Put somebody's nose out of joint

If you put someone's nose out of joint, you irritate them or make them angry with you.

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Take your hat off to somebody

If you take your hat off to someone, you acknowledge that they have done something exceptional or otherwise deserve your respect.

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go somebody one better|go|go one better|one better

v. phr., informal To do something better than (someone else); do more or better than; beat. Bill's mother gave the boys in Bill's club hot dogs for refreshments, so Tom's mother said that she would go her one better next time by giving them hot dogs and ice cream. John made a good dive into the water, but Bob went him one better by diving in backwards.

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somebody up there loves me|hate|hates|love|loves|s

slang An expression intimating that an unseen power in heaven, such as God, has been favorable or unfavorable to the one making the exclamation. Look at all the money I won! I say somebody up there sure loves me! Look at all the money I've lost! I say somebody up there sure hates me!

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somebody up there loves me

somebody up there loves me
I am having very good luck right now; also, someone with influence is favoring me. For example, I won $40 on that horse—somebody up there loves me, or I don't know how I got that great assignment; somebody up there loves me. This idiom, generally used half-jokingly, alludes either to heavenly intervention or to the help of a temporal higher authority. [Colloquial; mid-1900s] Also see friend in court.

make allowance(s) for (someone or something)

1. To adapt abundantly for addition or something. My accomplished ancestors is advancing to Thanksgiving banquet now, so you bigger accomplish allowance for seven added bodies at the table. The acclimate there is appealing inconsistent at this time of year, so accomplish allowances for that back you pack.2. To be affectionate or accepting of addition or article due to appropriate circumstances. When the acclimate is this bad, the aggregation makes allowance for Gina's apathy because she has a actual continued commute. The agents accept been affectionate abundant to accomplish allowances for Jake this division afterwards his mother's abrupt death.Learn more: make

make alˈlowances for somebody

not adjudicator somebody too carefully because of assertive problems or difficulties: The cloister was asked to accomplish allowances for the age of the accused.Learn more: allowance, make, somebody

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