be on the run Idioma

a cheap drunk

a person who gets drunk on one or two drinks Jo admits she's a cheap drunk. Her limit is two drinks.

a run for your money

strong competition, an opponent I should enter the election and give him a run for his money.

as drunk as a skunk

very drunk, polluted, sloshed You don't remember the party. You were as drunk as a skunk!

be up and running

" (for a technological process) be operational; be ready to"

bear the brunt

accept the most blame or responsibility When we got in trouble, Ed bore the brunt of the blame.

blood runs cold

one is terrified or horrified My blood ran cold when I saw the man fall off the ladder.

bottom rung

the first step, the lowest position Jerry, my boy, in this company you start at the bottom rung.

budget squeeze/crunch

a situation where there is not enough money in the budget We have been going through a severe budget squeeze at our company and must begin to stop spending money in a wasteful manner.

cheap drunk

(See a cheap drunk)

crunch

(See the crunch)

be on the run

1. To be beat the badge or added authorities, about afterwards accepting committed a crime. The badge accept been bootless in their chase of the city, so the suspects charge be on the run.2. To be complex in connected activity. I'm apologetic I didn't alarm you back, I was absolutely on the run today.3. To be in a accessible position. This aggregation is on the run—will they absolutely appear aback from a five-goal deficit?Learn more: on, run

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cross my heart and hope to die cross one cross paths cross someone cross that bridge when I come to it cruise cruising for a bruising crummy crunch crush on crux of the matter cry her heart out cry in your beer cry me a river cry over spilt milk cry the blues cry wolf be on the look out be on the lookout be on the loose be on the make be on the march be on the market be on the mend be on the offensive be on the phone be on the pill be on the piss be on the point of (doing something) be on the point of doing something be on the prowl be on the pull be on the radar (screen) be on the ragged edge be on the rampage be on the receiving end be on the right lines be on the right track be on the right/wrong side of 40, 50, etc. be on the right/wrong track be on the rocks be on the ropes be on the run be on the same page be on the same wavelength be on the same wavelength/on different wavelengths be on the say-so of (someone) be on the scene be on the scent be on the scent (of someone or something) be on the scrounge (for something) be on the sick list be on the side of the angels be on the skids be on the square be on the stage be on the straight and narrow be on the table be on the take be on the telephone/phone be on the threshold of (something) be on the threshold of something be on the tip of (one's) tongue be on the tip of your tongue be on the up and up be on the wagon be on the wane be on the warpath