be under (someone's) care 관용구

checkered career

career with failures, history of good and bad His checkered career may ruin his chance of being elected.

devil-may-care

carefree, wild, on a lark Employers won't hire people with a devil-may-care attitude.

in my care

for me to protect, under my wing The children were in my care when the dog chased us.

number one (look after/take care of number one)

oneself His atitude is to always look after number one without thinking about anybody else.

run scared

try everything to avoid defeat as in a political campaign The senator has been running scared in his attempt to win re-election.

scare out of one

frighten very much Her little girl was scared out of her wits after she saw the horror movie.

scare the daylights out of someone

frighten very much Falling off her bicycle scared the daylights out of her.

scare up

find or gather something with some effort We were able to scare up a couple of sleeping bags so that we could go camping.

scared shitless

very frightened, scared, petrified When I woke up and saw a light on, I was scared shitless.

scared spitless

very frightened, scared stiff Believe me. I was scared spitless when the wolves started to howl.

be beneath (someone's) care

To be supervised or abounding to by someone. If I go aback to work, the adolescent kids will accept to be beneath my oldest daughter's care The Jefferson accounts will accept to be beneath Dave's affliction while I'm out on leave.Learn more: care

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say what's on your mind say your piece scads scarce as hen's teeth scare out of one scare the daylights out of someone scare up scared shitless scared spitless scared stiff scared to death scaredy cat scatter around schmooze school of hard knocks school's out scoff be torn between be torqued off be touch-and-go be touched by (something) be touched with (something) be touched with something be touching cloth be touching cotton be tough be tough on (someone or something) be trapped in a time warp be treading on eggshells be turfed be turfed out be twice the man or woman that someone is be twice the man/woman be twice the man/woman that (someone) is be twiddling (one's) thumbs be twiddling your thumbs be two a penny be two sides of the same coin be unable to hear (oneself) think be unable to hear yourself think be under (one's) feet be under (one's) wing be under (someone's) care be under (someone's) spell be under a microscope be under control be under no illusion be under orders be under par be under suspicion be under the cosh be under the illusion that be under the impression that be under the impression that... be under the microscope be under the pump be under the spell of (someone) be under the wing of (someone) be under way be up be up (one's) alley be up (one's) ass be up (oneself) be up a/the creek (without a paddle) be up against it be up and around be up and down be up for (something)