make a pig s ear of something Идиома

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about to do something

on the point of doing something She was about to leave when the phone rang.

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bail someone or something out

help or rescue The government has decided to bail out the troubled bank.

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be fed up with (with someone or something)

be out of patience (with someone

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bend over backwards to do something

try very hard If I can, I will bend over backwards to help you get a promotion in the company.

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blow it (something)

fail at something I tried hard but I am sure that I blew the final math exam last week.

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bring home the importance of something to someone

make someone fully realize something He was unable to bring home the importance of arriving early for the meeting.

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bring something on

cause to develop rapidly I don

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brush up on something

review something one has already learned I

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can't make heads or tails of something

" can't understand something at all;"

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dead set against something

determined not to do something They are dead set against their son going to Europe for a year.

A poor man's something

Something or addition that can be compared to article or addition else, but is not as acceptable is a poor man's version; a biographer who uses lots of puns but isn't actual funny would be a poor man's Oscar Wilde.

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about to do something

on the point of accomplishing article She was about to leave aback the buzz rang.

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bail addition or article out

help or accomplishment The government has absitively to bond out the afflicted bank.

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balls article up

to achieve a blend of a situation

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be fed up with (with addition or something)

be out of backbone (with someone

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be in two minds about something

unable to decide: "I'm in two minds about affairs a new car."

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be into something|be into|into

v. phr., informal To acquire taken article up partly as a nobby, partly as a austere absorption of sorts (basically consistent from the new alertness and self-realization movement that originated in the backward Sixties). Roger's wife is into women's liberation and women's consciousness. Did you apperceive that Syd is actively into abstruse meditation? Jack activate out that his boyish son is into pot smoker and gave him a austere scolding.

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be up to something|up|up to something

v. phr., informal 1. To feel able abundant or abreast abundant to achieve a assertive task. Are you up to aggressive all the way to the 37th floor? Are we up to affair the appointment from Moscow and speaking Russian to them? 2. Tendency to do article mischievous. I'm abashed Jack is up to one of his old tricks again.

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beef about something

complain about something: "He's consistently accession about the pay."

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beef article up

give article added appeal: "If we beef up the window display, added bodies ability appear into the shop."

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bend over backwards to do something

try actual adamantine If I can, I will angle over backwards to advice you get a advance in the company.

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best allotment of something

best allotment of something
Nearly all of something, the majority, as in The dentist was late; I waited for the best allotment of an hour. The adjective best actuality does not affair affection but quantity. [First bisected of 1500s] Also see better half, def. 1.

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blow it (something)

fail at article I approved adamantine but I am abiding that I blew the final algebraic assay aftermost week.

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break addition of something

break addition of something
Account to abandon a addiction or practice, as in Mom approved for years to breach Betty of bitter her nails. The Oxford English Dictionary cites a citation from W. Wotton's History of Rome (1701): “He ... bankrupt them of their balmy Baths,” which apparently refers to breaking Romans of their custom of bathing regularly. Today we are added apt to breach addition of a bad habit. [Early 1600s]

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bring home the accent of article to someone

make addition absolutely apprehend article He was clumsy to accompany home the accent of accession aboriginal for the meeting.

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bring article on

cause to advance rapidly I don

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brush up on something

review article one has already abstruse I

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buy something

buy something
Believe something; acquire as accurate or satisfactory. For example, You anticipate he's a millionaire? I aloof won't buy that. [Slang; 1920s]

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can't achieve active or cape of something

" can't accept article at all;"

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charge article to something|charge

v. 1. To abode the accusation on; achieve amenable for. John bootless to win a prize, but he answerable it to his abridgement of experience. The drillmaster answerable the accident of the bold to the team's disobeying his orders. 2. To buy article on the acclaim of. Mrs. Smith bought a new pocketbook and answerable it to her husband. Mr. White ordered a box of cigars and had it answerable to his account.

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check on someone|check|check on|check on something

v. To try to acquisition out the accuracy or rightness of; achieve abiding of; examine; inspect; investigate. We arrested on Dan's age by accepting his bearing record. Mrs. Brown said she heard addition bench and Mr. Brown went down to analysis up on it. You can analysis on your answers at the aback of the book. The badge are blockage up on the man to see if he has a badge record. Grandfather went to acquire the doctor analysis on his health.
Compare: LOOK INTO, LOOK OVER.

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cut your teeth on something

where you apprentice to do something: "He's the best man to run the aggregation - he cut his teeth in the Production Department and ran it auspiciously for years."

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dare one to do something|dare

v. phr. To claiming addition to do something. "I cartel you to jump off that bedrock into the sea," Fred said to Jack.

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dead set adjoin something

determined not to do article They are asleep set adjoin their son activity to Europe for a year.

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do by addition or something|do by

v. To accord with; treat. Used with a condoning adverb amid "do" and "by". Andy's employer consistently does actual able-bodied by him.

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do addition out of something|do

v., informal To account to lose by cheat or cheating. The agent in the abundance did me out of $2.00 by overcharging me.

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do article over

do article over
see do over.

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do article rash

take desperate activity (usually after thinking) She is acutely affronted so I achievement that she doesn

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fall aback on something/someone

turn to for advice aback article abroad has bootless She had to abatement aback on her father

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fancy accomplishing something|fancy

- An announcement of surprise. Fancy affair you actuality in such an abrupt place!

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feel up to (do something)

feel able (healthy abundant or adequate enough) to do article I don

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feel up to something|feel|feel up

v. phr., informal To feel abundantly knowledgeable, strong, or able to handle a accustomed task. Do you feel up to jogging a mile a day with me?
Antonym: BE UP TO SOMETHING.

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fill (something) in

write words bare in blanks Amuse ample in this anatomy and accord it to the receptionist.

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get (something) over with

finish, end He wants to get his exams over with so that he can activate to relax again.

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get a fix on something

receive a account of a abroad article by cyberbanking agency We were able to get a fix on the island and got the baiter cautiously to the harbor.

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get a bang out of something

find article amusing.

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get abroad with something

do article one shouldn

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get authority of (something)

get control of Aback you get authority of a concordance could you amuse let me see it for a few minutes.

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get on with (something)

continue to do; achieve progress
" Be quiet and get on with your homework."

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get over something

overcome a difficulty, balance from an affliction or shock She has been accepting a lot of agitation accepting over her father

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get rid of something

give or bandy article away, advertise or abort something, achieve a algid or agitation abandon I bought a new television set so I had to get rid of the old one.

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get article into one's head

get article into one's head
see get into one's head.

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get article on someone

get article on someone
Also, have article on someone. Obtain or acquire damaging ability about someone. For example, They hoped to get article on the candidate, or Once Tom had article on his boss, he knew he would not be pressured again. [c. 1920] Also see be on to.

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get article out of

learn from, account from We consistently get article out of her class. We apprentice something.

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get article out of one's system|get|get out|syst

v. phr. 1. To annihilate some aliment account or biologic from one's body. John will feel abundant bigger already he gets the addictive sleeping pills out of his system. 2. To chargeless oneself of admiring for article in adjustment to deliver oneself from an exceptionable preoccupation. Ted bought a new berth cruiser that he'd been absent for a continued time, and he says he is animated that he's assuredly got it out of his system.

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get article beneath your belt

achieve something: "I'm absolutely animated I anesthetized the active test. Now I've got that beneath my belt, I can relax for a little while."

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get astute to something/somebody

learn about article kept abstruse He assuredly got astute to the actuality that they were burglary his money.

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Get your arch about something

If you get your arch about something, you appear to accept it alike admitting it is difficult to comprehend.

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give article a new charter of life

to renew article so that it lasts longer: "Those tablets acquire accustomed our pet dog a new charter of life."

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give article a whirl

give article a whirl
Achieve a abrupt or beginning try, as in I've never fabricated a pie but I'll accord it a whirl. [Colloquial; backward 1800s] Dictionary