arm-chair bed[͵ɑ:mtʃeəʹbed]
<Í> кресло-кровать

on the edge of your seat chair Идиома

chairman of the boards (hockey)

a player who controls play along the boards In the 1970s Doug was chairman of the boards for the Hawks.

grab a chair

sit down, have a seat, take a load off your feet "After I introduced everybody, I said, ""Grab a chair and sit down."""

have a chair

please sit down on a chair, have a seat """Please have a chair,"" my aunt said, and the man sat down."

musical chairs

the transfer of a number of officers in an organization into different jobs - especially each other

take a chair

sit down 坐下
After she had taken a chair，we started to watch TV．她坐下来以后我们就开始看电视。

play first chair

Idiom(s): play first chair

Theme: LEADERSHIP

to act as a leader.
• I need to get this job done. Who plays first chair around here?
• You re not the boss! You don t play first chair.

Armchair critic

An armchair critic is someone who offers advice but never shows that they could actually do any better.

Rearrange the deckchairs on the Titanic

(UK) If people are rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic, they are making small changes that will have no effect as the project, company, etc, is in very serious trouble.

Take the chair

If you take the chair, your become the chairman or chairwoman of a committee, etc.

go to the chair|chair|go

v. phr. To be executed in the electric chair. After many stays of execution, the criminal finally had to go to the chair.

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