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by the skin of their teeth
by a little, barely He won the election by one vote, by the skin of his teeth.
dig in their heels
hold their position, not yield or move "If we discuss money, he digs in his heels. ""No raises,"" he says."
draw their fire
get attention while a friend moves or escapes You draw their fire while I move behind them. You distract them.
give someone their due
give someone the credit that they deserve You have to give him his due. He has successfully saved the company from bankruptcy.
rain on their parade
ruin the party, spoil the fun, piss on them "When Barb found out she wasn't invited to the wedding, she said, ""I hope it rains on their parade."""
roll their eyes
eyes express boredom or disapproval When he told the joke again, the students began rolling their eyes.
step on their toes
offend them, upset them When I mentioned their debt, did I step on their toes?
weirdo
strange person, pervert, creep This weirdo started following us around the park. It was scary!
Bad workers always blame their tools
"A bad worker always blames their tools" - If somebody does a job badly or loses in a game and claims that they were let down by their equipment, you can use this to imply that this was not the case.
Bark is worse than their bite
Someone who's bark is worse than their bite may well get angry and shout, but doesn't take action.
Butter wouldn't melt in their mouth
If someone looks as if butter wouldn't melt in their mouth, they look very innocent.
Do their dirty work
Someone who does someone's dirty work, carries out the unpleasant jobs that the first person doesn't want to do. Someone who seems to enjoy doing this is sometimes known as a 'henchman'.
Each to their own
Different people have different preferences. In American English, 'Each to his own' is more common.
Everybody and their uncle
This basically means a lot of people or too many people; everybody and their uncle was there.
Give someone a run for their money
If you can give someone a run for the money, you are as good, or nearly as good, as they are at something.
Keep someone on their toes
If you keep someone on their toes, you make sure that they concentrate on what they are supposed to do.
More than one string to their bow
A person who has more than one string to their bow has different talents or skills to fall back on.
Their bark is worse than their bite
If someone's bark is worse than their bite, they get angry and shout and make threats, but don't actually do anything.
give someone their marching orders
fire someone: "After the argument, he was given his marching orders."
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get your feet under the table
get settled in: "It only took him a week to get his feet under the table, then he started to make changes."
Coming events cast their shadows before.
There are often early indications of future happenings.
put their heads together|head|heads|lay their head
v. phr.,
informal To plan or consider things together; discuss something as a group; talk it over.
They put their heads together and decided on a gift. We laid our heads together and decided to have a picnic.
get theirs
get theirs see
get one's.
put their heads together
put their heads together see
put our heads together.
weird
weird weird out â
Slang to be or cause to be overwhelmed with the bizarre aspects of an experience