in league (with someone) Thành ngữ, tục ngữ

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break up (with someone)

stop a relationship She broke up with her boyfriend last June.

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bug (someone)

bother, irritate, get to me That scraping noise bugs me. It's quite annoying.

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catch (someone) red-handed

catch someone in the middle of doing something wrong The woman was caught red-handed at the store trying to steal some cosmetics.

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cost (someone) an arm and a leg

" cost a lot; be very expensive."

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cut (someone) off

stop someone from saying something We tried to outline our proposal but we were constantly cut off by our noisy opponents.

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down on (someone)

be critical of someone, angry at She is really down on her friend but I don

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draw (someone) out

make a person talk or tell something She was very quiet but we finally were able to draw her out so that she would join the party.

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drop (someone) a line

write or mail a note or letter to someone She promised that she would drop me a line when she gets to Singapore.

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egg (someone) on

urge or push someone to do something He is always egging his friend on when he is angry which makes him even angrier.

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fill (someone) in

tell someone the details I will fill you in later about our plans for the weekend.

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get hold of (someone)

find a person so you can speak with him or her I tried to get hold of him last week but he was out of town.

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get (someone) down

make (someone) unhappy, cause discouragement The long commuting time has begun to get her down so she wants to quit her job.

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get the better of (someone)

win against, beat, defeat He got the better of me and won the tennis match.

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give (someone) a hard time

make trouble for someone, tease She was giving her boyfriend a hard time about his new haircut.

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go out with (someone)

date or be dating someone She went out with him for two years before they got married.

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go (someone) one better

do something better than someone else, do more or be better than someone I decided to go him one better and buy a bigger present for my girlfriend.

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going for (someone)

in one

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hand it to (someone)

give credit or praise to someone You have to hand it to him - he worked hard and was very successful with his business.

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keep (someone) up

prevent someone from going to bed They kept me up last night with their noisy radio.

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lay off (someone)

get rid of workers when business is bad Six hundred workers at the automobile factory were recently laid off.

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leave (someone) holding the bag

leave someone else to take the blame He left me holding the bag when he ran away from the accident.

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let (someone) have it

hit someone hard He really let the other man have it when they got into a fight on the bus.

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let (someone) know

tell, inform Let me know when you are ready to go to the movie.

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let (someone) off the hook

excuse someone from a penalty or promise He let me off the hook and I didn

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look (someone) up

seek and find When I was in New York I looked up my friend from university.

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play hardball with (someone)

act strong and agressive about an issue with someone The union representatives have been playing hardball during the contract talks.

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play (someone) for something

treat someone as something, act toward someone as something He was trying to play me for a fool but I could easily see what he was trying to do.

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pull a fast one (on someone)

cheat someone They tried to pull a fast one on me at the car repair shop but I stopped them easily.

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push (someone) around

make someone do what you want He is always pushing around his salesmen and saleswomen.

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put (someone) out

inconvenience, bother, She shouldn

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put (something or someone) out of one

try not to think about something He has been trying to put his girlfriend out of his mind since they decided to stop seeing each other.

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put (something or someone) out of one's head/mind

try to forget someone or something I was forced to put my holidays out of my head when we had the emergency problems at our company.

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run into (someone)

meet by chance I ran into him when I was at the supermarket.

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run off with (someone)

go away with someone, elope My sister ran off with her boyfriend and got married when she was quite young.

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run (someone) in

take to jail, arrest The police ran the three boys in for questioning about the robbery.

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set (someone) up

put someone in a position to be manipulated I don

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stand (someone) in good stead

be a great advantage to someone It will stand you in good stead with the company if you do the extra work.

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stand (someone) up

fail to keep an appointment or date with your boyfriend or girlfriend He stood her up on a date last Saturday and now she won

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stick (someone) with

leave someone with something unpleasant I was stuck with paying the bill when I went to the restaurant with my friends.

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take (someone) under one

protect someone He has taken the new employee under his wing and is teaching him about the company.

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tell (someone) off

speak to angrily He told his neighbor off after their music was too loud last night.

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tide (someone) over

help someone through a difficult situation I lent him some money to tide him over until he gets paid.

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tip (someone) off

warn, inform The police were tipped off that there was going to be a robbery at the bank.

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turn (someone) off

disgust, irritate, repel someone Her constant complaining always turns me off.

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turn (someone) on

excite a person, become interested in an idea, person or undertaking She was turned on by the idea of going to Spain for the summer.

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catch (someone) dead|catch dead|catch someone dead

v. phr., informal To see or hear (someone) in an embarrassing act or place at any time. Used in the negative usually in the passive. You won't catch Bill dead taking his sister to the movies. John wouldn't be caught dead in the necktie he got for Christmas.

trong liên minh (với ai đó)

Hợp tác mật (an ninh) thiết, thường bí mật (an ninh) hoặc âm mưu với ai đó. Hóa ra là ông trùm kinh doanh vừa liên kết với cơ quan thực thi pháp luật đất phương để điều tra bị hủy bỏ. Chúng tui đã hợp tác với một công ty ở nước ngoài có thể sản xuất sản phẩm với giá chỉ bằng một nửa .. Xem thêm: alliance

trong liên minh (với ai đó)

Hình. [người dân] bí mật (an ninh) hợp tác, thường để làm điều gì đó xấu hoặc bất hợp pháp. Cảnh sát trưởng quận đang liên minh với bọn tội phạm. Những tên trộm xe hơi và một số cảnh sát quanh co đang liên minh để kiếm trước từ những chiếc xe bị đánh cắp .. Xem thêm: alliance

in alliance with

Ngoài ra, trong amalgamation với. Hợp tác chặt chẽ hoặc hợp tác với nhau, thường là bí mật (an ninh) hoặc trong một âm mưu. Ví dụ: "Đối với bất kỳ ai trên đường có thể là một tên cướp, hoặc liên minh với những tên cướp" (Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, 1859) hoặc Chúng tui nghi ngờ rằng thị trưởng có mối quan hệ với ngành xây dựng. Thuật ngữ đầu tiên có từ giữa những năm 1500. Biến thể, một chủ nghĩa thông tục có từ đầu những năm 1800, có thể đến từ tiếng Pháp cahute, "một túp lều hoặc berth nhỏ", và có thể đen tối chỉ những khu gần trong một ngôi nhà như vậy. . Xem thêm: liên minh

ở ˈleague (với ai đó)

lập kế hoạch bí mật (an ninh) với ai đó: Họ buộc tội anh liên minh với bọn khủng bố, điều này tất nhiên anh phủ nhận .. Xem thêm: liên minh. Xem thêm: