IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 505.

PHRASAL VERBS

to back out of smth

to be cut out for smth

to brush up

to catch on

to close smth down

to come up with smth

to cut back on smth

to fall off

to fall through

to get by (on smth)

to get smb down

to get on (in life/in the world)

to go in for smth

to pick up

to lay off

to set one's sights on smth

to spread smth out

to take smb on

to take over (a takeover, n)

to take up (an amount of smth)

to turn smb/smth down

to be very much into smth

to be in two minds

to be up to one's eyes in work

to follow in smb's footsteps

to get itchy feet

to get off to a bad start

to give smb a hard time

to go to the wall

to have half a mind to do smth

to hit the pay-dirt

to hit the wrong buttons

to keep one's head above water

to make one's way in the world

to pull one's socks up

to refuse point-blank

to sell like hot cakes

to shine a positive light on smth

to start from scratch

to talk shop

to think on one's feet

It's not the end of the world

That's the last straw!

The world is my oyster.