Taking their feet off the pedal?

2014-04-01 11:03

By taking their feet off the pedal, they stop giving the effort.

Turn the tables?

2014-03-28 11:52

For the tables to turn is, originally, to reverse the positions of adversaries.

My bad?

2014-03-25 10:50

“My bad” means “My fault”, literally. It is perhaps short for “My bad mistake”.

Silver bullets?

2014-03-21 16:27

Your boss means to say you shouldn’t be looking for easy solutions to problems facing you at work.

Spanner in the works?

2014-03-18 14:59

Juan Mata refuses to be tethered there; the Spaniard is becoming a spanner in the works.

Tooth and nail?

2014-03-14 10:52

When people fight each other tooth and nail, in other words, they’re very desperate.

Bet the farm?

2014-03-11 10:39

By betting the whole farm they own, they’re willing to risk everything – risking losing everything, that is.

Cooking the book?

2014-03-07 11:33

In cooking the book, people manipulate the numbers, dressing them up, to make the company look good.

Left out to dry?

2014-03-04 11:55

The person who’s hung out to dry is unprotected and alone.

Push the envelope

2014-02-28 10:28

To push the envelope is to stretch the limits, to try to break through the old mould, to move into unchartered territories.

Loan shark rate?

2014-02-25 10:16

Loan sharks are people who lend money to gain immorally high interest.

Mean street, mean city?

2014-02-21 10:52

“A mean street in a mean city” means a poor street in a poverty stricken city.

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