Metaphors cycle 4 Flashcards
(25 cards)
To be successful
To bring home the bacon
The entreprise has succeeded
It is in the bag
To reveal an embarrassing secret
To let the cat out of the bag
To signal one’s intentions to depart, to quit
To pack one’s bags
To abandon an enterprise
To bail out of something
To succumb to a temptation, a trap deliberately put in one’s way
To swallow the bait
Not well thought out, not well planned
Half-baked
Accurate knowledge of the future
A crystal ball
To be approximately correct
To be in the right ballpark
To be in a position of extreme disadvantage
To be right behind the eight ball
To reject a person as unsuitable, to speak ill of someone, costing that someone opportunity.
To blackball someone
To have a great time
To have a ball
To attends to do more than can be coped with
To have too many balls in the air
To cooperate
To play ball
A country with a poor economy or an entreprise poorly run
A banana republic
Help which is superficial and ephemeral to a problem that is substantial
A band aid
To fight an unwindable case, to express frustration at said fight.
To bang one’s head against a brick wall
The commencement of an operation of great difficulty
A baptism of fire
Without any limitation
No hold barred
There are no resources
The cupboard is bare
To imply threats
To bare one’s teeth
The news is being widely disseminated, spread
All the dogs are barking
The harsh words belie the reality of the mild actions
Someone’s bark is worse than his bite
To reach an incorrect conclusion
To bark up the wrong tree
