UNIT 3 Flashcards
(23 cards)
come under sth
- If you come under something, you suddenly experience or suffer it
- If a piece of information comes under a particular part of a list, book, or collection of things, you can find it in that part
- to be controlled or dealt with by an official organization or a particular part of it
put my money on
trust
fall foul of
do sth wrong and get into trouble with sth
fall into arrears
not be up to date for regular payment
fall short of
not be/have enough, not be good enough
fall flat
(a joke) be unsuccessful
fall into decay/despair
become in poor condition
fall from grace/favour
lose one’s popularity because one has done sth wrong
stand the strain
tolerate the pressure
stand to win/gain/lose
likely to win/ lose
stark naked
completely naked
necessary evil
evil that someone believes must be done or accepted because it is necessary to achieve a better outcome
be murder on (someone or something)
To cause a lot of harm, distress, or ill effects to someone or something
scream/cry blue murder
To complain or protest loudly or forcefully
rob Peter to pay Paul
taking resources from one area to allocate them to another, often as a short-sighted or temporary solution to a problem
rats deserting a sinking ship
people leaving a place, organization, activity, etc. very quickly and in large numbers, because it is falling in some way
give one’s the creeps
run against sb
have it in for
dislike
sb’s name is mud
If you say that someone’s name is mud, you mean that they have said or done something which has made them very unpopular with a particular group of people.
have/ be a (good) laugh
get a kick out of
live it up
get a lot out of
have a whale of a time
enjoyment
escape (one’s) notice
To avoid being seen.
at short notice
without much warning or time to prepare
engender
produce
lapse
temporary decline
