NO96 Lyrics

9548: Jack was often in hot water when he was young, but he always managed to get out of it somehow. [in trouble; in difficulties]
9549: I think I see your point, but your argument doesn't hold water. [Prove sound or valid, stand up to criticism, seem logical and consistent]
9550: Economists are beginning to realize that Keynesian theories don't necessarily hold water.
9551: The stock market is sluggish now because the big investors are treading water until they see how the economic situation will develop. [keep one's head above water without moving anywhere; just barely manage without moving ahead]
9552: The Democratic candidate met his Waterloo at the hands of an obscure Republican rival. [at the hands of: while competing against, when fighting]
9553: We mustn't let him know that there is a difference of opinion among us. He likes to fish in troubled waters. [use a troubled situation to one's own advantage]
9554: One of the first things you have to learn if you want to be a successful bureaucrat is not to make waves. [showed off, boasted; caused problems, made a disturbance]
9555: Plans are under way to build a new city hospital. [get going, start out, set out]
9556: Everyone went out of their way to be nice to the new student from China.
[To inconvenience oneself in doing something beyond what is required]
9557: I don't mind helping her if it's convenient, but I'm certainly not going to go out of my way for her.
9558: Let's get Phyllis to talk to the boss for us. She seems to have a way with him. [to be especially good in dealing with someone or something.]
9559: I hear that that boy put the Jones girl in the family way. [pregnant, with child]
9560: A: John wonders if you'd lend him the money.
B: No way! That guy never pays you back. [in no manner, never, not at all]
9561: Because of his uncle's offer of financial a__istance, the way has been paved for Benny to attend college. [to be a preparation which will make it possible for something to happen in the future.]
9562: Education does not necessarily pave the way to happiness.
9563: Frank may be a nice guy, but he always rubs me the wrong way. [to annoy someone without intending to]
9564: If my father won't let me have the money, I'll get it some other way. I'll show him there's more than one way to skin a cat. [there are many ways to do it, I know another method]
9565: Unfortunately that argument is a two-edged sword, it cuts both ways. It can be used against us as well as for us. [sword which is sharp on both sides of the blade; double danger, risk of a boomerang effect]
9566: Since the Justice Ministry has begun prosecuting government officials for bribery, many are beginning to realize that they are going to have to mend their ways. [correct one's past errors, behave in a new and improved manner ]
9567: Don't trust him. He's a weasel. [cunning or sneaky person]
9568: Rod tried to weasel your phone number out of me. [tattle]
9569: It sounds like that company is trying to weasel out of its contract with us. [evade]
9570: My husband hasn't been to work this week. He's been under the weather since Sunday. [not feeling healthy, sick; drunk, intoxicated]
9571: The merger between the two companies was obviously a shotgun wedding, forced on them by economic necessity. [a marriage that is arranged very quickly because the woman is going to have a baby ]
9572: Anyone who doesn't pull his weight in this office will be fired.[ did his part, contributed all he could]
9573: Don't be so timid. If you want to get things done, you've got to learn to throw your weight around. [to behave in a way which shows that you are more important or powerful than other people]
9574: It's all well and good for you to quit your job, but what do you intend to do for a living?
9575: If you think I would marry a man like you, you're all wet. [confused, totally mistaken]
9576: Sarah is a beautiful woman, but she doesn't have what it takes to be a first-rate actress .
9577: Don't mention this plan to anyone. If our competitors get wind of it, we'll lose our advantage. [hear about, learn of]
9578: I don't think we should attempt such a large project on our present budget. That's sailing too close to the wind. [nearly opposite to the direction from which wind is coming]
9579: It's too early to take a stand yet. Let's wait a little to see which way the wind blows. [take a stand: express an opinion, set your relation to an issue] [which way the wind is blowing: how something will probably develop.]
9580: John is such a windbag. He can talk for hours at a time without saying anything. [arrogant person who talks excessively about meaningless things]
9581: The last speaker was a real windbag. By the end of his talk we were all bored to tears. [bored to death/tears: to be very bored.]
9582: My aunt is always taking stray cats under her wing. [having my protection and help and guidance]
9583: Please let me drive the car to San Francisco with my friends, Dad. Haven't I earned my wings by driving for three years now without an accident?
9584: After two years as an attorney's a__istant, the young lawyer felt ready to test his wings on a case of his own.
9585: We're getting down to the wire on this project. We'll have to pick up speed if we're going to finish in time. [to the last minute, near the end] [pick up speed: to increase in value or degree ]
9586: Don't get wise, young man. Just answer my question in plain and simple language. [Improperly forward or bold]
9587: Don't beat your brains out for this outfit. Wise up. They're not going to give you any medals for working harder than you have to. [beat your brains out: to spend a lot of time worrying about a problem and thinking about how to deal with it.] [wise up: cause someone to become aware of something]
9588: I like that rock group. They're really with it. [Sophisticated]
9589: I'm sorry, I'm not quite with you. Would you repeat that last part again?
9590: A man in a dangerous job like that has to have his wits about him. [have your wits about you: to be able to think clearly. to be ready to think quickly in a situation and react to things that you are not expecting]
9591: Despite his good education, he apparently has no desire to hold a steady job. He'd rather travel from country to country, living only by his wits and whatever fortune might bring him. [live by/on your wits: to earn enough money to live by being clever or cheating people.]
9592: I'm going to have to find another job. With six children, I barely make enough in my present job to keep the wolf from the door. [to keep the wolf from the door, to keep away poverty; to prevent starvation]
9593: I'd be careful of that boy if I were you .He seems nice enough, but I've heard that he's actually a wolf in sheep's clothing. [an evil person who looks innocent]
9594: A good manager is interested only in the forest. He should leave the trees to his a__istants.
9595: The suspect pulled the wool over the eyes of the police by buying a plane ticket for Paris, and then he escaped by boat. [pull the wool over your eyes: deceive you, trick you, fool you]
9596: You can trust Mr. Harris. He's always as good as his word. [trustworthy, reliable, keeps his promises ]
9597: Four-letter words were absolutely taboo in American movies until Clark Gable shocked moviegoers with his use of "d___" in the last scene of Gone With the Wind. [four-letter words: obscene word, vulgar word]
9598: Prof. Green's lecture was so interesting that the audience hung on his every word. [hang on one's every word: to listen very carefully to what someone says]
9599: Jane promised not to breathe a word of our talk to anyone.[to tell a secret]
9600: I've applied to Mr. Smith for a job. Will you put in a good word to him for me? [put in a good word for someone: to say positive things about someone]
9601: When Jack promised to marry me, I took him at his word. But after a month or so, he left me for another woman.
9602: You shouldn't have taken his word for it. You should have called the office and checked.
9603: Most politicians appear to be adept at using weasel words.[ weasel words: words that have many meanings]
9604: If you make too definite a statement at this point, you may later end up having to eat your words. [regret what you said, admit you were wrong]
9605: I'm going to have a word with that guy. He never keeps his promises.[have a word with: conducted a brief conversation with, exchanged a few words with]
9606: My husband doesn't like to mince his words. He prefers to call a spade a spade. [not mince words: to say what you mean as clearly and simply as possible]
[call a spade a spade: speak honestly, say what one truly feels, speak openly ]
9607: Someone is putting words into Joan's mouth. She's not sharp enough to think of that idea herself. [put words into one's mouth: to tell someone what you think they mean or want to say]
9608: I was going to suggest going to a movie when Lois took the words right out of my mouth. [take the words right out of one's mouth: to say exactly what someone else was going to say or what they were thinking ]
9609: The President answered the question slowly, weighing his words. [weigh your words: to think carefully about something before you say it]
9610: I don't like night duty but when you work in a hospital as I do, you learn to consider it to be all in a day's work. [Not extra work, just part of my duties]
9611: The professor made short work of my argument. [deal with rapidly, do rapidly]
9612: The men worked him over until he was almost unconscious, but he still refused to tell where the money was hidden. [work over: give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression]
9613: My father was a workaholic. He never made time to play with us kids. [to allow time for something in particular]
9614: The Joneses really shot the works on their son's wedding reception. [make a great effort; gamble all of one's money ]
9615: I really got the works from the chief for not coming to work yesterday.
9616: Mr. Redding has come down in the world since he was forced to resign as cabinet minister because of a scandal. [come down: descend ] [in the world: in any conditions.]
9617: Mr. Jones appears to have come up in the world since his oldest son married the boss's daughter.
9618: Ben studied till three o'clock this morning. Now he's upstairs dead to the world.
9619: If your book becomes a best-seller, you'll have the world at your feet. Then you'll be able to write anything you want. [someone who has the world at their feet is extremely successful and popular]
9620: You have to study hard and work hard if you hope to rise in the world.
9621: I don't want to set the world on fire. I'm satisfied just to be an ordinary wage earner. [cause a revolution; make a major impression ]
9622: Be careful of who you go into business with. The world is full of would-be businessmen who don't know the first thing about business. [would-be: pretend will be] [do not know anything about it]
9623: Publishing companies receive manuscripts from hundreds of would-be authors every year.
9624: We had the yummiest meal at that restaurant. [Delicious]
9625: Her weight became her yardstick for success in everything she did.
9626: If you absolutely refuse to help me, I guess that's that. I'll have to try to do it alone. [that's it, enough, that's the limit]
9627: It was a long time before I got wise to the fact that my boss had no intention of promoting me. [find out, realize, understand]
9628: You are young and you have the world in stead of you. You must make the best of your opportunities.
9629: I ran across several interesting facts about Mexico in that book.[ b__p into, come up against]
9630: Our troops finally broke through the enemy lines. [force a way through in spite of resistance]
9631: After a brief struggle, he broke away from the police. [run away, escape; disconnect, cut off ties, isolate oneself]
9632: If we can keep up this speed, we should arrive there in about two days. [continue, persist, maintain one style of working; preserve, maintain]
9633: Something went wrong with the motor, and we had to have our car towed to the garage.[ something didn't go as planned]
9634: I am sure that something has gone wrong with their car; otherwise our guests would have arrived long ago.
9635: It serves you right to have lost your purse. You were always too careless about leaving it around. [give them what they deserve]
9636: He asked me not to let on to anyone that we were planning the birthday party. [to tell; to tattle; to divulge something]
9637: In an effort to end the strike, the owners agreed to meet the strikers halfway. [compromise; meet in the middle]
9638: All through the faculty meeting, Frank stood up for his friend who was being criticized so severely. [support, protect]
9639: He has had five different jobs in the last year because he never sticks to anything very long.
9640: If you stick to it long enough, you can find the answer to that problem. [stays on mission, gives much effort to the accomplishment of a task]
9641: I certainly got stuck when I bought this raincoat; every time I go out in the rain, it shrinks some more. [be unable to move further; stuck: caught; puzzled, baffled]
9642: They are taking on many new workers at that plant.
9643: We will have to take on someone to do John's work while he is away.
9644: If you like that new job applicant, let's take him on. [accept (responsibility); occupy, cause to work; deal with ]
9645: His secretary took down everything that we said.
9646: That stenographer took down the President's entire speech in shorthand. [record, write down, put in writing; remove, lower; take apart, disassemble; (Slang) kill]
9647: Our sales have fallen off seriously during the past six months.[ separate, withdraw; decrease, diminish; drop off]