REWRITE TEST 19 (21/03)

Stick one’s neck out

take risk to try to help someone else

Be in a class of its own

to be much better than anyone or anything else

Teach SB a thing or two

if you say that person can teach someone a thing or two about it, you mean that they know a lot about it or are good at it.

Read SB like a book

know someone really well

At the eleventh hour

in the last minute

Learn STH the hard way

to discover what you need to know through experience or by making mistakes

Keep STH under one’s hat

to keep something secret

Go off deep end

give way immediately to an emotional outburst, especially of anger.

Be down at heel

wearing old clothes, or in bad condition, because of not having much money

Get ONE’S back up

to become or be caused to be angry, defensive

Bit one’s lip

to forcibly prevent oneself from exhibiting an outward reaction to something, especially that which makes one angry, irritated, or upset.

Bone idle

extremely lazy

Have a good head for STH

to have a natural ability to do something well

Hold one’s tongue

to refrain from speaking

A bird’s eye view

a view from a high angle as if seen by a bird in flight

Someone’s bark is worse than their bite

If you say that someone's bark is worse than their bite, you mean that they seem much more unpleasant or hostile than they really are.

BEAR SB NO  Ill will

not unfriendly or hostile feelings that you have towards someone

Start with a clean slate/sheet

to start something again with a fresh beginning, especially unencumbered by mistakes or regrets from the past.

see/tell a mile off

if you can see or tell something a mile off, you notice it easily and quickly

Pull a fast one

try to gain an unfair advantage