opinions on people and their actions

have a lot to anwser for

be the main cause of the problem

not all its cracked out to be

not as good as people say it is

to have the edge over smb, smt

be slightly better than

leave a lot to be desired

not as good as expected

have all the makings of

likely to develope

dead loss

completely useless

rough and ready

lacking sophistication and crude

throw the baby out with the bathwater

change things but loose good things as well as bad

gets/jumps/leaps on the bandwagon

get involved in smt already successful

play devils advocate

pretend ur agains smt so other ppl discuss it

drive someone to distraction

make someone very angry or bored

make an exhibition of themselves

actions or words which make you look stupid

do smt under false pretenses

tell lies about who they are or what theyre doing

never do anything by halves

make an effort

to be a laughing stock

to be laughed at or mocked at