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121find your feet — phrase to start to feel confident and able to deal with something For the first few months I had trouble finding my feet. Thesaurus: to be, or to become happy or happiersynonym Main entry: find * * * find your feet : to start to be comfortable in …
122have something in your pocket — phrase if you have something such as a game or a business deal in your pocket, you are definitely going to win it or complete it successfully Thesaurus: to be likely to succeedsynonym Main entry: pocket * * * have sth in your ˈpocket idiom to be… …
123lose your grip (on something) — phrase to become less able to understand things or deal with them Are you starting to lose your grip on reality? Thesaurus: to not understand, or to misunderstandsynonym Main entry: grip * * * lose your ˈgrip (on sth) idiom …
124scratch your head — phrase to not understand something, or to not know how to deal with it The decision has left many party members scratching their heads. Thesaurus: to not understand, or to misunderstandsynonym Main entry: scratch * * * scratch your head informal …
125shut your eyes to something — phrase to refuse to pay attention to something, usually something bad We can no longer shut our eyes to what’s happening to these children. Thesaurus: to pretend something is not happening or is not the casesynonym to ignore something, or to not… …
126take something in your stride — phrase to not be upset or troubled by something I told her what had happened and she took it all in her stride. Thesaurus: to be, or to become calm and stop worryingsynonym Main entry: stride * * * take sth in your ˈstride idiom …
127make your bed and lie in it — ◇ Expressions like you ve made your bed, and now you must lie in it mean that you have done something that causes problems and now you must accept and deal with those problems. There s nothing we can do to help her. She s made her bed and has to… …
128the end of your rope — (or chiefly Brit the end of your tether) informal : a state in which you are not able to deal with a problem, difficult situation, etc., any longer It was clear from her outburst that she was at the end of her rope. I ve been dealing with their… …
