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121mince your words — (not) mince (your) words to say what you mean clearly and directly, even if you upset people by doing this. The report does not mince words about the incompetence of some government officials. Never a woman to mince her words, she described the… …
122put (your) head on the block — put (your) head/neck on the block to risk doing something which will make other people lose their good opinion of you if it fails. He put his head on the block by promising his team wouldn t lose any more matches this year. I m not going to put… …
123put (your) neck on the block — put (your) head/neck on the block to risk doing something which will make other people lose their good opinion of you if it fails. He put his head on the block by promising his team wouldn t lose any more matches this year. I m not going to put… …
124with your eyes open — with (your) eyes open knowing about all the problems there could be with something that you want to do. You want to get married? But you re only 18! I m doing this with my eyes open, so don t worry about me. It was difficult to succeed in the… …
125get your feet wet — mainly American informal to start doing something for the first time This one week course offers the chance to get your feet wet …
126put your shoulder to the wheel — to start doing something with all your energy and determination We need to put our shoulders to the wheel if we re going to finish this on time …
127at this time of night — spoken phrase used for showing your surprise that something is happening very late What are you doing here at this time of night? Thesaurus: late or too latesynonym Main entry: night …
128punch above your weight — ˌpunch above your ˈweight idiom to be or try to be more successful than others in doing sth that normally requires more skill, experience, money, etc. than you have • This player seems to be able to constantly punch above his weight. • He punched …
