to be in sb's favour
61do me a favour — do me/us a favour informal if you tell someone to do you a favour, you are telling them to stop doing something that is making you angry. Why don t you do us all a favor and keep your opinions to yourself! (often + and + do something) …
62do us a favour — do me/us a favour informal if you tell someone to do you a favour, you are telling them to stop doing something that is making you angry. Why don t you do us all a favor and keep your opinions to yourself! (often + and + do something) …
63curry favour — If people try to curry favour, they try to get people to support them. ( Curry favor is the American spelling.) …
64in favour of — ► in favour of 1) to be replaced by. 2) in support or to the advantage of. Main Entry: ↑favour …
65curry favour (with someone) — phrase to try to make someone like you or give you something Big tax cuts are often proposed to curry favour with voters. Thesaurus: to try hard to please or impress someonesynonym Main entry: curry …
66curry favour (with somebody) — curry ˈfavour (with sb) idiom (disapproving) to try to get sb to like or support you by praising or helping them a lot • He s always trying to curry favour with the boss. Main entry: ↑curryidiom …
67do me a favour! — do me a ˈfavour! idiom (informal) used in reply to a question that you think is silly • ‘Do you think they ll win?’ ‘Do me a favour! They haven t got a single decent player.’ Main entry: ↑favouridiom …
68Grace and Favour residence — [Grace and Favour residence] noun a house or flat/apartment owned by the British king or queen, in which people are invited to live without paying any rent. Among the best known are the ones in ↑Kensington Palace and ↑Windsor Castle …
69the odds are against sb/in sb's favour — ► someone is unlikely/likely to succeed: »In a case like this, the odds are against the defendant. Main Entry: ↑odds …
70the odds are sb's favour — the odds are against sb/in sb s favour ► someone is unlikely/likely to succeed: »In a case like this, the odds are against the defendant. Main Entry: ↑odds …
