KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE
Meaning: A serious expression on your face that you use when you do not want someone to know that you think something is funny
Ex. It was difficult to keep a straight face when I played that prank on my coworkers. |
KEEP A EYE ON STH
Meaning: to watch carefully for something
Ex: Please keep an eye on my bag.
CATCH’S SOMEONE’S EYE
Meaning: to cause someone to notice something or someone.
Ex: I was looking around the store for a present for my mom, and this book caught my eye.
PUT YOUR FOOT DOWN ABOUT STH
Meaning: to use your authority to stop something happening.
Ex: When she started borrowing my clothes without asking, I had to put my foot down.
PUT YOUR FOOT IN IT
Meaning: to say something by accident that embarrasses or upsets someone
Ex: I really put my foot in my mouth – I asked her if Jane was her mother, but she said Jane is her sister.
COME FACE TO FACE
Meaning: Directly meeting someone in the same place.
Ex: We've spoken on the phone but never face-to-face.
She came face-to-face with her attacker in the courtroom
SEE EYE TO EYE
Meaning: to agree fully with someone
- be in full agreement
- to have the same views about something
Ex: Though they work as a team, they often don't see eye to eye on most issues.
GET COLD FEET
Meaning: to suddenly become too frightened to do something you had planned to do, especially something important such as getting married
GET YOUR HEAD AROUND SOMETHING
Meaning: to succeed in understanding or accepting something such as a new idea
Ex: We began to get our heads around what we were facing and how we would fight it.
