Glossary (Unit V)

-To ask for the moon: To make unreasonable demands for things or to wish something impossible to achieve or to obtain.
-When you hold the fort: It means that you take care of a place when the person normally in change is away.
-Under the table: Is a phrase used to describe secretive behaviour often suggesting corruption or illegality,
-To horse around: Means to behave is a silly way making noise and causing disruption.
-When you say someone has chickened out of something, you mean they have failed to do something or they haven't tried to do it because they were afraid.
-When you say someone is a wise old owl you mean they are very experienced in life.
-A night owl is someone who stays up late into the night.
-When you say someone is in safe hand you mean they are being cared for someone who is confident and skilled.
-A safe pour of hands is a similar expression, it refers to someone who can be trusted to do a good job avoiding mistakes.
-If someone tell you to hold your tangue it means they want you to stop talking because they don't like what you are saying.
-If a situation is black and white it means you have a clear opinion about it. You can easly see wha you think is right or wrong.
-The phrase money doesn't grow on trees means you must not spend too much money as there ir a limited amount of it.
-The phrase money is no object means that you have a lot of money avaible to spend.
-Let the chips fall where they may means to allow things to happen no matter what the consequences are.
-When you say something is as cheap as chips you mean it's very cheap.
-If you are chasing your tail you are very busy doing a lot of different things but no achieving very much.