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Idioms

by Carmen Borda
Idioms and expressions
(7 terms)

Term Description
Hand tight
hold tight used for telling someone to wait and not do anything or not worryHold tight there and I’ll go and get him.
run the numbers do the calculations A good loan officer can run the numbers for you so you can make the right decision.
tug your heartstring tug/pull/tear at someone’s heartstringsto make someone feel a lot of love or sympathy
out of hand When the fight got out of hand the barman called the police. Cuando la pelea se le fue de las manos, el camarero llamó a la policíaOut of control. uncontrolled: 
knock something on the head To prevent something from happening:prevent, stop, avoid...To decide not to do or have something:call off, back out, pull back..
go too far to behave in a way that is unreasonableThreatening legal action is really going too far. I've warned you about your disobedience before but this time you've gone too far!