Idiomatic prepositional phrases Flashcards
to be exhausted
to be on someone’s last leg
it passed by mouth to mouth
by word of mouth
not guilty
to be in the clear
to have a little money
to live on a shoestring
sotto banco
under the counter
a big distance between the second and the first
not a long chalk
essere nelle grazie di qualcuno
to be in someone’s good books
out of control
out of someone’s hands
to be requested
to be in great demand
to be concentrated on something
someone is up to their eyes in work
by personal experience
at first hand
almost never
once in a blue moon
never
not in a month of Sundays
to know everything you need to know
to have all the information at someone’s fingertips
separatamente
to arrive in dribs and drabs
gesso
chalk
in a hurry
in the double
to be afraid of something
to get IN cold sweat
true
on the level
dead
passed away
