Relationships and people Flashcards
to rock the boat
say or do sth. to disturb an existing situation and upset other people
stick out like a sore thumb
be very obviously and often embarrassingly different from the surrounding people or things
bring out
make someone or sth show a quality that they have; produce a new product and start to tell it
bring together
bump into
cancel out
stop sth from having any effect
come between
cause a disagreement or argument between people
go together
things seeming good, natural
meet up
come together with someone
pick on
keep treating someone badly or unfairly
sound out
try to find someone’s opinions, ideas, feelings, etc by talking to them
take after
look or behave an older relative
take to
begin to like someone or sth; start doing sth as a habit
have sth in common with
be born with a silver spoon in your mouth
have advantages because you come from a rich family
get on like a house on fire
become good friends very quickly and have a lot to talk to each other about
like two peas in a pod
used for saying that two people look, behave or think exactly the same
on good terms with
have a good relationship with someone
put sth in perspective
provide a sensible way of judging how good, bad, important, etc sth is in comparison with other things
