Be at daggers drawn with

 

be at daggers drawn  (British & Australian)

if two people or groups are at daggers drawn, they are angry and ready to fight or argue with each other

Usage notes: A dagger is a sharp pointed knife that was used in the past as a weapon.

(often + with ) Local residents are at daggers drawn with the council over rubbish collection. (often +over ) The two countries have several times been at daggers drawn over the future of the island.

Regards,

Jongho Kim

 

go back on To fail to honor or keep: go back on a promise.

go back on

To fail to honor or keep: go back on a promise.

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Jongho Kim

 

Light a fire under somebody = help someone

light a fire under somebody   (mainly American)

to make someone work better or harder It's time you lit a fire under those guys or they'll never finish painting the house.

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Jongho Kim

 

Pocketbook issue

Noun: pocketbook issue

1. An issue whose settlement will affect financial resources
   - bread-and-butter issue

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Jongho Kim

 

Have an ax to grind (with someone)

 

have an ax(e) to grind

Fig. to have something to complain about. Tom, I need to talk to you. I have an ax to grind. Bill and Bob went into the other room to argue. They had an axe to grind.

See also: grind, have

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

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have an ax to grind also have an axe to grind

1. to have a selfish reason for saying or doing something The best reporting is done by people who don't have an ax to grind. After you get the same complaints from a number of people, you begin to think it may not be just people who have personal axes to grind.

2. to have a strong opinion about something that influences your actions I don't have an ax to grind about the fact that Christmas has become commercialized.

See also: grind, have

Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006. Reproduced with permission.

Regards,

Jongho Kim

 

Kick something into the long grass

Idiom: Kick something into the long grass

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Idiom Definitions for 'Kick something into the long grass'

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If an issue or problem is kicked into the long grass, it is pushed aside and hidden in the hope that it will be forgotten or ignored.

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Jongho Kim

 

All bets are off

Idiom: All bets are off

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Idiom Definitions for 'All bets are off'

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If all bets are off, then agreements that have been made no longer apply.

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Jongho Kim

 

Sujung leaving for Singapore

Sujung is leaving for Singapore today afternoon, her husband and their children leaving one month later. Probably I won't be able to see them in 2 years unless I visit them in Singapore or they come visit Korea before then.

Brought the Mina family to the airport

I gave them a ride from Gwangmyeong Railroad Station to Incheon Airport in the morning. It was raining in sheets on the way to the airport. Today's going to see about 150 mm of rain in most of the nation.

I heard they had a good time in Busan along with Mother and members of Sukgyeong, Sunae, Hyeonjeon families and my daughters Serene and Erin. A relative who is a teacher living in Busan also joined them, actually guiding the group to some good places there.