to be in on sth | to have knowledge about something or to be involved in it | |
to donate to sth | to give money, food, clothes, etc. in order to help a person or organization | |
to file a complaint | to complain officially to someone | |
to keep a lid on sth | to keep something secret | |
to lose sight of sth | to forget about an important idea or fact because you are thinking too much about other things | |
to have a stroke of genius | to have a sudden brilliant idea | |
up to your ears | deeply involved in something | |
to cut sth to the bone | to reduce costs / prices as much as possible | |
to let sb go | to officially make someone leave a job | |
to form an alliance | to create a relationship between people, groups, countries. in which they agree to work together | |
to make yourself at home | to feel relaxed and comfortable | |
to put sb at a disadvantage | to make it harder for someone to succeed | |
to flip a coin | podrzucać monetę | |
at will | when you want | |
to garner respect | to receive respect | |
in the wild | not in captivity(niewola) but in the natural habitat | |
to set the bar high | to establish a high standard | |
to get the axe | to be fired from your job OR to be stopped from happening | |
to overlap | to lie over the edge of something OR to happen at the same time as something else | |
to step away from | to leave something | |
to butcher sth | (informal) to do something very badly : to make a mess of something | |