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1 come into one's own
(to have the opportunity of showing what one can do etc: He has at last come into his own as a pop-singer.) -
2 take it into one's head (to)
(to decide (to): She took it into her head to go to Spain.) -
3 take it into one's head (to)
(to decide (to): She took it into her head to go to Spain.) -
4 dip into one's purse
slösa pengar -
5 get into one's head
förstå, inse -
6 hammer an idea into one's head
slå in en idé i huvudet -
7 put ideas into one's head
inbilla sig själv, sätta griller i huvudet -
8 put words into one's mouth
lägga ord i ens mun -
9 retire into one's shell
dra sig tillbaka i sitt skal -
10 taking the law into one's own hands
ta lagen i egna händerEnglish-Swedish dictionary > taking the law into one's own hands
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11 out of the frying-pan into the fire
(from a difficult or dangerous situation into a worse one: His first marriage was unhappy but his second was even more unhappy - it was a real case of out of the frying-pan into the fire.) ur askan i eldenEnglish-Swedish dictionary > out of the frying-pan into the fire
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12 poke one's nose into
lägga sin näsa i blöt* * *(to interfere with other people's business: He is always poking his nose into my affairs.) -
13 shake one's fist at
(to hold up one's fist as though threatening to punch: He shook his fist at me when I drove into the back of his car.) -
14 with one's eyes open
(with full awareness of what one is doing: I knew what the job would involve - I went into it with my eyes open.) -
15 play into someone's hands
spela någon i händerna, ge en annan en fördel* * *(to do exactly what an opponent or enemy wants one to do.) -
16 point one's toes
(to stretch the foot out, shaping the toes into a point, when dancing etc.) -
17 get one's claws into
få klorna i, få tag på -
18 get one's knife into
ha ett horn i sidan till någon -
19 cog
n. kugge* * *[koɡ](one of a series of teeth around the edge of a wheel which fits into one of a similar series in a similar wheel (or into a chain as in a bicycle) causing motion: The cogs in the gear-wheels of a car get worn down.) kugge -
20 collective
adj. gemensam, kollektiv--------n. kollektiv (kollektivarbete, allmänhet)* * *[-tiv]1) (of a number of people etc combined into one group: This success was the result of a collective effort.) kollektiv2) (of a noun, taking a singular verb but standing for many things taken as a whole: `Cattle' is a collective noun.) kollektiv[]
См. также в других словарях:
into one's head — See: BEAT INTO ONE S HEAD, TAKE INTO ONE S HEAD … Dictionary of American idioms
into one's head — See: BEAT INTO ONE S HEAD, TAKE INTO ONE S HEAD … Dictionary of American idioms
into one's own — See: COME INTO ONE S OWN … Dictionary of American idioms
into one's own hands — See: TAKE THE LAW INTO ONE S OWN HANDS … Dictionary of American idioms
into one's shoes — See: STEP INTO ONE S SHOES … Dictionary of American idioms
into one's own — See: COME INTO ONE S OWN … Dictionary of American idioms
into one's own hands — See: TAKE THE LAW INTO ONE S OWN HANDS … Dictionary of American idioms
into one's shoes — See: STEP INTO ONE S SHOES … Dictionary of American idioms
into one's blood — See: IN ONE S BLOOD … Dictionary of American idioms
into one's shell — See: IN ONE S SHELL … Dictionary of American idioms
into one's blood — See: IN ONE S BLOOD … Dictionary of American idioms