Idioms |
| bury your head in the sand |
ignore a problem or an unpleasant situation and hope that it will disappear |
| gain/get/have/take the upper hand |
gain/get/have/take control or advantage over a person or situation |
| get/have your way |
be allowed to have or do what you want |
| live and let live |
used for saying that you should accept other people's beliefs and way of life, even if they are very different from your own |
| pull (a few) strings |
use your influence in order to get something you want or to help someone, especially when this is unfair |
| red tape |
documents, rules or processes that cause delays |
| take the law into your own hands |
punish someone in your own way without involving the police or the courts, often by doing something illegal yourself |
| the powers that be |
the people who control a situation |
| throw the book at sb |
punish someone very severely |
| under sb's thumb |
completely controlled by someone else |
