look as if one has come out of a bandbox
To look very clean and fresh; look as if you had just had a bath and put on all-new clothing.
In spite of the long, hot train ride, Jody arrived looking as if she had come out of a bandbox.
After a day at the rodeo we were all dusty and tired except for Hope, who looked as if she'd come out of a bandbox.
look high and low for
To look everywhere; search all over.
Everyone has been looking high and low for the lost key but no one could find it.
make a stand
To take a firm position on an issue.
He keeps talking about politics hut he never makes a stand for what he believes in.
To take up a defensive position against the enemy.
The retreating troops decided to make a stand by the river.
make one's bed and lie in it
To be responsible for what you have done and so to have to accept the bad results.
Billy smoked one of his father's cigars and now he is sick. He made his bed, now let him lie in it.
many hands make light work
If many people work together, even a hard job becomes easier. A proverb.
Come on boys, many hands make light work. If we work together, we can finish painting the barn.
matter of life and death
Вопрос жизни и смерти; жизненно важный вопрос.
"Do be serious for just five minutes! After all, it is a matter of life and death."
"Да побудь ты серьезным хоть 5 минут! В конце концов, это жизненно важный вопрос!"
mind one's p's and q's
To be very careful what you do or say; not make mistakes.
(From the old U.S. Navy when sailors marked on a board in the bar how many Pints and Quarts of liquor they had taken. It was bad manners to cheat.)
(From the old U.S. Navy when sailors marked on a board in the bar how many Pints and Quarts of liquor they had taken. It was bad manners to cheat.)
When the principal of the school visited the class the students all minded their p's and q's.
If you wish to succeed you must mind your p's and q's.
move heaven and earth
To try every way; do everything you can.
Joe moved heaven and earth to be sent to Washington.