pin on
To find guilty of a crime or offense.
This idiom is divided by a noun phrase containing the crime or offense. The accused person is mentioned after the preposition on.
This idiom is divided by a noun phrase containing the crime or offense. The accused person is mentioned after the preposition on.
The prosecuting attorney tried to pin the murder on the victim’s husband, but the jury returned a verdict of «not guilty.»
I wasn’t anywhere near the window when it got broken. You can’t pin that on me.
pin one's ears back
To beat; defeat.
After winning three games in a row, the Reds had their ears pinned back by the Blues.
To scold.
Mrs. Smith pinned Mary's ears back for not doing her homework.
pin one's faith on
To depend upon; trust.
We pinned our faith on our home basketball team to win the state finals, and they did!
plum in one's mouth
О тех, кто разговаривает с характерным для высших слоёв общества произношением.
He speaks just like an aristocrat - with a plum in his mouth!
Он разговаривает как аристократ – такой напыщенный!
pull in one's horns
draw in one's horns
haul in one's horns
To reduce your boasts; calm down from a quarrel; back down on a promise.
He said he could beat any man there single-handed, but he pulled in his horns when Jack came forward.
To cut back from one's usual way of living; reduce spending or activities; save.
After the business failed, Father had to pull in his horns.
As one advances in years, it is prudent to pull in one's horns more and more as to physical activity.
put all one's eggs in one basket
To place all your efforts, interests, or hopes in a single person or thing.
Полагаться только на один источник дохода; рисковать всем сразу.
Going steady in high school is putting all your eggs in one basket too soon.
To buy stock in a single company is to put all your eggs in one basket.
He has decided to specialize in lathe work, although he knows it is risky to put all his eggs in one basket.
If you invest your savings in one bank, you'll have all your eggs in one basket.
Если ты вложишь все свои сбережения в один банк, то все твои яйца будут в одной корзине.
I do not want to put all my eggs in one basket and only invest money in real estate.
Я не хочу ставить все на карту и вкладывать деньги только в недвижимость.
put in one's place
To criticize someone for impolite boldness; remind someone of low rank or position; reduce someone's unsuitable pride; deflate.
The assistant was trying to take command when the professor put him in his place by saying, "No, I'm the boss here."
She was a teacher who could put a troublemaker in his place with just a glance.
put in the way of
put in one's way
To set before (someone); give to (someone); show the way to; help toward.
After Joe graduated, the coach put him in the way of a good job.
The librarian put me in the way of a lot of new material on the subject of my report.