put one's best foot forward
To try to make a good impression; try to make a good appearance; do one's best.
During courtship, it is natural to put your best foot forward.
When Ted applied for the job he put his best foot forward.
put one's feet up
Отдыхать после работы сидя или лежа.
If I am early and you are not here I can put my feet up for a moment and have a rest.
Если я приду рано и тебя не будет, я могу немного посидеть и отдохнуть.
put one's finger on
lay one's finger on
To find exactly.
The engineers couldn't put their fingers on the reason for the rocket's failure to orbit.
We called in an electrician hoping he could put a finger on the cause of the short circuit.
put one's foot down
To take a decided stand; be stubborn in decision.
Занять твeрдую позицию; быть непреклонным в своем решении.
John didn't want to practice his piano lesson, but his teacher put his foot down.
When it came to smoking pot at parties, our parents put their foot down.
This has gone far enough; he is going to put his foot down.
Это зашло довольно далеко; он собирается положить этому конец.
put one's foot in it
put one's foot in one's mouth
To speak carelessly and rudely; hurt another's feelings without intending to; make a rude mistake.
Сказать какую-либо грубость; говорить необдуманно; поранить чьи-либо чувства по неосторожности; сделать грубую ошибку.
He put his foot in it with his remark about self-made men because Jones was one of them.
She put her foot in her mouth with her joke about that church, not knowing that one of the guests belonged to it.
He was afraid lest he should put his foot in his mouth, so he decided to keep silent.
Он боялся того, как бы не попасть впростак, поэтому он решил молчать.
Fred really put his foot in his mouth when he called his supervisor by the wrong name.
I really put my foot in it when I forgot my girlfriend’s birthday and didn’t buy her anything. She almost lost her cool.
I put my foot in it when I asked Meg about the party. It turned out she hadn't been invited.
put one's hand to the plow
set one's hand to the plow
To start doing something of importance; give yourself to a big job.
We felt that he had put his hand to the plow, and we didn't like it when he quit.
put one's hand to
set one's hand to
turn one's hand to
To start working at; try to do.
Hal does a good job at everything mat he turns his hand to.
After Mr. Sullivan found farming unprofitable, he moved to town and turned his hand to carpentry.
put one's house in order
set one's house in order
To arrange your affairs in good order.
Организовывать свои дела в правильном, хорошем порядке.
Grandfather knew he would not live long and set his house in order.
When Mr. Black died, his lawyer helped the widow put her house in order.
The government should put its own house in order before telling other countries what to do.
Правительство должно привести в порядок свои дела, прежде чем указывать другим странам, что делать.
You’d better put your own house in order before telling me what to do.
Сначала бы сам навел порядок в своих делах, а потом бы говорил, что мне делать.