ring the changes
To say or do the same thing in different ways; repeat the same idea in many ways.
David wanted a new bicycle and he kept ringing the changes on it all day until his parents got angry at him.
A smart girl saves money on clothes by learning to ring the changes on a few dresses and clothes.
rise from the ashes
To rise from ruin; start anew.
A year after flunking out of medical school, Don rose from the ashes and passed his qualifying exams for the M.D. with honors.
rob the cradle
cradle robber
cradle robbing
cradle-robber
cradle-robbing
To have dates with or marry a person much younger than yourself.
When the old woman married a young man, everyone said she was robbing the cradle.
The judge died when he was seventy. He was a real cradle-robber because he left a thirty-year-old widow.
Bob is seventeen and I just saw him with a girl about twelve years old. Has he started cradle-robbing? No, that girl was his sister, not his date!
rob the till
have one's hand in the till
To steal money in your trust or for which you are responsible.
The supermarket manager suspected that one of the clerks was robbing the till.
Mr. Jones deposited one thousand dollars in their joint savings account and told his wife not to rob the till.
The store owner thought his business was failing until he discovered that the treasurer had his hand in the till.
rock the boat
To make trouble and risk losing or upsetting something; cause a disturbance that may spoil a plan.
The other boys said that Henry was rocking the boat by wanting to let girls into their club.
Politicians don't like to rock the boat around election time.
roll out the red carpet
To welcome an important guest by putting a red carpet down for him to walk on.
Уделять особенное внимание важному или почетному посетителю.
They rolled out the red carpet for the Queen when she arrived in Australia.
Our boss wants us to roll out the red carpet every time when he comes.
Наш босс всегда хочет от нас первоклассного обхождения в каждый его визит.
To greet a person with great respect and honor; give a hearty welcome.
Margaret's family rolled out the red carpet for her teacher when she came to dinner.
rolling stone gathers no moss
A person who changes jobs or where he lives often will not be able to save money or things of his own. A proverb.
Uncle Willie was a rolling stone that gathered no moss. He worked in different jobs all over the country.
rotten to the core
Thoroughly decayed or spoiled.
Полностью прогнивший, испорченный.
This apple is inedible; it is brown and soft and rotten to the core.
In total moral collapse.
Прогнивший до корня, морально раложившийся.
The Communist government of Cuba is rotten to the core.
The political organization was rotten to the core and everybody knew that it must change.
Политическая организация была насквозь прогнившей и все знали, что она должна измениться.