bone up
To fill with information; try to learn a lot about something in a short time; study quickly.
Carl was boning up for an examination.
Jim had to make a class report the next day on juvenile delinquency, and he was in the library boning up on how the courts handle it.
bonehead
An unusually dense or stupid person.
John is such a bonehead - small wonder he flunks all of his courses.
boot strap
by one's own bootstraps
drag oneself up by one's bootstraps
pull oneself up by the bootstraps
pull oneself up by one's own bootstraps
To succeed without help; succeed by your own efforts.
He had to pull himself up by the bootstraps.
born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
Born to wealth and comfort; provided from birth with everything wanted; born rich.
Родиться в богатой и знатной семье.
The stranger's conduct was that of a man who had been born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
Princes Harry and William Windsor were born with silver spoons in their mouths.
Принцы Гарри и Вильям Виндзор родились с серебряными ложками во рту.
The boy was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and he has never worked in his life.
Мальчик был рожден в достатке и никогда в жизни не работал.
boss one around
To keep giving someone orders; to act overbearingly toward someone.
"If you keep bossing me around, darling," Tom said to Jane, "the days of our relationship are surely numbered."
break one's balls
To do something with maximum effort; to do something very difficult or taxing.
I've been breaking my balls to buy you this new color TV set and you aren't the least bit appreciative!
break one's heart
To discourage greatly; make very sad or hopeless.
Разбить чье-либо сердце; очень сильно кого-либо расстроить, заставить печалиться.
His son's disgrace broke his heart.
When Mr. White lost everything he had worked so hard for, it broke his heart.
The man broke his girlfriend's heart when he told her that he no longer loved her.
Мужчина разбил сердце своей девушке, когда сказал ей, что больше не любит её.
The news of her death broke his heart.
Новости, о ее смерти разбили ему сердце.
break one's neck
To do all you possibly can; try your hardest. Usually used with a limiting adverb or negative.
John nearly broke his neck trying not to be late to school.
Mother asked Mary to go to the store when she was free, but not to break her neck over it.