give someone a break
To provide a person with another opportunity or chance; not to expect too much work from; not to expect someone to believe.
Command forms are most common with this idiom.
Command forms are most common with this idiom.
The driver pleaded with the police officer to give him a break and not issue him a ticket for speeding.
When the students heard how much homework the teacher wanted them to do over the holiday, they begged, «Give us a break, Professor Doyle!»
Oh, Jim, give me a break! That’s a terrible excuse for being late.
give someone his rights
read someone his rights
The act of advising arrested criminals that they have the right to remain silent and that everything they say can be held against them in a court of law; that they have the right to the presence of an attorney during questioning and that if they can't afford one and request it, an attorney will be appointed for them by the State.
The cops gave Smith his rights immediately after the arrest.
To sever a relationship by telling someone that he or she can go and see a divorce lawyer or the like.
Sue gave Mike his rights before she slammed the door in his face.
give someone the boot
Избавиться от кого-либо; "дать под зад".
He promptly gave her the boot when he a found a younger girlfriend.
Он быстро избавился от нее, когда нашел себе подружку помоложе.
give the air
give one the air
To stop being a friend or lover to (a person); separate from.
Jonathan has had a broken heart ever since David gave him the air.
To summarily dismiss or oust someone, such as an employee.
Management promptly gave the new accountant the air after his miscalculation cost the company hundreds of thousands of dollars.
They'll give me the air if they ever find out I came into work drunk yesterday.
give the shirt off one's back
To give away something or everything that you own.
He'd give you the shirt off his back.
give up for
give one up for
To abandon hope for someone or something.
After Larry had not returned to base camp for three nights, his fellow mountain climbers gave him up for dead.
go about one's business
To mind one's own affairs.
Fred kept bothering me with his questions all day, so I finally told him to go about his business and leave me alone.
go back on one's word
To renege; break a promise.
Patrick went back on his word when he refused to marry Karen in spite of his earlier promise.