put one in the picture
To inform someone of all the facts about a given situation.
Сообщать кому-либо полную информацию о ситуации.
Once you're back from your overseas trip, we'll put you in the picture about recent developments at home.
Let me put you in the picture about what happened during your absence.
Давай я просвещу тебя по поводу того, что случилось в твое отсутствие.
put one on a pedestal
To exaggeratedly worship or admire a person.
Daniel puts Elaine on a pedestal and caters to her every whim.
put one through one's paces
put through one's paces
To train and discipline someone; test one's abilities.
The new recruits were certainly put through their paces by the drill sergeant.
To test the different abilities and skills of a person or a thing; call for a show of what one can do.
He put his new car through its paces.
Many different problems put the new mayor through his paces in the first months of his term.
put one wise
To bring one up-to-date; inform someone; explain.
Our old friend David put us wise as to where the best used cars could be found in Chicago.
put one's back to it
put one's back into it
To make a real effort; to try.
Работать настолько сильно, насколько возможно.
You can finish the job by noon if you put your back to it.
I'm sure you can make the football team if you put your back to it.
Keep trying. Put your back into it.
Продолжай пытаться. Работай насколько есть силы.
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.