screw up one's courage
pluck up one's courage
To force yourself to be brave.
The small boy screwed up his courage and went upstairs in the dark.
When his father came home in a bad mood, it took Pete some time to screw up his courage and ask him for a dollar.
search one's heart
search one's soul
heart-searching
soul-searching
To study your reasons and acts; try to discover if you have been fair and honest.
The teacher searched his heart trying to decide if he had been unfair in failing Tom.
After much heart-searching, Jean told Beth she was sorry for the unkind things she had said.
The minister preached a soul-searching sermon about the thoughtless ways people hurt each other.
second to none
Excellent; first rate; peerless.
Our new State University campus is second to none. There is no need to pay all that high tuition at a private college.
second wind
second breath
get one's second wind
The easier breathing that follows difficult breathing when one makes a severe physical effort, as in running or swimming./
After the first quarter mile, a mile runner usually gets his second wind and can breathe better.
We climbed with labored breathing for half an hour, but then got our second wind and went up more easily.
The refreshed feeling you get after first becoming tired while doing something and then becoming used to it.
Tom became very tired of working at his algebra, but after a while he got his second wind and began to enjoy it.
see beyond one's nose
see beyond the end of one's nose
To make wise judgments about questions of importance to yourself and others; act with farseeing understanding. Used in negative, conditional, and interrogative sentences.
He couldn't save money or make plans for the future; he just never saw beyond the end of his nose.
People who always complain about school taxes would stop it if they could see beyond their noses and understand the importance of first-class schools.
see one home
To walk a person home.
"Let me see you home, dear," Nick said to Jenny at the end of the party.
see one's way clear
To know no reason for not doing something; feel that you are free.
John finally saw his way clear to help his friends.
Mary had to do her homework and help her mother before she could see her way clear to go to the movies with Jane.
see the color of one's money
To know that you have money to spend.
Знать, что у кого-либо есть деньги на расходы.
The realtor would not show us a house until he saw the color of our money.
Before I show you the diamond, let me see the color of your money.
I want to see the colour of his money before shipping the goods.
Я хочу проверить его платежеспособность, прежде чем отгружать товары.