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to refuse to be treated badly by someone: start learning
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He can't treat you like that! Surely you're not going to take that lying down! When his watch was confiscated, he took it lying down. He didn’t stand his ground and put up a fight against it.
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If something happens ..., it is completely unexpected: start learning
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One day, out of the blue, she announced that she was leaving. The visit came out of the blue.
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to have an argument with someone start learning
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v He didn’t really cross swords with Mr. Hunter, but he did argue with him a bit.
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to become very angry or worried, often shouting a lot: start learning
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have / throw a fit. She'll throw a fit when she sees the mess you've made. He didn’t throw a fit at the idea of losing his watch, but he was a bit annoyed by it.
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A ... can be a feeling or expression of great anger: start learning
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Your mother will have/throw a fit when she sees this mess.
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to tell the truth about something that you have been keeping secret: start learning
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I thought it was time to come clean (with everybody) about what I'd been doing. The author came clean and admitted that he consulted his watch extremely frequently
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willingness to accept suggestions from another person and give up some of your own: start learning
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In every friendship there has to be some give and take. The Epsilon Suave watch company wasn’t prepared to give and take on the question of the image of those who wore their watches.
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someone who has a lot of ability and a strong wish to be successful and is therefore expected to achieve a lot: start learning
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High-flyers in the industry typically earn 25 percent more than their colleagues. According to the First Law of Timepieces, high flyers have cogs in the machine to tell them the time.
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a member of a large organization whose job, although necessary, makes them feel as if they are not important: start learning
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a or the/// I decided to set up my own business because I was tired of just being a cog in a machine. According to the First Law of Timepieces, high flyers have cogs in the machine to tell them the time.
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If someone is ..., that person is in a difficult situation that causes them to feel worried or upset: start learning
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William is in a stew about/over his tax return. Problems with time-keeping were responsible for the author being constantly in a stew
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a type of food consisting usually of meat or fish and vegetables cooked slowly in a small amount of liquid: start learning
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She prepared a hearty stew for dinner.
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enthusiastic, energetic, and often loudly expressed: start learning
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to make an effort to improve your work or behaviour because it is not good enough: start learning
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He's going to have to pull his socks up if he wants to stay in the team. He wasn’t even offered a chance to keep his watch if he would pull his socks up and start behaving better – it was confiscated at once.
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to show great determination to oppose sth or get out of a difficult situation start learning
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He put up a fight when the police tried to arrest him.
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a long, thin piece of material, especially leather, that helps you to control and direct a horse: start learning
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You pull on both reins to stop or slow a horse, but only the left rein to turn left.
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to have a lot of control over someone or something: start learning
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. My father always kept us on a tight rein. Then Epsilon Suave Company were trying to keep a tight rein on their customers, allowing them little freedom
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to forcefully make known what you think should happen: start learning
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She can't just come into this office and start laying down the law. As they had slipped a document into the box of the watch, they had legal grounds for laying down the law.
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someone who stays calm and does not show their emotions, even in a difficult situation start learning
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Brad is such a cool customer. Nothing ever seems to bother him. The company only wanted cool customers wearing their watches – not people likely to get flustered.
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a bright yellow metal made from copper and zinc start learning
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The door handles were made of brass.
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to start talking about the most important or basic facts of a situation: start learning
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Let's get down to brass tacks. Who's paying for all this? They didn’t get down to brass tacks immediately – they approached the crux of the matter indirectly
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a small, sharp nail with a flat end start learning
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