It means to pass away, as in a storm that blows over and is gone.
To finally encourage another to see things your way. Example: "First I was skeptical about her political ideas, but then she began to win me over to her way of thinking."
She was full of an emotion.
It is a fanciful way of saying that an ancestor would greatly disapprove of an action or situation. For example, "Grandma would turn over if her grave if she saw the way you acted at that party!"
n axe to grind means a complaint, something that you need to talk over with someone.
The literal meaning is to be in water that is deeper than one is tall. The idiomatic meaning is to be too deeply involved with someone or something, beyond what one can deal with.
The literal meaning is to be in water that is deeper than one is tall. The idiomatic meaning is to be too deeply involved with someone or something, beyond what one can deal with.
In business, making a profit; not losing money.that there is profit or cash on hand. having enough to pay what one owes, with extra left over. "in the red" means in debt.have money in the bank. As opposed to being in the red, is to be in debt
Yes, it is an idiomatic expression meaning that someone is looking after, or watching over, someone else. This is drawn from a situation (e.g. a fight or battle) when someone is engaged in an activity where an inherent danger may be "behind" them and hence unseen.
warning
It conveys different meaning than The Literal translation (word-by-word)."People use idioms to make their language richer and more colorful and to convey subtle shades of meaning or intention. Idioms are used often to replace a literal word or expression, and many times the idiom better describes the full nuance of meaning. Idioms and idiomatic expressions can be more precise than the literal words, often using fewer words but saying more. For example, the expression it runs in the family is shorter and more succinct than saying that a physical or personality trait 'is fairly common throughout one's extended family and over a number of generations."
This means something that's done and can't be undone. Least said, soonest forgotten. Don't cry over spilt milk. Sometimes it's best to forget past hurts or mistakes and just move on.
When at the top of the skyscraper, he had a bird's eye view of the city.