Rule with a velvet glove (fig) muloyimlik, yumshoqlik bilan boshqarmoq, munosabatda bo‘l moq.
She rules with a velvetglove, but shegets things done, nonetheless.
2 He may appear to rule with a velvet glove, but he is really quite cruel.
Rule with an iron fist (fig) qattiq qo'llik bilan, jiddiylik bilan boshqarmoq, munosabatda bo‘l moq.
The dictator ruled with an iron ftst and terrified the citizens.
My boss rules with an iron fist. I am lookingfor a newjob.
Run amok (run amuck) g'azab otiga minmoq, o'zini yo'qotmoq, «quturmoq», nazoratini yo'qotmoq, shaytonlamoq.
He ran amuck when his friends mocked at him.
The boys threw some hurning paper into the sheep's pen. The sheep pushed down the gate to the pen and run amok through the farm.
Run around like a chicken with its head cut off (run aro und (in) circles) (fig) oyog'i kuygan tovuqqa oxshab u yoq danbu yoqqa yugurmoq, u yer dan bu yerga maqsadsiz kezmoq, izg'imoq, yugurmoq.
I spent all afternoon running around like a chicken with its head cutoff.
Ifyou run around in circles, you will neverget anything done.
Run circles around (someone) (fig) biror kishidan zo‘r bo‘l moq, «o‘tqizib qo‘ymoq», yaxshiroq bo'lmoq, biror kishiga «dars» berib qo'ymoq.
John is a much better racer than Tom. He can run circles around him.
Sue is a much better tennis player than Mary. Sue ran circles around Mary in the tennis match yesterday.
Run off at the mouth jag'i ochilib qolmoq, ko‘p gapirmoq, sayramoq, bidillamoq.
Shut up, John. You are always running offat the mouth.
There is no need to run offat the mouth. Stop talking so much for so long.
Runofthemill (fig) oddiy, har doimgidek, odatdagidek, o'rtacha.
The restaurant we went to was nothing specialjust runofthe mill.
The service was good, but the food was runofthe mill or worse
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