Whittle someone down to size (fig) biror kishini xumoridan tushirib qo'ymoq, popugini pasaytirib qo'ymoq, mulla mingan eshak qilib qo'ymoq, «odam qilib qo‘ymoq».
After a few days at camp, the counselors had whittled young John down to size.
It took some doing, but they whittled him down to size.
Win by a nose (fig) juda kichik farq bilan yutmoq, ozgina farq bilan g olib bo'lmoq, zo‘rg‘a yut moq.
John fmished the marathon at first place. He won by a nose his opponents..
Sue won the race, but she only won by a nose.
Win someone's heart (win the heart of) birovning mehrini, sevgisini qozonmoq, sazovor bo'lmoq, yuragini zabt etmoq.
1.1 hope to win herheartand make her my bride.
2. The princess will marry that who wins her heart.
Wine and dine yediribichirmoq, yaxshi ovqat va ichimliklar bilan mehmon qilmoq.
We were wined and dined every night and given the best hotel ac commodations in town.
Jhe survey concludes that most women like to be wined and dined on the first few dates.
Wipe the floor with someone burnini yerga ishqalash
Wipe someone or something off the face of the earth (fig) biror kishini yoki biror nimani yer yuzidan yo‘q qilib yubormoq, buzib tashlamoq, ko'chirib tash lamoq, uchirib yubormoq,
A great storm will come and wipe all the people off the face of the earth.
The wind hlew my old barn off the face ofthe earth! Nothing was left.
With flying colors (fig) a’lo ba holar bilan, besh bahoga, yaxshi o'tmoq, bemalol o'tmoq, qiyin chiliksiz topshirmoq.
John passed his geometry test with fiying colors.
We were not sure how the boys wotdd do on their exams but they passed with flying colors.
Within someone's reach (with in someone's grasp) (lit) (1) qo'l uzatsa yetguday joyda, qo'l uzatsa yetadigan joyda (2) (fig) deyarli hal bo'lgan, deyarli qo'l ga kiritilgan, deyarli erishilgan, qo'lga kiritilishiga, erishishilishi ga sal qolgan.
The ball was almost within his reach!
We almost had the contract wi thin our grasp, hut the deal fell through at the last minute.
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