On someone's shoulders biror kishining yelkasida, bo'ynida, gardanida.
Why should all the responsibility fall on my shoulders?
She carries a tremendous amo unt of responsibility on her shoul ders.
On someone's tail (fig) biror kishining ketidan, izidan, orqasi dan.
There is a police car on my tail. What should I do?
Keep on her tail and don't let her out ofyour sight.
On speaking terms (with some one) birov bilan gaplashish, muomala qilish, birov bilan do'stona, muloyim, ochiq munosabatda bo'lish (asosan, salbiy ma'noda qo'llaniladi);
1.1 am not on speaking terms with my parents. We had a serious dis agreement.
2. She was not on speaking terms with any ofher friends.
On the ball (fig) aqlli, hushyor, ziyrak, xabardor, fahmli.
1 We have to be on the ball all the time. It is request oftime.
2. This would never have happened to you ifyou were on the ball.
On the blink (on the fritz) (fig) ishdan chiqqan, nosoz, ishga yaroqsiz, ishlamayotgan.
This air conditioner is on the blink. Let us get it fixed.
We can not watch the football match at my house. My television is on the hlink.
On the bright side (fig) yaxshi tarafini ko'rmoq, o'ylamoq, umidni yo'qotmaslik, tushkunlikka tushmaslik.
On the bright side, the car you wrecked was covered by insurance.
Cheer up, old man! Look on the bright side!
On the dot (fig) aniq vaqtda, ropparosa, aniq vaqtda, bir soniyaga ham kech qolmay.
Iwillbe thereatnoon on thedot.
I expect to see you here at eight o'clock on the dot.
On the edge of one's seat (fig) hayajonda, katta qiziqish bilan, berilib kuzatmoq, joyida otira olmay.
We sat on the edge ofour seats during the entire play.
When both clubs’players stepped in the stadium, all fans were on the edge oftheir seats.
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