Button up one’s lip (button up one's mouth) (fig) og'zini yopmoq, yummoq, gapirishdan to‘xtamoq.
Hey chatter hox, will you button up your lip or shall I help you?
Ifyou do not want any trouble, take my advice «button up your mouth».
Buy something for a song (fig) suv tekin narxga sotib olmoq, ju da arzon narxga sotib olmoq.
I bought this house for a song because its appearance was so ugly but inside was all right.
He bragged that he bought the antique for a song at the flea market and called me to see it. When I went to his house to see it; at first glance I understood that it was worthless.
By a hair's breadth (fig) o‘ta kichik farq bilan, zo‘rg‘a, ozgina farq bilan, sal (gina).
1.1 could notget to the apple in the tree hy a hair's breadth.
I could make it by a hair's breadth at the eleventh hours.
By a mile (fig) katta farq bilan.
He won election hy a mile com paring with other candidates, by gaining 67 percent voice of overall voices.
Are you squinteyed?. You have missed already four chances and what it is interesting you missed all them by a mile.
By chance tasodifan, kutilmaganda, birdan, o‘z-o‘zidan, bexosdan.
Yesterday I humped into him by chance in the bus.
Believe it or not, but today Ihave met Messi by chance near our caf eteria.
By force of habit biror ishni odat ta'sirida bajarmoq, biror ishni odat tusiga aylanganligi uchun shunga asoslanib qilmoq.
In spite of John returned from armed forces a year ago, he shaves his beard every day hy force ofhabit.
We should understand him; he does not sniff constantly with his own will. He does it by force of habit you know; it is not easy to hreak fhe habit.
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