English ws U 47 + 49b

• Weigh smth up - consider the good + bad aspects of something before making a decision
• Lose sight of smth - stop considering something/forget about something
• Rightly or wrongly - it's true, whether that's a good thing or a bad thing
• Gut feeling/reaction/instict - a feeling that something is right, though you can't explain why
• Rush into something - do something quickly without thinking about it first (rush headlong into smth)
• turn to somebody/something - go to somebody/something for advice/help
• Go with something - accept/agree to a decision/plan/offer
• Have a mind of your own - have your own opinions + make your own decisions without being influenced by others
• have/lack the courage of your convictions - be/not be brave enough to do what you feel is right
• go for something - choose something
• Turn a blind eye - pretend not to see/notice something (especially something bad)
• Step in - become involved in a difficult situation to help/make it stop
• Be a toss-up - I don't know which one of two things to choose/which of two things will happen
• The lesser of two evils - the less unpleasant of two unpleasant choices
• Be in two minds - be unable to decide (about something/doing something
• Give something a miss - decide not to something you usually do
• Put up with something/somebody - accept something/somebody unpleasant in a patient way
• The final/last straw - the last in a series of bad actions/events that makes it impossible for you to accept the situation any longer
• Somebody's pride & joy - a person/thing that gives somebody great pleasure/satisfaction
• Somebody's pride & joy - a person/thing that gives somebody great pleasure/satisfaction
• Hit & miss - unpredictable
• Bits and pieces/bobs - small, individual things of no great value (odds and ends)
• Divide and rule - a way of controlling people by encouraging them to fight + argue among themselves
• in/by leaps & bounds - quickly/by large amounts
• Short & sweet - not long/complicated
• All in all - having considered everything (all things considered)
• Through & through - used to say that somebody has all the qualities of a particular type of person
• Little by little - gradually
• Step by step - moving slowly from one stage to the next
• Day by day - in small, slow stages, as each day passes
• Head to head - competing directly