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Lisa had to face the music and tell her dad that she had broken the camera.
[to face the music] to face a difficult situation with courage:
The workers yelled, "Gangway!" as they moved the heavy equipment down the hallway.
Gangway! -Clear the way!
I think he can hack it since he's done other difficult jobs for us before.
to hack it - to be able to perform satisfactorily; to meet required standards
Let's hold this box of books on ice just in case more people show up later.
[on ice] in reserve; held for later use
Dan is a real jack of all trades. He says he can fix anything.
a jack of all trades - a person capable of doing many things, none of them really well
It was hard to keep a straight face when Joe was telling everyone about the extra work we were supposedly getting.
[to keep a straight face] to not betray emotion; to keep from laughing
The factories are always in high gear before the end of the year.
[in high gear] at full activity; at top speed
It was a nice flight at first, but things really got hairy when we hit some turbulence.
[to get/be hairy] to become dangerous, frightening, or complicated
Be careful what you say today. You're already on thin ice.
[to be/skate on thin ice] in a precarious situation
Harry is in a terrible jam if he can't finish the report in two hours.
a jam - [in a jam] in a difficult situation
He can't admit he was lying since he wouldn't want to lose face.
[to lose face] to be embarrassed or to feel humiliated
Our students are geared toward passing their training.
[to be geared to/toward] to be prepared for a certain situation in order to get good results
The committee was angry when all that Jim had to offer was another one of his half-baked ideas.
[half-baked] not carefully studied or considered
Thanks to the information highway, students in rural areas can access web sites all over the world.
the information highway - the Internet and all the data it can rapidly provide
Those new jerry-built homes will be in need of expensive repairs soon.
jerry-built - built in a cheap and poor way
He won the chess game fair and square.
[fair and square] honestly
His father gets a bang out of watching the smaller children play.
[to get a bang/kick out of] to enjoy or be thrilled by something
He gave several half-hearted attempts at it but quickly gave up.
[half-hearted] without enthusiasm
The new computers were stolen from the personnel office, and everyone knows that it was an inside job.
[an inside job] an illegal action done with the help of someone within the organization
Tony is a jet jockey in the air force.
a jet jockey- a jet aircraft pilot
Everything the politicians do is fair game now.
[fair game] a target that is not off-limits, especially to criticism or humor
His parents got after him when he lost his house keys.
[to get after someone] to reprimand
Painting the outside is only half the battle; we'll also have to paint the inside.
[half the battle] half of the work
That's not what I said. They took my story and turned it inside out.
[inside out] completely reversed
I'll be there in a jiffy.
a jiffy - [in a jiffy] in a short space of time