(exp) to be a bench polisher
(exp,v1) to fasten a button
(exp,v5r) to label (someone as)
(exp,vs-i) to play pranks (on)
to joke around
(exp) bad news travels quickly
(exp) to come to one's senses
(exp) to feel gloomy
(exp) to cover up
to hush up
to shroud in darkness
(exp) to rise to the highest possible rank
(exp,v5r) to affect someone's prestige
to be beneath one's dignity
(exp) (obs) to rule the world
(exp) to meet with defeat
(v1) to be taken in
to be duped
to be deceived
(exp,v1) to give an impression
to make an impression
(exp) to want something desperately
to want something (so badly one can taste it)
(exp) being a member of staff but useless as a worker
(exp) to feel inferior
to feel small
(v1) to pull up
to haul up
(exp) to be gossiped about
(exp) to leave to chance
to resign oneself to one's fate
(exp) to be dismissed
(exp) to learn how to swim
(exp) to reek of affectation
(exp) to be delayed
(exp) to convert lead into gold
(exp,v1) to interrupt
to butt in
(v5r) to be knocked out cold
(exp) have (a) potential for ...
have it in one to do
(exp,v1) to be (too) late getting married
(exp) to hint at one's intervention
