Idiom 1100

Front 1

in a bee line

Back 1

taking the straightest, shortest route (that's the way a bee flies back to the hive after he has gathered food)
When the couple left, the babysitter made a bee line for the refrigerator.in a bee linetaking the straightest, shortest route (that's the way a bee flies back to the hive after he has gathered food)
When the couple left, the babysitter made a bee line for the refrigerator.

Front 2

to put the cart before the horse

Back 2

to reverse the proper order, do things backwards
My assistant was so eager to get the job done that he often put the cart before the horse.

Front 3

to turn the tables

Back 3

to turn a situation to one's own advantage
The wrestler thought that he could pin me to the mat, but I quickly turned the tables on him.

Front 4

to draw in one's horns

Back 4

to check one's anger, to restrain oneself
The performer drew in his horns when he saw that his critic was an eight-year-old boy

Front 5

a chip off the old block

Back 5

a son who is like his father (from the same block of wood)
When we saw the alcoholic's son enter the liquor store, we assumed that he was a chip off the old block.

Front 6

under the wire

Back 6

just in time
Hank hesitated about his term paper for two months and finally submitted it just under the wire.

Front 7

to be at large

Back 7

not confined or in jail
Since the dangerous criminal was at large, all the townspeople began to buy dogs for protection.

Front 8

to go against the grain

Back 8

to irritate
My uncle is in favor of some protests, but certain demonstrations go against the grain.

Front 9

to wink at

Back 9

to pretend not to see
There was a plethora* of evidence to show that the border guards would wink at illegal shipments if they were paid in advance