English Phrases Came Across

I love readily newspaper and online news every day and it happens that I come across many good English phrases. The better way to remember them is to create a blog entry, so that I can share with other people too. Here I would like to share the same and keep updating it.

Explanations are taken from

2008-08-18

breathe down someone’s neck

to pay very close attention to what someone does in a way that annoys or worries them.

1. It’s awful having to work with a boss who’s breathing down your neck the whole time.

2. You love Visual Basic 6.0, but .NET is breathing down your neck.

spill the beans

to disclose/reveal the secret

The employees must not spill the beans about the company after leaving the organization.

pit against

to set in direct opposition or competition

1. a war that pitted brother against brother

2. In the game, the weaker was pitted again the stronger person