RUB SLEEP OFF MY EYES

When I eventually rub sleep off my eyes, I realise that I'm in my bed at home and the trip is over... 

https://www.facebook.com/lebo.warm/photos/a.248850208591224.1073741826.189173347892244/417316561744587/?type=1&theater

FRESH OFF THEPLANE

FRESH OFF THE PLANE REFUGEES CAN SIGN UP FOR LANGUAGE CLASSES SO THEY CAN START A NEW LIFE.

* SOMEONE WHO HAS JUST IMIMIGRATED 

SHOO-IN

e.g.

Acomplished actors are not always shoo-ins when casting is taking place. Oftentimes, a young face meets the needs of a director.

or

that it is foregone that she will win the Democratic nomination

, and even fewer who believe she is a shoo-in for the 

presidential election.

www.stuff.co.nz/.../hillary-clinton-no-shooin-in-us-presidential-ra..

. 

* a sure thing

ON THE WANE

- dimishing; failing
e.g.

NRA's political influence on the wane, says gun control advocate

The Current

http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2690366970

or

I maintain that there is evidence to suggest that it is on the wane. I would argue, along with Morris Berman, in his book, The Twilight of American Culture, that it is.

https://books.google.com.br/books?isbn=076184676X

PC - Know what that means?

You thought it was something else, didn't ya?

e.g.

In general, people find foreigners more pc.

or

Not  a  Very  P.C.  Thing  to  Say

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/01/not-a-very-pc-thing-to-say.html

FANNY PACK

What is that lump on your shirt?   Is that a fanny pack?

or

And besides, just because he's a big shot Hollywood star, 

doesn't necessarily mean he should rock the fanny

 

pack either.

http://www.askmen.com/fashion/galleries/reasons-not-to-wear-a-fanny-pack.html

SLANKET

A robe ? ... A blanket ???

You decide!!!

ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW

Rigid behavior


e.g.

You are supposed to keep me on the straight and narrow while we are away. Everyone trusts you.

or

An insider told The Mirror that: 'Their [his team] main priority 

is looking after Spencer and making sure he is on the 

straight and narrow.'

1. http://evoke.ie/showbiz/spencer-matthews-makes-drastic-decision-after-shock-exit-from-im-a-celeb

BAREFACED LIE

An outright shameless falsehood, told with confidence.

e.g.

The car salesman assured me that the pre-owned red mustang had never been through an accident, never been dented and it is as fuel efficient as a Smart car. What a barefaced lie!

or

He told me a barefaced lie that the farmer could not 

raise the cash from the bank because our company 

wasn't NHBC registered.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:2BgvIr19yfsJ:www.gallowaygazette.co.uk/news/local-headlines/in-laws-took-all-we-had-1-336144+&cd=6&hl=pt-BR&ct=clnk&gl=br

NIGHT CAP

 Last drink of the night before going home (or going to bed, if you are well behaved)

e.g.

But a nightcap is different from an after-dinner drink or digestif. I stick with the classics: top-shelf whiskey, good brandy (usually Cognac), ..

www.theatlantic.com/health/...nightcap/267437/

or

Let's have a nightcap before the cops arrive.

AT YOUR BECK AND CALL

e.g


If you don't feel well by tomorrow, call me. I am at your

 beck and call.

www.usingenglish.com/.../10426

at your disposal

LOCK HORNS

e.g.

Dan and the vice president never really got along; I knew they would lock horns once they were put to work together.

or


They locked horns in the air and twirled in flight, both 

frantically beating their wings to keep them aloft. Claws

locked in combat, and spiked tails wrapped around .

https://books.google.com.br/books?id..

FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL

FIGHT USING ALL RESOURCES AT YOUR DISPOSAL


e.g.

You've been fighting tooth and nail for a place in show business with no success.

or

I'm gonna fight tooth and nail to keep him here because I think he's an outstanding coach.

http://www.bruinsnation.com/ucla_recruiting/2015/2/4/7982891/ucla-coach-mora-im-gonna-fight-tooth-and-nail-to-keep-ulbrich?_ga=1.71341971.1653098927.1445733828

KUDOS

     

  






 






             

PRAISE FOR EXCEPTIONAL WORK

e.g.

You got the job on Monday and got promoted on Friday? Kudos!!!

or

 
Although the movie director received kudos from the critics, the public hated the film.

 http://wordsinasentence.com/kudos-in-a-sentence/