Commonly-Used Idioms, Sayings and phrasal verbs - Saigontre

come to the point
- to be direct
His speech was interesting but he never really came to the point.
come true
- to actually happen
The young girl is working hard to make her dreams come true.
come unglued
- to lose emotional control
The woman came unglued when she learned that she had lost her job.
come up
- to happen unexpectedly
I know that I will not be able to go to the party if something comes up.
come up in the world
- to improve one's status or situation in life
I knew that I had come up in the world when I was invited to dinner with the president
of our company.
come up smelling like roses
- to look good after a difficult or bad time
Everybody in the company looked bad except for my friend who came up smelling
like roses.
come up with (something)
- to produce or find a thought/idea/answer
I tried to come up with a name for the new magazine.
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