Commonly-Used Idioms, Sayings and phrasal verbs - Saigontre

fall over backwards (to do something)
- to do everything possible to do something to please someone
The teacher fell over backwards to help his students.
fall over oneself to do something
- to be extremely eager to do something or please someone
The couple fell over themselves in their effort to please their host.
fall short of (one`s expectations)
- to be not be as good as one expected
The new movie fell short of people's expectations and attendance is very low.
fall short of (something)
- to not have enough of something
The campaign fell short of the amount of money that it had hoped to gather.
fall through
- to fail, to not happen
My plan to go abroad fell through when my father refused to lend me some money.
fall to (someone) to do (something)
- to become the responsibility of someone
It usually falls to me to tell my roommates to be quiet.
fall upon/on (someone or something)
- to attack someone or something
The wolves fell upon the deer and quickly killed it.
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