Commonly-Used Idioms, Sayings and phrasal verbs - Saigontre

fence (someone) in
- to restrict someone in some way
I always feel fenced in when I visit my friend on the small island.
ferret (information or something) out of (someone)
- to get something from someone by being persistent
I tried hard to ferret out the time of the party from my friend.
few and far between
- not many, rare
The gas stations were few and far between on the highway through the mountains.
fiddle around
- to tinker with something, to do something in an unplanned way
I tried fiddling around with the computer printer but it still would not work.
fiddle while Rome burns
- to do nothing while a disaster is happening
The economy became worse as the government did nothing. They seemed to fiddle
while Rome burned.
field questions
- to answer questions
The speaker began to field questions as soon as he finished talking.
fifty-fifty
- equally, evenly
We divided the cost of the trip fifty-fifty.
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