Commonly-Used Idioms, Sayings and phrasal verbs - Saigontre

fly into the face of danger
- to take great risks
The pilot was flying into the face of danger when he went to fight the forest fire.
fly off the handle
- to become angry
My friend flew off the handle when he saw the bill for the meal.
fly the coop
- to escape
The prisoner was able to fly the coop when the guard was not looking.
flying high
- to be very happy, to be joyful
My neighbor has been flying high since she heard that she had won a car.
foam at the mouth
- to be very angry (like a mad dog)
My father was foaming at the mouth when I told him that I had damaged his car.
foist (something) off on (someone)
- to force someone to take something that they do not want
I tried to foist my old bicycle off on my friend but he would not take it.
fold (something) up
- to put an end to something (a business etc.)
The number of people coming to the exhibition was very low so we decided to fold up
our exhibit and go home.
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