Commonly-Used Idioms, Sayings and phrasal verbs - Saigontre

aise one's sights
- to set higher goals for oneself
Our team is doing very well this year and we are now raising our sights on the city
championship.
raise one's voice to (someone)
- to speak loudly or shout at someone in anger
The teacher asked the child not to raise his voice.
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to be raised in a barn
- to behave crudely like a barnyard animal
When the boy did not shut the door his mother asked him if he had been raised in a
barn.
rake in the money
- to make a lot of money
My cousin's new pizza franchise has been raking in the money since it opened.
rake (someone) over the coals
- to scold/reprimand someone
My boss raked me over the coals when he heard about the lost sales report.
rake (something) off
- to take money from something illegally
The sales clerk was accused of raking money off of the daily cash sales.
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