Commonly-Used Idioms, Sayings and phrasal verbs - Saigontre

sing/whistle a different tune
- to contradict something that one has said before, to talk or act in the opposite way
Usually the man does not care if he disturbs his neighbors at midnight but now that he
must get up early in the morning he is whistling a different tune.
sink in
- to penetrate, to become understood
It will take time for the comments of our boss to sink in.
sink into despair
- to grieve or to become depressed
The woman sank into despair when she learned that she had lost her job.
sink one`s teeth into (something)
- to begin to work seriously on a project/problem
The problem is difficult and is hard to sink your teeth into.
sink or swim
- to fail or succeed by one's own efforts
My cousin will have to sink or swim when he begins his new job.
sit Idioms
sit around (somewhere)
- to sit somewhere and relax and do nothing
I spent the morning sitting around my apartment while I waited for a phone call.
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