American Idioms and Expressions

Your Sins Will Find You Out Idiom

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Your sins will find you out What does Your sins will find you out mean?	This idiom means that things you do wrong will become known.
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Meet your Maker What does "Meet your Maker" mean?	If someone has gone to meet their Maker, they have died.
keep one's eyes open What does "keep one's eyes open" mean?	remain alert and watchful for someone or something	"Please keep your eyes open for a good place to eat so that we can have lunch."
eat one`s cake and have it too What does "eat one`s cake and have it too" mean?	to use or spend something and still keep it, to have something both ways	The man refuses to give up anything and he always wants to eat his cake and have it too.
get off the hook What does "get off the hook" mean?	to become free from an obligation	I got off the hook and I did not have to clean the classroom after school.
come on the scene What does "come on the scene" mean?	to appear in a certain area or place	When the new DVD player came on the scene everybody wanted one.
water under the bridge What does "water under the bridge" mean?	something that happened in the past and can`t be changed	It was terrible that your house was robbed but it is water under the bridge now and you must move forward.
try (out) one's wings What does "try (out) one's wings" mean?	to try to do something that one has recently become qualified to do	I am planning to try out my wings with my roller blades on Saturday.
write off (a debt/loan) What does "write off (a debt/loan)" mean?	to remove a debt/loan from a business record, to cancel a debt	It was impossible for the bank to collect the money so they were forced to write off the loan. accounting Idioms<

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