Equality and Inequality:
Bend over backwards for someone: do everything possible to help someone.
Example: She bent over backwards for them when they first arrived in the town.
Be at someone’s beck and call: to always be ready to do what someone wants
Example: As the junior officer, she was at his beck and call all day.
Pull your weight: to the right amount of work.
Example: The kids always pull their weight around the house.
Do your fair share:to do your share of the work.
Example:He never does his fair share.
Take someone under your wing:to look after someone until they settle in.
Example: He took us under his wing for her first month at work.
Keep tabs on someone:to watch someone carefully to check what they are doing.
Example: He’s keeping tabs on the sales team at the moment.
Wear the trousers: to be in control.
Example: She wears the trousers in their relationship.
Be under the thumb:to be controlled by someone else
Example: He really keeps her under the thumb.
Bend over backwards for someone: do everything possible to help someone.
Example: She bent over backwards for them when they first arrived in the town.
Be at someone’s beck and call: to always be ready to do what someone wants
Example: As the junior officer, she was at his beck and call all day.
Pull your weight: to the right amount of work.
Example: The kids always pull their weight around the house.
Do your fair share:to do your share of the work.
Example:He never does his fair share.
Take someone under your wing:to look after someone until they settle in.
Example: He took us under his wing for her first month at work.
Keep tabs on someone:to watch someone carefully to check what they are doing.
Example: He’s keeping tabs on the sales team at the moment.
Wear the trousers: to be in control.
Example: She wears the trousers in their relationship.
Be under the thumb:to be controlled by someone else
Example: He really keeps her under the thumb.
