clip (someone's) wings
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Пример использования идиомы clip (someone's) wings:
The company decided to clip the manager's wings and took away his expense account.
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Другие идиомы:
- try out one's wings
- take (someone) under one's wings
- under the wings of (someone)
- wing it
- spread one's wings
- ahead of the pack
- alley cat
- as awkward as a cow on roller skates
- as blind as a bat
- as busy as a beaver
- as clean as a hound's tooth
- as conceited as a barber's cat
- as crooked as a dog's hind leg
- as drunk as a skunk
- as fat as a pig