Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Idiom

Technologically, gushing gulf oil well has finally been brought to heel
bring somebody/something to heel

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to force somebody to obey you and accept discipline
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to make a dog come close to you

get a word in edgewise
Adv. 1. edgeways - as if by an edge; barely; "I could not get a word in edgewise"

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