asleep at the switch
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Пример использования идиомы asleep at the switch:
I suppose Emma was asleep at the switch. She missed her chance of getting a promotion.
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Другие идиомы:
- 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
- as gentle as a lamb
- as gruff as a bear
- as hungry as a bear
- as innocent as a lamb
- as meek as a lamb