beat the clock
закончить до срока
The lecturer decided to beat the clock and finish the lecture ten minutes before the bell.
Другие идиомы:
- beat a path to (someone's) door
- beat a hasty retreat
- beat the rap
- beat the gun
- beat (something) into (someone's) head
- beat up (someone)
- beat around the bush
- beat the tar out of (someone)
- beat one's brains out
- beat the living daylights out of (someone)
- beat one's head against the wall
- back the wrong horse
- badger (someone)
- bark up the wrong tree
- best-laid plans of mice and men