bring (someone) to heel
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When John was sixteen, he thought he could do as he pleased, but his father cut off his allowance, and this brought John to heel.
Другие идиомы:
- bring home the bacon
- on the heels of (something)
- bring (something) to a head
- down-at-the-heels
- bring up the rear
- bring (something) home to (someone)
- bring (something) into question
- kick up one's heels
- bring (something) to (someone's) attention
- Achilles' heel (of someone or something)
- bring some new facts to light
- bring (someone) to terms
- bring about (something)
- on one's heels
- turn on one's heel