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:
- spread one's wings
- under the wings of (someone)
- try out one's wings
- wing it
- take (someone) under one's wings
- albatross (around someone's neck)
- as a duck takes to water
- as bald as a coot
- as crazy as a loon
- as dead as a dodo
- as easy as duck soup
- as free as a bird
- as graceful as a swan
- as happy as a lark
- as hoarse as a crow