give credit where credit is due
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I wanted to give credit where credit is due and thanked the lifeguard who had saved me from drowning.
Другие идиомы:
- give out
- give (something) one's best shot
- give (someone) pause to think
- give-and-take
- give (someone) enough rope and they will hang themselves
- give free rein to (someone or something)
- give it to (someone) straight
- give (someone) a hard time
- give rise to
- give voice to (one's feelings)
- give (someone) the once-over
- give (someone) the ax
- give (someone) a head start
- give away (a secret)
- give three cheers for (someone)