worm one's way out of (something)

Другие идиомы:

• fine kettle of fish
• pale/blue/green around the gills
• shark
• small fry
• as full/tight as a tick
• as happy as a clam
• as mad as a hornet
• as merry as a cricket
• as red as a lobster
• as slippery as an eel
• clam up
• cry/shed crocodile tears
• fly in the ointment
• hive of activity
• Holy mackerel!