{"id":1468,"date":"2016-09-20T16:52:11","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T16:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=1468"},"modified":"2016-09-20T16:52:11","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T16:52:11","slug":"idiomatic-expressions-with-heel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/idiomatic-expressions-with-heel\/","title":{"rendered":"Idiomatic expressions with heel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Study the following expressions, all of which have the word heel in them. Their meanings are also provided.<\/p>\n

At one\u2019s heels<\/strong><\/p>\n

When you have someone at your heels, they are walking close behind you.<\/p>\n

Drag one\u2019s heels<\/strong><\/p>\n

To drag your heels is to do something unwillingly and with deliberate delay.<\/p>\n

To follow on the heels of<\/strong><\/p>\n

If something follows on the heels of something else, it happens very quickly or immediately after.<\/p>\n

Under one\u2019s heels<\/strong><\/p>\n

If something is under your heels, it is in your power and control.<\/p>\n

Take to one\u2019s heels<\/strong><\/p>\n

To take to your heels is to run away.<\/p>\n

Exercise<\/h2>\n

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate expressions.<\/p>\n

1. The thief had the police \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n

2. The thief \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 as soon as he saw the cop.<\/p>\n

3. Alexander wanted to have the entire world \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n

4. The nuclear attack on Nagasaki \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. of the first attack on Hiroshima.<\/p>\n

5. The government is \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 on the Women\u2019s Reservation Bill.<\/p>\n

Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. The thief had the police at his heels.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2. The thief took to his heels<\/strong> as soon as he saw the cop.<\/p>\n

3. Alexander wanted to have the entire world under his heels.<\/strong><\/p>\n

4. The nuclear attack on Nagasaki followed close on the heels of<\/strong> the first attack on Hiroshima.<\/p>\n

5. The government is dragging its heels<\/strong> on the Women\u2019s Reservation Bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Study the following expressions, all of which have the word heel in them. Their meanings are also provided. At one\u2019s heels When you have someone at your heels, they are walking close behind you....<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-1468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-idioms","tag-heel-idioms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1468"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1469,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468\/revisions\/1469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}