put your house in order Idiom

ducks in order

"organized, planned; each person knows his job" I have to get my ducks in order before the sale on Tuesday.

in order

to make it possible, to help it happen In order to win, we have to work as a team.

in order to

for the purpose of We have decided to close down the school for the summer in order to do some major repairs.

just what the doctor ordered

exactly what is needed or wanted Having the extra day off from work was just what the doctor ordered and he was able to get his many errands finished.

out of order

not operating, broken The stamp machine is out of order. I think it's broken.

pecking order

from strongest to weakest, line of authority The first thing to learn about a company is the pecking order.

to order

according to directions given in an order in the way something is made or size wanted etc. He had three suits made to order when he visited Hong Kong last year.

bang out of order

totally unacceptable

border on

be next to；come close to接近；毗邻
China borders on Mongolia to the north．中国的北方同蒙古接邻。

border on/upon

be next to；come close to接近；毗邻
China borders on Mongolia to the north．中国的北方同蒙古接邻。

put (one's) (own) abode in order

To boldness one's own claimed problems or business diplomacy (especially afore criticizing those of others). The admiral and his administering hardly charge to put their abode in adjustment or they may not alive to see a additional appellation in office. Jim should go about putting his own abode in adjustment afore he starts criticizing how I alive my life!Learn more: house, order, put

put your abode in order

get your abode in order

COMMON If you put your house in order or get your house in order, you accomplish abiding that all your diplomacy are abiding appropriately and that all your problems are dealt with. The government has accustomed the bi-weekly industry a twelve-month borderline to put its abode in adjustment or face boxy new controls. As with individuals, no aggregation can be acknowledged until it has got its own centralized abode in order. Note: Verbs such as keep or set can be acclimated instead of put or get. She claimed the aerial artery banks were butterfingers of befitting their abode in order.Learn more: house, order, put

put (or set or get) your abode in order

accomplish all-important reforms. 2002 New York Times There will be no moral believability for the bishops to allege about justice, truth, ancestral equality, war or clearing if they can't get their own abode in order. Learn more: house, order, put

put/set your (own) ˈhouse in order

adapt your own business or advance your own behaviour afore you try to criticize somebody else: A government official warned the bi-weekly industry to put its own abode in adjustment afore it started to acquaint added industries how they should be run.Learn more: house, order, put, set

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