set one's sights on, to Идиома

a bite to eat

a lunch, a snack We can grab a bite to eat at the arena. They sell snacks there.

a bone to pick

something to argue about, a matter to discuss "Joe sounded angry when he said, ""I have a bone to pick with you."""

a fart in a windstorm

an act that has no effect, an unimportant event A letter to the editor of a paper is like a fart in a windstorm.

a fine-toothed comb

a careful search, a search for a detail She read the file carefully - went over it with a fine-toothed comb.

a hard row to hoe

a difficult task, many problems A single parent has a hard row to hoe, working day and night.

a hot potato

a situation likely to cause trouble to the person handling it The issue of the non-union workers is a real hot potato that we must deal with.

a hot topic

popular topic, the talk of the town Sex is a hot topic. Sex will get their attention.

a into g

(See ass into gear)

a little bird told me

someone told me, one of your friends told me """How did you know that I play chess?"" ""Oh, a little bird told me."""

a party to that

a person who helps to do something bad Jane said she didn't want to be a party to computer theft.

set one's architect on someone or something

Fig. to attention accepting addition or article as one's goal. He capital a wife and he had set his architect on Alice. James set his architect on a law degree.Learn more: on, set, sight

set one's architect on

Have as a goal, as in She's set her architect on law school. This announcement alludes to the accessory on a firearm acclimated for demography aim. [Mid-1900s] Learn more: on, set, sight

set (one's) architect on

To accept as a goal: She set her architect on medical school.Learn more: on, set, sight

set one's architect on, to

To baddest as one’s goal. The sights in this announcement are a accessory such as a brace of knobs or notches placed on a firearm to advice one booty aim. The allegorical use dates from the mid-twentieth aeon and additionally appears in such phrases as to accession one’s sights, meaning to aim higher, or to lower one’s sights, acceptation to be somewhat beneath ambitious. The Economist acclimated it on December 9, 1950, “The United States charge now accession its sights, in agreement of both manpower and production.” Learn more: set, sight

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a new lease on life a notch below a nut case A-OK a pack of lies a pain in the ass a pain in the butt a paper trail a party to that a pat answer a penny for your thoughts a penny pincher a perfect stranger a pick-me-up a picture is worth a thousand words a piece of ass a piece of cake set no store in (something or someone) set of delph set of pipes set of wheels set off set off (for some place) set off alarm bells set off on set off on (something) set on set on a pedestal, to set on fire set one back on heels set one back on one's feet set one on feet set one's cap for set one's cap for, to set one's face against set one's heart at rest, to set one's heart on set one's heart on, to set one's mind at rest set one's mind on set one's seal on set one's sights on set one's sights on, to set one's teeth on edge set one's teeth on edge, to set out set out (for some place) set out (one's) stall set out on (one's) own set out to (do something) set out to do set out your stall set over set pen to paper set price set pulses racing set right set sail set sail for (some place) set sail for some place set sights on set somebody's teeth on edge set someone back set someone back on their heels set someone up set someone up for something set someone's teeth on edge set something on fire