介绍:
1) Dolled up
-Jessica told her sister not to get dolled up for dinner, since they were just eating with their parents
-Jennifer Lawrence got all dolled up for the Oscar Ceremony
-Girls get more dolled up to impress other girls than their own boyfriend
Definition: to dress in an elegant or ostentatiously stylish manner
Etymology: Dress up like a doll
2) Let it slide
-The company has really let things slide in recent months, because they are now in the red
-The referee was being too mean when he gave a red card to the struggling team against Barcelona. He should have just let it slide
-Don't punish the tenants, and let it slide, the damage to the window was done by their young boy.
Definition: to allow a situation to become slowly worse. Or to allow something to go unpunished
3) Run riot
-The principals relaxed attitude allowed the children to run riot
-The slaughter of cats allowed the rats to run riot
-The football ran riot after their team lost.
Definition: to act without control or restraint:
