介绍:
1. Go into overdrive
Examples:
1) With exams only two weeks away, the students have gone into overdrive and are studying ten hours a day.
2) The tabloid press went into overdrive at the news that the princess is involved in an affair.
3) The government officials are in overdrive preparing for the upcoming economic forum.
Definition: to start working very hard, or to start doing something in an excited way
Etymology: "speed-increasing gear in an automobile," 1929, from over + drive
2. Oil the wheels
Examples:
1) An aid programme was established to oil the wheels of economic reform in the region.
2) You can count on our boss to oil the wheels of the company so we can have a large profit margin again by the end of the year.
3) Money is inadequate to oil the wheels of economic recovery.
Definition: to make it easier for something to happen; to ensure everything runs smoothly
Etymology: putting oil in cogs and wheels of machinery
3. Give the shirt off your back
Examples:
1) The priest would give the shirt off his back to help the poor.
2) You can always count on Jerry when you are in trouble; he's give you're the shirt off his back.
3) The soldier would give any of his army buddies the shirt off his back.
Definition: to give anything and do anything to help, no matter what the personal sacrifice
Etymology: from the Bible, in Matthew 5:40 Jesus says that if someone asks for your shirt to give them your cloak as well.
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