PUT A SOCK IN IT!

PUT A SOCK IN IT!

MEANING Used to tell someone to be quiet or stop making so much noise EXAMPLE SENTENCES Hey, put a sock in it, will you? I’m trying to work here. Put a sock in it! Some of us are trying to work around here. Can’t you put a sock in it? I’m trying to...
TO TAKE (SOMEONE) UNDER ONE’S WING

TO TAKE (SOMEONE) UNDER ONE’S WING

MEANING: If you take someone under your wing, you start to protect and take care of them. EXAMPLE SENTENCES: Jose took Alison under his wing during her first weeks. He took the rookie pitcher under his wing. She took me under her wing and showed me how things were...