27-letter words containing u, b, a, n
- the odds are in sb's favour — If you say that the odds are in someone's favour, you mean that they are likely to succeed in what they are doing.
- to be bursting at the seams — to be very full
- to be suspended on full pay — if someone is suspended on full pay they are temporarily barred from work (due to misconduct, etc) while receiving full salary
- to make your blood run cold — If you say that something makes your blood run cold or makes your blood freeze, you mean that it makes you feel very frightened.
- to rule sb with a high hand — to behave imperiously towards someone
- to take someone by surprise — If something takes you by surprise, it happens when you are not expecting it or when you are not prepared for it.
- to turn your back on sb/sth — If you turn your back on someone or something, you ignore them, leave them, or reject them.
- what sb is (going) on about — If you ask someone what they are on about or what they are going on about, you are puzzled because you cannot understand what they are talking about.
- you can't have it both ways — If someone says that you can't have it both ways, they are telling you that you have to choose between two things and cannot do or have them both.