To save one's face

To put one on one's mettle

Maya had a <u><em>checkered career</em></u>. since I first knew him as an office assistant in th…

To talk one's head off

He <u><em>bids fair</em></u> to be an excellent cricketer.

The number of <u><em>globetrotters</em></u> has increased after the Second World War.

My father <u><em>strained every nerve</em></u> to enable me to get settled in life.

He was <u><em>in high spirits</em></u> when I met him in the restaurant.

He is always <u><em>standing up</em></u> for the weak and oppressed.