1.flying colors → success, victory
2.little by little → gradually
3.call off → cancel
4.come into → receive, especially after another’s death
5.put off → postpone
6.stop by → make a brief visit on one’s way elsewhere
7.tie up → hinder
8.be out for → trying to get
9.fill in for → take another’s place
10.turn down →① refuse or reject ② reduce the loudness of
11.go off → begin to ring
12.cut down → lesson; reduce; limit
13.come up with → produce; supply
14.make it →① achieve a specific goal ② succeed in general
15.catch one’s eye → attract one’s attention
16.care for →① like; value ② look after; take care of
17.head and shoulders above → much better
18.catch on → become popular
19.on the whole → in general
20.fill sb. in → tell what sb. should know