Idioms with phrasal verbs

You certainly couldn't call him modest because he's always blowing his own trumpet.

You can always rely on him to throw a spanner in the works and suddenly everything stops.

He tried and tried and tried but in the end he decided the time had come to throw in the towel.

My advice is to stop worrying about it and put your best foot forward.

We've had a lovely time and walked a long way but I think it's time to call it a day.

I just can't open this tin at all and I always find this type of container a pain in the neck.

To be honest he leads a dog's life because he works all the time and has no friends.

The one thing you can be sure of is that whatever the situation she'll put her foot in it and embarrass everyone.

That sort of joke never makes people laugh and on this occasion it went down like a lead balloon.

Before the meeting officially starts I'd like to flag up one or two points.