here are some useful crime and police
police Indians from English anyone
anyone . com these
these idioms all have their origins
origins in criminal activity but they
they have many uses in regular conversations
conversations to describe innocent
innocent situations a
a steal a steal is
is something you bought that is much
much cheaper than you expected we
we use this idiot to indicate something
something that is such a great value
value that it's almost like you stole
stole it
stole it I
I found a pair of designer shoes for
for over ninety percent off they
they were a steal partners
partners in crime partners in crime
crime
crime are
are people who work together to commit
commit a crime or trick others this
this video can also be used as an
an exaggeration to describe any group
group of people including children
children who regularly do things to
to get those kids up the street are
are real partners in crime they
they do everything to get beat
beat the rap to beat the rap means
means to escape punishment for crime
crime
crime this
this idiom can be used to describe
describe anyone who gets away with
with something the
the boy was sent to the principal's
principal's office for fighting but
but he talked his way out of detention
detention and beat the rap cop
cop a plea to cop a plea means to
to plead guilty to or say you did
did a crime in order to receive a
a lighter punishment people
people usually do this when they know
know they will be caught and punished
punished more severely for not confessing
confessing to a crime they committed
committed the man who stole the car
car
car copped
copped a plea to spend less time in
in jail
in jail face
face the music to face the music means
means to receive punishment for a
a crime you committed people usually
usually face something like an enemy
enemy or something else they are looking
looking forward to this idiom can
can be used when receiving punishment
punishment for doing anything the
the girl was caught trying to steal
steal candy from a baby and had to
to face the music a
a slap on the wrist when you get or
or give a slap on the wrist you get
get or give a punishment that is light
light or easy in comparison to the
the crime committed this idiom comes
comes from teaching children to behave
behave by slapping them gently on
on the wrist for the area just above
above the head when they do something
something wrong you will often hear
hear this idiom used when companies
companies who commit crimes like dumping
dumping toxic waste only
only have to pay small amounts of
of money as punishment that executive
executive only got a slap on the wrist
wrist after losing the pension money
money of his employees get
get away with murder when you get
get away with murder you
you are not punished for doing something
something bad this
this idiot comes from real court cases
cases where people suspected of committing
committing crimes are found not guilty
guilty
guilty my
my brother always stays out late and
and recently crashed our car but my
my parents never punish him he gets
gets away with murder on
on the case to be on the case means
means to be solving a problem or taking
taking control of a situation this
this idiom comes from cases or crimes
crimes
crimes the
the police attempt to solve a case
case is open when begun and closed
closed when you saw someone keeps
keeps stealing my cookies until I
I find out who it is I'm
I'm on the case for
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