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Tommy Tran
2021-12-12 10:12
Hang up (one's) boots British informal verb phrase
People usually replace the word "boots" with another term that refers to a person's job to indicate that they have stopped doing that job.
To stop playing in a sport or retire
He's too old for this. I think it's time for him to hang up his boots.
Kenny decided to hang up his boots when he felt his career was going downhill.
After 20 years of playing, Dutch decided to hang up his boots.
To stop talking or thinking about something.
To reside somewhere
To retire from work or quit doing something
1. To prevent somebody or something from arriving at a certain place
2. To prevent something from happening or prevent someone from doing something by doing something first
If you say you be/come up against a brick wall, you mean that you are unable to go on or change because some obstacles impede you.
The verb "hang" should be conjugated according to its tense.
Do you see anything wrong?
If you swallow the bait, you take something that someone offers you, or agree to do something that someone asks you to do without knowing that it is a trick or way of getting something from you.
You can't just do whatever he wants you to do. Don't swallow the bait.
