asleep at the wheel

asleep at the wheel not paying attention asleep at the switch Why was our government asleep at the wheel when the crisis began?

WING IT

wing it to improvise; to do something extemporaneously. I lost my lecture notes, so I had to wing it. Don't worry. Just go out there and wing it.

FAIR COP

It's a fair cop. (British & Australian very informal) something that you say in order to admit that someone has caught you doing something wrong It's a fair cop. I was driving way too fas

tide over to supply someone until a certain time or until something happens. Will this amount tide us over until next week? There is enough food here to tide over the entire camp until next month. Yes, this will tide us over. See also: tide McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. tide somebody over also tide over somebody to supply someone with something they need for a short period We were lucky and got a small loan to tide us over until our customers began to pay us. They're seeking food aid to tide over the starving population until the next harvest.