keep your wits about you
1. be able to think quickly in a situation
2. be clever at speaking to people
3. discover the right direction
up and about
1. in high spirits
2. recovering well after being ill in bed
3. feeling good and flying high
Tell me about it!
1. sympathy for someone who now has the same problem you have had.
2. relate a story about events that have recently happened to you.
3. angry expression to tell someone that you are not at all interested in his or her problems.
I'm going to see a man about a dog
1. I'd prefer not to tell you where I'm going.
2. I'm in the process of doing something illegal.
3. If I wanted to buy a dog, I'd tell you.
Don't make a song and dance about it!
1. Don't exaggerate and make it seem like it's much more important than it really is.
2. Don't start telling everyone how important it is.
3. Don't try to show you are somebody more important than you really are.
Don't beat about the bush!
1. Search for it somewhere else!
2. Don't get involved in politics!
3. Come to the point!
Joe's a man-about-town
1. Joe is clever and designs great buildings
2. Joe's always out and about
3. Joe is very hard to get hold of
much ado about nothing
1. have little influence over events
2. be able to make difficult decisions
3. too much fuss for no reason
He seems a bit green about the gills
1. He looks ill because of drinking too much
2. He appears to be rather innocent and naive
3. He is mystified
She's been putting it about that . . .
1. She's been showing herself off
2. She's been spreading rumours
3. She's been trying to get a new job

Expressions with ABOUT