keep somebody on their toes

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishkeep somebody on their toeskeep somebody on their toesREADYto make sure that someone is ready for anything that might happen They do random checks to keep workers on their toes. → toeExamples from the Corpuskeep somebody on their toes• Inflation, which depletes the value of stocks and bonds, also keeps investors on their toes.• Together, these threats are supposed to discipline managers and keep them on their toes.• And, keeping them on their toes ... the doctors who walk eighteen miles a day.• He keeps them on their toes.• Meetings are held every nineteen days, not necessarily Sundays, which must keep people on their toes.• With a test every Friday, she keeps her students on their toes.• You have to have good people doing these jobs, and you have to keep folks on their toes.• The general use of disapproval in order to keep people on their toes tends to be counterproductive after a time.• We have improved because a few extra players have come in and the bench is outstanding which keeps everyone on their toes.

单词	keep somebody on their toes
释义	keep somebody on their toes From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishkeep somebody on their toeskeep somebody on their toesREADYto make sure that someone is ready for anything that might happen They do random checks to keep workers on their toes. → toeExamples from the Corpuskeep somebody on their toes• Inflation, which depletes the value of stocks and bonds, also keeps investors on their toes.• Together, these threats are supposed to discipline managers and keep them on their toes.• And, keeping them on their toes ... the doctors who walk eighteen miles a day.• He keeps them on their toes.• Meetings are held every nineteen days, not necessarily Sundays, which must keep people on their toes.• With a test every Friday, she keeps her students on their toes.• You have to have good people doing these jobs, and you have to keep folks on their toes.• The general use of disapproval in order to keep people on their toes tends to be counterproductive after a time.• We have improved because a few extra players have come in and the bench is outstanding which keeps everyone on their toes.
随便看	in somebody’s favour in somebody’s heyday in somebody’s honour in somebody’s imagination in somebody’s keeping in somebody’s lap in somebody’s life in somebody’s mind in somebody’s name/in the name of somebody in somebody’s own backyard in somebody’s palm in somebody’s place in somebody’s possession in somebody’s presence in somebody’s remarks in somebody’s repertoire in somebody’s shadow in somebody’s shoes in somebody’s soul moneygrabbing moneygrabbing moneygrubber moneygrubbing moneygrubbing moneylender