get the hang of something

jelentése / meaning:

rájön a nyitjára, ráérez valamire, rájön a csínjára-bínjára

példák / examples:

• I haven't yet got the hang of how to use the new washing machine.
• It took me  a long time to get the hang of skiing.
• I was never especially interested and never really got the hang of that stupid piano.
• I can't get the hang of meditation.
• Don't worry. You'll get the hang of it. ( You'll learn soon how it is done.)

rokon értelmű szavak, kifejezések: find out, learn, pick up 

"I can't get the hang of it"

 forrás: danagraves

leave somebody in the lurch

jelentése:

cserben hagy

desert or leave alone in trouble, refuse to help or support someone

 "My car has left me in the lurch."

példák:

• He left me in the lurch when he didn`t come over to help me although he had promised to earlier in the day.  
• Where were you, John? You really left me in the lurch. 
• The zip of my favourite jacket decided to dismantle itself and leave me in the lurch. ( zip= cipzár, dismantel= lebont )
• My car has left me in the lurch so I can't deliver the things I promised.