to go out for wool and come home shorn; to expend effort trying to gain a profit and end up with nothing but losses

not sure, not having much confidence

a big-mouth; 'shoot one's mouth off' (mostly applied to women)

in power (slang)

leader; person-in-charge

a lift operator [colloquial]

get the hang of (colloquially)

to make decision

holding (spoken)

seize the opportunity

to overrate oneself; to overestimate one's power or ability; pretend to have authority over something which one don't have (slang)

verb; shake hand

describes a person who is in poverty and has to beg for money like a beggar

in-charge (slang)

to act as a matchmaker

adj; in charge

person in charge (project, team, triad etc)

(noun) a handshake; (usually referring to a valuable object) 'a grasp on' / 'the ownership of' / '(to have) it in hand'

(slang) surety; assurance; firmly in one's grasp

person in charge or handling funds or accounts

to be in charge [colloquial]

doing something the exact way as it should be (impartially / fairly), i.e. 'by the book'

being strict in complying with the rules / laws / regulations and not willing to bend the rules

to pee, to urinate

to hold water kettle, to work as waiter / waitress / server

to knead or grab the breasts

handle it tactfully

driving the stream

to take advantage of one's mistake or fault

hold tight