keep+in+order
111keep your powder dry — Meaning Be prepared. Origin The allusion is to gunpowder which soldiers had to keep dry in order to be ready to fight when required …
112keep up appearances — A person who keeps up appearances maintains an outward show of prosperity or well being in order to hide their difficulties from others. He continued to keep up appearances even when business was bad …
113keep body and soul together — to just be able to pay for the things that you need in order to live. We can barely keep body and soul together on what he earns …
114keep the ball rolling — set/start the ball rolling to do something which starts an activity, or to start doing something in order to encourage other people to do the same. The product has been a great success, and we hope this advertising campaign will keep the ball… …
115keep the peace — To maintain public order and decorum; to prevent breach of the peace; to refrain from violence See bond to keep the peace …
116keep somebody in the picture — put/keep sb in the ˈpicture idiom (informal) to give sb the information they need in order to understand a situation • Just to put you in the picture there have been a number of changes here recently. Main entry: ↑pictureidiom …
117keep order — maintain order …
118keep the peace — refrain or prevent others from disturbing civil order. → peace …
119keep your ears open — to pay attention to what is happening, especially in order to find out something …
120ˌorder sb aˈboutBritish — phrasal verb to keep telling someone what to do, in an annoying way …