chopping and changing: to keep changing from one thing to another frequently, often in an annoying or disruptive way

made great strides: to make a lot of progress in the way something is developing

pull their socks up: to try to improve your perfomance, behavirour, etc

back to square one: a return to the situation you were in at the beginning of something, so you have to start all over again

moving the goalposts: to change the rules or conditions for something once a process has started or been agreed

turned the corner: to begin to improve after passing an important point in a difficult siatuation

turned upside down: to cause large changes and confusion in someone's life

turn a blind eye: to ignore something that you know is true

go with the flow: to do what other people are doing or to agree with other people because its the easiest thing to do

bow down to sb: to show respect to someone and agree that they are more powerful than you

take the iniative: to be the first one to do something

go against the grain: if something goes against the grain, you would not usually do it because it would be unsual

indict: accusses them officially of a crime

convict: to decide officially in a law court that someone is guilty of a crime

plead: to make a statement of what you believe to be true

to commit a crime: to do something illegal, to perform an action which is against the law

break the law: fail to obey the law, to act contrary a law

investigate: try to find out what happened/ who is responsible

enforce the law: to make sure that people obey the law