take liberties (with (someone))

to be friendly with another person for your own benefit.

The head of our department believed that everyone there would take liberties with her if she let them.

• not the end of the world
• not the half of it
• not think twice about
• not think twice about something
• not to be sneezed at
• not to be sniffed at
• not to mention
• not to mention someone
• not to mention something
• not to put too fine a point on it
• not to speak of
• not to speak of something
• not touch something with a ten-foot pole
• not touch with a ten-foot pole
• not to worry
• not trust an inch
• not trust someone an inch
• not turn a hair
• not with a bang but with a whimper
• not worth the paper is printed on
• not worth the paper something is printed on
• no two ways about it
• no two ways about it.
• not your day
• nouveau riche