American & Australian

if someone gets an even break, they get the same opportunity to improve their situation as other people.

This guy has the talent. He just needs to get an even break and he could be up there with the best of them.

• hold fire
• hold forth
• hold good
• hold ground
• hold hand
• hold head high
• hold head up high
• hold horses
• Hold horses!
• hold in check
• hold it
• hold its own
• hold off
• hold off something
• hold on
• hold on for dear life
• hold on like grim death
• hold onto
• hold on to for dear life
• hold on to someone for dear life
• hold onto something
• be as deaf as a post
• be as dry as a bone
• be as dull as dishwater
• be as dull as ditchwater