half assed

lay eyes on forget oneself flunk out play to the gallery free and easy out of the frying pan into the fire in the flesh make fun of take up the gauntlet take exception catch someone's eye play second fiddle to the fore play footsie with far and wide fall under face up to find oneself at the expense of face to face feather one's nest fall off feel like oneself follow up in one's favor fall back on in the face of in fact fill out feather in one's cap