attainable

to build muscle

(informal) to look like an idiot, to look like a pillock, to make a fool of oneself, to be a laughing stock, to get ridiculed in front of everybody

(transitive with de) to go to the trouble of doing something, to take the trouble to do something, to bother to do something, to take the time to do something

(informal) who's to blame? whose fault is it?

Alternative form of la faute à qui

the penny has dropped

(simile) dull as dishwater, extremely boring

under the control of someone, under someone's thumb

(informal) to have a big head, to be big-headed, to be full of oneself, to be too big for one's britches