a shot in the arm

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   something that gives sb / sth the help or encouragement they need

   Okay? Our little side project's about to get a shot in the arm.

En las películas · 1

• Okay? Our little side project's about to get a shot in the arm.Jurassic World2015
• Pappy: We need a shot in the arm.O Brother, Where Art Thou?2000
• A shot to the arm?The Man from Earth2007
• ...but instead shot her in the arm and then turned the gun on himself.The Conjuring2013
• The first shot hit him in the arm.The Thin Blue Line1988

Apréndela en escenas completas

• The Thin Blue Line1988
  • Randall Meets David at the Gas Station
  • Detective Forces Adams to Sign
  • Officer Wood Shot at Traffic Stop

De la misma entrada

• like a shot
• a shot across the bows
• a big noise
• call the shots
• a shot in the dark
• a long shot
• not by a long chalk
• parting shot
• be shot of
• shot through with
• have shot your bolt
• be like shooting fish in a barrel