to be in favor with someone
быть в чьих-то хороших книгах (byt' v ch'ikh-to khoroshikh knigakh)
"If you want to get promoted, you need to be in the boss’s good books."
"Если вы хотите получить повышение, вам нужно быть в хороших книгах у начальника." (Yesli vy khotite poluchit' povyshenie, vam nuzhno byt' v khoroshikh knigakh u nachal'nika.)
To risk everything on one big decision.
to achieve great success or gain a lot of money
Spending more money than one can afford.
to do a lot of difficult or complicated things to achieve so...
to be responsible for something yourself
to achieve something amazing and rare through creativity or...
