get\ one's\ bearings

get\ one's\ bearings
• find one's bearings
• get one's bearings
v. phr.
To know where one is or where one is headed.

"Without a compass," the sergeant warned the enlisted men, "you will never find your bearings in the desert."


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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