Well, at least until they get busted! Suddenly the police show up and give you a ticket. Or your boss yells at you when her pen falls out of your bag.
When you get busted, you get caught doing something you shouldn’t be doing. However, if you’re talking about an object that’s busted, that means it’s broken. When you get busted doing something bad, you can think of it as your reputation getting broken.
get away with n/-ing
PHRASAL VERB:
If you get away with doing something wrong or risky, you do not suffer any punishment or other bad consequences because of it.
The criminals know how to play the system and get away with it...
big deal
n [singular] spoken
1 used to say that you do not think something is as important as someone else thinks it is:
--- It's no big deal . Everybody forgets things sometimes.
2 an important or exciting event or situation:
--- This audition is a big deal for Joey.
3 make a big deal of/out of/about sth: to get too excited or upset about something, or make something seem more important than it is
--- I know I'm probably making a big deal out of nothing, but I'm worried about you.
speed
VERB: usu cont, V
Someone who is speeding is driving a vehicle faster than the legal speed limit.
This man was not qualified to drive and was speeding.
