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English Idioms and other figures of speech
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[edit]- Idioms 1
- 10 Downing Street
- 11 Downing Street
- 110 proof
- 11th commandment
- 12-ounce curls
- 15 minutes of fame
- 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
- Appendix:English 19th Century idioms
- 23 skidoo
- 23 Skidoo Street
- 3-on-the-tree
- 800-pound gorilla
- a bridge too far
- a cold day in July
- a day late and a dollar short
- a good deal
- a great deal
- a hair's breadth
- a hundred and ten percent
- a life of its own
- a little bird told me
- a little bit of bread and no cheese
- a little from column A, a little from column B
- a notch above
- a Roland for an Oliver
- a short drop and a sudden stop
- a week from next Tuesday
- a week is a long time in politics
- a wild goose never laid a tame egg
- Abbot's Priory
- about time
- about to
- about turn
- above board
- above one's bend
- above par
- above the curve
- above the law
- above the salt
- above water
- absence makes the heart grow fonder
- abuse of distress
- accident of birth
- accident waiting to happen
- according to
- according to Cocker
- according to Hoyle
- ace in the hole
- ace up one's sleeve
- acknowledge the corn
- acquired taste
- across the board
- act of Congress
- act one's age
- act out
- act up
- activist judge
- activist justice
- Adam Tiler
- add fuel to the fire
- add insult to injury
- add oil
- add up
- addle pate
- after all
- after one's own heart
- after the fact
- after the Lord Mayor's show
- against all odds
- against the clock
- against the collar
- against the grain
- against the run of play
- against the world
- age before beauty
- agree to disagree
- agreement in principle
- aha moment
- ahead of one's time
- ahead of the curve
- ahead of the game
- air one's dirty laundry in public
- air out
- air rage
- alarums and excursions
- albatross around one's neck
- albatross round one's neck
- alive and kicking
- all along
- all and some
- all and sundry
- all at once
- all bark and no bite
- all bets are off
- all dressed up and nowhere to go
- all duck or no dinner
- all ears
- all eyes
- all eyes and ears
- all fur coat and no knickers
- all good
- all hat and no cattle
- all hell breaks loose
- all holiday
- all hollow
- all in a day's work
- all it's cracked up to be
- all kidding aside
- all mouth and no trousers
- all mouth and trousers
- all one's eggs in one basket
- all one's life's worth
- all one's taste is in one's mouth
- all out
- all over
- all over but the shouting
- all over hell's half acre
- all over oneself
- all over the board
- all over the map
- all over the place
- all over with
- all rights reserved
- all set
- all sixes and nines
- all sizzle and no steak
- all talk and no cider
- all that
- all the marbles
- all the rage
- all the same
- all the tea in China
- all the way to Egery and back
- all the while
- all there
- all things being equal
- all things considered
- all things to all people
- all thumbs
- all to smash
- all told
- all very well
- all wet
- all-a-mort
- almighty dollar
- along about
- amateur hour
- ambassador of Morocco
- amber gambler
- amber nectar
- American Dream
- an apple a day
- an offer one can't refuse
- anaconda mortgage
- ancient history
- and all
- and all this
- and be done with it
- and change
- and counting
- and crap
- and finally
- and his mother
- and how
- and shit
- and so forth
- and so on
- and the like
- and then some
- and whatnot
- angel's advocate
- angle for farthings
- another day, another dollar
- another nail in one's coffin
- another string to one's bow
- answer back
- answer on a postcard
- any more for any more
- any nook or cranny
- any old
- any old nook or cranny
- any old thing
- any port in a storm
- any time now
- any time soon
- any way one slices it
- anybody who is anybody
- anyone's guess
- anything goes
- ape leader
- apothecary's Latin
- apple of someone's eye
- apples and oranges
- apply oneself
- apron string
- apron-string hold
- arch doxy
- are you deaf
- are your ears burning
- arm and a leg
- arm candy
- arm to the teeth
- arm up
- arm's length
- army volunteer
- around Robin Hood's barn
- around the clock
- around the corner
- around the Horn
- arrive at
- arse end of nowhere
- arse over tip
- arse over tit
- arsy varsy
- arsy versy
- artful dodger
- as a rule
- as a whole
- as all get-out
- as best one can
- as ever
- as ever trod shoe-leather
- as far as one knows
- as I was saying
- as if
- as if there were no tomorrow
- as in
- as is
- as it happens
- as long as
- as luck may have it
- as luck would have it
- as of
- as of late
- as often as not
- as soon as
- as the crow flies
- as the day is long
- as the next girl
- as the next guy
- as the wind blows
- as well
- as yet
- as you know
- as you sow, so shall you reap
- ask after
- ask around
- ask for it
- ask for the moon
- ask my arse
- ask out
- ask round
- asking for a friend
- asleep at the switch
- asphalt jungle
- ass over teakettle
- ass-backwards
- assault and battery
- assume the position
- at a canter
- at a glance
- at a loss
- at a loss for words
- at a moment's notice
- at a pinch
- at a stand
- at all
- at all hours
- at arm's length
- at bay
- at best
- at bottom
- at cross-purposes
- at death's door
- at each other's throats
- at first
- at first blush
- at full tilt
- at heart
- at home
- at large
- at last
- at latter Lammas
- at long last
- at loose ends
- at odds
- at once
- at one's fingertips
- at pains
- at peace
- at peace with
- at places
- at rest
- at sea
- at sixes and sevens
- at someone's disposal
- at stake
- at that
- at the best of times
- at the coal face
- at the disposal of
- at the drop of a hat
- at the end of one's rope
- at the end of one's tether
- at the end of the day
- at the feet of
- at the helm
- at the high port
- at the mercy of
- at the ready
- at the receiving end
- at the top of one's voice
- at the top of one's lungs
- at the very least
- at the wheel
- at this point in time
- at times
- at variance
- at will
- at work
- atomic cocktail
- atta girl
- attaboy
- attagal
- attagirl
- attention whore
- Attic salt
- auld lang syne
- autem cackler
- autem dipper
- autem diver
- autem mort
- autumn romance
- avant la lettre
- average bear
- average joe
- average up
- away game
- away with the fairies
- aye aye, sir
- babe in arms
- babe in the woods
- babe magnet
- baby elephant in the room
- baby up
- babysitter test
- back at you
- back burner
- back down
- back forty
- back gammon player
- back in
- back in the day
- back in the game
- back into
- back of one's hand
- back off
- back office
- back to square one
- back to the drawing board
- back to the wall
- back up
- back-burner
- back-cloth star
- back-of-the-envelope
- back-to-back-to-back
- backhanded compliment
- backpedal
- backwater
- bacon-faced
- bacon-fed
- bad actor
- bad apple
- bad blood
- bad company
- bad egg
- bad hair day
- bad iron
- bad joke
- bad news
- bad old days
- bad penny
- bad taste in one's mouth
- bad word
- badge bunny
- bag and baggage
- bag of bones
- bag of tricks
- bag of weasels
- bag of wind
- bail out
- bake up
- baker's dozen
- baker's half dozen
- balance out
- balance the books
- balancing act
- bale up
- ball hog
- ball of fire
- ball-breaker
- balloon goes up
- balloon knot
- ballpark estimate
- ballpark figure
- balls to the wall
- balls-out
- balls-up
- balum rancum
- banana nose
- banana republic
- Banbury story of a cock and a bull
- band together
- bandwagon fan
- bane of one's existence
- bang away
- bang for the buck
- bang on
- bang out
- bang straw
- bang to rights
- bang up
- bank night
- bank up
- bankbook
- banker's dozen
- bankers' hours
- bankrupt cart
- banyan day
- baptism by fire
- bar none
- bar off
- bar sinister
- bar star
- bar up
- barber's sign
- bare one's soul
- bargain basement
- barge in
- bark up the wrong tree
- barn find
- barnburner
- barrel of laughs
- barrel of monkeys
- base over apex
- basement battler
- bash the bishop
- basket house
- bass-ackwards
- bastardly gullion
- bat a thousand
- bat an eyelid
- bat five hundred
- bat for the other team
- bat one's eyes
- bat the breeze
- bathtub gin
- batten down the hatches
- bawl out
- be a hundred years too early
- be a man
- be all ears
- be around
- be glad to see the back of
- be in and out
- be in for
- be in luck
- be it as it may
- be left holding the baby
- be mother
- be my guest
- be on to
- be one's own worst enemy
- be oneself
- be still my heart
- be taken ill
- be that as it may
- be there
- be up to
- be-all and end-all
- bean counter
- bean queen
- bear a hand
- bear fruit
- bear in mind
- bear oneself
- bear the brunt
- bear up
- bear with
- beard the lion in his den
- beast with two backs
- beat a dead horse
- beat around the bush
- beat as one
- beat Banaghan
- beat feet
- beat it
- beat off
- beat one's swords into plowshares