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- 110 proof
- 12-ounce curls
- 15 minutes of fame
- 23 skidoo
- 23 Skidoo Street
- 3-on-the-tree
- 4-on-the-floor
- 800-pound gorilla
- a bit much
- a cold day in Hell
- a cold day in July
- a cut below
- a day late and a dollar short
- a few sandwiches short of a picnic
- a good deal
- a good voice to beg bacon
- a great deal
- a hair's breadth
- a hundred and ten percent
- a into g
- 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 lot
- a notch above
- a quick drop and a sudden stop
- a riddle wrapped up in an enigma
- a Roland for an Oliver
- a scholar and a gentleman
- a week from next Tuesday
- a wild goose never laid a tame egg
- able to get a word in edgewise
- about time
- about to
- about turn
- above and beyond
- above and beyond the call of duty
- above board
- above one's bend
- above the curve
- above the law
- above the salt
- above water
- abuse of distress
- accident of birth
- accident waiting to happen
- according to
- according to Hoyle
- ace in the hole
- ace up one's sleeve
- acid test
- acknowledge the corn
- acquired taste
- across the board
- across the pond
- act of Congress
- act one's age
- act out
- act up
- Adam Tiler
- add fuel to the fire
- add insult to injury
- add up
- adrenaline junkie
- after all
- after one's own heart
- after the fact
- after the Lord Mayor's show
- again and again
- against all odds
- against the clock
- against the collar
- against the grain
- against the run of play
- 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 out
- air rage
- albatross
- albatross around one's neck
- albatross round one's neck
- alive and kicking
- all along
- 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 hat and no cattle
- all hell breaks loose
- all hell broke 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 nations
- all one's eggs in one basket
- all one's life's worth
- all out
- all over
- all over but the shouting
- all over hell's half acre
- all over the board
- all over the map
- all over the place
- all over with
- all right, my lover
- all rights reserved
- all set
- all sizzle and no steak
- all talk and no cider
- all that
- all that jazz
- all the marbles
- all the rage
- all the same
- all the tea in China
- all the way to Egery and back
- all things being equal
- all things considered
- all thumbs
- all to smash
- all told
- all very well
- all wet
- all y'all
- all y'all's
- all-a-mort
- almighty dollar
- along about
- along the lines
- also known as
- amateur hour
- ambassador of Morocco
- amber gambler
- amber nectar
- amen curler
- American Dream
- an apple a day
- an axe to grind
- an offer one can't refuse
- ancient history
- and all
- and all that
- 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
- another nail in one's coffin
- answer back
- answer on a postcard
- ants in one's pants
- any nook or cranny
- any old
- any old nook or cranny
- any old thing
- any port in a storm
- any way one slices it
- 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 dell
- arch doxy
- are you deaf
- are your ears burning
- ark ruffian
- arm and a leg
- arm candy
- arm to the teeth
- arm up
- arm's length
- around Robin Hood's barn
- around the bend
- around the clock
- around the corner
- around the Horn
- arrive at
- arse about face
- arse end of nowhere
- arse over tit
- arsy varsy
- arsy versy
- as a rule
- as all get-out
- as best one can
- as far as one knows
- as I was saying
- as if
- as if there were no tomorrow
- as is
- as it happens
- as long as
- as luck may have it
- as luck would have it
- as of
- as often as not
- as the crow flies
- as the day is long
- as the wind blows
- as well
- as yet
- as you know
- ask after
- ask around
- ask for
- ask for it
- ask for the moon
- ask my arse
- ask out
- ask round
- asleep at the switch
- asphalt jungle
- ass over teakettle
- ass-backwards
- assault and battery
- asspussy
- assume the mantle
- assume the position
- at a canter
- at a glance
- 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 cross-purposes
- at death's door
- 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 rest
- at sea
- at sixes and sevens
- at stake
- at that
- at the best of times
- at the coal face
- at the drop of a hat
- 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 moment
- at the ready
- at the receiving end
- at the top of one's lungs
- at the wheel
- at this point in time
- at will
- at work
- Athanasian wench
- atta girl
- attaboy
- attagal
- attagirl
- attention whore
- Attic salt
- Aunt Sally
- autem bawler
- autem cackler
- autem dipper
- autem diver
- autem mort
- avant la lettre
- average bear
- average joe
- average up
- avoid like the plague
- away game
- away with the fairies
- aye aye, sir
- babe in arms
- babe in the woods
- babe magnet
- baby blues
- baby up
- babysitter test
- back and forth
- back at you
- back burner
- back down
- back gammon player
- back in
- back in the day
- back into
- back of beyond
- back off
- back office
- back out
- back to square one
- back to the drawing board
- back to the wall
- back up
- back-asswards
- back-burner
- back-of-the-envelope
- back-to-back
- backhanded compliment
- backpedal
- backseat driver
- backwater
- bacon-faced
- bacon-fed
- bad apple
- bad blood
- bad egg
- bad form
- bad hair day
- bad iron
- bad joke
- bad news
- bad penny
- bad taste in one's mouth
- bad to the bone
- badge bunny
- bag and baggage
- bag of bones
- bag of rations
- bag of tricks
- bag of wind
- bail out
- bake up
- baker's dozen
- baker's half dozen
- balance out
- balance the books
- balancing act
- bale up
- 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 republic
- Banbury story of a cock and a bull
- band together
- bang away
- bang for the buck
- bang on
- bang out
- bang straw
- bang to rights
- bang up
- bang up cove
- banged up
- bank night
- bank up
- bankbook
- banker's dozen
- banyan day
- baptism by fire
- baptism of fire
- bar none
- bar off
- bar star
- bar up
- bare one's soul
- bare one's teeth
- bargain basement
- barge in
- bark up the wrong tree
- Barmacide feast
- barn find
- barnburner
- barrel of laughs
- barrel of monkeys
- barrow man
- base over apex
- basement battler
- bash the bishop
- basket case
- basket house
- bass-ackwards
- bastardly gullion
- bat a thousand
- bat an eyelash
- bat an eyelid
- bat five hundred
- bat for both sides
- bat for the other team
- bat one's eyelashes
- bat one's eyes
- bathtub gin
- batten down the hatches
- battle cry
- bawl out
- be a man
- be all ears
- be around
- be as silent as the grave
- be born yesterday
- be glad to see the back of
- be in a spot of bother
- be in for
- be in one's altitudes
- be it as it may
- be left holding the baby
- be mother
- be my guest
- be on about
- be on the horns of a dilemma
- be on to
- be oneself
- be snowed under
- be still my heart
- be taken ill
- be that as it may
- be the way to go
- be-all and end-all
- bean counter
- bean queen
- bear a hand
- bear in mind
- bear the brunt
- bear up
- bear with
- beard the lion in his den
- beast with two backs
- beat a dead horse
- beat a retreat
- beat around the bush
- beat Banaghan
- beat feet
- beat it
- beat off
- beat one's brain
- beat one's head against a stone wall
- beat one's meat
- beat someone to the punch
- beat someone's brains out
- beat the bishop
- beat the crap out of
- beat the daylights out of
- beat the meat
- beat the pants off
- beat the shit out of
- beat the stuffing out of
- beats me
- beauty mark
- beauty queen
- beauty sleep
- beaver away
- because you touch yourself at night
- beck and call
- become of
- become one flesh
- bed blocker
- bed in
- bed of roses
- beddy-bye
- bedroom eyes
- bee in one's bonnet
- beef to the hoof
- beef up
- beefed out
- been there, done that
- been there, done that, bought the T-shirt
- been there, done that, got the T-shirt
- been to the rodeo
- beer and skittles
- beer goggles
- beer muscles
- bee's knees
- before someone's time
- before you can say Jack Robinson
- beg off
- beg to differ
- behind bars
- behind closed doors
- behind its time
- behind someone's back
- behind the bit
- behind the counter
- behind the eight-ball
- behind the scenes
- behind the times
- behind time
- being that
- belemnite battlefield
- Belgravian
- believe it or not
- believe one's eyes
- believe you me
- bell out
- bell the cat
- bells and whistles
- belly up
- below par
- below the belt
- below the salt
- belt out
- bench jockey
- bend one's elbow
- bend over backwards
- bend someone's ear
- bend the truth
- benevolent overlord
- bent on
- bent on a splice
- beside oneself
- beside the point
- best bet
- best laid plans
- best of both worlds
- best of the bunch
- best regards
- best thing since sliced bread
- best thing since sliced pan
- best-kept secret
- bet dollars to donuts
- bet one's boots
- bet one's bottom dollar
- bet the farm
- better half
- better than sex
- between a rock and a hard place
- between Scylla and Charybdis
- between the hammer and the anvil
- between the jigs and the reels
- between the pipes
- between you, me, and the bedpost
- betwixt and between
- beyond one's ken
- beyond one's pay grade
- beyond the black stump
- beyond the call of duty
- beyond the pale
- BFD
- biblical
- bide one's time
- big boy
- big boys
- big break
- big bucks
- big cheese
- big daddy
- big deal
- big enchilada
- big fat
- big fish in a small pond
- big girl's blouse
- big gun
- big kahuna
- big mouth
- big name
- big ol'
- big old
- big ole
- big shot
- big sleep
- big spender
- big talk
- big tent
- big up
- big wheel
- bigger fish to fry
- bill of goods
- bio queen
- bird in the bosom
- bird of one's own brain
- birds and bees
- birds of a feather
- bird's-eye view
- birthday suit
- bit by a barn mouse
- bit on the side
- bitch up
- bite me
- bite of the reality sandwich
- bite off
- bite off more than one can chew
- bite one's lip
- bite one's tongue
- bite someone in the arse
- bite someone's head off
- bite the big one
- bite the biscuit
- bite the bullet
- bite the dust
- bite the hand that feeds one
- bite to eat
- bits and bobs
- bitter end
- bitter pill to swallow
- black and blue
- black babies
- black gold
- black magic
- black mark
- black out
- black rider
- black sheep
- black-on-black
- blame Canada
- blame game
- blank canvas
- blank out
- blanket term
- blare out
- blast off
- blaze a trail
- blaze away
- bleed the lizard
- bleeding edge
- bless you
- blessed event
- blessing in disguise
- blimp out
- blind date
- blind leading the blind
- blink of an eye
- blink-and-you-miss-it
- block out
- blocking and tackling
- blood and guts
- blood in the water
- bloom is off the rose
- blossom out
- blot on the escutcheon
- blot one's copy book
- blow a fuse
- blow a gasket
- blow a kiss
- blow away
- blow chunks
- blow hot and cold
- blow it
- blow me
- blow me down
- blow off
- blow off steam
- blow one's load
- blow one's stack
- blow one's top
- blow one's wad
- blow out of proportion
- blow over
- blow sky high
- blow smoke
- blow someone out of the water
- blow someone's mind
- blow the lid off
- blow the whistle
- blow this pop stand
- blow this popsicle stand
- blow to kingdom come
- blow up in one's face
- blow-by-blow
- blue chamber
- blue devils
- blue moon
- blue movie
- blue note
- blue state
- blue wall of silence
- blue-eyed
- blue-eyed boy
- blue-sky thinking
- blurt out
- board out
- Bob's your uncle
- body English
- bog in
- bog off
- bog standard
- bogged down
- boil over
- boil up
- boiling frog
- boiling hot
- boiling mad
- boiling point
- boldly go where no man has gone before
- bolt bucket
- bomb out
- bone of contention
- bone up
- bone-crunching
- bone-dry
- bone-idle
- bone-shaking
- booby prize
- boogie on down
- book in
- boomshanka
- boot camp
- boot out
- boots on the ground
- booze can
- bored out of one's brains
- bored out of one's mind
- borganism
- born and bred
- born in a barn
- born on the Fourth of July
- born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
- borrowed time
- bottle away
- Bottle of Dog
- bottle out
- bottle up
- bottom bitch
- bottom falls out
- bottom line
- bottom of the line
- bottom of the ninth
- bottom the house
- bought the farm
- bounce back
- bounce off
- bounce off the walls
- bow and scrape
- bow down
- bow out
- bowl a googly
- bowl of cherries
- bowl over
- box clever
- box oneself into a corner
- box seat
- box the compass
- box-office bomb
- boy in the boat
- boy toy
- boys and girls
- boys and their toys
- brace of shakes
- bragging rights
- brain bucket
- brain candy
- brain cramp
- brain fart
- brain surgeon
- brain surgery
- branch off
- branch out
- brass farthing
- brass monkey
- brass monkeys
- brass neck
- brass ring
- brass-neck
- brass-necked
- brassed off
- brave out
- brazen out
- bread and butter
- break a law
- break a leg
- break a sweat
- break even
- break ground
- break in
- break into
- break new ground
- break one's duck
- break one's lance
- break out
- break ranks
- break someone's heart
- break the back of
- break the bank
- break the buck
- break the deadlock
- break the fourth wall
- break the ice
- break the mold
- break the Sabbath
- break the seal
- break up
- break wind
- breakfast of champions
- breaking and entering
- breath of fresh air
- breathe a sigh of relief
- breathe a word
- breathe down someone's neck
- breathe easy
- bred-in-the-bone
- breed in the bone
- brick by brick
- brick in
- brick wall
- bridge the gap
- bridge too far
- bright lights
- bright line
- bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
- bright-line rule
- bring a knife to a gunfight
- bring down the house
- bring forward
- bring home
- bring home the bacon
- bring it weak
- bring on
- bring one's arse to an anchor
- bring owls to Athens
- bring round
- bring to a boil
- bring to bear
- bring to heel
- bring to justice
- bring to light
- bring to the table
- bring up the rear
- broad across the beam
- broad church
- broad in the beam
- broad shoulders
- broad strokes
- broaden someone's horizons
- Broadway
- broken record
- broken vessel
- broken-hearted
- Bronx cheer
- brown bag
- brown bread
- brown noser
- brown power
- brown study
- brown thumb
- brown-noser
- browned off
- Brownie point
- brownnose
- brush aside
- brush by
- brush down
- brush off
- brush up
- Brussels
- bubble over
- buck fever
- buck for
- buck naked
- buck up
- bucket down
- bucket of bolts
- buckle down
- buckle up
- Buckley's and none
- Buckley's chance
- buff out
- buff the muffin
- buff up
- bug off
- bug out
- bugger all
- bugger off
- Buggins's turn
- build a better mousetrap
- build bridges
- build castles in the air
- build on sand
- build up
- built like a brick shithouse
- built like a tank
- bulger
- bulk bill
- bulk billing
- bull session
- bulletproof
- bum around
- bum chum
- bum rap
- bum rush
- bum steer
- Bumfuck
- Bumfuck, Egypt
- bump and grind
- bump into
- bump off
- bump up
- bums in seats
- bum's rush
- bundle of energy
- bundle of joy
- bundle of laughs
- bundle of nerves
- bundle off
- bunny girl
- bunny hop
- bunny hug
- buoy up
- buried treasure
- burn a hole in one's pocket
- burn one's bridges
- burn one's candle at both ends
- burn one's fingers
- burn out
- burn rubber
- burn the midnight oil
- burn to a crisp
- burp the worm
- burst in
- burst into tears
- burst out laughing
- burst someone's bubble
- bury one's head in the sand
- bury the hatchet
- bury the lead
- bury the lede
- bush league
- bush telegraph
- business as usual
- business end
- business girl
- busman's holiday
- bust a cap in someone's ass
- bust a move
- bust a nut
- bust ass cold
- bust chops
- bust one's ass
- bust one's balls
- bust one's butt
- bust one's chops
- bust out
- busted flush
- busy beaver
- busy little beaver
- busy work
- but good
- but seriously folks
- but then
- butt heads
- butt in
- butt out
- butt-naked
- butt-ugly
- butter fingers
- butter one's bread on both sides
- butter up
- button one's lip
- button-down
- buttoned-down
- buy into
- buy out
- buy someone out
- buy straw hats in winter
- buy the farm
- buy time
- buy to let
- buy up
- buzz off
- by a hair's breadth
- by a long shot
- by all accounts
- by all means
- by any chance
- by any means
- by far
- by guess or by gosh
- by hand
- by heart
- by hook or by crook
- by mistake
- by no means
- by one's lights
- by one's own hand
- by rights
- by the book
- by the by
- by the Grace of God
- by the numbers
- by the same token
- by the skin of one's teeth
- by the time
- by the way
- by trade
- by virtue of
- by-the-book
- by-the-numbers
- cake crumbs
- cake walk
- cakes and ale
- cakewalk
- call a spade a spade
- call it a day
- call it a night
- call it even
- call it quits
- call off the dogs
- call on
- call out
- call someone's bluff
- call the shots
- call to account
- call to the bar
- call up
- calling card
- calm before the storm
- calm your tits
- camel through the eye of a needle
- camel's nose
- can it
- can of worms
- canary in a coal mine
- candle in the wind
- can't get enough
- can't stand
- can't wait
- cap it all off
- cap over the windmill
- captain of industry
- care package
- carried away
- carrot and stick
- carry a lot of weight
- carry a torch for
- carry a tune
- carry coals to Newcastle
- carry off
- carry on
- carry one's own weight
- carry one's weight
- carry oneself
- carry out
- carry over
- carry someone's water
- carry the can
- carry water for
- cart off
- carve out
- carved in stone
- case in point
- cash cow
- cash in
- cash in one's chips
- cash on the barrelhead
- cash up
- cast a shadow
- cast aside
- cast aspersions
- cast one's vote
- cast pearls before swine
- cast the first stone
- cast up one's accounts
- casting couch
- castle in the air
- casu consulto
- cat and mouse
- cat got someone's tongue
- cat in the meal-tub
- cat piss
- cat that ate the canary
- cat-and-mouse
- catbird seat
- catch a buzz
- catch a cold
- catch a tan
- catch air
- catch as catch can
- catch big air
- catch dust
- catch fire
- catch flies
- catch hell
- catch it
- catch napping
- catch on
- catch one's drift
- catch sight of
- catch some z's
- catch someone napping
- catch someone's eye
- catch the eye
- Catch-22
- catch-as-catch-can
- cat's cradle
- cat's meow
- cat's pajamas
- cat's pyjamas
- cattle call
- caucus race
- caught between the devil and the deep blue sea
- caught on the hop
- caught with one's hand in the cookie jar
- caught with one's pants down
- cave in
- caviar to the general
- cease and desist
- cease to be
- center field
- chain reaction
- chalk out
- chalk up to
- champ at the bit
- champagne taste on a beer budget
- chance upon
- chance'd be a fine thing
- chances are
- change hands
- change horses in midstream
- change of heart
- change of life
- change of tack
- change one's mind
- change one's tune
- change over
- change someone's mind
- change the channel
- character assassination
- charge down
- charge up
- charity mugger
- charley horse
- charmed life
- chase a rainbow
- chase after
- chase off
- chase tail
- chat up
- cheap-arse Tuesday
- cheaper by the dozen
- cheat on
- cheat sheet
- check is in the mail
- check off
- checks and balances
- cheeky monkey
- cheer up
- cheese it
- cheese off
- cheesed off
- cherry-pick
- chesterfield rugby
- chestnut
- chew off
- chew on
- chew out
- chew the cud
- chew the fat
- chew the scenery
- chew up
- chicken feed
- chicken out
- chickens come home to roost
- child's play
- chill out
- chime in
- chin up
- Chinaman's chance
- Chinese compliment
- Chinese overtime
- Chinese puzzle
- Chinese Wall
- chink up
- chip away
- chip in
- chip off the old block
- chip on one's shoulder
- chip shot
- chip up
- chirk up
- chocolate hot dog
- choke off
- choke the chicken
- choose up
- chop down
- chopped liver
- chow down
- Christmas disease
- Christmas present
- Christmas tree bill
- chrome dome
- chrome horn
- chuck in
- chuck it down
- chuck out
- chum up
- chump change
- chump-change
- circle the drain
- circle the wagons
- circuit slugger
- circular file
- circular firing squad
- cite chapter and verse
- city slicker
- claim to fame
- clam up
- clamp down on
- class clown
- class warfare
- clean code
- clean house
- clean out
- clean someone's clock
- clean up
- clean up one's act
- clear cut
- clear one's lines
- clear out
- clear the decks
- climb down
- climb the walls
- clock in
- clog up
- close enough for government work
- close in on
- close of play
- close one's eyes
- close one's eyes and think of England
- close ranks
- close shave
- close the face
- close the stable door after the horse has bolted
- close to home
- close up shop
- close, but no cigar
- closed book
- cloud nine
- clout list
- clue in
- clue stick
- coals to Newcastle
- cock a snook
- cock cheese
- cock of the roost
- cock of the walk
- cock pilot
- cock-and-bull story
- coil up
- coke dick
- cold comfort
- cold fish
- cold one
- cold shoulder
- cold snap
- cold turkey
- collect dust
- collect one's thoughts
- come a cropper
- come a long way
- come across
- come again
- come along
- come and go
- come around
- come clean
- come down
- come down the pike
- come down to
- come down to us
- come down with
- come forward
- come full circle
- come hell or high water
- come home to roost
- come in from the cold
- come in handy
- come into being
- come into one's own
- come of age
- come on
- come on over
- come online
- come out
- come out in the wash
- come out of one's shell
- come out of the closet
- come out of the woodwork
- come out swinging
- come thick and fast
- come through
- come to
- come to a close
- come to a head
- come to an end
- come to blows
- come to grief
- come to grips with
- come to Jesus
- come to life
- come to light
- come to mention it
- come to mind
- come to nothing
- come to nought
- come to oneself
- come to papa
- come to somebody's aid
- come to someone's rescue
- come to terms
- come to terms with
- come to the fore
- come to think of it
- come unhinged
- come unstuck
- come up
- come up roses
- come up with
- come what may
- come with the territory
- come-to-Jesus
- comedy of errors
- comfort girl
- comfort woman
- comfortable in one's own skin
- comfortably off
- coming out of one's ears
- command performance
- common ground
- common or garden variety
- common touch
- common-and-garden
- company man
- company town
- concrete jungle
- conjure up
- consume mass quantities
- controlled substance
- cook the books
- cook up
- cooked
- cookie-cutter
- cooking with gas
- cool it
- cool one's heels
- cool one's jets
- coon eyes
- coon's age
- cop a feel
- cop on
- cop out
- cop-out
- copious free time
- copper-bottomed
- coprophagous grin
- corner the market
- corporate ladder
- corporation pop
- cost a pretty penny
- cost the earth
- cotton on
- cotton to
- cotton-picking
- cough up
- could care less
- could not get elected dogcatcher
- couldn't happen to a nicer
- couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery
- count on
- count one's blessings
- count sheep
- covenant of salt
- cover one's bases
- cover someone's ass
- cover up
- cowgirl position
- crab mentality
- crack a book
- crack a crib
- crack a fat
- crack a smile
- crack down
- crack of dawn
- crack on
- crack through
- crack up
- cradle robber
- cradle-to-grave
- cramp someone's style
- crank out
- crank up
- crap one's pants
- crap out
- crash and burn
- crash course
- crawl with
- crazy like a fox
- cream in one's jeans
- cream of the crop
- creature comfort
- creature feature
- creep into
- creme de la creme
- crème de la crème
- criss-cross applesauce
- crocodile tear
- crocodile tears
- crop up
- cross my heart
- cross my heart and hope to die
- cross off
- cross out
- cross paths
- cross someone's palm
- cross someone's path
- cross swords
- cross that bridge when one comes to it
- cross the aisle
- cross the line
- cross the Rubicon
- cross-purpose
- crowd-pleaser
- crown jewels
- cruising for a bruising
- crunch numbers
- cry all the way to the bank
- cry down
- cry for help
- cry in one's beer
- cry one's eyes out
- cry someone a river
- cry the blues
- cry uncle
- cry wolf
- crying shame
- crystal clear
- crystal dick
- cuff Jonas
- culture hero
- cum grano salis
- cup of joe
- cup of tea
- curate's egg
- curb appeal
- curl someone's hair
- curry favor
- cut a dash
- cut a figure
- cut a rug
- cut a swath
- cut a wide swath
- cut and dried
- cut bait
- cut both ways
- cut corners
- cut down
- cut from the same cloth
- cut in
- cut it
- cut it close
- cut it fine
- cut loose
- cut no ice
- cut of one's jib
- cut off
- cut off one's nose to spite one's face
- cut one
- cut one loose
- cut one's coat according to one's cloth
- cut one's teeth
- cut out
- cut red tape
- cut short
- cut someone loose
- cut swathes
- cut the cheese
- cut the crap
- cut the mustard
- cut the umbilical cord
- cut to pieces
- cut to the chase
- cut up
- cut-and-thrust
- cutie pie
- cutting edge
- daily grind
- damn the torpedoes
- damn with faint praise
- damned if one does and damned if one doesn't
- damp squib
- Daniel come to judgement
- dark horse
- darken a church door
- darken someone's door
- darn tootin'
- dash off
- date with destiny
- Davy Jones's locker
- dawn of a new day
- dawn on
- day after day
- day and age
- day and night
- day in, day out
- day lark
- day or night
- day out
- day-to-day
- daylight
- daylight robbery
- days of yore
- dead air
- dead and buried
- dead asleep
- dead duck
- dead end
- dead giveaway
- dead heat
- dead in the water
- dead last
- dead 'n' buried
- dead of night
- dead on
- dead ringer
- dead to rights
- dead tree edition
- dead weight
- dead wood
- deadbeat dad
- deadstick landing
- deafening silence
- deal breaker
- death by spellcheck
- death knell
- death spiral
- debris field
- decimal dozen
- deep down
- deep end
- deep pockets
- deep six
- deep thinker
- deep water
- deep-six
- deer in the headlights
- Delhi belly
- deliver the goods
- den of iniquity
- desk jockey
- devil is in the details
- devil's advocate
- devil's luck
- diamond in the rough
- dick all
- dick milk
- dick munch
- dicky-bird
- dictated but not read
- die
- die down
- die off
- die on the vine
- die out
- dig deep
- dig in
- dig in one's heels
- dig one's own grave
- dig out of a hole
- dig up
- dig up dirt
- dim bulb
- dimber damber upright man
- dime a dozen
- dime's worth
- diminishing returns
- dip a toe into
- dip into
- dip out
- diplomatic flu
- dirt file
- dirt nap
- dirt-poor
- dirty cop
- dirty laundry
- dirty look
- dirty money
- dirty old man
- dirty word
- dirty work
- disagree with
- discomboberate
- dish the dirt
- dishpan hands
- dismal science
- dive in
- divvy up
- do a
- do a bunk
- do a number on
- do a slow burn
- do away with
- do down
- do drugs
- do in
- do it tough
- do justice
- do me a lemon
- do one
- do one's bit
- do one's block
- do one's business
- do one's damnedest
- do one's darnedest
- do one's thing
- do right by
- do someone dirty
- do someone proud
- do someone's head in
- do the hard yards
- do the honors
- do the honours
- do the math
- do the right thing
- do the trick
- do up
- do well by doing good
- do well for oneself
- do what
- do with mirrors
- do-or-die
- doctors make the worst patients
- dodge a bullet
- does the Pope shit in the woods
- dog and cat
- dog and pony show
- dog around
- dog eat dog
- dog in the hunt
- dog it
- dog my cats
- dog's breakfast
- dog's life
- dole out
- done and done
- done and dusted
- done deal
- donkey work
- donkey's ears
- donkey's years
- don't call us, we'll call you
- don't drop the soap
- don't get me started
- don't give up your day job
- don't go there
- don't hold your breath
- don't knock yourself out
- don't let the bedbugs bite
- don't let the door hit you on the way out
- don't shit where you eat
- doom and gloom
- dope sheet
- dormitive principle
- dormitive virtue
- doss about
- doss around
- dot the i's and cross the t's
- double back
- double booked
- double down
- double entendre
- double over
- double taker
- double talk
- double tap
- double-edged sword
- double-tongued
- douche bag
- down and out
- down at heel
- down for the count
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- down on one's luck
- down pat
- down the drain
- down the hatch
- down the line
- down the road
- down the road, not across the street
- down the track
- down the tubes
- down to a fine art
- down to the short strokes
- down to the wire
- down under
- down with his apple-cart
- down-and-outer
- down-to-earth
- Downing Street
- drag king
- drag on
- drag one's feet
- drag out
- drain the main vein
- drama queen
- draw a blank
- draw a line
- draw a line in the sand
- draw away
- draw down
- draw even
- draw in
- draw off
- draw one's last breath
- draw stumps
- draw the line
- draw the short straw
- dress down
- dress to kill
- dressed to kill
- dressed to the nines
- dressing-down
- dribs and drabs
- drift apart
- drift off
- drill down
- drink from a firehose
- drive away
- drive home
- drive off
- drive out
- drive someone crazy
- drive someone up the wall
- drive the porcelain bus
- drive-by media
- drop a bollock
- drop a bomb
- drop a bombshell
- drop a brick
- drop a dime
- drop a hint
- drop in
- drop in the bucket
- drop in the ocean
- drop off
- drop off the radar
- drop out
- drop someone a line
- drop the ball
- drop the f-bomb
- drop the gloves
- drop the writ
- drop trow
- dropout factory
- drown out
- drug on the market
- drugstore cowboy
- drum up
- dry behind the ears
- dry eye
- dry one's eyes
- dry out
- dry run
- duck out
- duck soup
- duck test
- due course
- duke it out
- dumb bunny
- dumb down
- dumb shit
- dummy run
- dummy spit
- dump on
- dump one's load
- Dunkirk spirit
- dust bunny
- dust mouse
- dust off
- dust off a batter
- dusty miller
- Dutch act
- Dutch courage
- Dutch reckoning
- dye in the wool
- dyed in the wool
- dyed-in-the-wool
- e thumb
- eager beaver
- eagle eye
- ear to the ground
- ear tunnel
- early bath
- early bird
- earn one's crust
- earn one's keep
- ears are burning
- easier said than done
- easy does it
- easy on the eye
- easy on the eyes
- easy street
- eat crow
- eat for two
- eat humble pie
- eat my shorts
- eat one's gun
- eat one's hat
- eat one's heart out
- eat one's own dog food
- eat one's Wheaties
- eat one's words
- eat out of someone's hand
- eat pussy
- eat shit
- eat someone alive
- eat someone out of house and home
- eat someone's dust
- eat someone's lunch
- eat up
- economical with the truth
- edge out
- egg on
- elbow grease
- elbow room
- elephant in the room
- eleventh hour
- Elvis has left the building
- Elysian
- Elysian Fields
- embarrassment of riches
- emotional cripple
- emperor's new clothes
- employ a steam engine to crack a nut
- empty promise
- empty the tank
- end of
- end of the line
- end of the world
- end up
- engine room
- enough to choke a horse
- enough to make the angels weep
- err on the side of
- err on the side of caution
- esprit de corps
- esthetically challenged
- eternal triangle
- ethically challenged
- eureka moment
- Evel Knievel
- even keel
- even money
- even-steven
- every bit
- every inch
- every last
- every man Jack
- every old nook and cranny
- every time
- every time one turns around
- every which way
- every which where
- everybody and his cousin
- everybody and his mother
- everybody and their brother
- everybody and their dog
- everyone and his brother
- everyone and his mother
- everyone and their brother
- everyone and their dog
- everyone and their mother
- everything and the kitchen sink
- everything but the kitchen sink
- evil twin
- exception that proves the rule
- excess baggage
- exchange flesh
- execution style
- exit stage left
- expose oneself
- extra pair of hands
- extract the urine
- eye candy
- eye for an eye
- eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
- eye sex
- eye up
- face down
- face that would stop a clock
- face the music
- face to face
- face value
- fact is
- factor in
- factor space
- facts on the ground
- fade out
- fag hag
- fair and square
- fair enough
- fair game
- fair sex
- fair to middling
- fair-haired boy
- fair-weather friend
- fall about the place
- fall apart
- fall at the last hurdle
- fall behind
- fall between the cracks
- fall between two stools
- fall by the wayside
- fall for
- fall foul
- fall from grace
- fall in line
- fall into
- fall into place
- fall off a truck
- fall off the back of a lorry
- fall off the back of a truck
- fall off the turnip truck
- fall off the wagon
- fall on deaf ears
- fall on one's face
- fall on one's sword
- fall out
- fall over
- fall short
- fall through
- fall through the cracks
- fall to bits
- fall to pieces
- fallen over
- falling out
- false friend
- false step
- family jewels
- fan dance
- fan the flames
- fanny about
- Fanny Adams
- far and away
- far and wide
- far be it
- far cry
- far out
- far post
- fare thee well
- farm nigger
- farm out
- farmer's tan
- fashion plate
- fashionably late
- fast and furious
- fast asleep
- fat chance
- fat lip
- fat of the land
- Faustian bargain
- faux queen
- feast for the eyes
- feast or famine
- feather in one's cap
- feather one's nest
- featherless biped
- fed up
- federal case
- feed off
- feed one's face
- feed the dragon
- feel for
- feel free
- feel in one's bones
- feel one's oats
- feel oneself
- feel the pinch
- feel up
- feel up to
- feet first
- feet of clay
- feet on the ground
- fence in
- fend and prove
- fend away
- few and far between
- field day
- fifth wheel
- fight a losing battle
- fight fire with fire
- fight fires
- fight in armour
- fight shy of
- fight tooth and nail
- fighting chance
- figure of speech
- figure out
- fill in
- fill in the blank
- fill one's face
- fill one's hand
- fill someone's shoes
- fill the bill
- fill up
- filter down
- filter up
- filthy lucre
- filthy rich
- final curtain
- final cut
- final nail in the coffin
- find one's feet
- find oneself
- find out
- find the net
- fine line
- fine print
- finest hour
- fink out
- fire drill
- fire hose
- fire in the belly
- fire on all cylinders
- fire-breathing
- firing line
- firm up
- first among equals
- first and last
- first annual
- first come, first served
- first loser
- first love
- first of all
- first port of call
- first rate
- fish for compliments
- fish or cut bait
- fish out
- fish to fry
- fish-eating grin
- fishing expedition
- fit for a king
- fit out
- fit to be tied
- fits and starts
- five will get you ten
- five-finger discount
- fix someone's wagon
- flag down
- flame up
- flannelled fool
- flap one's gums
- flash in the pan
- flat chat
- flat out
- flat-chested
- flat-earther
- flat-footed
- flea in one's ear
- flesh out
- flick the bean
- flight of fancy
- flip one's lid
- flip one's wig
- float around
- float someone's boat
- flog a dead horse
- flog the dolphin
- flog the log
- floor it
- floppy baby syndrome
- floppy infant syndrome
- flower
- fluff up
- flunk out
- flutter in the dovecote
- fly by the seat of one's pants
- fly in the face of
- fly in the ointment
- fly low
- fly off
- fly off the handle
- fly on the wall
- fly out of the traps
- fly the coop
- fly the freak flag
- fly-by-night
- Flying Dutchman
- flying start
- flying visit
- fold one's tent
- fold up
- follow in someone's footsteps
- follow suit
- follow through
- food chain
- food for thought
- fool away
- fool's errand
- fool's paradise
- foot-in-mouth disease
- footloose and fancy free
- for a change
- for all intensive purposes
- for all intents and purposes
- for all one is worth
- for all the world
- for chrissake
- for crying out loud
- for fuck's sake
- for good
- for good and all
- for good measure
- for goodness' sake
- for heaven's sake
- for keeps
- for mercy's sake
- for my money
- for old times' sake
- for old times' sakes
- for once
- for one's life
- for one's particular
- for Pete's sake
- for pity's sake
- for that matter
- for the ages
- for the asking
- for the birds
- for the heck of it
- for the hell of it
- for the love of
- for the most part
- for the nonce
- for the time being
- for XYZ reasons
- forbidden fruit
- force of habit
- force someone's hand
- forget oneself
- forget, when up to one's neck in alligators, that the mission is to drain the swamp
- forgive and forget
- fork off
- fork over
- forked tongue
- forty minutes of hell
- forty winks
- foul up
- fountain of youth
- Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
- four score and seven years ago
- four sheets to the wind
- four-eyes
- four-leaf clover
- four-on-the-floor
- fourth estate
- fourth wall
- fox in the henhouse
- freak flag
- free and easy
- free hand
- free lunch
- free rein
- free ride
- free, white, and twenty-one
- free-for-all
- freezing cold
- French kiss
- French letter
- fresh legs
- fresh meat
- fresh off the boat
- fresh out of
- fresh start
- fresh-faced
- friend of Bill W.
- friend with benefits
- friendship with benefits
- frig it
- frog in one's throat
- from a mile away
- from A to izzard
- from A to Z
- from can see to can't see
- from cover to cover
- from here to Sunday
- from hunger
- from my cold, dead hands
- from pillar to post
- from scratch
- from soup to nuts
- from stem to stern
- from the bottom of one's heart
- from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious
- from the get-go
- from the ground up
- from the word go
- from time to time
- front and center
- front runner
- frown at
- frown upon
- fruit of one's loins
- fruit of the poisonous tree
- fruit of the union
- fry up
- fuck all
- fuck it
- fuck knows
- fuck off
- fuck over
- fuck someone over
- fuck someone's brains out
- fuck with
- fuck you
- fucked by the fickle finger of fate
- fucked over
- fucked up
- fucking hell
- fuckpole
- fudge factor
- fudge the issue
- full as a tick
- full blast
- full circle
- full English
- full marks
- full of beans
- full of crap
- full of hot air
- full of it
- full of oneself
- full of piss and vinegar
- full of shit
- full speed ahead
- full tilt
- full tilt boogie
- full to the brim
- full to the gills
- full-fledged
- full-stretch
- fun and games
- funnies
- funny bone
- funny farm
- funny money
- funny stuff
- gagging for it
- gain ground
- gallows humor
- game face
- game plan
- gandy dancer
- gang up
- gang up on
- gapers' block
- garden variety
- Gary Glitter
- gather dust
- gear up
- gender bender
- genie is out of the bottle
- gentleman of the back door
- German goitre
- German virgin
- get a charge out of
- get a fix
- get a grip
- get a handle on
- get a jump on
- get a kick out of
- get a leg up
- get a load of
- get a move on
- get a rise out of
- get a room
- get a wiggle on
- get a word in edgeways
- get a word in edgewise
- get ahead of oneself
- get along
- get away with
- get away with murder
- get back at
- get back on the horse that bucked one
- get bent
- get bent out of shape
- get better
- get blood from a stone
- get blood out of a stone
- get busy
- get by
- get by the balls
- get carried away
- get changed
- get cold feet
- get cracking
- get down to brass tacks
- get down to business
- get even
- get fresh
- get high
- get in
- get in on the act
- get in someone's hair
- get into one's stride
- get into someone's pants
- get it
- get it on
- get it over with
- get it up
- get lost
- get moving
- get off lightly
- get off one's chest
- get off one's high horse
- get off the ground
- get off with
- get on someone's case
- get on someone's nerves
- get on someone's wick
- get on the end of
- get one's act together
- get one's ass in gear
- get one's back up
- get one's butt somewhere
- get one's claws into
- get one's claws out
- get one's end away
- get one's feet wet
- get one's fill
- get one's finger out
- get one's foot in the door
- get one's freak on
- get one's hands dirty
- get one's hands on
- get one's head around
- get one's hopes up
- get one's juices flowing
- get one's knickers in a twist
- get one's marching orders
- get one's money's worth
- get one's shorts in a knot
- get one's skates on
- get one's tits in a wringer
- get one's wires crossed
- get out of bed on the wrong side
- get out of Dodge
- get out of here
- get out of jail free card
- get out while the getting's good
- get outta here
- get over
- get someone's back up
- get someone's goat
- get something off one's chest
- get something over with
- get something straight
- get stuck in
- get taken in
- get the bacon bad
- get the ball rolling
- get the better of
- get the boot
- get the chop
- get the drift
- get the drop on
- get the elbow
- get the goods on
- get the hang of
- get the lead out
- get the picture
- get the point
- get the sack
- get the time
- get the wind up
- get there
- get this show on the road
- get through to
- get tied up
- get to grips with
- get to the bottom of
- get to the point
- get together
- get under someone's skin
- get up on the wrong side of the bed
- get up someone's nose
- get up the yard
- get up with the chickens
- get well
- get wet
- get what's coming to one
- get wind of
- get with the program
- get-rich-quick
- ghetto bird
- ghetto lottery
- ghost at the feast
- GI can
- gift horse
- gift of the gab
- gild the lily
- gimme a five
- ginger knob
- gird up one's loins
- give 110%
- give a fuck
- give a good account of oneself
- give a person line
- give a rat's arse
- give a shit
- give a shite
- give a sneck posset
- give and take
- give as good as one gets
- give away the store
- give back
- give battle
- give chase
- give curry
- give ear
- give face
- give head
- give heed
- give hostage to fortune
- give in
- give it a shot
- give it a whirl
- give it one's best shot
- give it the gun
- give me liberty or give me death
- give notice
- give of oneself
- give one enough rope
- give one's all
- give one's head a shake
- give or take
- give out
- give some skin
- give someone a big head
- give someone a bloody nose
- give someone a hand
- give someone a hard time
- give someone a piece of one's mind
- give someone an earful
- give someone grief
- give someone Hail Columbia
- give someone his head
- give someone pause
- give someone the boot
- give someone the brush-off
- give someone the business
- give someone the chair
- give someone the cold shoulder
- give someone the creeps
- give someone the eye
- give someone the heave-ho
- give someone the old heave-ho
- give someone the runaround
- give someone the slip
- give someone what for
- give someone what-for
- give something a go
- give something a miss
- give something a try
- give the devil his due
- give the elbow
- give the lie to
- give the royal treatment
- give the time of day
- give thought
- give up the ghost
- give weight
- give what for
- glad tidings
- glass-half-empty
- glass-half-full
- gloss over
- Appendix:Glossary of baseball jargon (C)
- Appendix:Glossary of baseball jargon (G)
- Appendix:Glossary of baseball jargon (H)
- Appendix:Glossary of baseball jargon (L)
- Appendix:Glossary of baseball jargon (O)
- Appendix:Glossary of baseball jargon (P)
- Appendix:Glossary of baseball jargon (R)
- Appendix:Glossary of baseball jargon (S)
- Appendix:Glossary of baseball jargon (T)
- Appendix:Glossary of baseball jargon (W)
- glove
- gloves are off
- glutton for punishment
- gnaw someone's vitals
- go a long way
- go a-begging
- go against the grain
- go ahead
- go all out
- go all the way
- go along for the ride
- go along to get along
- go along with
- go along with the gag
- go apeshit
- go back to the drawing board
- go ballistic
- go bananas
- go batshit
- go begging
- go belly-up
- go blue
- go by
- go by the board
- go by the wayside
- go commando
- go down
- go down on
- go down that road
- go down the pan
- go down the road
- go down the toilet
- go down the tubes
- go down the wrong way
- go downhill
- go downtown
- go Dutch
- go figure
- go fly a kite
- go for a roll in the hay
- go for broke
- go for it
- go for the gold
- go for the jugular
- go from strength to strength
- go from zero to hero
- go fuck yourself
- go Galt
- go great guns
- go halfsies
- go halves
- go hand in hand
- go hang
- go in one ear and out the other
- go in the out door
- go in with
- go into one's shells
- go it alone
- go jump in the lake
- go large
- go mad
- go moggy
- go native
- go nowhere
- go off at score
- go off half-cocked
- go off the boil
- go out
- go out of one's way
- go out on a limb
- go out with a bang
- go over
- go over someone's head
- go overboard
- go places
- go public
- go red
- go round in circles
- go snake
- go so far as
- go south
- go straight
- go the distance
- go the extra mile
- go the way of
- go the way of the dinosaurs
- go the way of the dodo
- go the whole hog
- go through hell
- go through the mill
- go through the motions
- go through with
- go to Canossa
- go to great lengths
- go to ground
- go to pot
- go to sleep
- go to someone's head
- go to the dogs
- go to the ends of the earth
- go to the mat
- go to the mattresses
- go to the polls
- go to the wall
- go to town
- go to work
- go together
- go too far
- go under
- go up in smoke
- go west
- go wild
- go with
- go with the flow
- go without
- go without saying
- go wrong
- go-getter
- god forbid
- God is in the detail
- God knows
- God's gift to man
- God's gift to women
- God's green earth
- God's honest truth
- going rate
- gold mine
- gold plate
- gold standard
- golden goose
- golden handcuffs
- golden handshake
- golden hello
- golden opportunity
- golden parachute
- golden rule
- golden shower
- golden ticket
- golden touch
- golden years
- golf widow
- gone north about
- gone with the wind
- gong show
- good and
- good as one's word
- good books
- good drunk
- good egg
- good enough for jazz
- good enough to eat
- good for nothing
- good God
- good graces
- good gracious
- good job
- good old boy
- good riddance
- good to go
- good turn
- good value
- good-hearted
- goodbye cruel world
- goodness gracious
- goodness gracious me
- goodness me
- goof off
- goon squad
- goose is cooked
- got it going on
- grab and go
- grab bag
- grace period
- grammar Nazi
- grand poobah
- grand scheme
- grand total
- grandstand play
- granny dumping
- granny-bashing
- grasp at straws
- grasp the nettle
- grass roots
- grass tops
- grass widower
- grasstops
- gravitationally challenged
- gravy train
- grease monkey
- grease payment
- grease someone's palm
- greasy spoon
- great beyond
- great deal
- great unwashed
- greatest thing since sliced bread
- Greek calends
- green about the gills
- green as a gooseberry
- green fingers
- green light
- green state
- green thumb
- green with envy
- greener pastures
- grey area
- grey matter
- grin like a Cheshire cat
- grind down
- grind one's gears
- grind out
- grind to a halt
- grist for the mill
- grist to the mill
- ground ball with eyes
- ground rule
- grow a pair
- grow cold
- grow on
- grow out of
- grow up
- grunt work
- guess what
- guilt trip
- guilty pleasure
- gum up
- gun it
- gunboat diplomacy
- gunner's daughter
- gunshy
- gussie up
- gut factor
- gut feeling
- gut reaction
- gut-wrenched
- gutless wonder
- gym bunny
- hack it
- had better
- hair of the dog
- hair-splitting
- hair-splittingly
- hairy molly
- HAL
- halcyon days
- half a mind
- half-baked
- half-naked
- half-pint
- halfway decent
- Hallmark moment
- ham it up
- hammer and tongs
- hammer home
- hand down
- hand in glove
- hand in hand
- hand it to someone
- hand off
- hand on a plate
- hand over
- hand over fist
- hand waving
- hand-in-glove
- handbags at dawn
- handle with kid gloves
- hands down
- hands up
- handwriting on the wall
- hang a leg
- hang a Louie
- hang a Ralph
- hang about
- hang an arse
- hang around
- hang by a thread
- hang five
- hang in the balance
- hang on
- hang on every word
- hang out
- hang out one's shingle
- hang out to dry
- hang paper
- hang the moon
- hang together
- hang tough
- hang up
- hang up one's boots
- hangar queen
- hanging offence
- happen along
- happily ever after
- happy camper
- happy medium
- hard cheese
- hard done by
- hard feelings
- hard lines
- hard nut to crack
- hard of hearing
- hard on the eyes
- hard pill to swallow
- hard yards
- hard-and-fast
- hard-nosed
- hard-pressed
- harden someone's heart
- hash out
- hash slinger
- hat in hand
- hatchet job
- hatchet man
- hate someone's guts
- haul ass
- haul his ashes
- haul off
- haul someone over the coals
- have a ball
- have a bone to pick
- have a bun in the oven
- have a couple
- have a cow
- have a fable for
- have a few
- have a fit
- have a frog in one's throat
- have a go
- have a good one
- have a good time
- have a handle on
- have a head for
- have a heart
- have a laugh
- have a look-see
- have a mind of one's own
- have a mountain to climb
- have a pair
- have a screw loose
- have a seat
- have a snootful
- have a stab
- have a thing
- have a tiger by the tail
- have a way with
- have a whale of a time
- have a word
- have an eye for
- have at
- have bats in one's belfry
- have been around
- have butterflies in one's stomach
- have egg on one's face
- have eyes bigger than one's belly
- have eyes bigger than one's stomach
- have eyes for
- have eyes in the back of one's head
- have got
- have had it
- have had it up to here
- have had one's chips
- have in mind
- have it both ways
- have it coming
- have it easy
- have it going on
- have it in for
- have it large
- have it made
- have it off
- have it your way
- have kittens
- have one's cake and eat it too
- have one's ducks in a row
- have one's ears lowered
- have one's eye on
- have one's fingers in many pies
- have one's hand out
- have one's hands full
- have one's head read
- have one's name on it
- have one's name taken
- have one's number on it
- have one's way
- have one's way with
- have one's wicked way
- have one's wits about one
- have one's work cut out for one
- have other fish to fry
- have second thoughts
- have seen one's day
- have someone by the balls
- have someone by the short and curlies
- have someone by the short hairs
- have someone's back
- have someone's blood on one's head
- have someone's guts for garters
- have someone's hide
- have someone's number
- have something to eat
- have the biscuit
- have the blues
- have the floor
- have the hots for
- have the last laugh
- have the run of
- have the tiger by the tail
- have the time of one's life
- have the wind up
- have the wolf by the ear
- have the world by the tail
- have to do with the price of fish
- have truck with
- have up
- have words
- HE-double-hockey-sticks
- HE-double-L
- HE-double-toothpicks
- he-man
- head and shoulders
- head for the hills
- head honcho
- head in the clouds
- head of steam
- head scratcher
- head start
- head to toe
- head up
- head-emptier
- head-on
- head-spinningly
- head-the-ball
- headlines
- heads or tails
- heads up
- heads will roll
- heads-up
- hear on the grapevine
- hear out
- hear the grass grow
- hear things
- hear through the grapevine
- hear, hear
- heart and soul
- heart of glass
- heart of gold
- heart to heart
- heart-breaking
- heat wave
- heaven forbid
- heavy lifting
- heavy-footed
- heavy-hearted
- hedge one's bets
- heebie-jeebies
- hell and half of Georgia
- hell on earth
- hell on wheels
- hell or high water
- hell to pay
- hell week
- helping hand
- hem and haw
- hen's teeth
- hens' teeth
- hen's tooth
- herd cats
- here and there
- here goes nothing
- here to stay
- here we go
- here we go again
- here you are
- here you go
- here's to
- hide nor hair
- hide one's light under a bushel
- hiding to nothing
- high and dry
- high and mighty
- high cotton
- high ground
- high horse
- high noon
- high note
- high on the hog
- high road
- high time
- high-tail it
- highflier
- hightail it
- highway robbery
- hike up
- hill of beans
- hind tit
- hindsight is 20/20
- hired gun
- his back is up
- hit a snag
- hit above one's weight
- hit below one's weight
- hit home
- hit it big
- hit it off
- hit it up
- hit on
- hit one out of the ballpark
- hit one's stride
- hit out
- hit paydirt
- hit someone for six
- hit the big time
- hit the books
- hit the bottle
- hit the bricks
- hit the buffers
- hit the ceiling
- hit the fan
- hit the gas
- hit the ground running
- hit the hay
- hit the headlines
- hit the jackpot
- hit the nail on the head
- hit the pavement
- hit the road
- hit the rock
- hit the rocks
- hit the roof
- hit the sack
- hit the skids
- hit the spot
- hit the trail
- hit up
- hit upon
- hog heaven
- hoist by one's own petard
- hold a candle
- hold a grudge
- hold back
- hold court
- hold down
- hold forth
- hold off
- hold on
- hold one's breath
- hold one's head high
- hold one's horses
- hold one's liquor
- hold one's nerve
- hold one's own
- hold one's peace
- hold one's tongue
- hold one's water
- hold out
- hold over
- hold over someone's head
- hold someone's feet to the fire
- hold someone's hand
- hold sway
- hold that thought
- hold the cards
- hold the fort
- hold the line
- hold the phone
- hold the purse strings
- hold the reins
- hold the ring
- hold true
- hold up
- hold up one's end
- hold water
- hold with the hare and run with the hounds
- hold your fire
- hold-up play
- holding pattern
- hole in one
- Hollywood moment
- holy cow
- holy crap
- holy crap on a cracker
- holy crickets
- holy fuck
- holy mackerel
- holy moley
- holy shit
- holy smoke
- home and dry
- home and hosed
- home away from home
- home game
- home in on
- home run
- home stretch
- home sweet home
- home team
- homeless dumping
- Homer nods
- honest injun
- honey do list
- honey trap
- honey-mouthed
- honorable mention
- hook someone up
- hook, line and sinker
- hoover up
- hop joint
- hop to it
- hop up
- hop, skip, and a jump
- hope against hope
- hopped up
- hopping mad
- horizontal dancing
- horizontal jogging
- horizontal mambo
- horizontally challenged
- horror story
- horse and rabbit stew
- horse around
- horse of a different color
- horse opera
- horse pill
- horse pucky
- horse sense
- horse's ass
- horses for courses
- horse's mouth
- horsetrade
- horsetrading
- hose down
- hospital pass
- hot air
- hot and bothered
- hot and cold
- hot and heavy
- hot button
- hot desking
- hot hand
- hot lunch
- hot mess
- hot off the presses
- hot on
- hot on somebody's heels
- hot potato
- hot shit
- hot stuff
- hot to trot
- hot under the collar
- hot up
- hot water
- hotfoot it
- house cooling party
- house nigger
- house of cards
- house of ill fame
- house poor
- house warming
- household name
- how are you
- how come
- how goes it
- how so
- how-d'ye-do
- howdy-do
- how's the weather
- how's tricks
- huckleberry
- huckleberry above a persimmon
- hugs and kisses
- hum and haw
- humble pie
- Humpty Dumptyism
- hunker down
- hunt where the ducks are
- hurler on the ditch
- hurt someone's feelings
- I can tell you
- I could eat a horse
- I don't fancy yours
- I haven't the foggiest
- I never did
- I rest my case
- I see, said the blind man
- I take it
- I wish
- I would
- ice cool
- ice queen
- ice-calm
- I'd say
- idiot box
- idiot light
- idiot mittens
- if it's all the same
- if looks could kill
- if need be
- if only
- if pigs had wings
- if the shoe fits
- ifs, ands, or buts
- I'll be
- I'll be a monkey's uncle
- ill health
- I'll say
- in a bake
- in a bind
- in a canter
- in a flash
- in a heartbeat
- in a league of one's own
- in a nutshell
- in a pig's arse
- in a pig's eye
- in a pinch
- in a state
- in a walk
- in Abraham's bosom
- in addition
- in aid to this fact
- in all honesty
- in all my born days
- in all one's glory
- in and out
- in any way, shape, or form
- in at the deep end
- in bad odor
- in bed
- in bed with
- in black and white
- in broad daylight
- in business
- in character
- in chorus
- in clover
- in cold blood
- in control
- in detail
- in Dutch
- in effigy
- in evidence
- in fact
- in fee
- in focus
- in for it
- in for the kill
- in from the cold
- in front of one's nose
- in full force
- in full gear
- in full swing
- in heaven's name
- in high dudgeon
- in its infancy
- in jest
- in kind
- in layman's terms
- in laymen's terms
- in light of
- in line
- in living memory
- in no time
- in no uncertain terms
- in no way, shape, or form
- in one hell of a hurry
- in one's armour
- in one's cups
- in one's dreams
- in one's element
- in one's face
- in one's pocket
- in one's right mind
- in order
- in other words
- in plain view
- in process of time
- in shape
- in someone's shoes
- in someone's wheelhouse
- in spades
- in spite of
- in stitches
- in stride
- in the act
- in the altogether
- in the bag
- in the black
- in the blink of an eye
- in the books
- in the buff
- in the cards
- in the clear
- in the crosshairs
- in the dark
- in the dock
- in the doghouse
- in the drink
- in the driver's seat
- in the face of
- in the fast lane
- in the final analysis
- in the first place
- in the game
- in the here and now
- in the hole
- in the hopper
- in the hospital
- in the hot seat
- in the lead
- in the least
- in the limelight
- in the long run
- in the long term
- in the loop
- in the making
- in the money
- in the nick of time
- in the offing
- in the pink
- in the post
- in the raw
- in the red
- in the reign of Queen Dick
- in the right place at the right time
- in the running
- in the same boat
- in the short run
- in the soup
- in the sticks
- in the swim
- in the thick of
- in the thick of it
- in the toilet
- in the trouser department
- in the twinkling of an eye
- in the wake of
- in the way
- in the way of
- in the weeds
- in the wind
- in the wink of an eye
- in the works
- in the world
- in the wrong place at the wrong time
- in the zone
- in this day and age
- in too deep
- in touch
- in two shakes
- in vain
- in view of
- in virtue of
- in with a chance
- in your dreams
- in your face
- inch-perfect
- Indian sign
- ink slinger
- inner circle
- inner strength
- ins and outs
- inside baseball
- inside job
- inside joke
- inside track
- installed base
- Internets
- into detail
- into thin air
- iron curtain
- iron eagle
- iron maiden
- iron out
- it can't be helped
- it does exactly what it says on the tin
- it figures
- it goes to show
- it is what it is
- it takes two to tango
- itch the ditch
- itchy feet
- itchy trigger finger
- it's about time
- it's all good
- it's all Greek to me
- it's one's funeral
- itsy bitsy
- itty bitty
- ivory tower
- jack around
- jack in
- jack of all trades
- jack of all trades, master of none
- jack off
- jack o'lantern
- Jack Tar
- jam tomorrow
- Jane Doe
- Jane Roe
- jaw away
- jerk around
- jerk off
- jerk-off
- jerkoff
- Jesus, Mary and Joseph
- jet set
- jet-setter
- jet-setting
- jill of all trades
- jive turkey
- Joe Average
- joe job
- Joe Public
- Joe Sixpack
- jog on
- John Doe
- John Hancock
- John Henry
- John Q. Public
- John Thomas
- Johnny-come-lately
- Johnny-one-note
- join the club
- jolly someone along
- jot down
- jug ears
- juice up
- jump at
- jump at the chance
- jump down someone's throat
- jump for joy
- jump in one's skin
- jump on
- jump on the bandwagon
- jump rope
- jump ship
- jump someone's bones
- jump the gun
- jump the queue
- jump the shark
- jump through hoops
- jump to conclusions
- jumped-up
- jungle telegraph
- junkyard dog
- jury is out
- just a minute
- just a second
- just about
- just another pretty face
- just deserts
- just folks
- just in case
- just like that
- just the same
- just what the doctor ordered
- kangaroo court
- keel over
- keep a close watch on
- keep a cool head
- keep a lid on
- keep a weather eye open
- keep an eye on
- keep an eye open
- keep an eye out
- keep an eye peeled
- keep at arm's length
- keep company
- keep house
- keep it between the ditches
- keep it real
- keep it up
- keep mum
- keep on
- keep on truckin'
- keep on trucking
- keep one on one's toes
- keep one's cards close to one's chest
- keep one's cool
- keep one's eye on the ball
- keep one's eyes peeled
- keep one's fingers crossed
- keep one's hair on
- keep one's head
- keep one's head above water
- keep one's lips sealed
- keep one's mouth shut
- keep one's nose clean
- keep one's options open
- keep one's pecker up
- keep one's shirt on
- keep oneself to oneself
- keep pace
- keep quiet
- keep shtum
- keep someone company
- keep someone in the dark
- keep someone in the loop
- keep someone on ice
- keep someone posted
- keep straight
- keep tabs on
- keep the home fires burning
- keep the peace
- keep the wolf from the door
- keep to oneself
- keep up
- keep up appearances
- keep up with the Joneses
- keep watch
- kernel of truth
- kettle of fish
- keys to the kingdom
- kick against the pricks
- kick ass
- kick back
- kick bollocks scramble
- kick butt
- kick in
- kick in the balls
- kick in the pants
- kick in the teeth
- kick into touch
- kick it
- kick off
- kick one's heels
- kick oneself
- kick out
- kick some tires
- kick someone when they are down
- kick the bucket
- kick the can down the road
- kick the habit
- kick the tires
- kick the tyres
- kick to the curb
- kick up
- kick up a fuss
- kick up one's heels
- kick up the arse
- kick upstairs
- kick with the other foot
- kicking boots
- kid around
- kidding aside
- kids will be kids
- kill
- kill the fatted calf
- kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
- kill the messenger
- kill the rabbit
- kill two birds with one stone
- killer instinct
- kind of
- kind regards
- kindest regards
- kindred soul
- kindred spirit
- king of beasts
- king of the hill
- King Shit of Turd Island
- king's ransom
- kiss and make up
- kiss arse
- kiss ass
- kiss my ass
- kiss of death
- kiss of life
- kiss off
- kiss someone's ass
- kiss the gunner's daughter
- kiss up
- kiss up to
- kit and caboodle
- kitchen sink
- kitchen table software
- knacker's yard
- knee high to a grasshopper
- knee slapper
- knee-deep in the Big Muddy
- knight in shining armor
- knit one's brows
- knit one's eyebrows
- knob-gobbler
- knock Anthony
- knock for a loop
- knock it off
- knock off
- knock on wood
- knock oneself out
- knock out
- knock out of the box
- knock over
- knock someone off his perch
- knock someone's block off
- knock someone's socks off
- knock the living daylights out of
- knock together
- knocked up
- knocking on heaven's door
- know beans about
- know every trick in the book
- know from a bar of soap
- know inside and out
- know like a book
- know like the back of one's hand
- know one's own mind
- know one's way around
- know someone
- know someone from Adam
- know someone in the biblical sense
- know the score
- know where one stands
- know which end is up
- know which side one's bread is buttered on
- knuckle down
- knuckle dragger
- knuckle under
- L-bomb
- labor of love
- labour of love
- laced-up
- ladies and gentlemen
- ladies' man
- lady garden
- lady of the night
- lady or tiger
- lady's man
- lame joke
- land of milk and honey
- land of opportunity
- land of plenty
- land on one's feet
- land poor
- landing strip
- lap dog
- lap of luxury
- lap up
- larger than life
- last burst of fire
- last minute
- last of the big spenders
- last resort
- last thing
- last thing one needs
- last word
- last-ditch
- latch onto
- latch-key child
- late bloomer
- late model
- laugh a minute
- laugh all the way to the bank
- laugh in one's sleeve
- laugh one's head off
- laugh out of court
- laugh up one's sleeve
- laughing stock
- laundry list
- law Latin
- law of the jungle
- lay a finger on
- lay an egg
- lay down the law
- lay down the marker
- lay hands on
- lay it on thick
- lay of the land
- lay off
- lay on
- lay on the line
- lay over
- lay rubber
- lay something at the feet of
- lay the groundwork
- lay the pipe
- lay to rest
- laze about
- laze around
- lead nowhere
- lead on
- lead someone down the garden path
- lead the line
- lead time
- leader of the free world
- leading light
- leak out
- lean and mean
- lean on
- lean towards
- leap to mind
- leaps and bounds
- leather working
- leather-lunged
- leave behind
- leave for dead
- leave home
- leave no stone unturned
- leave nothing to the imagination
- leave off
- leave someone high and dry
- leave someone holding the bag
- leave someone in the lurch
- leave to one's own devices
- left and right
- left field
- left-handed compliment
- legal beagle
- legal duty
- legal eagle
- lemon law
- lend a hand
- lend itself to
- l'esprit de l'escalier
- lesser of two evils
- let alone
- let bygones be bygones
- let down
- let fly
- let go and let God
- let her rip
- let in on
- let it be
- let loose
- let nature take its course
- let off
- let on
- let one's hair down
- let oneself go
- let rip
- let sleeping dogs lie
- let slip
- let someone have it
- let someone in on
- let something slide
- let the cat out of the bag
- let the chips fall where they may
- let the good times roll
- let the grass grow under one's feet
- let the perfect be the enemy of the good
- let-down
- let's not and say we did
- let's roll
- letters after one's name
- level best
- level off
- level-headed
- licence to print money
- lick one's chops
- lick one's wounds
- lick out
- lick someone's ass
- lick the pants off
- licky-licky
- lie before
- lie through one's teeth
- life and limb
- life and soul of the party
- life of Riley
- life of the party
- life-or-death
- lift a finger
- light a fire under
- light at the end of the tunnel
- light bucket
- light in the loafers
- lighten someone's purse
- lighten up
- lightning-quick
- like a chicken with its head cut off
- like a chicken with the pip
- like cheese at fourpence
- like one's life depended on it
- like there is no tomorrow
- lily-livered
- limp dick
- line in the sand
- line one's pockets
- link whore
- link whoring
- lion's den
- lion's share
- lip service
- liquid courage
- listen in
- listen up
- little emperor
- little head
- little old
- little pitcher
- live a lie
- live and learn
- live and let live
- live in sin
- live it up
- live large
- live off
- live on
- live on the edge
- live one
- live paycheck to paycheck
- live the dream
- live wire
- live with
- living end
- living impaired
- load up
- loaded for bear
- loaded word
- loaf about
- loaf around
- lock horns
- lock lips
- lock, stock and barrel
- locker room humor
- log off
- lone gunman
- lone it
- long arm
- long arm of the law
- long drink
- long finger
- long green
- long haul
- long in the tooth
- long pork
- long row to hoe
- long run
- long screwdriver
- long shot
- long since
- long story short
- long time
- long time no hear
- long time no see
- look after
- look daggers
- look down one's nose
- look for a dog to kick
- look forward
- look forward to
- look here
- look into
- look like
- look off
- look on
- look out
- look out for number one
- look the other way
- look the part
- look through
- look through rose-tinted glasses
- look to
- look up
- look up to
- look what the cat's dragged in
- look-in
- loom large
- loose cannon
- loose change
- loose end
- loose ends
- loose lip
- loosen the apron strings
- loosen the purse strings
- lord it over
- lord of the flies
- Lord willing and the creek don't rise
- lose face
- lose ground
- lose it
- lose one's cool
- lose one's head
- lose one's mind
- lose one's shirt
- lose one's shit
- lose one's temper
- lose one's touch
- lose one's way
- lose oneself in
- lose the number of one's mess
- lose the plot
- lose touch
- loss of face
- lost cause
- lost errand
- lost in translation
- lot lizard
- louse up
- love goggles
- love muscle
- love nest
- love to bits
- loved up
- low on the totem pole
- low road
- low-down
- low-hanging fruit
- lower the boom
- lubrication payment
- luck in
- luck of the draw
- luck out
- lucky break
- lucky devil
- lucky dip
- lucky dog
- lump it
- mad money
- made in China
- made in Japan
- made in the shade
- made of sterner stuff
- magic bullet
- main man
- Main Street
- make a break for it
- make a clean breast
- make a decision
- make a difference
- make a go of it
- make a killing
- make a leg
- make a meal of
- make a mockery of
- make a monkey out of
- make a mountain out of a molehill
- make a name for oneself
- make a pig of oneself
- make a pig's ear of
- make a point
- make a silk purse of a sow's ear
- make a spectacle of oneself
- make a splash
- make a stink
- make a virtue of necessity
- make amends
- make an appearance
- make an ass of
- make an example of
- make an exhibition of oneself
- make an honest woman
- make baby Jesus cry
- make believe
- make book
- make do
- make ends meet
- make faces
- make for
- make fun of
- make game of
- make good on
- make ground
- make hay
- make hay while the sun shines
- make head or tail of
- make headway
- make heavy weather of
- make history
- make it
- make it snappy
- make it up as one goes along
- make it up to
- make light of
- make like a banana and split
- make like a tree and leave
- make matters worse
- make mincemeat out of
- make no bones about
- make one's bed
- make one's bed and lie in it
- make one's mark
- make one's way
- make oneself scarce
- make out like a bandit
- make over
- make peace
- make quick work of
- make sense
- make short work of
- make someone a happy panda
- make someone's blood boil
- make someone's blood run cold
- make someone's day
- make someone's jaw drop
- make someone's skin crawl
- make someone's teeth itch
- make something of oneself
- make sure
- make the cut
- make the grade
- make the most of
- make the welkin ring
- make the world go round
- make tracks
- make up one's mind
- make waves
- make way
- mama's boy
- man and boy
- man and wife
- man down
- man in the street
- man of few words
- man of one's word
- man of parts
- man of the hour
- man of the people
- man the fort
- man up
- manoeuvre the apostles
- many happy returns
- march to the beat of a different drum
- marching orders
- mark my words
- mark time
- marry off
- Mary Celeste
- mass destruction
- Master of the Universe
- match made in heaven
- match made in hell
- matter of course
- matter of fact
- matter of time
- may the Force be with you
- me three
- meal ticket
- meals on wheels
- mean business
- mean the world to
- measure up
- meat market
- meat rack
- meat stick
- meatball surgery
- media darling
- meet and greet
- meet halfway
- meet one's maker
- meeting of the minds
- melon head
- melt into
- melting pot
- member for Barkshire
- memory lane
- mend fences
- mend one's ways
- Merry Andrew
- merry dance
- mess around
- mess of pottage
- mess with
- Mexican breakfast
- Mexican standoff
- Mickey Mouse
- Midas touch
- middle ground
- middle of nowhere
- middle of the road
- Miller of Dee
- mince words
- mind one's own business
- mind one's P's and Q's
- mind one's ps and qs
- mind the store
- mind you
- mind-numbing
- mind's ear
- mine arse on a bandbox
- miner's canary
- miners' canary
- mint condition
- miss out
- Miss Right
- miss the boat
- miss the mark
- miss the point
- mission creep
- Mister Right
- mix apples and oranges
- mix it up
- mix up
- mixed bag
- mixed blessing
- mixed message
- mixed picture
- moment in the sun
- moment of truth
- Monday-morning quarterback
- money for jam
- money for old rope
- money maker
- money pit
- money's worth
- monkey around
- monkey business
- monkey on one's back
- monkey wrench
- monkeys might fly out of my butt
- Monopoly money
- month of Sundays
- moon on a stick
- mop the floor with someone
- mop up
- moral compass
- moral high ground
- moral low ground
- moral support
- more Catholic than the Pope
- more cry than wool
- more equal
- more like it
- more than you can shake a stick at
- morning person
- morning, noon and night
- mother hen
- mother lode
- motor mouth
- mouse potato
- mouth breather
- mouth of a sailor
- mouth off
- mouthful of marbles
- move heaven and earth
- move house
- move it
- move on
- move one's body
- move out
- move the goalposts
- move the yardsticks
- move through the gears
- mover and shaker
- much ado about nothing
- much less
- much of a muchness
- muckamuck
- muckety muck
- mud monkey
- muddy the waters
- mug's game
- mum's the word
- murder will out
- mush up
- music to someone's ears
- mutton dressed as lamb
- mutual admiration society
- my bad
- my eye
- my foot
- my goodness
- my lips are sealed
- my my
- my way or the highway
- my word
- na-na na-na boo-boo
- na-na na-na na-na
- naff off
- nail biter
- nail down
- naked ape
- name and shame
- name names
- name of the game
- Nantucket sleigh ride
- narrow down
- nary a
- native soil
- near post
- near the knuckle
- necessary evil
- neck and neck
- neck of the woods
- necker's knob
- necktie party
- need it yesterday
- needle in a haystack
- needless to say
- neither fish nor fowl
- neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring
- neither here nor there
- nerve-shredding
- nervous hit
- nest egg
- never in a million years
- never in a month of Sundays
- never you mind
- new school
- new standard
- next thing one knows
- next to
- next to nothing
- nice as ninepence
- nice guy
- nickel and dime
- nickel nurser
- nigger nose
- nigger rich
- night and day
- night out
- night owl
- night person
- Nikon choir
- nine day wonder
- nine lives
- nip and tuck
- nip in the bud
- no biggie
- no buts
- no chance
- no comment
- no cover
- no dice
- no flies on
- no frills
- no great shakes
- no hard feelings
- no holds barred
- no ifs and buts
- no joy
- no love lost
- no matter how one slices it
- no mean feat
- no pressure
- no prize for guessing
- no score
- no screaming hell
- no skin off one's back
- no skin off one's nose
- no slouch
- no spring chicken
- no strings attached
- no sweat
- no two ways about it
- no way
- no-count
- no-show
- nod off
- nodding acquaintance
- non-denial denial
- non-starter
- none of someone's business
- nook and cranny
- nook or cranny
- nose candy
- nose out of joint
- nose test
- nose to the grindstone
- nose-pick
- nose-picker
- nose-picking
- nosebleed seat
- not a chance
- not a minute too soon
- not a pretty sight
- not all it's cracked up to be
- not as black as one is painted
- not at all
- not bad
- not be able to get a word in edgeways
- not be caught dead
- not by any means
- not cricket
- not enough room to swing a cat
- not for the world
- not give a monkey's
- not give someone the time of day
- not half bad
- not have a leg to stand on
- not have the faintest
- not in a million years
- not in Kansas anymore
- not in the least
- not in the slightest
- not invented here
- not know which end is up
- not leave one's thoughts
- not long for this world
- not much of anything
- not on your life
- not on your nelly
- not on your tintype
- not playing with a full deck
- not quite
- not so fast
- not the end of the world
- not to be able to say boo to a goose
- not to mention
- not to put too fine a point on it
- not touch something with a barge pole
- not touch something with a ten foot pole
- not very
- not win for losing
- not worth a brass farthing
- not worth a dime
- not worth a plug nickel
- not worth writing home about
- not your father's
- notch on one's bedpost
- nothing doing
- nothing flat
- nothing special
- nothing to it
- nothing to sneeze at
- nothing to write home about
- now and again
- now and then
- now or never
- now you mention it
- now you're cooking
- now you're talking
- nowhere to be found
- nudge nudge wink wink
- nugget of truth
- null and void
- number games
- number one
- number one with a bullet
- Nuremberg defense
- nut out
- nut-cutting time
- nuts and bolts
- oat opera
- object lesson
- occupy oneself
- odd and curious
- odd duck
- odd one out
- odds and ends
- odds and sods
- of a
- of a kind
- of a piece
- of all people
- of all things
- of an
- of choice
- of course
- of late
- of one mind
- of sorts
- of the same stripe
- of two minds
- off and on
- off balance
- off board
- off chance
- off like a prom dress
- off one's dot
- off one's feed
- off one's game
- off one's nut
- off one's own bat
- off one's rocker
- off one's tits
- off one's trolley
- off pat
- off the back foot
- off the bat
- off the beaten path
- off the beaten track
- off the chain
- off the deep end
- off the grid
- off the hook
- off the mark
- off the radar
- off the rails
- off the reservation
- off the top of one's head
- off the wagon
- off to the races
- off-color
- off-kilter
- off-roader
- off-the-cuff
- off-the-shelf
- off-the-wall
- offer affordances
- offer one's condolences
- offer up
- oh dark hundred
- oh my
- oh my goodness gracious
- oh my gosh
- oh well
- oil burner
- oil trash
- old boy network
- old chestnut
- old college try
- old fart
- old flame
- old fogey
- old hand
- old hat
- old money
- old salt
- old saw
- old school
- old stick
- old time used to be
- old woman
- oll korrect
- omega
- on a full stomach
- on a kick
- on a losing wicket
- on a regular basis
- on a roll
- on a shoestring
- on a whim
- on about
- on account of
- on acid
- on all fours
- on an irregular basis
- on and off
- on and on
- on average
- on board
- on cloud nine
- on course
- on demand
- on edge
- on end
- on fire
- on good terms with
- on hand
- on high
- on hold
- on ice
- on in years
- on its merits
- on no account
- on one's bill
- on one's deathbed
- on one's feet
- on one's hands
- on one's high horse
- on one's knees
- on one's last legs
- on one's own
- on one's own account
- on one's tod
- on one's toes
- on one's watch
- on opposite sides of the barricades
- on pins and needles
- on purpose
- on second thought
- on sight
- on someone's account
- on steroids
- on sufferance
- on tenterhooks
- on the anvil
- on the back burner
- on the back foot
- on the back of
- on the ball
- on the blink
- on the bounce
- on the brain
- on the brink
- on the bubble
- on the button
- on the cards
- on the cheap
- on the clock
- on the cuff
- on the cutting room floor
- on the defensive
- on the dot
- on the double
- on the down-low
- on the edge of one's seat
- on the face of
- on the face of it
- on the fence
- on the fly
- on the front foot
- on the game
- on the go
- on the hook
- on the hop
- on the horn
- on the house
- on the hush-hush
- on the ladder
- on the level
- on the line
- on the loose
- on the make
- on the mend
- on the nose
- on the one hand
- on the other hand
- on the outs
- on the pill
- on the plus side
- on the point of
- on the prowl
- on the Q.T.
- on the radar
- on the rag
- on the rampage
- on the receiving end
- on the right track
- on the rise
- on the ropes
- on the run
- on the same page
- on the same wavelength
- on the shelf
- on the side of the angels
- on the skids
- on the sly
- on the spot
- on the spur of the moment
- on the square
- on the street
- on the take
- on the tip of one's tongue
- on the toss of a coin
- on the town
- on the trot
- on the up
- on the up-and-up
- on the uptake
- on the wagon
- on the wane
- on the warpath
- on the way
- on the whole
- on thin ice
- on top
- on top of
- on top of the world
- on track
- on wheels
- on-the-spot
- once again
- once and for all
- once in a blue moon
- once in a while
- once or twice
- one after another
- one after the other
- one and all
- one and only
- one and the same
- one another
- one brick short of a full load
- one by one
- one card shy of a full deck
- one fell swoop
- one flesh
- one in the eye for
- one of His Majesty's bad bargains
- one of these days
- one of those days
- one of those things
- one side
- one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
- one step ahead
- one step forward, two steps back
- one too many
- one up
- one-banana problem
- one-hit wonder
- one-horse town
- one-man band
- one-night stand
- one-note
- one-off
- one-star
- one-track mind
- one-trick pony
- one-up
- one-upmanship
- one's bark is worse than one's bite
- one's blood is up
- one's blood runs cold
- one's days are numbered
- one's heart in one's mouth
- one's heart is in the right place
- one's jig is up
- one's socks off
- one's word is law
- onesie-twosie
- only game in town
- only time will tell
- open a can of whoop ass
- open book
- open doors
- open fire
- open one's big mouth
- open one's legs
- open season
- open someone's eyes
- open the kimono
- opening of an envelope
- opposite number
- or else
- or something
- or what
- or words to that effect
- Oreo cookie
- other fish in the sea
- other half
- other head
- other side
- other than
- out and about
- out loud
- out of bounds
- out of character
- out of date
- out of fix
- out of gas
- out of house and home
- out of it
- out of kilter
- out of line
- out of luck
- out of nowhere
- out of one's depth
- out of one's element
- out of one's face
- out of one's league
- out of one's mind
- out of order
- out of place
- out of pocket
- out of proportion
- out of shape
- out of sight
- out of sorts
- out of stock
- out of the blue
- out of the box
- out of the chute
- out of the frying pan, into the fire
- out of the loop
- out of the ordinary
- out of the picture
- out of the question
- out of the running
- out of the way
- out of the woods
- out of thin air
- out of this world
- out of touch
- out of wedlock
- out of whack
- out of work
- out on one's ear
- out on one's feet
- out on the tiles
- out the wazoo
- out the window
- out there
- out to lunch
- out-and-out
- outpope the Pope
- outside chance
- outside the box
- outside world
- over a barrel
- over and out
- over and over
- over my dead body
- over one's head
- over the hill
- over the hills and far away
- over the moon
- over the top
- over the transom
- overkill
- own up
- ox is in the ditch
- pachyderm
- pack a punch
- pack fudge
- pack heat
- pack in
- pack on the pounds
- packed to the gills
- packed to the rafters
- pad out
- paid up
- pain in the ass
- pain in the butt
- pain in the neck
- paint oneself into a corner
- paint the town red
- paint the wagon
- paint with a broad brush
- painting rocks
- palace politics
- pale in comparison
- pale rider
- palm off
- pan out
- paper tiger
- paper trail
- par for the course
- parcel out
- pardon me
- pardon my French
- pare down
- park that thought
- park the bus
- part and parcel
- part company
- parting shot
- party and play
- party animal
- party pooper
- party to
- pass muster
- pass on
- pass the buck
- pass the hat
- pass up
- pat on the back
- patch up
- patience of Job
- pave the way
- pay attention
- pay one's debt to society
- pay one's dues
- pay packet
- pay the bills
- pay the fiddler
- pay the freight
- pay the piper
- pay through the nose
- p'd off
- pea patch
- peace and quiet
- peaches and cream
- peaches-and-cream
- peachy keen
- peanut gallery
- pearl of wisdom
- pearly whites
- pee off
- pee one's pants
- peed off
- peel out
- peep pixels
- peg down
- peg it
- pelt of the dog
- penalty box
- pencil in
- pencil pusher
- pencil whip
- pencil-neck
- pencil-necked
- penguin suit
- penny for your thoughts
- penny in the fusebox
- penny pincher
- penny wise and pound foolish
- people person
- perp walk
- person of size
- personal capital
- peter out
- phase out
- phone it in
- phone tag
- physical break
- pick apart
- pick corners
- pick holes
- pick of the litter
- pick on
- pick one's nose
- pick out
- pick someone's brain
- pick up on
- pick up stitches
- pick up the pieces
- pick up the tab
- pickin' and grinnin'
- piece de resistance
- pièce de résistance
- piece of ass
- piece of cake
- piece of crap
- piece of one
- piece of shit
- piece of tail
- piece of the action
- piece of work
- piffy on a rock bun
- pig in a poke
- pig out
- pigs can fly
- pigs might fly
- pile on
- pile on the pounds
- pile up
- pile-up
- pill in the pocket
- pill mill
- pillow talk
- pin down
- pin money
- pinch and a punch for the first of the month
- pinch one off
- pinch-hit
- pink slip
- pip to the post
- pipe
- pipe down
- pipe dream
- piping hot
- piss about
- piss and moan
- piss and vinegar
- piss around
- piss away
- piss in someone's cornflakes
- piss like a racehorse
- piss money up the wall
- piss off
- piss on someone's bonfire
- piss one's pants
- piss up
- piss up a rope
- pissass
- pissed off
- pissing contest
- pit
- pit against
- pitch a fit
- pitch a tent
- pitch in
- pitched battle
- pixel peeper
- pizza face
- pizza table
- plantation nigger
- play along
- play around
- play back
- play ball
- play both sides against the middle
- play by ear
- play down
- play dumb
- play fast and loose
- play for love
- play for time
- play games
- play gooseberry
- play hardball
- play hide the sausage
- play hookey
- play hooky
- play it cool
- play it safe
- play Old Harry
- play on words
- play one against another
- play one's cards right
- play possum
- play second fiddle
- play silly buggers
- play someone like a fiddle
- play the field
- play the fool
- play the hand one is dealt
- play the ponies
- play the race card
- play the same tape
- play to the crowd
- play to the gallery
- play to win
- play up
- play well with others
- play with fire
- plead the fifth
- plow on
- plug away
- plug in
- plumber's helper
- poacher turned gamekeeper
- pocket-sized
- PO'd
- poetry in motion
- point blank
- point of no return
- point out
- point the finger
- point the finger at
- poison pen
- poison-pen letter
- poisoned chalice
- poles apart
- polish off
- Polish parliament
- polite fiction
- political football
- pony in the barn
- pony up
- poop factory
- poop machine
- poop one's pants
- poor power
- pop a cap in someone's ass
- pop one's clogs
- pop someone's cherry
- pop the cherry
- pop the question
- pop up
- popcorn movie
- pope's nose
- porch monkey
- poster boy
- poster child
- poster girl
- pot calling the kettle black
- potato chaser
- Potemkin village
- potter
- potter's clay
- potter's field
- potty mouth
- pound a beat
- pound of flesh
- pound sand
- pound the pavement
- pour cold water on
- pour gasoline on the fire
- pour oil on troubled waters
- pour one's heart out
- power behind the throne
- power chord
- powers that be
- praise to the skies
- prawn cocktail offensive
- pray tell
- preach to deaf ears
- preach to the choir
- present company excepted
- press into service
- press on
- press the flesh
- press the panic button
- pressed for time
- pretty pass
- pretty penny
- pretty pictures
- pretty up
- prevail upon
- price is right
- price of tea in China
- price on one's head
- price out of the market
- prick up one's ears
- prime of life
- private branch exchange
- private eye
- problem child
- progressive love
- Promised Land
- prop up the bar
- prophet of doom
- propose a toast
- protest too much
- psychological warfare
- pub-crawl
- public intellectual
- publicity hound
- puddle jumper
- pull a
- pull a face
- pull a fast one
- pull ahead
- pull an all-nighter
- pull apart
- pull away
- pull faces
- pull in
- pull in one's horns
- pull off
- pull one's finger out
- pull one's punches
- pull one's socks up
- pull one's weight
- pull oneself together
- pull oneself up by one's bootstraps
- pull out
- pull out all the stops
- pull out of one's ass
- pull out of the fire
- pull out of the hat
- pull over
- pull punches
- pull rank
- pull someone down a peg
- pull someone's bacon out of the fire
- pull someone's leg
- pull strings
- pull teeth
- pull the other leg
- pull the other one, it's got bells on
- pull the plug
- pull the rug out from under someone
- pull the trigger
- pull the wool over someone's eyes
- pull up
- pull up stakes
- pull up stumps
- pump iron
- pump out
- pumpkin head
- punch above one's weight
- punch below one's weight
- pure and simple
- purely and simply
- purple prose
- purple state
- push in
- push it
- push one's luck
- push someone's buttons
- push the boat out
- push the envelope
- pushing up daisies
- pussy out
- put a damper on
- put a foot wrong
- put a lid on it
- put a sock in it
- put a stop to
- put all one's eggs in one basket
- put an end to
- put back
- put down
- put down for
- put down roots
- put down to
- put food on the table
- put forward
- put hair on someone's chest
- put in motion
- put in with
- put into practice
- put it there
- put lipstick on a pig
- put on a pedestal
- put on airs
- put on the map
- put on the red light
- put one foot in front of the other
- put one over
- put one past someone
- put one through one's paces
- put one's ass on the line
- put one's back into
- put one's best foot forward
- put one's cards on the table
- put one's feet up
- put one's finger on
- put one's foot down
- put one's foot in it
- put one's foot in one's mouth
- put one's hands together
- put one's house in order
- put one's mind to it
- put one's money where one's mouth is
- put one's name in the hat
- put one's pants on one leg at a time
- put one's shoulder to the wheel
- put one's trousers on one leg at a time
- put oneself across
- put oneself in someone's shoes
- put out a fire
- put out feelers
- put out of one's misery
- put out to pasture
- put paid to
- put someone down as
- put someone in his place
- put someone in mind of
- put someone's back up
- put something behind one
- put something into perspective
- put that in your pipe and smoke it
- put the boot in
- put the cart before the horse
- put the cat among the pigeons
- put the clock back
- put the clock forward
- put the feedbag on
- put the hammer down
- put the kibosh on
- put the moves on
- put the pedal to the metal
- put the plug in the jug
- put the wind up
- put through
- put through its paces
- put through the mangle
- put through the wringer
- put to bed
- put to bed with a shovel
- put to the sword
- put to the test
- put to use
- put together
- put two and two together
- put up
- put up one's dukes
- put up or shut up
- put up with
- putty in someone's hands
- Q quotient
- quake in one's boots
- Quaker gun
- quarter of
- quarter past
- queen bee
- queen of beasts
- queer bashing
- queer someone's pitch
- Queer Street
- question mark
- quiche-eater
- quick buck
- quick off the mark
- quick on the draw
- quick on the uptake
- quick-and-dirty
- quick-fire
- quite a bit
- quote unquote
- qwerty syndrome
- rabble rouser
- race against time
- race out of the traps
- race queen
- rack and ruin
- rack one's brain
- rack up
- rag bagger
- rag-chewing
- rags to riches
- rain cats and dogs
- rain check
- rain cheque
- rain dogs and cats
- rain down
- rain off
- rain on one's parade
- rain on someone's parade
- rain or shine
- rain pitchforks
- rainy day
- raise a hand
- raise a stink
- raise Cain
- raise eyebrows
- raise hell
- raise one's hand
- raise someone's hackles
- raise the bar
- raise the flag and see who salutes
- raise the roof
- raise the spectre
- raise the stakes
- rake it in
- rake over
- rake over old coals
- rake over the coals
- rake together
- rake up
- rally around
- rally round
- rank and file
- rat race
- rat run
- rattle off
- rattle someone's cage
- rattle through
- ray of light
- razor-sharp
- reach for the stars
- reach-around
- read between the lines
- read like a book
- read lips
- read out
- read someone the riot act
- read someone's lips
- read someone's mind
- ready up
- real deal
- real Macoy
- real McCoy
- real McKoy
- reality check
- reap what one sows
- rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic
- rebound relationship
- recent memory
- Red Baron
- red face test
- red flag
- red ink
- red letter day
- red light
- red meat
- red mist
- red rider
- red state
- red tape
- redeem oneself
- rediscover fire
- redolent
- reduce to rubble
- reel in
- reel off
- refrigerator mother
- rein in
- reinvent the wheel
- remain to be seen
- rent out
- rest assured
- rest his soul
- rest on one's laurels
- return to form
- return to our muttons
- rev up
- rex-pat
- rhyme off
- rhyme or reason
- rib-tickler
- rice chaser
- rice queen
- rickle o' banes
- rid out
- rid up
- ridden hard and put away wet
- ride down
- ride herd on
- ride one's luck
- ride out
- ride roughshod over
- ride shotgun
- ride someone's ass
- ride tall in the saddle
- ride the coattails
- ride the pine
- ride the rails
- ride the short bus
- ride the wave
- ride with the punches
- rig out
- right away
- right on
- rim job
- ring a bell
- ring false
- ring hollow
- ring off the hook
- ring one's bell
- ring someone's bell
- ring true
- ring up
- ringside seat
- rip into
- rip off
- rip on
- rip to shreds
- rip up
- rip-snorting mad
- ripen up
- rise and shine
- rise from the ashes
- riverboat queen
- rivet counter
- roach coach
- road apple
- road movie
- road to Damascus
- rob Peter to pay Paul
- rob the cradle
- robber baron
- rock bottom
- rock hound
- rock on
- rock out with one's cock out
- rock the boat
- rock the house
- rocket science
- rocket scientist
- rocket up
- rocking horse shit
- rocking-horse shit
- rod for one's back
- rogues' gallery
- roll around
- roll back the years
- roll in the aisles
- roll in wealth
- roll off the tongue
- roll one's eyes
- roll out the red carpet
- roll the dice
- roll up one's sleeves
- rolling in dough
- rolling in it
- rolling stone
- rolling the pill
- romp home
- room-temperature IQ
- root around
- root cause
- rose garden
- rose-colored glasses
- rose-coloured
- rough and ready
- rough and tumble
- rough around the edges
- rough out
- rough sledding
- rough trot
- roughen up
- round of applause
- round the bend
- round the clock
- round up
- row back
- royal bumps
- RSN
- rub down
- rub elbows
- rub in
- rub it in
- rub off
- rub off on
- rub salt in someone's wounds
- rub salt in the wound
- rub shoulders
- rub someone the wrong way
- rub up the wrong way
- rubber johnny
- rubber-chicken dinner
- ruby slippers
- rue the day
- ruffle some feathers
- ruffle someone's feathers
- rule in
- rule OK
- rule out
- rule over
- rule the roost
- rule the school
- rum go
- rumor campaign
- rumor mill
- rumple up
- run a mile
- run a red light
- run about
- run across
- run afoul of
- run amok
- run around
- run around after
- run around like a chicken with its head cut off
- run around with
- run circles around
- run counter
- run down the clock
- run for one's money
- run for the hills
- run for the roses
- run hot and cold
- run in
- run in the family
- run into the ground
- run of play
- run off
- run off with
- run on
- run on fumes
- run one's course
- run oneself ragged
- run out
- run out of steam
- run out of town
- run out the clock
- run over
- run past
- run rampant
- run rings around
- run riot
- run scared
- run somebody ragged
- run something up the flagpole
- run the clock down
- run the gamut
- run the gauntlet
- run the show
- run through
- run to
- run up
- run wild
- run with
- run with scissors
- run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
- run-of-the-mill
- running on empty
- rush hour
- Russian roulette
- rustle up
- sabre-rattling
- sack out
- sacked out
- sacred cow
- saddle
- safe and sound
- sag off
- said and done
- sail close to the wind
- salad year
- salt in the wound
- salt of the earth
- same difference
- same old same old
- same old story
- same to you
- save by the bell
- save face
- save one's breath
- save oneself
- save someone's bacon
- save someone's skin
- save the day
- saw wood
- sawdust trail
- say again
- say cheese
- say goodbye
- say grace
- say uncle
- say what
- scandal sheet
- scare out of one's wits
- scare somebody to death
- scare story
- scare straight
- scare the bejeebers out of
- scare the pants off of
- scared shitless
- scared to death
- school of hard knocks
- schoolboy error
- scope out
- score off
- scrape the bottom of the barrel
- scrape through
- scrape together
- scratch one's head
- scratch that
- scratch the surface
- scratch together
- scream bloody murder
- scream blue murder
- scream loudest
- scream one's head off
- screw it
- screw off
- screw the pooch
- screw you
- screw-off
- screw-up
- screwed up
- screwed, blued and tattooed
- scrimp and save
- scrounge up
- scrub up
- scum of the earth
- sea change
- sea legs
- seagull approach
- seagull manager
- seal the deal
- seat-of-the-pants
- second banana
- second childhood
- second fiddle
- second gear
- second nature
- second string
- second-guess
- see a man
- see a man about a dog
- see a man about a horse
- see eye to eye
- see red
- see someone through
- see someone's point
- see something through
- see stars
- see the elephant
- see the forest for the trees
- see the light
- see the point
- see things
- see through
- see which way the cat jumps
- see yellow
- see you later
- see you next Tuesday
- seize the day
- sell down the river
- sell ice to Eskimos
- sell like hot cakes
- sell one's body
- sell one's soul
- sell out
- sell someone a bill of goods
- sell wolf tickets
- sell-by date
- seller's market
- selling point
- send away
- send away for
- send shivers down someone's spine
- send someone packing
- send to Coventry
- send up
- send word
- sense of craft
- separate the wheat from the chaff
- serve someone right
- serve time
- serve up
- set a spell
- set aside
- set back
- set down
- set foot
- set for life
- set in motion
- set in one's ways
- set in stone
- set of pipes
- set of wheels
- set off
- set one's cap at
- set one's heart on
- set one's shoulder to the wheel
- set pulses racing
- set straight
- set the bar
- set the stage
- set the Thames on fire
- set the wheels in motion
- set the world on fire
- set to work
- set up shop
- settle for
- settle in
- settle on
- settle someone's hash
- settle upon
- sex machine
- sex on a stick
- sex on legs
- sex talk
- sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll
- sex, lies and videotape
- sexual congress
- sexual minority
- sexual relation
- sexual tension
- shack up
- shacked up
- shake a leg
- shake on it
- shake the pagoda tree
- sham Abraham
- sham Abram
- shame, shame
- shank-nag
- shanks' nag
- shanks' pony
- shanks' mare
- shape up
- shape up or ship out
- share and share alike
- sharp cookie
- sharp tongue
- shed a tear
- shed light upon
- she'll be right
- shell out
- shift gears
- shimmy on down
- ships that pass in the night
- shirtless
- shit a brick
- shit factory
- shit one's pants
- shit oneself
- shit or get off the pot
- shit out of luck
- shit stain
- shit-eating grin
- shitstorm
- shitting planks
- shoo-in
- shoot down
- shoot 'em up
- shoot first and ask questions later
- shoot off at the mouth
- shoot one's bolt
- shoot one's load
- shoot one's mouth off
- shoot one's wad
- shoot oneself in the foot
- shoot the boots
- shoot the breeze
- shoot the bull
- shoot the messenger
- shoot the shit
- shooting iron
- shore up
- short and sweet
- short fuse
- short hairs
- short leash
- short of a length
- short on looks
- short strokes
- short temper
- shot across the bow
- shot in the arm
- shot in the dark
- shotgun approach
- shotgun shack
- shotgun wedding
- shoulder to cry on
- shout from the rooftops
- shove it up your ass
- shove off
- show a clean pair of heels
- show a leg
- show ankle
- show off
- show one's butt
- show one's cards
- show one's face
- show one's true colors
- show one's true stripes
- show someone the door
- show the flag
- show up
- shrinking violet
- shrug off
- shuffle off this mortal coil
- shut down
- shut in
- shut one's face
- shut one's mouth
- shut the door on
- shy bladder
- sick and tired
- sick as a parrot
- sick list
- sick man
- sick note
- sick puppy
- side effect
- side issue
- sigh of relief
- sight for sore eyes
- sight unseen
- sign in
- sign of the times
- sign off
- sign on
- sign on the dotted line
- silly money
- silly season
- silver bullet
- silver screen
- silver spoon
- silver surfer
- silver-tongue
- silver-tongued
- simmer down
- sin tax
- sing along
- sing from the same hymnbook
- sing soprano
- sing the praises of
- singing soprano
- sink in
- sink one's teeth into
- sink or swim
- sinking ship
- siren song
- sit back
- sit in
- sit in for
- sit on
- sit on it
- sit on one's hands
- sit on the fence
- sit out
- sit still
- sit through
- sit tight
- sitting duck
- sitting pretty
- six and two threes
- six feet under
- six of one, half a dozen of the other
- six of the best
- six ways to Sunday
- size queen
- size up
- skate on thin ice
- skate over
- skeleton crew
- skimp and save
- skin and bones
- skin in the game
- skip a beat
- skip out
- skip rope
- skip town
- skirt chaser
- slack-jawed
- slag off
- slam dunk
- slanging match
- slap in the face
- slap on the wrist
- slave to fashion
- sleep around
- sleep in
- sleep on
- sleep on it
- sleep together
- sleep under the same bridge
- sleep with
- sleep with the fishes
- sleeping at the switch
- sleeping giant
- sleeping policeman
- sleepy head
- sleeves from one's vest
- sling off
- sling one's hook
- slip by
- slip into
- slip into something more comfortable
- slip of the pen
- slip of the tongue
- slip someone's mind
- slip through the cracks
- slip under the radar
- slip up
- slip-up
- slippery as an eel
- slippery slope
- slop bowl
- slop out
- sloshed to the gills
- slow burn
- slow down
- slow march
- slow up
- slow-walk
- slower than molasses
- slowly but surely
- slug away
- smack of
- small arms
- small change
- small fry
- small potatoes
- small print
- small talk
- small wonder
- smallpox blanket
- smart arse
- smart off
- smash hit
- smash up
- smear campaign
- smell a rat
- smell blood
- smell like a rose
- smell of an oily rag
- smell of the lamp
- smell test
- smell the barn
- smell up
- smoke and mirrors
- smoke like a chimney
- smoke out
- smoke pole
- smoke signal
- smoking gun
- smooth down
- smooth operator
- smooth sailing
- snail's pace
- snake eyes
- snake in the grass
- snake oil
- snakes and ladders
- snap it up
- snap judgment
- snap someone's head off
- snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
- snatch the pebble
- snatch victory from the jaws of defeat
- snazz up
- sneck posset
- snedging
- sniff out
- sniff test
- snipe hunt
- snot-nosed
- snow job
- snow on the mountaintop
- snow on the rooftop
- snow out
- snowball's chance in hell
- snuggle bunny
- so be it
- so far
- so long as
- so much as
- so much for
- so quiet one can hear a pin drop
- so there
- so-and-so
- so-called
- soaked to the bone
- soaked to the skin
- soaking wet
- soapbox
- sob story
- social death
- social ladder
- socialized medicine
- sock-knocking
- sod all
- sod off
- soda jerk
- soft Mick
- soft sawder
- soft shoe
- soft spot
- soft touch
- soften up
- softly softly
- soldier on
- some old
- some people
- something awful
- something like
- somewhere along the line
- son of the morning
- song and dance
- sore point
- sort of
- sort oneself out
- soul kiss
- sound asleep
- soup sandwich
- soup-to-nuts
- sour grapes
- sour note
- sow one's wild oats
- space out
- spaghetti western
- spank the monkey
- spare someone's blushes
- spare tire
- spare tyre
- spark spread
- speak for
- speak for oneself
- speak of the devil
- speak of the devil and he appears
- speak of the devil and he shall appear
- speak one's mind
- speak out
- speak to
- speak up
- speak volumes
- speak with a forked tongue
- special delivery
- special needs
- spectator sport
- speculative bubble
- speed freak
- speed queen
- speed up
- Speedy Gonzales
- spend a penny
- spic and span
- spice up
- spick and span
- spick-and-span
- spiff up
- spill one's guts
- spill one's seed
- spill the beans
- spin a yarn
- spin one's wheels
- spin out
- spine-tingling
- spit it out
- spit nails
- spit the dummy
- spit-and-polish
- spitstick
- spitting distance
- splash down
- splice the mainbrace
- split hairs
- split one's sides
- split up
- Spock ears
- spot check
- spot on
- sprain one's ankle
- spread out
- spring fever
- spring for
- spring in one's step
- spring to life
- spring to mind
- spruce up
- spur of the moment
- square away
- square meal
- square one
- square peg in a round hole
- square peg into a round hole
- square shooter
- squint like a bag of nails
- squirrel away
- stab in the back
- stack up
- stack z's
- stage of the game
- stage-door Johnny
- staircase wit
- stake a claim
- stamp out
- stand a chance
- stand behind
- stand by
- stand corrected
- stand down
- stand for
- stand from under
- stand in for
- stand in someone's shoes
- stand on ceremony
- stand on its own
- stand on one's own two feet
- stand one's ground
- stand out
- stand pat
- stand someone in good stead
- stand stock still
- stand tall
- stand the test of time
- stand to reason
- stand up
- stand up with
- standard fare
- Appendix:Star Wars derivations
- stare someone in the face
- stars in one's eyes
- start off on the wrong foot
- start over
- state of affairs
- stave off
- stay behind
- stay hungry
- stay on
- stay put
- stay the course
- stay the distance
- stay tuned
- steady the ship
- steady-as-she-goes
- steal a march
- steal someone's thunder
- steal the show
- steely-eyed
- steer clear
- stem the rose
- stem the tide
- step aside
- step back
- step down
- step forward
- step on a rake
- step on it
- step on someone's toes
- step out
- step over
- step up
- step up to the plate
- stepping razor
- stepping stone
- stew in one's juices
- stick a fork in something
- stick around
- stick by
- stick in someone's craw
- stick in the mud
- stick it out
- stick it to the man
- stick one's neck out
- stick one's nose in
- stick one's oar in
- stick out
- stick to
- stick to one's guns
- stick to one's knitting
- stick together
- stick up
- stick with
- stick-in-the-mud
- sticker shock
- sticking point
- sticking-place
- sticky fingers
- stiff upper lip
- stink eye
- stir-crazy
- stock phrase
- stone cold
- stone dead
- stone deaf
- stone's throw
- stonewall
- stop and smell the roses
- stop at nothing
- stop dead
- stop on a dime
- stop press
- stop someone in his tracks
- stop the lights
- stop the presses
- store away
- store up
- storm in a tea-kettle
- storm out of the blocks
- stovepipe hat
- straight and narrow
- straight arrow
- straight away
- straight face
- straight from the horse's mouth
- straight from the shoulder
- straight man
- straight out of the chute
- straight shooter
- straighten out
- strange bedfellows
- strange bird
- strap on a pair
- straw poll
- straw that stirs the drink
- streak of good luck
- street appeal
- stretch one's legs
- stretch the truth
- strike it rich
- strike through
- strike up
- strike while the iron is hot
- string along
- string up
- strings attached
- strip off
- stroke of work
- strut one's stuff
- stub out
- stuck on
- stuck up
- stud muffin
- stuff and nonsense
- stuff it
- stuff one's face
- stuff the ballot box
- stuff up
- stuffed like a turkey
- stuffed shirt
- stuffed to the gills
- stumbling block
- stumbling-block
- stump up
- such as
- such-and-such
- suck a big one
- suck a lemon
- suck ass
- suck balls
- suck cock
- suck donkey balls
- suck donkey cock
- suck face
- suck hind tit
- suck in
- suck it
- suck it up
- suck my balls
- suck my cock
- suck someone's cock
- suck the kumara
- suck tits
- suck up
- sucker punch
- suffer fools gladly
- sugar coated
- sugarcoated
- sum of its parts
- sum up
- summer and winter
- Sunday best
- Sunday driver
- supposed to
- sure as eggs
- sure enough
- sure of oneself
- surprise surprise
- suspend one's disbelief
- Sussex Drive
- swaddling clothes
- swallow one's pride
- swan song
- swap spit
- swear by
- swear off
- swear on a stack of Bibles
- sweat bullets
- sweat equity
- sweat of one's brow
- sweep aside
- sweep away
- sweep out
- sweep someone off their feet
- sweep something under the rug
- sweet dreams
- sweet fuck all
- sweet hereafter
- sweet Jesus
- sweet Mary
- sweet Mary mother of God
- sweet nothings
- sweet on
- sweet tooth
- sweeten the pot
- sweeten up
- sweetheart deal
- sweetness and light
- swell up
- swim upstream
- swim with sharks
- swing both ways
- swing for the fences
- swing of things
- swing state
- swings and roundabouts
- switch off
- switch on
- switch-hitter
- sword and sandal
- sword and sorcery
- syphon the python
- table scrap
- table talk
- tag along
- tag team
- tail between one's legs
- tail wagging the dog
- take a back seat
- take a bath
- take a bead on
- take a bite
- take a bow
- take a breath
- take a breather
- take a bullet
- take a chance
- take a crack at
- take a crap
- take a dim view of
- take a dirt nap
- take a dive
- take a flyer
- take a gamble
- take a gander
- take a hike
- take a joke
- take a leaf out of someone's book
- take a leak
- take a licking
- take a long walk on a short pier
- take a look
- take a number
- take a pew
- take a picture
- take a powder
- take a ride to Tyburn
- take a risk
- take a run at
- take a seat
- take a shit
- take a shot in the dark
- take a spill
- take a spin
- take a stab at
- take a stand
- take a tumble
- take a turn for the better
- take a turn for the worse
- take aback
- take after
- take aim
- take by storm
- take cover
- take down a peg
- take effect
- take exception
- take exception to
- take five
- take flight
- take for a ride
- take for a spin
- take for granted
- take guard
- take heart
- take heed
- take ill
- take in
- take into account
- take it away
- take it easy
- take it from me
- take it or leave it
- take it out on
- take it outside
- take it to the bank
- take it up the ass
- take its toll
- take kindly
- take leave of one's senses
- take liberties
- take lightly
- take lying down
- take matters into one's own hands
- take no for an answer
- take no notice of
- take on
- take on faith
- take on the chin
- take one for the team
- take one's ball and go home
- take one's chance
- take one's eye off the ball
- take one's hat off to
- take one's lumps
- take one's pick
- take one's time
- take one's tongue out of someone's ass
- take out
- take out of context
- take out the trash
- take over
- take part
- take pride
- take sick
- take sides
- take silk
- take sitting down
- take somebody's word for it
- take someone's head off
- take something as read
- take something in one's stride
- take something in stride
- take the biscuit
- take the Browns to the Super Bowl
- take the bull by the horns
- take the cake
- take the cure
- take the fall
- take the field
- take the fifth
- take the game to
- take the heat
- take the hint
- take the law into one's own hands
- take the lead
- take the liberty
- take the offensive
- take the pee
- take the piss
- take the plunge
- take the point
- take the red pill
- take the reins
- take the shadow for the substance
- take the stand
- take the wheel
- take the wind out of someone's sails
- take things as they come
- take to
- take to heart
- take to one's heels
- take to task
- take to the cleaners
- take to the hills
- take up a collection
- take up the cudgel for
- take up the gauntlet
- talent management
- talk a blue streak
- talk a mile a minute
- talk about
- talk back
- talk dirty
- talk down
- talk is cheap
- talk like an apothecary
- talk of the devil
- talk of the town
- talk out of turn
- talk out one's ass
- talk over someone's head
- talk someone under the table
- talk someone's ear off
- talk the talk
- talk through one's hat
- talk to the hand
- talk turkey
- talk up
- talking head
- tall in the saddle
- tall order
- tall tale
- tan someone's hide
- TANSTAAFL
- taper off
- tar with the same brush
- task force
- taste of one's own medicine
- teach someone a lesson
- teacher's pet
- team up
- team up with
- tear a strip off someone
- tear apart
- tear away
- tear one's hair out
- tear up
- tear up the pea patch
- tee off
- teed off
- teensy weensy
- teeny weeny
- teething troubles
- telephone tag
- tell against
- tell all
- tell apart
- tell fortunes
- tell it like it is
- tell it to Sweeney
- tell it to the judge
- tell it to the marines
- tell off
- tell tales
- tell tales out of school
- tell the truth
- tell you the truth
- tempest in a teapot
- tempt fate
- ten a penny
- ten foot pole
- tentpole movie
- TEOTWAWKI
- territorial pissing
- test bed
- test of time
- test the waters
- than a bygod
- thank one's lucky stars
- thanks a bunch
- thanks for nothing
- that does it
- that figures
- that'll be the day
- that's all she wrote
- that's just me
- that's that
- that's the ticket
- that's what she said
- that's what's up
- Appendix:Snowclones/that's X for you
- the ball is in someone's court
- the bee's knees
- the buck stops here
- the devil
- the die is cast
- The End
- the end all-be all
- the end of one's rope
- the finger
- the fix is in
- the hell out of
- the icing on the cake
- the jig is up
- the joke is on someone
- the long and short
- the man
- the nose knows
- the old woman is plucking her goose
- the other day
- the pants off
- the pick of the litter
- the pits
- the plot thickens
- the quality
- the rabbit died
- the rest is history
- the rubber meets the road
- the shoe is on the other foot
- the straw that broke the camel's back
- the terrorists will have won
- the thing is
- the thing of it
- the upper hand
- the wheels fell off
- the whole nine yards
- the whole shooting match
- the whole world and his dog
- the world over
- them's the breaks
- them's the facts
- then again
- then and there
- there and back
- there we go
- there you are
- there you go
- there you have it
- there, there
- there's only one
- thick and thin
- thick as thieves
- thick of things
- thigh-slapper
- thin air
- thin edge of the wedge
- thin end of the wedge
- thin-skinned
- things that go bump in the night
- think aloud
- think of England
- think on one's feet
- think one's shit doesn't stink
- think over
- think tank
- think the world of
- think twice
- think up
- think with one's little head
- third degree
- third hand
- third string
- third wheel
- this minute
- this, that, and the other
- thorn in someone's side
- thorn in the flesh
- those who can't do, teach
- though but
- thrash out
- thread the needle
- three Rs
- three sheets to the wind
- three skips of a louse
- three-martini lunch
- three-on-the-tree
- three-ring circus
- thrill kill
- thrill killer
- through and through
- through the roof
- throw a bone to
- throw a fit
- throw a party
- throw a spanner in the works
- throw a tantrum
- throw a wobbly
- throw an eye
- throw aside
- throw caution to the wind
- throw chunks
- throw cold water on
- throw down
- throw down the gauntlet
- throw for a loop
- throw good money after bad
- throw in
- throw in at the deep end
- throw in the towel
- throw in with
- throw money away
- throw off
- throw off balance
- throw off the trail
- throw one's weight around
- throw one's cap over the windmill
- throw one's hat in the ring
- throw one's toys out of the pram
- throw oneself at
- throw out
- throw shapes
- throw smoke
- throw someone a curve
- throw the baby out with the bathwater
- throw the book at
- throw to the dogs
- throw to the wind
- throw to the wolves
- throw under the bus
- thumb a ride
- thumbs up
- thus and so
- thus and such
- tick all the boxes
- tick off
- tick over
- tickle pink
- tickle someone's fancy
- tickle someone's funny bone
- tickle the ivories
- tickled pink
- tide over
- tie one on
- tie someone's hands
- tie the knot
- tie up
- tie up loose ends
- tiger team
- tight lips
- tight ship
- tight spot
- tight-lipped
- tighten one's belt
- tighten the purse strings
- till death do us part
- tilt at windmills
- time after time
- time and material
- time of the month
- time off
- time out
- time out of mind
- time will tell
- tin ear
- tin god
- Tinker to Evers to Chance
- TINSTAAFL
- tip of the hat
- tip of the iceberg
- tip off
- tip one's hand
- tip one's hat
- tip the scale
- tip the scales
- tip-off
- tipping it down
- tired and emotional
- tit for tat
- tits up
- tits-up
- titsup
- to a fare-thee-well
- to a fault
- to a nicety
- to a T
- to a turn
- to all intents and purposes
- to be honest
- to be sure
- to beat the band
- to boot
- to date
- to death
- to die for
- to do with
- to go
- to hell in a handbasket
- to one's heart's content
- to one's mind
- to pieces
- to say nothing of
- to say the least
- to tell the truth
- to that end
- to the bone
- to the gills
- to the hilt
- to the letter
- to the moon
- to the point
- to the T
- to the tee
- to the tonsils
- to the tune of
- toad-strangler
- toast of the town
- today we are all
- toddle off
- toe the line
- toe-to-toe
- toes up
- toke up
- Tom, Dick or Harry
- tomato tomato
- tone down
- tongue-in-cheek
- tongue-tied
- tonsil hockey
- tonsil tennis
- too bad
- too big for one's britches
- too big for one's boots
- too clever by half
- too hot to hold
- too rich for one's blood
- tool around
- toot one's own horn
- tooth and nail
- top banana
- top brass
- top dog
- top dollar
- top drawer
- top hat
- top it off
- top notch
- top of mind
- top of the line
- top of the morning
- top oneself
- top shelf
- top up
- top-shelf
- topple over
- topsy turvy
- torque off
- torqued off
- toss up
- toss-up
- totus porcus
- touch a nerve
- touch and go
- touch base
- touch cloth
- touch of the tar brush
- touch off
- touch on
- touch oneself
- touch the hem of someone's garment
- touch up
- touch wood
- touch-and-go
- touched in the head
- touchy-feely
- tough as nails
- tough call
- tough cookie
- tough cookies
- tough love
- tough luck
- tough nut to crack
- tough row to hoe
- tough titties
- tough titty
- tough toodles
- tough tuchus
- toughen up
- town and gown
- toy boy
- toys in the attic
- track down
- track record
- trailer park trash
- trailer trash
- train wreck
- trash out
- tread lightly
- trench mouth
- trial balloon
- trial by fire
- trick of the trade
- trick up one's sleeve
- tried and true
- trigger-happy
- trip balls
- trip out
- trip to the woodshed
- Trojan-horse
- trot out
- trouble in paradise
- true believer
- true stripes
- true to one's colors
- trump up
- truth be told
- try one's hand
- try one's luck
- tub of guts
- tube steak
- tucker out
- tuckered out
- tug of war
- tune in
- tune out
- tuppence
- tuppence worth
- turd in the punchbowl
- turf out
- turf war
- turkey shoot
- turkey slap
- turn a blind eye
- turn a corner
- turn a deaf ear
- turn a hair
- turn a phrase
- turn a profit
- turn a trick
- turn against
- turn around
- turn down
- turn heads
- turn in
- turn in one's grave
- turn into
- turn into a pumpkin
- turn loose
- turn of events
- turn of phrase
- turn on its head
- turn on one's heel
- turn one on
- turn one's back
- turn one's nose up
- turn out
- turn over
- turn over a new leaf
- turn someone's crank
- turn someone's head
- turn tail
- turn the air blue
- turn the corner
- turn the other cheek
- turn the page
- turn the scale
- turn the screw
- turn the tables
- turn the tide
- turn to dust
- turn tricks
- turn up for the book
- turn up one's nose
- turn up trumps
- turn upside down
- turn-off
- turn-on
- twatfaced
- Tweedledum and Tweedledee
- twelve-ounce curls
- twenty to
- twenty to the dozen
- twenty-twenty hindsight
- twiddle one's thumbs
- twilight years
- twinkly-eyed
- twist in the wind
- twist of fate
- twist someone's arm
- twist someone's balls
- twist the knife
- two a penny
- two birds with one stone
- two bob
- two cents
- two for two
- two left feet
- two pennies' worth
- two penn'orth
- two thumbs up
- two-bit
- two-fisted drinker
- two-second rule
- two-way street
- tyre kicker
- under a cloud
- under a spell
- under erasure
- under fire
- under glass
- under lock and key
- under no circumstances
- under one's belt
- under one's breath
- under one's hat
- under one's nose
- under one's own steam
- under one's thumb
- under one's wing
- under sail
- under the carpet
- under the cosh
- under the covers
- under the gun
- under the impression
- under the influence
- under the knife
- under the microscope
- under the radar
- under the rug
- under the sun
- under the weather
- under the wire
- under the yoke
- under water
- under way
- under wraps
- underwater basket weaving
- university of life
- uno ab alto
- unring a bell
- until hell freezes over
- until one is blue in the face
- until the cows come home
- unwashed masses
- up a storm
- up against
- up against it
- up and down
- up and running
- up for
- up for grabs
- up front
- up hill and down dale
- up in arms
- up in the air
- up on
- up one's own ass
- up one's sleeve
- up shit creek
- up shit creek without a paddle
- up shit's creek
- up shit's creek without a paddle
- up someone's street
- up the ante
- up the creek
- up the river
- up the wall
- up the wazoo
- up the ying yang
- up to eleven
- up to here
- up to no good
- up to par
- up to scratch
- up to snuff
- up to something
- up to speed
- up with the lark
- up with the larks
- up yours
- up-and-comer
- up-and-coming
- up-to-date
- uphill battle
- upper crust
- ups and downs
- upset the applecart
- urban fabric
- use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
- use one's head
- use one's noggin
- used to
- vale of tears
- valley of death
- valley of the shadow of death
- variable tandem repeat locus
- veg out
- velvet handcuffs
- verge on
- vertically challenged
- very well
- vest buster
- victory at sea
- virgin territory
- vote down
- vote with one's feet
- vouch for
- vowel quantity
- wait for it
- wait for the ball to drop
- wait for the other shoe to drop
- wait on hand, foot and finger
- wait on someone hand, foot and finger
- wait on someone hand, foot, and finger
- wait out
- wait upon hand and foot
- waiting game
- wake up and smell the coffee
- wake up on the wrong side of bed
- walk a mile in someone's shoes
- walk a tightrope
- walk all over
- walk and chew gum at the same time
- walk away
- walk away from
- walk in on
- walk in the park
- walk in the snow
- walk of life
- walk off with
- walk on eggshells
- walk on the wild side
- walk on water
- walk over
- walk the dog
- walk the line
- walk the talk
- walk the walk
- walk through
- wall of silence
- Wall Street
- wallow in the mire
- wanker's cramp
- want out
- war bride
- war of nerves
- warm fuzzy
- warm regards
- warm the cockles of someone's heart
- warts and all
- wash one's hands
- wash one's hands of
- wash out
- washed out
- washed up
- waste away
- waste breath
- waste not, want not
- watch it
- watch one's mouth
- watch one's step
- watch out
- watch over
- watch this space
- water down
- water over the dam
- water to one's mill
- water under the bridge
- watered-down
- watering hole
- wave away
- wave of the hand
- way back when
- way out of a paper bag
- way to go
- we haven't got all day
- weak sister
- weaker vessel
- wear one's heart on one's sleeve
- wear out one's welcome
- wear rose-colored glasses
- wear thin
- wear too many hats
- weasel out
- weather the storm
- wedding-cake
- wee small hours
- weed out
- weekend warrior
- weigh against
- weigh down
- weigh in
- welfare Cadillac
- well ain't that the catfish in the trap
- well and good
- well and truly
- well done
- well, I never
- well, well, well
- well-oiled
- well-padded
- wet behind the ears
- wet blanket
- wet boy
- wet dream
- wet one's beak
- wet one's pants
- wet one's whistle
- wet the bed
- whack-a-mole
- what are the odds
- what did your last slave die of
- what do I know
- what do you say
- what else is new
- what for
- what in tarnation
- what is more
- what it takes
- what me worry
- what not
- what of it
- what someone said
- what the Devil
- what was someone smoking
- what with
- what you see is what you get
- whatever creams your twinkie
- whatever floats your boat
- whatever it takes
- what's cooking
- what's eating
- what's eating you
- what's going on
- what's in it for me
- what's new
- what's the difference
- what's the good of
- what's the matter
- what's up
- what's what
- whatsamatta
- wheel away
- when all is said and done
- when Hell freezes over
- when it's at home
- when pigs fly
- when push comes to shove
- when the chips are down
- when the dust settles
- when, as, and if
- where it's at
- where the sun don't shine
- where's the beef
- whichever way one slices it
- whip through
- whips and jingles
- whisk away
- whisk off
- whiskey dick
- whisper campaign
- whistle Dixie
- whistle in the dark
- whistle past the graveyard
- whistle walk
- whistle-blower
- whistle-stop
- white coat hypertension
- white elephant
- white hat
- white hole
- White House
- white lie
- white magic
- white marriage
- white on rice
- white rider
- white sheep
- white trash
- white wedding
- white-knuckle
- whitewash
- who shot John
- whole ball of wax
- whole cloth
- whole shebang
- whomp on
- whomp up
- whoop it up
- whoop-ass
- who's 'she', the cat's mother?
- who's who
- why in God's name
- why on Earth
- whys and wherefores
- wide awake
- wide berth
- wide of the mark
- widow-maker
- wiggle room
- wild horses
- wild-goose chase
- will o' the wisp
- willful ignorance
- willow in the wind
- willy-nilly
- win back
- win by a nose
- win over
- win the day
- wind back the clock
- wind down
- wind up one's bottoms
- window dressing
- window-shopping
- wine tosser
- wing it
- winning ways
- winter rat
- wipe out
- wipe someone's eye
- wipe the slate clean
- wise apple
- wishful thinking
- with a grain of salt
- with a vengeance
- with a view to
- with an eye to
- with an eye towards
- with any luck
- with bated breath
- with both hands
- with flying colors
- with knobs on
- with no further ado
- with one voice
- with one's bare hands
- with one's head held high
- with open arms
- with pleasure
- within ames ace
- within an ace of
- within reach
- without fail
- without further ado
- woe betide
- wolf down
- wolf in sheep's clothing
- wolfpack
- wooden mare
- wooden spoon
- wooden-top
- word for word
- word of mouth
- word on the street
- word on the wire
- word to the wise
- word-for-word
- words of one syllable
- work one's butt off
- work one's fingers to the bone
- work one's magic
- work one's tail off
- work someone's arse off
- work someone's ass off
- work spouse
- work the crowd
- work the room
- work to rule
- work wonders
- worked up
- working girl
- world without end
- world-beater
- worlds apart
- worm's-eye view
- worry wart
- worse for wear
- worship the ground someone walks on
- worship the porcelain god
- worst comes to worst
- worst of both worlds
- worth a Jew's eye
- worth every penny
- worth its weight in gold
- worth one's salt
- worth one's while
- wouldn't hurt a fly
- wouldn't say boo to a goose
- wouldn't shout if a shark bit him
- wouldn't touch with yours
- wouldn't you know
- wouldn't you know it
- wrap around one's little finger
- wrap in the flag
- wrap up
- wreak havoc
- wrestle with a pig
- write home about
- write one's own ticket
- writer's cramp
- written all over someone's face
- wrong place at the wrong time
- wrong side of the tracks
- X factor
- X marks the spot
- X's and O's
- yak shaving
- Yankee dime
- Yankee go home
- yardarm to yardarm
- ye gods
- yeah, right
- year dot
- year in, year out
- yell at
- yell silently
- yellow brick road
- yellow grease
- yellow journalism
- yellow light
- yellow press
- yellow state
- yeoman's service
- yes man
- yes to death
- yield the ghost
- you all
- you bet
- you can say that again
- you can't say fairer than that
- you don't say
- you gals
- you guys
- you know it
- you know what
- you knows it
- you lot
- you name it
- you shouldn't have
- you think
- you what
- you wish
- you'll never guess
- young at heart
- young fogey
- young Turk
- your guess is as good as mine
- your mileage may vary
- you're telling me
- yours sincerely
- yours truly
- zero in on
- zig when one should zag
- zip one's lip
- zip up
- zonk out