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English Idioms and other figures of speech

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Idioms 1

10 Downing Street

11 Downing Street

110 proof

11th commandment

12-ounce curls

15 minutes of fame

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

Appendix:English 19th Century idioms

23 skidoo

23 Skidoo Street

3-on-the-tree

800-pound gorilla

a bridge too far

a cold day in July

a day late and a dollar short

a good deal

a great deal

a hair's breadth

a hundred and ten percent

a life of its own

a little bird told me

a little bit of bread and no cheese

a little from column A, a little from column B

a notch above

a Roland for an Oliver

a short drop and a sudden stop

a week from next Tuesday

a week is a long time in politics

a wild goose never laid a tame egg

Abbot's Priory

about time

about to

about turn

above board

above one's bend

above par

above the curve

above the law

above the salt

above water

absence makes the heart grow fonder

abuse of distress

accident of birth

accident waiting to happen

according to

according to Cocker

according to Hoyle

ace in the hole

ace up one's sleeve

acknowledge the corn

acquired taste

across the board

act of Congress

act one's age

act out

act up

activist judge

activist justice

Adam Tiler

add fuel to the fire

add insult to injury

add oil

add up

addle pate

after all

after one's own heart

after the fact

after the Lord Mayor's show

against all odds

against the clock

against the collar

against the grain

against the run of play

against the world

age before beauty

agree to disagree

agreement in principle

aha moment

ahead of one's time

ahead of the curve

ahead of the game

air one's dirty laundry in public

air out

air rage

alarums and excursions

albatross around one's neck

albatross round one's neck

alive and kicking

all along

all and some

all and sundry

all at once

all bark and no bite

all bets are off

all dressed up and nowhere to go

all duck or no dinner

all ears

all eyes

all eyes and ears

all fur coat and no knickers

all good

all hat and no cattle

all hell breaks loose

all holiday

all hollow

all in a day's work

all it's cracked up to be

all kidding aside

all mouth and no trousers

all mouth and trousers

all one's eggs in one basket

all one's life's worth

all one's taste is in one's mouth

all out

all over

all over but the shouting

all over hell's half acre

all over oneself

all over the board

all over the map

all over the place

all over with

all rights reserved

all set

all sixes and nines

all sizzle and no steak

all talk and no cider

all that

all the marbles

all the rage

all the same

all the tea in China

all the way to Egery and back

all the while

all there

all things being equal

all things considered

all things to all people

all thumbs

all to smash

all told

all very well

all wet

all-a-mort

almighty dollar

along about

amateur hour

ambassador of Morocco

amber gambler

amber nectar

American Dream

an apple a day

an offer one can't refuse

anaconda mortgage

ancient history

and all

and all this

and be done with it

and change

and counting

and crap

and finally

and his mother

and how

and shit

and so forth

and so on

and the like

and then some

and whatnot

angel's advocate

angle for farthings

another day, another dollar

another nail in one's coffin

another string to one's bow

answer back

answer on a postcard

any more for any more

any nook or cranny

any old

any old nook or cranny

any old thing

any port in a storm

any time now

any time soon

any way one slices it

anybody who is anybody

anyone's guess

anything goes

ape leader

apothecary's Latin

apple of someone's eye

apples and oranges

apply oneself

apron string

apron-string hold

arch doxy

are you deaf

are your ears burning

arm and a leg

arm candy

arm to the teeth

arm up

arm's length

army volunteer

around Robin Hood's barn

around the clock

around the corner

around the Horn

arrive at

arse end of nowhere

arse over tip

arse over tit

arsy varsy

arsy versy

artful dodger

as a rule

as a whole

as all get-out

as best one can

as ever

as ever trod shoe-leather

as far as one knows

as I was saying

as if

as if there were no tomorrow

as in

as is

as it happens

as long as

as luck may have it

as luck would have it

as of

as of late

as often as not

as soon as

as the crow flies

as the day is long

as the next girl

as the next guy

as the wind blows

as well

as yet

as you know

as you sow, so shall you reap

ask after

ask around

ask for it

ask for the moon

ask my arse

ask out

ask round

asking for a friend

asleep at the switch

asphalt jungle

ass over teakettle

ass-backwards

assault and battery

assume the position

at a canter

at a glance

at a loss

at a loss for words

at a moment's notice

at a pinch

at a stand

at all

at all hours

at arm's length

at bay

at best

at bottom

at cross-purposes

at death's door

at each other's throats

at first

at first blush

at full tilt

at heart

at home

at large

at last

at latter Lammas

at long last

at loose ends

at odds

at once

at one's fingertips

at pains

at peace

at peace with

at places

at rest

at sea

at sixes and sevens

at someone's disposal

at stake

at that

at the best of times

at the coal face

at the disposal of

at the drop of a hat

at the end of one's rope

at the end of one's tether

at the end of the day

at the feet of

at the helm

at the high port

at the mercy of

at the ready

at the receiving end

at the top of one's voice

at the top of one's lungs

at the very least

at the wheel

at this point in time

at times

at variance

at will

at work

atomic cocktail

atta girl

attaboy

attagal

attagirl

attention whore

Attic salt

auld lang syne

autem cackler

autem dipper

autem diver

autem mort

autumn romance

avant la lettre

average bear

average joe

average up

away game

away with the fairies

aye aye, sir

babe in arms

babe in the woods

babe magnet

baby elephant in the room

baby up

babysitter test

back at you

back burner

back down

back forty

back gammon player

back in

back in the day

back in the game

back into

back of one's hand

back off

back office

back to square one

back to the drawing board

back to the wall

back up

back-burner

back-cloth star

back-of-the-envelope

back-to-back-to-back

backhanded compliment

backpedal

backwater

bacon-faced

bacon-fed

bad actor

bad apple

bad blood

bad company

bad egg

bad hair day

bad iron

bad joke

bad news

bad old days

bad penny

bad taste in one's mouth

bad word

badge bunny

bag and baggage

bag of bones

bag of tricks

bag of weasels

bag of wind

bail out

bake up

baker's dozen

baker's half dozen

balance out

balance the books

balancing act

bale up

ball hog

ball of fire

ball-breaker

balloon goes up

balloon knot

ballpark estimate

ballpark figure

balls to the wall

balls-out

balls-up

balum rancum

banana nose

banana republic

Banbury story of a cock and a bull

band together

bandwagon fan

bane of one's existence

bang away

bang for the buck

bang on

bang out

bang straw

bang to rights

bang up

bank night

bank up

bankbook

banker's dozen

bankers' hours

bankrupt cart

banyan day

baptism by fire

bar none

bar off

bar sinister

bar star

bar up

barber's sign

bare one's soul

bargain basement

barge in

bark up the wrong tree

barn find

barnburner

barrel of laughs

barrel of monkeys

base over apex

basement battler

bash the bishop

basket house

bass-ackwards

bastardly gullion

bat a thousand

bat an eyelid

bat five hundred

bat for the other team

bat one's eyes

bat the breeze

bathtub gin

batten down the hatches

bawl out

be a hundred years too early

be a man

be all ears

be around

be glad to see the back of

be in and out

be in for

be in luck

be it as it may

be left holding the baby

be mother

be my guest

be on to

be one's own worst enemy

be oneself

be still my heart

be taken ill

be that as it may

be there

be up to

be-all and end-all

bean counter

bean queen

bear a hand

bear fruit

bear in mind

bear oneself

bear the brunt

bear up

bear with

beard the lion in his den

beast with two backs

beat a dead horse

beat around the bush

beat as one

beat Banaghan

beat feet

beat it

beat off

beat one's swords into plowshares