Idioms - All

Idioms - All

A

a blessing in disguise | a flash in the pan | a foregone conclusion | (as) blind as a bat | (as) fit as a fiddle | at a (single) glance | at your earliest convenience

B

be (dead) set against | behind bars | blot one's copybook | break even | burn the midnight oil | by degrees | by the skin of one's teeth

C

come out of the closet | compare notes (with) (on)

D

do/perform/work miracles/wonders (for/with) | doubting Thomas

E

easy money | eyeball to eyeball (with)

F

feel/go hot and cold (all over) | first and foremost | fly off the handle | for keeps | for kicks | forty winks

G

go downhill | go/sell like hot cakes | grease somebody's palm

H

hale and hearty | hot under the collar

I

in a row | in a word | in twos and threes

J

jump the gun

K

keep house | keep up with the Joneses

L

lay down the law | let the cat out of the bag | look daggers at somebody

M

make sense

N

not in the least | number one

O

off the beaten track | on balance | on cloud nine | out of the blue

P

pay through the nose (for) | play (it) safe | prefer/press charges (of) (against)

Q

quite a few

R

rhyme or reason

S

see red | smell a rat | straight from the shoulder

T

the gift of the gab | tighten one's belt | toss and turn | turn over a new leaf

U

under the weather | ups and downs

V

vicious circle

W

wave a magic wand | word for word

Y

year after year

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