User:Sobreira/Books/English Idioms and other figures of speech 3

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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