User:Sobreira/Proverbidioms


 * ace in the hole
 * all ears
 * all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
 * an apple a day keeps the doctor away
 * an axe to grind
 * an empty bag cannot stand upright
 * ants in the pants
 * at the end of one's rope
 * babies must play
 * back seat driver
 * bad news travel fast
 * ball game is over
 * banana nose
 * beetle (bug)
 * beggars can't be choosers
 * behind the 8 ball
 * best patch is of the same cloth
 * beware of the door with too many keys
 * big as a barrel
 * big fish eat little fish
 * bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
 * birds of a feather flock together
 * bitch
 * black as the ace of spades
 * blockhead
 * blow one's own horn
 * bone to pick with someone
 * bookworm
 * breadwinner
 * break the ice
 * bridge over troubled water
 * broken heart
 * burn the candle at both ends
 * butter someone up
 * butterfingers
 * butterflies in one's stomach
 * cauliflower ears
 * call no man happy till he's dead
 * can't see the forest for the trees
 * cast iron stomach
 * castles in the air
 * cat got your tongue?
 * cat's out of the bag
 * children should be seen and not heard
 * chip off the old block
 * chip on one's shoulder
 * chiseler
 * Christmas comes but once a year
 * climb the ladder
 * climb the walls
 * cloud 9
 * colorful language
 * coming down in buckets
 * cool cat
 * counting sheep
 * cracked bell can never sound
 * croaked
 * crutch
 * cry one's eyes out
 * dead men tell no tales
 * Dear John letter
 * dime a dozen
 * doesn't have a leg to stand on
 * dog (he or she is a)
 * don't bite off more than you can chew
 * don't count your chickens before they hatch
 * don't judge a book by its cover
 * don't let the grass grow under your feet
 * don't look a gift horse in the mouth
 * don't put all your eggs in one basket
 * don't put the cart before the horse
 * don't throw a monkey wrench into the machinery
 * don't throw out the baby with the bathwater
 * down in the dumps
 * drinks are on the house
 * drop in the bucket
 * eagle flies alone
 * ear to the ground
 * early bird catches the worm
 * easy street
 * eat your heart out
 * egg in the face
 * eighty-six it
 * empty barrels make the most noise
 * even the devil will swear on a stack of bibles
 * every family has at least one black sheep
 * eyes in the back of his head
 * face of the mountain
 * feeling blue
 * finger licking good
 * flat as a board
 * foot in the door
 * forbidden fruit is the sweetest
 * forked tongue
 * four eyes
 * frog in the throat
 * fruit one's labor
 * full of baloney
 * full of hot air
 * funnier than a barrel of monkeys
 * get under one's skin
 * getting on someone's back
 * gingerbread molding
 * give hime enough rope and he'll hang himself
 * give him the needle
 * go fly a kite
 * go through the roof
 * going downhill
 * greenhorn
 * green thumb
 * hands are tied
 * hand that rocks the cradle rules the world
 * handwriting's on the wall
 * hang dog
 * head in the clouds
 * heard it through the grapevine
 * hedges have eyes
 * high chair
 * higher they rise the farther they fall
 * hit the sack
 * hitch your wagon to a star
 * hole in the wall
 * home is where the heart is
 * home is where you hang your hat
 * home sweet home
 * honesty is the best policy
 * horseless carriage
 * hot pants
 * hotter than a $2 pistol
 * hung out to dry
 * hungry enough to eat a horse
 * I was framed
 * if the hat fits, wear it
 * if the shoe fits, wear it
 * I'll eat my hat
 * imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
 * in a stew
 * in it up to one's neck
 * in hot water
 * in one ear and out the other
 * in the dark
 * iron curtain
 * it's a dog eat dog world
 * it's no use crying over spilt milk
 * it's written all over your face
 * just because there's snow on the roof doesn't mean there isn't fire in the furnace
 * keep your head above water
 * kick the bucket
 * killing two birds with one stone
 * knock on wood
 * knockers
 * lean over backwards
 * lemon
 * leave one's mark
 * let the chips fall where they may
 * let's call a spade a spade
 * life has its ups and downs
 * life is a two-way street
 * light my fire
 * lightning never strikes the same place twice
 * lighting the candle at both ends
 * like father, like son
 * like day and night
 * long and winding road
 * look before you leap
 * lose one's head
 * make hay while the sun shines
 * man who is his own doctor has a fool for a patient
 * man's home is his castle
 * many hands make light work
 * melt into someone's arms
 * men seldom passes to girls who wear glasses
 * mushroom (man or men)
 * music hath charms to soothe the savage beast
 * my heart has wings
 * needle in a haystack
 * never cross a bridge until you come to it
 * never hit a man below the belt
 * new brooms sweep clean
 * nightcap
 * no strings attached
 * no one knows what goes behind closed doors
 * nut
 * off one's rocker
 * on the tip of one's tongue
 * one man's meat is another man's poison
 * out on a limb
 * out to pasture
 * over a barrel
 * over the hill
 * pain in the neck
 * painting the town red
 * pearls before swine
 * picture tells a thousand words
 * piece of cake
 * pig
 * people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
 * playing second fiddle
 * poison one's mind
 * pot belly
 * practice what you preach
 * pretty as a picture
 * printing press is the mother of errors
 * pull up a chair
 * pullin one's leg
 * puppet
 * pushing up daisies
 * put a feather in your cap
 * put our heads together
 * put that in your pipe and smoke it
 * put your money where your mouth is
 * raining cats and dogs
 * rat race
 * rock's in one's head
 * roof over one's head
 * rooted to the spot
 * roots (to have them somewhere)
 * sawing logs
 * self-made man
 * she stole his heart
 * shoot one's mouth off
 * shot in the arm
 * sit on it
 * sitting on a fence
 * sky is falling
 * sky's the limit
 * slow but steady wins the race
 * something up one's sleeve
 * something's rotten in Denmark
 * sour grapes
 * small world
 * smoke so thick you can cut it with a knife
 * snake in the grass
 * snug as a bug in the rug
 * stabbed in the back
 * stag party
 * stay in one's shell
 * stewed
 * stitch in time save time
 * stone face
 * stoned
 * stones throw away
 * straight from the horse's mouth
 * strawman
 * stretch one's legs
 * strong stomach
 * stubborn as a mule
 * stuffed shirt
 * sweep it under the rug
 * sweetest grapes hang highest
 * tails on a coat
 * take the bull by the horns
 * tall tale (tail)
 * tee-shirt
 * ten-foot pole
 * that rings a bell
 * that's a horse of a different color
 * that's how the cookie crumbles
 * that's icing on the cake
 * there are more ways to kill a dog than by hanging
 * there is no fool like an old fool
 * there's more than one way to skin a cat
 * thorn in one's side
 * throw in the cards
 * throw in the hat
 * throw in the towel
 * tied up
 * tighthen one's belt
 * time flies
 * toadstool
 * tongue hanging out
 * too many cooks spoil the broth
 * two heads are better than one
 * under the weather
 * up against the wall
 * up in the air
 * variety is the spice of life
 * wallflower
 * walls have ears
 * watched pot never boils
 * watchtower
 * water (passed) under the bridge
 * way to a man's heart is through his stomach
 * we can make beautiful music together
 * wear many hats
 * weight of the world on one's shoulders
 * when clouds are seen wise men put on their coats
 * when one door shuts another opens
 * when the chips are down
 * where there's smoke there's fire
 * when poverty knocks the door, love flies out the window
 * white elephant
 * window on the world
 * woman driver
 * world on a string
 * would look alright with a bag over his (or her) head
 * you re what you eat
 * you can't be in two places at once
 * you can't have your cake and eat it too
 * you can't keep a good man down
 * you can't put an old head on young shoulders
 * you can't take it with you
 * you have a screw loose
 * you have to take the good with the bad
 * you hit the nail right on the head
 * you would forget your head if it wasn't screwed on