Idiom
List (alphabetical order) |
Last Updated:
5/10/2006 |
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Idiom |
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all wet |
11/27/2005 |
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apple doesn't
fall far from the tree, the |
12/15/2005 |
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apple-pie
order |
3/10/2006 |
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apples and oranges |
12/14/2005 |
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as clean,
pure, etc. as the driven snow |
1/11/2006 |
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at the
eleventh hour |
12/21/2005 |
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babe in the
woods, a |
5/10/2006 |
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bark up the wrong tree |
11/16/2005 |
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beat around the bush |
11/20/2005 |
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beauty sleep |
4/3/2006 |
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black-and-blue |
2/21/2006 |
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blow/knock
sbfs socks off |
12/24/2005 |
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brain bucket |
2/2/2006 |
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brain bucket |
2/2/2006 |
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break a leg! |
12/22/2005 |
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bring home
the bacon |
12/3/2005 |
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build castles
in the air / in Spain |
1/17/2006 |
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bull in a
china shop, a |
4/12/2006 |
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burn the
candle at both ends |
12/26/2005 |
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capitalize on
/ upon sth |
2/24/2006 |
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carrot-and-stick |
3/19/2006 |
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Catch-22 |
4/15/2006 |
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coast is clear, the |
11/15/2005 |
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crocodile
tears, (shed/cry) |
1/7/2006 |
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cut to the
chase |
2/19/2006 |
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dry run |
1/20/2006 |
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dry up |
11/28/2005 |
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duck soup |
1/31/2006 |
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en route |
2/26/2006 |
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feast your
eyes on somebody/something |
12/30/2005 |
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feather in
one's cap, a |
1/6/2006 |
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feed the kitty |
11/29/2005 |
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floorwalker |
4/20/2006 |
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fly in the
ointment, a/the |
12/19/2005 |
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fly off the
handle |
12/1/2005 |
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food for
thought |
3/3/2006 |
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foot the bill |
11/30/2005 |
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from the word
go, (right) |
1/13/2006 |
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funny bone |
12/9/2005 |
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get off to a
flying start |
4/29/2006 |
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get one's
feet wet |
12/13/2005 |
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get one's
teeth into sth |
12/16/2005 |
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get/have
one's wires crossed |
12/10/2005 |
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get-up-and-go |
11/11/2005 |
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go for broke |
2/12/2006 |
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go south |
5/7/2006 |
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go to pot |
5/4/2006 |
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go/be out
like a light |
12/18/2005 |
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green with
envy |
3/17/2006 |
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hale and hearty |
11/8/2005 |
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ham actor |
3/6/2006 |
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have a field
day |
4/13/2006 |
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have a green thumb |
11/19/2005 |
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have
bigger/other fish to fry |
12/27/2005 |
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have legs |
1/3/2006 |
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have one's
cake and eat it too |
12/29/2005 |
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have
something on the brain |
4/25/2006 |
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have too many
irons in the fire |
2/7/2006 |
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heads or
tails? |
1/24/2006 |
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hit the hay |
12/20/2005 |
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hold / keep
sb/sth at bay |
2/14/2006 |
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horse of a
different/another color, a |
1/28/2006 |
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housebroken
(house-broken) |
3/26/2006 |
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in / out of
the loop |
2/10/2006 |
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in a pickle |
2/1/2006 |
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in a pickle |
2/1/2006 |
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in mint condition |
11/23/2005 |
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in one's cups |
12/8/2005 |
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ivory tower |
1/9/2006 |
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kangaroo
court |
3/4/2006 |
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keep one's
nose clean |
12/17/2005 |
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kick up one's heels |
11/9/2005 |
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lick
somebody's boots |
5/3/2006 |
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little bird
told me, a |
4/7/2006 |
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magnet school |
1/29/2006 |
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make one's
pile |
2/18/2006 |
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make waves |
3/2/2006 |
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meat and
potatoes |
12/7/2005 |
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no spring
chicken |
12/4/2005 |
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no-brainer |
5/6/2006 |
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not let the grass grow under
one's feet |
11/26/2005 |
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off base |
5/1/2006 |
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off the cuff |
3/16/2006 |
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olive branch |
5/2/2006 |
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on cloud nine |
11/24/2005 |
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on easy
street |
2/9/2006 |
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on the dot |
1/8/2006 |
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on the house |
12/2/2005 |
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on the line |
11/14/2005 |
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on the nose |
11/17/2005 |
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on the QT |
1/16/2006 |
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one's eyes are bigger than one's
stomach |
11/13/2005 |
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over my dead
body |
2/8/2006 |
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over the hill |
3/30/2006 |
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pay through
the nose (for sth) |
1/5/2006 |
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pick-me-up |
2/23/2006 |
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pie in the
sky |
4/9/2006 |
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pig in a poke |
3/8/2006 |
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powerhouse |
4/2/2006 |
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pull the plug
(on sth) |
4/21/2006 |
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push the
envelope |
1/2/2006 |
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put one's
finger on sth |
4/18/2006 |
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quick and
dirty |
2/11/2006 |
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ring a bell |
12/23/2005 |
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rub
shoulders/elbows with sb |
5/8/2006 |
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sbfs apron
strings |
3/7/2006 |
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see stars |
12/28/2005 |
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sell sb down
the river |
3/5/2006 |
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set the world
on fire |
1/23/2006 |
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set up shop |
1/4/2006 |
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shoot the breeze |
11/21/2005 |
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show sb /
know / learn the ropes |
2/4/2006 |
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sitting duck |
2/22/2006 |
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sleep in |
11/18/2005 |
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sleeping
policeman (BE) / speed bump (AE) |
2/5/2006 |
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spin like a
top |
1/1/2006 |
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sporting
blood |
2/3/2006 |
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spread
oneself too thin |
12/6/2005 |
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stars in
one's eyes |
1/18/2006 |
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strike out |
3/21/2006 |
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sweep sth
under the carpet/rug |
1/15/1900 |
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take a rain
check (on something) |
5/9/2006 |
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take five /
ten |
3/9/2006 |
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take one's
medicine |
1/10/2006 |
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take
something on the chin |
1/30/2006 |
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talk turkey |
11/25/2005 |
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tempest in a
teapot, a |
12/5/2005 |
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there are
plenty more fish in the sea |
5/5/2006 |
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toast of c,
be the |
12/31/2005 |
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too many
cooks (in the kitchen) spoil the broth |
3/23/2006 |
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top of the
tree, (at/to) the |
12/12/2005 |
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tough/smart
cookie |
12/25/2005 |
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town and gown |
1/14/2006 |
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trip the light fantastic |
11/12/2005 |
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turn the
other cheek |
4/8/2006 |
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turn turtle |
1/12/2006 |
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under the
knife |
12/11/2005 |
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window
dressing |
3/12/2006 |
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with bells on |
2/6/2006 |
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with flying colors |
11/22/2005 |
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with tongue in cheek |
11/10/2005 |
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