Thành ngữ trong Tiếng Anh idiom-definition Anh – Anh
- Zip your lip
- Zip it
- Zigged before you zagged
- Zero tolerance
- Zero hour
- Your sins will find you out
- Your name is mud
- Your call
- Your belly button is bigger than your stomach
- Young Turk
- Young blood
- You’ve made your bed- you’ll have to lie in it
- You’ve got rocks in your head
- You’re toast
- You what?
- You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours
- You do not get a dog and bark yourself
- You could have knocked me down with a feather
- You can’t unring a bell
- You can’t take it with you
- You can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs
- You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear
- You can’t have your cake and eat it
- You can’t have cake and the topping, too
- You can say that again
- You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink
- You can choose your friends, but you can’t choose your family
- You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
- You are what you eat
- Yesterday’s man or Yesterday’s woman
- Yes-man
- Yen
- Yellow-bellied
- Yellow streak
- Yellow press
- Yank my chain
- Yah boo sucks
- X-rated
- X marks the spot
- X factor
- Wrong foot
- Wrong end of the stick
- Written all over your face
- Writing on the wall
- Writ large
- Wrench in the works
- Wrap yourself in the flag
- Wouldn’t touch it with a ten-foot pole
- Wouldn’t touch it with a bargepole
- Worth your salt
- Worth a shot
- Worse things happen at sea
- Worse for wear
- Worm’s eye view
- Worm information
- World is your oyster
- World at your feet
- Work your tail off
- Work your socks off
- Work your fingers to the bone
- Work like a dog
- Words fail me
- Word of the law
- Word of mouth
- Wood for the trees
- Wolf in sheep’s clothing
- Woe is me
- Woe betide you
- Without a hitch
- Within a whisker
- Wither on the vine
- With flying colours (colors)
- With child
- With a heavy hand
- Wipe the smile of someone’s face
- Wipe the floor with
- Winner takes all
- Wing and a prayer
- Window to the soul
- Window dressing
- Win by a nose
- Will-o’-the-wisp
- Will never fly
- Wild goose chase
- Wide of the mark
- Wide berth
- Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free
- Whole shebang
- Whole nine yards
- Whole new ball game
- Whole kit and caboodle
- Whole ball of wax
- Who will ring the bell?
- Who wears the trousers?
- Who wears the pants?
- White-bread
- White lie
- White feather
- White elephant
- White as snow
- White as a sheet
- Whistling past the graveyard
- Whistling in the dark
- Whistling Dixie
- Whistle-stop tour
- Whistle for it
- While the cat’s away, the mouse will play
- Which came first the chicken or the egg?
- Whet your appetite
- Where there’s smoke, there’s fire
- Where there’s a will, there’s a way
- Where the rubber meets the road
- When pigs fly
- When it rains, it pours
- When in Rome, do as the Romans
- When hell freezes over
- Wheels fall off
- Whatever floats your boat
- What’s your take on that?
- What’s your poison?
- What’s up?
- What’s good for the goose is good for the gander
- What will be will be
- What goes around comes around
- What does that have to do with the price of tea in China?
- What can you expect from a hog but a grunt?
- Wet your whistle
- Wet blanket
- Wet behind the ears
- Were you born in a barn?
- Well-oiled machine
- Well-oiled
- Well-heeled
- Weight off your shoulders
- Wedge politics
- Weather a storm
- Wear your heart on your sleeve
- Wear sackcloth and ashes
- Weak at the knees
- Watery grave
- Watering hole
- Water under the bridge
- Water over the dam
- Water off a duck’s back
- Watching paint dry
- Watch your six
- Watch grass grow
- Waste of skin
- Waste not, want not
- Wash your hands of something
- Warts and all
- Warpath
- Warm the cockles of your heart
- Warm and fuzzy
- War of words
- Wallflower
- Walking on broken glass
- Walking on air
- Walk the plank
- Walk the green mile
- Walk on eggshells
- Walk in the park
- Walk a tightrope
- Walk a mile in my shoes
- Walk a fine line
- Wake-up call
- Waiting in the wings
- Wag the dog
- Volte-face
- Virgin territory
- Vicious circle
- Vicar of Bray
- Vent your spleen
- Velvet glove
- Vale of tears
- Upset the apple cart
- Upper hand
- Upper crust
- Up with the lark
- Up to your neck
- Up to the neck
- Up to the eyes
- Up to speed
- Up to snuff
- Up to scratch
- Up the wooden hill
- Up the wall
- Up the stick
- Up the spout
- Up the duff
- Up the creek
- Up the ante
- Up sticks
- Up in the air
- Up for grabs
- Up a river without a paddle
- Unwavering loyalty
- Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown
- Under your thumb
- Under your skin
- Under your nose
- Under your breath
- Under the wire
- Under the weather
- Under the table
- Under the radar
- Under someone’s heel
- Under lock and key
- Under fire
- Under false colours
- Under a flag of convenience
- Under a cloud
- Uncle Sam
- Uncharted waters
- Ugly duckling
- Ugly as a stick
- U-turn
- Two-faced
- Two-edged sword
- Two sides of the same coin
- Two peas in a pod
- Two left feet
- Two heads are better than one
- Two cents
- Twisting in the wind
- Twist someone’s arm
- Twinkling of an eye
- Twenty-four seven
- Turn-up for the books
- Turn your nose up
- Turn water into wine
- Turn up one’s toes to the daisies
- Turn up like a bad penny
- Turn the tables
- Turn the other cheek
- Turn the crack
- Turn the corner
- Turn a new leaf
- Turn a deaf ear
- Turn a blind eye
- Turf war
- Tug at the heartstrings
- Truth will out
- Trump card
- True colours
- True blue
- Tried and tested
- Tread water
- Tread the boards
- Train of thought
- Traffucked
- Trade barbs
- Tough row to hoe
- Tough nut to crack
- Tough luck
- Tough cookie
- Tough as old boots
- Touch-and-go
- Touch wood
- Touch base
- Touch and go
- Top notch
- Top dog
- Toot you own horn
- Too many cooks spoil the broth
- Too many chiefs and not enough Indians
- Too big for your britches
- Too big for your boots
- Tongue in cheek
- Tomorrow’s another day
- Toe the line
- To the end of time
- To little avail
- To have the courage of your convictions
- To err is human, to forgive divine
- To cut a long story short
- To be dog cheap
- To all intents and purposes
- To a T
- To a man
- To a fault
- Tit for tat
- Tired and emotional
- Tipping point
- Tip of the iceberg
- Time-honoured practice
- Time of your life
- Time is on my side
- Time flies
- Time does sail
- Time and tide wait for no man
- Time and again
- Tilt at windmills
- Till you’re blue in the face
- Till the pips squeak
- Till the cows come home
- Tighten your belt
- Tight ship
- Tight rein
- Tie the knot
- Tidy desk, tidy mind
- Tickled pink
- Tickle your fancy
- Thumbs down & thumbs up
- Thumb your nose at
- Throw your weight around
- Throw your toys out of the pram
- Throw your hat in the ring
- Throw the book at someone
- Throw the baby out with the bath water
- Throw someone under the bus
- Throw someone to the wolves
- Throw someone in at the deep end
- Throw someone a line
- Throw pearls to the pigs
- Throw in the towel
- Throw down the gauntlet
- Throw caution to the wind
- Throw a sickie
- Throw a curve
- Through thick and thin
- Through the floor
- Through the ceiling
- Thrilled to bits
- Three sheets to the wind
- Those who live by the sword die by the sword
- Thorn in your side
- Third time’s the charm
- Third rail
- Third degree
- Think the world of
- Think outside the box
- Thin-skinned
- Thin line
- Thin end of the wedge
- Thin blue line
- Thin as a rake
- Thick-skinned
- Thick as thieves
- Thick as mince
- Thick and fast
- There’s the rub
- There’s no such thing as a free lunch
- There’s never a road without a turning
- There are many ways to skin a cat
- Their bark is worse than their bite
- The world and his wife
- The sun might rise in the west
- The short straw
- The sands of time
- The rough and tumble
- The plot thickens
- The penny dropped
- The Mountie always gets his man
- The more the merrier
- The line forms on the right
- The grass is always greener
- The common weal
- The bigger they are, the harder they fall
- The be all and end all
- The ball’s in your court
- That’s all she wrote
- That is the way the cookie crumbles
- Test the waters
- Ten a penny
- Tempest in a teapot
- Tell them where the dog died
- Teething problems
- Tears before bedtime
- Tear your hair out
- Teacher’s pet
- Teach your grandmother to suck eggs
- Taste of your own medicine
- Taste blood
- Tar baby
- Tally ho!
- Tall story
- Tall order
- Talking to a brick wall
- Talk turkey
- Talk the hind legs off a donkey
- Talk shop
- Talk out of your hat
- Talk out of the back of your head
- Talk of the town
- Talk nineteen to the dozen
- Talk is cheap
- Talk a glass eye to sleep
- Talk a blue streak
- Tale of the tape
- Taken as read
- Take your hat off to somebody
- Take your eye off the ball
- Take your breath away
- Take up the torch
- Take to your heels
- Take the rough with the smooth
- Take the plunge
- Take the floor
- Take the fall
- Take the chair
- Take the bull by its horns
- Take the biscuit
- Take someone to the woodshed
- Take someone for a ride
- Take someone down a peg
- Take it on the chin
- Take forty winks
- Take for granted
- Take for a test drive
- Take by the scruff of the neck
- Take a straw poll
- Take a raincheck
- Take a punch
- Take a leaf out of someone’s book
- Tackle an issue
- Tables are turned
- Swings and roundabouts
- Swing the lead
- Swimmingly
- Swim with the tide
- Swim with the fishes
- Swim against the tide
- Sweet tooth
- Sweet as a gumdrop
- Sweep things under the carpet
- Sweep off your feet
- Sweat blood
- Swear like a trooper
- Swear like a sailor
- Swansong
- Sure-fire
- Sure as eggs is eggs
- Succeed in the clutch
- Stuffed to the gills
- Stubborn as a mule
- Strong as an ox
- Stroll down memory lane
- Strike while the iron is hot
- Strike a chord
- Streets ahead
- Straw that broke the camel’s back
- Straw poll
- Straw man
- Strange at the best of times
- Strain every nerve
- Straight from the shoulder
- Straight face
- Storm in a teacup
- Stool pigeon
- Stone’s throw
- Stone dead
- Stitch in time saves nine
- Still waters run deep
- Still in the game
- Stiff-necked
- Stiff upper lip
- Sticky wicket
- Sticky fingers
- Sticky end
- Sticking point
- Stick-in-the-mud
- Stick your neck out
- Stick to your guns
- Stick out like a sore thumb
- Stew in your own juices
- Step up to the plate
- Step on it
- Stem the tide
- Steer clear of
- Steal someone’s thunder
- Steal a march
- Status quo
- State of the art
- Start from scratch
- Stars in your eyes
- Stars and stripes
- Stand in good stead
- Stalking horse
- Squeeze blood out of a turnip
- Squeaky wheel gets the grease
- Squeaky clean
- Squared away
- Square peg in a round hole
- Square Mile
- Square meal
- Sputnik moment
- Spur of the moment
- Sprat to catch a mackerel
- Spot on
- Spoil the ship for a ha’pworth of tar
- Split the blanket
- Split hairs
- Spitting image
- Spit the dummy
- Spit blood
- Spirit of the law
- Spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak
- Spinning a yarn
- Spinning a line
- Spill the beans
- Spick and span
- Spend like a sailor
- Spend a penny
- Speak with a forked tongue
- Speak volumes
- Speak of the devil!
- Spare the rod and spoil the child
- Spanner in the works
- Spanish practices
- Sow your wild oats
- Sow the seeds
- Sour grapes
- Sound as a pound
- Sound as a bell
- Something nasty in the woodshed
- Some other time
- Soft soap someone
- Sod’s law
- So on and so forth
- So it goes
- Snug as a bug in a rug
- Snow job
- Snake oil salesperson
- Snake oil
- Snake in the grass
- Smooth sailing
- Smooth as a baby’s bottom
- Smoking gun
- Smokestack industry
- Smoke the peace pipe
- Smoke like a chimney
- Smoke and mirrors
- Smell a rat
- Smarty pants
- Smart as a whip
- Smart Alec
- Small-time
- Small fry
- Small dog, tall weeds
- Small beer
- Smack in the face
- Sly as a fox
- Slowly, slowly catchy monkey
- Slow but sure
- Slow boat to China
- Slow and steady wins the race
- Slough of despond
- Slippery slope
- Slippery customer
- Slip through one’s fingers
- Slip of the tongue
- Slim chance
- Sleight of hand
- Sleep well- don’t let the bedbugs bite
- Sleep like a log
- Sleep like a baby
- Slap on the wrist
- Sky is the limit
- Skunkworks
- Skin someone alive
- Skin in the game
- Skin and bones
- Skeleton in the closet
- Skate on thin ice
- Sixty-four-thousand-dollar-question
- Sixes and sevens
- Six of one and half-a-dozen of the other
- Six feet under
- Sitting duck
- Sit pretty
- Sit on the fence
- Sink or swim
- Sing from the same hymn sheet
- Since time immemorial
- Silver surfer
- Silver screen
- Silver bullet
- Silly season
- Silence is golden
- Signed, sealed and delivered
- Sight to behold
- Sight for sore eyes
- Sick to death
- Sick as a parrot
- Sick as a dog
- Sick and tired
- Shrinking violet
- Show someone a clean pair of heels
- Show me the money
- Shotgun marriage
- Shot in the dark
- Shot across the bow
- Short-change
- Short shrift
- Short end of the stick
- Shop floor
- Shooting fish in a barrel
- Shoot yourself in the foot
- Shoot the breeze
- Shoot from the hip
- Shoot down in flames
- Shoestring
- Shoe is on the other foot
- Shipshape and Bristol fashion
- Ship came in
- Shilly-shally
- Shifting sands
- Shed light
- Sharp cookie
- Sharp as a tack
- Shape up or ship out
- Shanks’s pony
- Shake a leg
- Shaggy dog story
- Shades of meaning
- Seventh heaven
- Seven sheets to the wind
- Set your sights on
- Set the wheels in motion
- Set in stone
- Serve time
- Separate the wheat from the chaff
- Separate the sheep from the goats
- Send someone to Coventry
- Send someone packing
- Sell your soul
- Sell your birthright for a mess of pottage
- Sell like hotcakes
- Sell like hot cakes
- Sell down the river
- Seen better days
- Seeing is believing
- Seed money
- See you on the big drum
- See you later
- See you anon
- See the light
- See red
- See eye to eye
- Second wind
- Second thoughts
- Searching question
- Seamy side
- Sea legs
- Screw loose
- Scream blue murder
- Scraping the barrel
- Scot free
- Schoolyard pick
- Scent blood
- Scattered to the four winds
- Scarlet woman
- Scare the daylights out of someone
- Scales fall from your eyes
- Say-so
- Say when
- Say uncle
- Saving grace
- Saved by the bell
- Save your skin
- Save someone’s bacon
- Save face
- Same old, same old
- Salty dog
- Salt of the earth
- Salt in a wound
- Salad days
- Sail under false colours
- Sail close to the wind
- Saigon moment
- Safety in numbers
- Safe pair of hands
- Safe bet
- Safe and sound
- Sacred cow
- Rusty needle
- Russian roulette
- Running on fumes
- Running on empty
- Run-of-the-mill
- Run your mouth off
- Run the show
- Run the gauntlet
- Run rings around someone
- Run out of gas
- Run off your feet
- Run into the sand
- Run circles around someone
- Run before you can walk
- Run around the bush
- Run amok
- Run a mile
- Rule the roost
- Rule of thumb
- Ruffle a few feathers
- Rudderless ship
- Rub someone up the wrong way
- Rub shoulders
- Round the houses
- Round the bend
- Rough-hewn
- Rough end of the stick
- Rough edges
- Rough diamond
- Rough around the edges
- Rough and ready
- Rose-tinted glasses
- Rose-colored glasses
- Rooted to the spot
- Root hog or die poor
- Rome was not built in a day
- Rolling in the aisles
- Roll your eyes
- Roll with the punches
- Roll out the red carpet
- Rocket science
- Rock the boat
- Rob Peter to pay Paul
- Road to Damascus
- Rise from the ashes
- Rise and shine
- Rip van Winkle
- Ringside seat
- Ring a bell
- Right up your street
- Right up my alley
- Right royal
- Right out of the blocks
- Right as rain
- Ride with the tide
- Ride roughshod
- Rich man’s family
- Rich as Croesus
- Rice missionary
- Rhyme or reason
- Rewrite history
- Revenge is sweet
- Rest on your laurels
- Rest is gravy
- Renaissance man
- Reinvent the wheel
- Reduce to ashes
- Reds under the bed
- Red tape
- Red rag to a bull
- Red mist
- Red light district
- Red letter day
- Red herring
- Red carpet
- Recipe for disaster
- Rearrange the deckchairs on the Titanic
- Real trooper
- Real plum
- Real McCoy
- Real deal
- Read someone the riot act
- Read from the same page
- Raw deal
- Rather you than me
- Rat race
- Rank and file
- Rake someone over the coals
- Rake over old coals
- Raise eyebrows
- Raise Cain
- Rainy day
- Raining cats and dogs
- Rags to riches
- Ragged blue line
- Rack your brain
- Rack and ruin
- Quiet before the Storm
- Quiet as a mouse
- Quids in
- Quick on the trigger
- Quick off the mark
- Quick fix
- Quick buck
- Quick as a flash
- Queue jumping
- Question of time
- Queer your pitch
- Queer Street
- Queer fish
- Queen of Hearts
- Queen bee
- Quart into a pint pot
- Quarrel with bread and butter
- Pyrrhic victory
- Putting the cart before the horse
- Put your thumb on the scales
- Put your money where your mouth is
- Put your heads together
- Put your hand on your heart
- Put your foot in your mouth
- Put your foot in it
- Put your foot down
- Put your cards on the table
- Put your best foot forward
- Put you in the picture
- Put you in mind
- Put up or shut up
- Put two and two together
- Put to the sword
- Put the pedal to the metal
- Put the kybosh on
- Put the carriage before the horse
- Put someone out to pasture
- Put someone on a pedestal
- Put somebody’s nose out of joint
- Put some mustard on it!
- Put some dirt on it
- Put or get someone’s back up
- Put lipstick on a pig
- Put all your eggs in one basket
- Put a cork in it!
- Put a bug in your ear
- Pushing up the daisies
- Push the envelope
- Push comes to shove
- Puppy love
- Pup’s chance
- Punching bag
- Pull yourself up by your bootstraps
- Pull your weight
- Pull your punches
- Pull your finger out!
- Pull your chain
- Pull up your socks
- Pull the wool over someone’s eyes
- Pull the trigger
- Pull the other one, it’s got brass bells on
- Pull the fat from the fire
- Pull strings
- Pull someone’s leg
- Pull out of the fire
- Pull out all the stops
- Pull no punches
- Pull in the reins
- Pull a rabbit out of your hat
- Proud as a peacock
- Proof of the pudding is in the eating
- Prodigal son
- Proclaim it from the rooftops
- Problem is thirty
- Prince charming
- Primrose path
- Prim and proper
- Pressed for time
- Press the flesh
- Presence of mind
- Preaching to the choir
- Practise what you preach
- Powers that be
- Powder your nose
- Pour oil on troubled waters
- Pound of flesh
- Pot-luck
- Pot calling the kettle black
- Pork barrel
- Pop your clogs
- Pop the question
- Polishing peanuts
- Polish the apples
- Poison pill
- Pointy-heads
- Poetry in motion
- Poacher turned gamekeeper
- Pleased as punch
- Playing to the gallery
- Play with fire
- Play the fool
- Play the field
- Play second fiddle
- Play out of your skin
- Play it by ear
- Play into someone’s hands
- Play hooky
- Play havoc
- Play hardball
- Play for time
- Play for keeps
- Play fast and loose
- Plastic smile
- Plan B
- Plain sailing
- Plain Jane
- Plain as the nose on your face
- Plain as a pikestaff
- Place in the sun
- Piping hot
- Pipe dream
- Pink slip
- Pink pound
- Pinch of salt
- Pin money
- Pigs might fly
- Pig in a poke
- Pieces of the same cake
- Piece of cake
- Pie in the sky
- Pick-up game
- Pick up the tab
- Photo finish
- Pet peeve
- Perish the thought
- Perfidious Albion
- Pep talk
- People who live in glass houses should not throw stones
- Penny wise, pound foolish
- Penny pincher
- Penny ante
- Pen is mightier than the sword
- Peeping Tom
- Pecking order
- Pay your dues
- Pay through the nose
- Pay the piper
- Pay on the nail
- Patience of Job
- Pass the time of day
- Pass the hat
- Pass the buck
- Pass muster
- Part and parcel
- Parrot fashion
- Par for the course
- Paper tiger
- Paper over the cracks
- Pandora’s box
- Painted Jezebel
- Paint yourself into a corner
- Paint the town red
- Pain in the neck
- Paddle your own canoe
- Packed like sardines
- Over-egg the pudding
- Over your head
- Over the top
- Over the moon
- Over the hill
- Over the counter
- Over my dead body
- Over and over
- Over a barrel
- Out to lunch
- Out on a limb
- Out of your own pocket
- Out of your mind
- Out of your hair
- Out of this world
- Out of the woods
- Out of the frying pan, into the fire
- Out of the box
- Out of the blue
- Out of sorts
- Out of sight, out of mind
- Out of pocket
- Out of my league
- Out of hand
- Out like a light
- Out in the sticks
- Out and about
- Other side of the coin
- Opportunity knocks but once
- Opening a can of worms
- Open old wounds
- Open old sores
- Open book
- Open all hours
- Oops a daisy
- One-trick pony
- One-off
- One-man band
- One swallow does not make a summer
- One over the eight
- One man’s trash is another man’s treasure
- One man’s meat is another man’s poison
- One man’s loss is another man’s gain
- One hand washes the other
- One good turn deserves another
- One for the road
- One fell swoop
- One bad apple
- Once in a blue moon
- Once bitten, twice shy
- On your toes
- On your tod
- On your soapbox
- On your last legs
- On your high horse
- On top of the world
- On the wallaby track
- On the wagon
- On the up and up
- On the trot
- On the tip of your tongue
- On the take
- On the stump
- On the sly
- On the skids
- On the shelf
- On the same wavelength
- On the same page
- On the run
- On the ropes
- On the right foot
- On the rebound
- On the nose
- On the nod
- On the never-never
- On the map
- On the make
- On the line
- On the level
- On the lam
- On the house
- On the hoof
- On the ground
- On the game
- On the fly
- On the fiddle
- On the factory floor
- On the dot
- On the cheap
- On the case
- On the blower
- On the blink
- On the ball
- On tenterhooks
- On pins and needles
- On ice
- On hold
- On good terms
- On Carey Street
- On all fours
- On a silver platter
- On a roll
- On a fishing expedition
- Olive branch
- Oldest trick in the book
- Old wive’s tale
- Old hat
- Old friends and old wine are best
- Old flames die hard
- Old chestnut
- Oh, my goodness!
- Off-hand
- Off your rocker
- Off your chump
- Off the wall
- Off the track
- Off the top of your head
- Off the shelf
- Off the scale
- Off the rails
- Off the mark
- Off the hook
- Off the grid
- Off the cuff
- Off the chart
- Off the beaten track
- Off colour
- Odds and ends
- Object lesson
- Nutty as a fruitcake
- Nuts and bolts
- Number cruncher
- Null and void
- Now and then
- Nothing ventured, nothing gained
- Nothing to write home about
- Nothing to crow about
- Notch on your belt
- Not worth a tinker’s dam
- Not worth a red cent
- Not wash
- Not to be sneezed at
- Not the only pebble on the beach
- Not our bag
- Not on my watch
- Not my cup of tea
- Not much cop
- Not know beans about
- Not have two pennies to rub together
- Not have the heart
- Not give a monkey’s
- Not enough room to swing a cat
- Not cricket
- Not born yesterday
- Not bat an eye
- Not all there
- Not a snowball’s chance in hell
- Nosy parker
- Nose in the air
- None so blind as those who will not see
- Nod’s as good as a wink
- No use to man or beast
- No time to lose
- No time like the present
- No time for
- No strings attached
- No spring chicken
- No spine
- No smoke without fire
- No skin off my nose
- No questions asked
- No question
- No quarter
- No love lost
- No laughing matter
- No ifs or buts
- No holds barred
- No harm, no foul
- No great shakes
- No good deed goes unpunished
- No go
- No can do
- No bed of roses
- Nitty gritty
- Nip it in the bud
- Nip at the bit
- Nip and tuck
- Ninth circle of hell
- Night owl
- Nickel tour
- Nick of time
- Newfangled
- New York minute
- New sheriff in town
- New man
- New lease of life
- New kid on the block
- New brush sweeps clean
- New blood
- Never darken my door again
- Never a rose without the prick
- Nest egg
- Nerves of steel
- Neither use nor ornament
- Neither here nor there
- Neither fish nor fowl
- Needle in a haystack
- Need no introduction
- Neck of the woods
- Neck and neck
- Nature abhors a vacuum
- Nail-biter
- Nail in the coffin
- My way or the highway
- My heart goes out to someone
- My heart bleeds
- My hands are tied
- My hands are full
- My foot!
- My eye
- My dogs are barking
- Mutton dressed as lamb
- Music to my ears
- Murky waters
- Murder will out
- Mum’s the word
- Muddy the waters
- Mud-slinging
- Mud in your eye
- Mud in the fire
- Muck or nettles
- Much ado about nothing
- Mover and shaker
- Move the goalposts
- Move mountains
- Move heaven and earth
- Mountain to climb
- More than one way to skin a cat
- More than one string to their bow
- More than meets the eye
- More holes than Swiss cheese
- More heat than light
- More haste, less speed
- More front than Brighton
- Moral high ground
- Moral fibre
- Moot point
- Monkey business
- Money to burn
- Money talks
- Money makes many things
- Money laundering
- Money for old rope
- Money for jam
- Money doesn`t grow on trees
- Monday morning quarterback
- Mom and pop
- Miss the boat
- Miss is as good as a mile
- Misery guts
- Mint condition
- Mind Your P’s and Q’s
- Mind your own beeswax
- Mind the gap
- Mind over matter
- Mince words
- Millstone round your neck
- Mighty oaks from little acorns grow
- Middle of nowhere
- Midas touch
- Mickey Mouse
- Mexican standoff
- Method in his madness
- Mess with a bull, you get the horns
- Mend fences
- Memory like an elephant
- Memory like a sieve
- Melting pot
- Melt your heart
- Megaphone diplomacy
- Meet your match
- Meet your Maker
- Meet your expectations
- Meet someone halfway
- Meat and potatoes
- Meat and drink
- Mealy-mouthed
- Matter of life and death
- Marked man
- Mark someone’s card
- Mark my words
- March to the beat of your own drum
- Many moons ago
- Many happy returns
- Many hands make light work
- Many a slip twixt cup and lip
- Man’s man
- Man’s best friend
- Man upstairs
- Man on the Clapham omnibus
- Man of the cloth
- Man of straw
- Man of parts
- Man of means
- Man of letters
- Man of his word
- Man in the street
- Man Friday
- Make yourself scarce
- Make your hair stand on end
- Make your flesh crawl
- Make your blood boil
- Make waves
- Make out like a bandit
- Make no bones about it
- Make my day
- Make money hand over fist
- Make headway
- Make hay
- Make ends meet
- Make bets in a burning house
- Make an enquiry
- Make a song and dance
- Make a request
- Make a pitch
- Make a mountain out of a molehill
- Make a monkey of someone
- Make a mint
- Make a meal
- Make a killing
- Make a clean breast
- Make a better fist
- Major league
- Mailed fist
- Made of money
- Made in the shade
- Mad as a March hare
- Mad as a hornet
- Mad as a cut snake
- Mad as a badger
- Luck of the draw
- Lower your sights
- Lower the bar
- Lower than a snake’s belly in a wagon rut
- Lower than a snake’s belly
- Low-hanging fruit
- Love is blind
- Lose your shirt
- Lose your marbles
- Lose your lunch
- Lose the plot
- Lord love a duck
- Loose lips sink ships
- Loose cannon
- Look what the cat dragged in
- Look out for number one
- Look on the bright side
- Look before you leap
- Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves
- Look after number 1
- Long time no see
- Long time no hear
- Long shot
- Long in the tooth
- Long face
- Lock, stock and barrel
- Lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
- Lock horns
- Loan shark
- Lo and behold
- Live wire
- Live high off the hog
- Little strokes fell great oaks
- Little pitchers have big ears
- Lip service
- Lion’s share
- Lines of communication
- Lily-livered
- Like wildfire
- Like white on rice
- Like two peas in a pod
- Like there’s no tomorrow
- Like the clappers
- Like the back of your hand
- Like taking candy from a baby
- Like pulling teeth
- Like peas in a pod
- Like lambs to the slaughter
- Like giving a donkey strawberries
- Like father, like son
- Like clockwork
- Like Chinese arithmetic
- Like a rat deserting a sinking ship
- Like a moth to a flame
- Like a kid in a candy store
- Like a headless chicken
- Like a hawk
- Like a fish out of water
- Like a fish needs a bicycle
- Like a duck to water
- Like a cat that got the cream
- Like a cat on hot bricks
- Like a bear with a sore head
- Like a beached whale
- Like a bat out of hell
- Lightning rod
- Light years ahead
- Light on your feet
- Light bulb moment
- Light at the end of the tunnel
- Life is just a bowl of cherries
- Life and limb
- Lie through your teeth
- Lie low
- Lie like a rug
- Level playing field
- Letter of the law
- Let your hair down
- Let the grass grow round your feet
- Let the genie out of the bottle
- Let the devil take the hindmost
- Let the chips fall where they may
- Let the cat out of the bag
- Let the best be the enemy of the good
- Let sleeping dogs lie
- Let bygones be bygones
- Let alone
- Lesser of two evils
- Leopard can’t change its spots
- Lend an ear
- Legend in your own lunchtime
- Left-handed compliment
- Left to your own devices
- Left in the dark
- Left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing
- Leave well alone
- Leave no stone unturned
- Lead with the chin
- Lead someone up the garden path
- Lay down the law
- Law unto yourself
- Laughter is the best medicine
- Laughing stock
- Laugh up your sleeve
- Laugh to see a pudding crawl
- Laugh a minute
- Last-ditch
- Last straw
- Last laugh
- Last hurrah
- Larger than life
- Lap of the gods
- Lap dog
- Land of nod
- Lame duck
- Labour of love
- Labor of love
- Know your place
- Know your onions
- Know which side one’s bread is buttered on
- Know the ropes
- Know full well
- Know a hawk from a handsaw
- Knock your socks off
- Knock the pins from under someone
- Knock something on the head
- Knock on wood
- Knock ’em dead
- Knit your brows
- Knight in shining armour
- Knee-jerk reaction
- Kith and kin
- Kitchen-sink
- Kissing cousin
- Kiss something goodbye
- Kiss of death
- Kiss and tell
- King’s ransom
- King of the castle
- Kindred spirit
- Kill two birds with one stone
- Kill the goose that lays the golden egg
- Kid gloves
- Kicked to touch
- Kick your heels
- Kick up your heels
- Kick the bucket
- Kick the ballistics
- Kick something into the long grass
- Kick in the teeth
- Kick away the ladder
- Kick a habit
- Kettle of fish
- Keep your wig on!
- Keep your shirt on!
- Keep your powder dry
- Keep your pecker up
- Keep your options open
- Keep your nose to the grindstone
- Keep your nose clean
- Keep your head above water
- Keep your head
- Keep your hair on
- Keep your fingers crossed
- Keep your eyes peeled
- Keep your eye on the prize
- Keep your eye on the ball
- Keep your ear to the ground
- Keep your chin up
- Keep up with the Joneses
- Keep the wolf at bay
- Keep someone at arm’s length
- Keep posted
- Keep mum
- Keep it under your hat
- Keep in touch
- Keep body and soul together
- Keep at bay
- Keep abreast
- Keen as mustard
- Kangaroo court
- Just what the doctor ordered
- Just off the boat
- Just in the nick of time
- Just for the record
- Just for the heck of it
- Just deserts
- Just coming up to
- Just around the corner
- Jury’s out
- Jungle out there
- Jump through hoops
- Jump the shark
- Jump the gun
- Jump on the bandwagon
- Jump down someone’s throat
- Juggle frogs
- Judge, jury and executioner
- Joined at the hip
- Johnny-come-lately
- Johnny on the spot
- John Q Public
- John Doe
- Jog my memory
- Jockey for position
- Jobs for the boys
- Job’s comforter
- Jet-black
- Jersey justice
- Jekyll and Hyde
- Jane Doe
- Jam tomorrow
- Jack-of-all-trades
- Jack Frost
- Ivory tower
- Itchy feet
- Itch to
- It’s your funeral
- It’s not the size of the man in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the man
- It’s no use crying over spilt milk
- It’s an ill wind that blows no good
- It takes two to tango
- It takes a village to raise a child
- It never rains but it pours
- It cost the earth
- It cost an arm and a leg
- It ain’t over till the fat lady sings
- Is Saul also among the prophets?
- Irons in the fire
- Iron fist
- Into thin air
- Into each life some rain must fall
- Ins and outs
- Indian summer
- Indian giver
- Indian file
- In your sights
- In your face
- In your element
- In two minds
- In turn
- In the zone
- In the twinkling of an eye
- In the tall cotton
- In the swing
- In the swim
- In the soup
- In the same boat
- In the red
- In the pipeline
- In the pink
- In the offing
- In the making
- In the loop
- In the long run
- In the know
- In the hot seat
- In the flesh
- In the family way
- In the face of
- In the driver’s seat
- In the doghouse
- In the dock
- In the club
- In the clink
- In the clear
- In the cards
- In the black
- In the ballpark
- In the bag
- In tandem
- In stitches
- In spades
- In someone’s pocket
- In so many words
- In rude health
- In perfect form
- In over your head
- In one ear and out the other
- In my good books
- In my book
- In my bad books
- In like Flynn
- In light of
- In hot water
- In high spirits
- In high gear
- In full swing
- In for a penny, in for a pound
- In droves
- In dribs and drabs
- In donkey’s years
- In dire straits
- In cold blood
- In cahoots
- In broad daylight
- In another’s shoes
- In an instant
- In all honesty
- In a tight spot
- In a tick
- In a rut
- In a pickle
- In a nutshell
- In a jiffy
- In a jam
- In a heartbeat
- In a flash
- In a fix
- In a cleft stick
- Ill-gotten gains
- Ill at ease
- If you’ll pardon my French
- If you will
- If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas
- If you fly with the crows, you get shot with the crows
- If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen
- If wishes were horses, beggars would ride
- If the cap fits, wear it
- If Mohammed won’t come to the mountain, the mountain must come to Mohammed
- If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it
- If I had a nickel for every time
- If at first you don’t succeed try try again
- Idle hands are the devil’s handiwork
- Icing on the cake
- I’ve got your number
- I’ve got a bone to pick with you
- I’ll eat my hat
- I’ll cross that road when I come to it
- I should cocoa
- I may be daft, but I’m not stupid
- I hereby give notice of my intention
- Hunky Dory
- Hungry as a bear
- Hung the moon
- Hue and cry
- How’s tricks?
- How long is a piece of string
- How do you like them apples
- How come
- House of cards
- Hour of need
- Hot-headed
- Hot-blooded
- Hot water
- Hot under the collar
- Hot to trot
- Hot ticket
- Hot foot
- Hot button
- Hot as Hades
- Hot as blue blazes
- Hot air
- Hostile takeover
- Horses for courses
- Horse trading
- Horse of a different color
- Horns of a dilemma
- Hornets’ nest
- Hope in hell
- Hope against hope
- Hop, skip, and a jump
- Hook, line, and sinker
- Honours are even
- Honor among thieves
- Honest truth
- Home, James
- Home stretch
- Home and hearth
- Holy smoke!
- Hollow victory
- Holier-than-thou
- Hold your tongue
- Hold your own
- Hold your horses
- Hold the torch
- Hold the fort
- Hold the bag
- Hold the baby
- Hold all the aces
- Hoist with your own petard
- Hobson’s choice
- Hit the sack
- Hit the roof
- Hit the road
- Hit the nail on the head
- Hit the mark
- Hit the hay
- Hit the ground running
- Hit the fan
- Hit the ceiling
- Hit the bull’s-eye
- Hit the books
- Hit the airwaves
- Hit rough weather
- Hit me with your best shot
- Hit and miss
- Hit a nerve
- Himalayan blunder
- High-wire act
- High-handed
- High and mighty
- High and dry
- Hiding to nothing
- Here today, gone tomorrow
- Herding cats
- Hell in a handcart
- Hell for leather
- Hedge your bets
- Heavy-handed
- Heavenly bodies
- Heaven knows
- Heart-to-heart
- Heart of gold
- Heart misses a beat
- Heart isn’t in it
- Heart in your mouth
- Heart in your boots
- Heart in the right place
- Hear on the grapevine
- Hear a pin drop
- Healthy as a horse
- Headstrong
- Heads-up
- Heads will roll
- Head south
- Head over heels in love
- Head on the block
- Head on a spike
- Head nor tail
- Head is in the clouds
- Head for the hills
- He’ll rue the day
- He that travels far knows much
- Hay is for horses
- Having a gas
- Have your work cut out
- Have your tail up
- Have your moments
- Have your fill
- Have your collar felt
- Have your cake and eat it too
- Have the floor
- Have a trick up your sleeve
- Have a ripper
- Have a heart
- Have a go
- Have a bash
- Have a ball
- Hatchet job
- Hat trick
- Haste makes waste
- Hard up
- Hard to come by
- Hard sell
- Hard on someone’s heels
- Hard of hearing
- Hard cheese
- Hard as nails
- Happy medium
- Hanged for a sheep as a lamb
- Hangdog expression
- Hang out to dry
- Hang in the balance
- Hang by a thread
- Handwriting like chicken scratch
- Hands down
- Hand to mouth
- Hand that rocks the cradle
- Hand in hand
- Hand in glove
- Hammer and tongs
- Half-baked
- Half a mind
- Hale and hearty
- Hairy at the heel
- Hair of the dog
- Hail-fellow-well-met
- Gung ho
- Gunboat diplomacy
- Guinea-pig
- Grist for the mill
- Grin like a Cheshire cat
- Grin and bear it
- Grey suits
- Grey pound
- Grey matter
- Grey area
- Greenhorn
- Green-eyed monster
- Green with envy
- Green thumb
- Green light
- Green fingers
- Green around the gills
- Greek to me
- Great white hope
- Great unwashed
- Great Scott
- Great guns
- Greased lightning
- Grease the skids
- Grease someone’s palm
- Grease monkey
- Gravy train
- Graveyard shift
- Grass widow
- Grass roots
- Grasp the nettle
- Grain of salt
- Grab the bulls by its horns
- Goody two-shoes
- Good walls make good neighbours
- Good to go
- Good time
- Good spell
- Good shape
- Good Samaritan
- Good hand
- Good fences make good neighbours
- Good egg
- Good antennae
- Gone to the dogs
- Gone to pot
- Gone pear-shaped
- Gone for a burton
- Gone fishing
- Golden touch
- Golden rule
- Golden handshake
- Going overboard
- Go-to guy
- Go with the flow
- Go west
- Go under the hammer
- Go to seed
- Go through the motions
- Go the whole hog
- Go the extra mile
- Go spare
- Go south
- Go round in circles
- Go play in traffic
- Go pear-shaped
- Go off on a tangent
- Go nuts
- Go hand in hand
- Go fry an egg
- Go for broke
- Go fly a kite
- Go Dutch
- Go down without a fight
- Go down swinging
- Go by the boards
- Go bust
- Go blue
- Go bananas
- Go awry
- Go against the grain
- Gnaw your vitals
- Glutton for punishment
- Gloves are off
- Glass ceiling
- Given the day that’s in it
- Give your eye teeth
- Give up the ghost
- Give the nod
- Give someone stick
- Give someone enough rope
- Give someone a run for their money
- Give someone a piece of your mind
- Give someone a leg up
- Give me a hand
- Give it some stick
- Give as good as you get
- Give and take
- Give a dog a bad name
- Girl Friday
- Gilded cage
- Gild the lily
- Gift of the gab
- Ghostly presence
- Ghost of a chance
- Get your wires crossed
- Get your teeth into
- Get your head around something
- Get your hands dirty
- Get your goat
- Get your feet wet
- Get your feathers in a bunch
- Get your ducks in a row
- Get wind of
- Get up and go
- Get to grips
- Get the nod
- Get the monkey off your back
- Get the green light
- Get the ball rolling
- Get the axe
- Get out of bed on the wrong side
- Get on your soapbox
- Get on your nerves
- Get on like a house on fire
- Get my drift
- Get it off your chest
- Get it in the neck
- Get in on the ground floor
- Get in on the act
- Get away with murder
- Get away scot-free
- Get along famously
- Gather steam
- Gather pace
- Gardening leave
- Garbage in, garbage out
- Garbage fee
- Game plan
- Fuzzy thinking
- Fur coat and no knickers
- Fullness of time
- Full swing
- Full of the joys of spring
- Full of piss and vinegar
- Full of hot air
- Full of beans
- Full Monty
- Full circle
- Full bore
- From the word go
- From the sublime to the ridiculous
- From the horse’s mouth
- From the get-go
- From the bottom of your heart
- From soup to nuts
- From scratch
- From rags to riches
- From pillar to post
- From Missouri
- From a different angle
- Friendly footing
- Freudian Slip
- Fresh from the oven
- Free-for-all
- Free rein
- Fourth estate
- Four-square behind
- Four-eyes
- Four corners of the earth
- Foul play
- Fortune knocks once at every man’s door
- Forest for the trees
- Foregone conclusion
- Forbidden fruit
- For the time being
- For the love of Pete
- For the birds
- For Pete’s sake
- For my money
- For kicks
- For England
- For donkey’s years
- For a song
- Football’s a game of two halves
- Foot the bill
- Foot in the door
- Foot in mouth
- Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
- Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me
- Food for thought
- Fly the flag
- Fly the coop
- Fly on the wall
- Fly off the handle
- Fly in the ointment
- Fly by the seat of one’s pants
- Flowery speech
- Flogging a dead horse
- Flesh and blood
- Fleet of foot
- Flat out
- Flat as a pancake
- Flash in the pan
- Fit to be tied
- Fit the bill
- Fit of pique
- Fit for a king
- Fit as a fiddle
- Fit as a fiddle
- Fishy
- Fishy
- Fish out of water
- Fish out of water
- Fish or cut bait
- Fish or cut bait
- First port of call
- First port of call
- First out of the gate
- First out of the gate
- First come, first served
- First come, first served
- Fire on all cylinders
- Fire on all cylinders
- Fire away
- Fire away
- Fingers and thumbs
- Fingers and thumbs
- Finger in the pie
- Finger in the pie
- Fine words butter no parsnips
- Fine tuning
- Fine and dandy
- Find your feet
- Fighting chance
- Fight tooth and nail
- Fight an uphill battle
- Fifth wheel
- Fifth columnist
- Fiddle while Rome burns
- Fence sitter
- Feet on the ground
- Feet of clay
- Feeling blue
- Feel the pinch
- Feel like a million
- Feel free
- Feel at home
- Fed up to the back teeth
- Feathers fly
- Feather your own nest
- Feather in your cap
- Fate worse than death
- Fat of the land
- Fat hits the fire
- Fat head
- Fat chance!
- Fat cat
- Fast and furious
- Famous last words
- Familiarity breeds contempt
- Fall on your sword
- Fall on our feet
- Fall off the turnip truck
- Fall off the back of a lorry
- Fall by the wayside
- Fairweather friend
- Fair thee well
- Fair shake of the whip
- Fair crack of the whip
- Fair and square
- Failure is the mother of success
- Facts of life
- Face your demons
- Face value
- Face the music
- Face like thunder
- Eyes are bigger than one’s stomach
- Eye- wash
- Eye for an eye
- Eye candy
- Explore all avenues
- Exception that proves the rule
- Everything but the kitchen sink
- Everybody and their uncle
- Every trick in the book
- Every Tom, Dick and Harry
- Every man jack
- Every man for himself
- Every man and his dog
- Every dog has its day
- Every cloud has a silver lining
- Every ass likes to hear himself bray
- Even the dogs in the street know
- Even Stevens
- Even keel
- Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while
- End in smoke
- Empty vessels make the most noise
- Eleventh hour
- Elephant in the room
- Elbow room
- Elbow grease
- Egg on your face
- Economical with the truth
- Eat your words
- Eat your heart out
- Eat someone alive
- Eat my hat
- Eat like a pig
- Eat like a horse
- Eat like a bird
- Eat humble pie
- Eat crow
- Easy peasy
- Easy come, easy go
- Easy as pie
- Easy as beans
- Easy as ABC
- Easier said than done
- Earn a living
- Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy wealthy and wise
- Early bird catches the worm
- Early bath
- Eagle eyes
- Eager beaver
- Each to their own
- Dyed-in-the-wool
- Dwell on the past
- Dutch wife
- Dutch uncle
- Dutch treat
- Dutch courage
- Dutch auction
- Dunkirk spirit
- Dull as ditchwater
- Ducks in a row
- Duck to water
- Duck soup
- Dry spell
- Dry run
- Dry as a bone
- Drunk as a lord
- Drown your sorrows
- Drop the ball
- Drop someone a line
- Drop like flies
- Drop in the ocean
- Drop in the bucket
- Drop a bombshell
- Driven by a motor
- Drive you spare
- Drive someone up the wall
- Drive home
- Drive a wedge
- Drink like a fish
- Dressed to the nines
- Dress to kill
- Dress someone down
- Draw the shortest straw
- Draw the line
- Draw a long bow
- Draw a line in the sand
- Draw a blank
- Drag your heels
- Drag your feet
- Down-to-earth
- Down to the wire
- Down the tubes
- Down the pan
- Down the hatch
- Down the drain
- Down in the mouth
- Down in the dumps
- Down in the doldrums
- Down for the count
- Down at heel
- Down and out
- Doubting Thomas
- Double-edged sword
- Double whammy
- Double take
- Double Dutch
- Dot all the i’s and cross all the t’s
- Doormat
- Donkey’s years
- Done to death
- Don’t wash your dirty laundry in public
- Don’t upset the applecart
- Don’t throw bricks when you live in a glass house
- Don’t take any wooden nickels
- Don’t sweat the small stuff
- Don’t stand there with curlers in your hair
- Don’t push my buttons!
- Don’t mention the war
- Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth
- Don’t know whether to wind a watch or bark at the moon
- Don’t judge a book by the cover
- Don’t hold your breath
- Don’t give up the day job
- Don’t cry over spilt milk
- Don’t catch your chickens before they’re hatched
- Don’t bite the hand that feeds
- Dollars for doughnuts
- Doldrums
- Doggy bag
- Dog’s life
- Dog’s dinner
- Dog-whistle politics
- Dog-eared
- Dog tired
- Dog in the manger
- Dog eat dog
- Dog days
- Dog and pony show
- Dodge the bullet
- Do’s and don’t’s
- Do their dirty work
- Do the running
- Do the needful
- Do as you would be done by
- Do a runner
- Do a Devon Loch
- Dish the dirt
- Discretion is the better part of valour
- Discerning eye
- Dirty dog
- Dip your toes in the water
- Dine on ashes
- Dime a dozen
- Dig your heels in
- Dig way down deep
- Different strokes for different folks
- Different ropes for different folks
- Different kettle of fish
- Die is cast
- Diamond in the rough
- Devil’s advocate
- Devil may care
- Devil is in the detail
- Devil finds work for idle hands
- Derring-do
- Demon weed
- Deliver the goods
- Deep pockets
- Death warmed up
- Death of a thousand cuts
- Dear John letter
- Deaf as a post
- Dead to the world
- Dead men’s shoes
- Dead meat
- Dead man walking
- Dead in the water
- Dead heat
- Dead from the neck up
- Dead duck
- Dead as a doornail
- Dead as a dodo
- Dead and buried
- Dead air
- Daylight robbery
- Day in the sun
- Davey Jones’ locker
- Dark horse
- Dancing on someone’s grave
- Damp squib
- Daft as a brush
- Cutting edge
- Cuts no ice
- Cute as a bug
- Cut your teeth on
- Cut your coat according to your cloth
- Cut to the quick
- Cut to the chase
- Cut the mustard
- Cut the Gordian knot
- Cut someone some slack
- Cut off your nose to spite your face
- Cut it fine
- Cut down the tall poppies
- Cut corners
- Cut and run
- Cut and dried
- Cut a rug
- Curve ball
- Curry favour
- Curiosity killed the cat
- Curate’s egg
- Cupboard love
- Cuckoo in the nest
- Cry-baby
- Cry your eyes out
- Cry wolf
- Crunch time
- Crossing the Rubicon
- Cross to bear
- Cross that bridge when you come to it
- Cross swords
- Crooked as a dog’s hind leg
- Crocodile tears
- Crème de la crème
- Creature comforts
- Cream rises to the top
- Cream of the crop
- Crash a party
- Crack a nut with a sledgehammer
- Cover all the bases
- Country mile
- Count sheep
- Couldn’t give two hoots
- Could eat a horse
- Couch potato
- Corner a market
- Cool your heels
- Cool as a cat
- Cook up a storm
- Cook someone’s goose
- Constitution of an ox
- Comfort zone
- Comes with the territory
- Come with the territory
- Come what may
- Come up trumps
- Come up smelling of roses
- Come up roses
- Come to heel
- Come to grips
- Come to call
- Come to bear
- Come rain or shine
- Come out of your shell
- Come out of the woodwork
- Come out in the wash
- Come on the heels of
- Come hell or high water
- Come clean
- Come a cropper
- Color bar
- Collect dust
- Collateral damage
- Colder than a witches tit
- Cold turkey
- Cold sweat
- Cold shoulder
- Cold light of day
- Cold fish
- Cold feet
- Cold day in hell
- Cock in the henhouse
- Cock and bull story
- Cock a snook
- Coals to Newcastle
- Clutch at straws
- Cloud on the horizon
- Cloud of suspicion
- Cloud nine
- Cloud cuckoo land
- Cloth ears
- Closed book to me
- Close to your heart
- Close the stable door after the horse has bolted
- Close shave
- Close call
- Close but no cigar
- Close at hand
- Cling to hope
- Climb on the bandwagon
- Cliffhanger
- Clear as mud
- Clear as a bell
- Clean sweep
- Clean slate
- Clean sheet
- Clean hands
- Clean break
- Clean bill of health
- Clean as a whistle
- Class act
- Circling the drain
- Circle the wagons
- Cigarette paper
- Chop and change
- Chomp at the bit
- Chip on your shoulder
- Chip off the old block
- Chinese whispers
- Chinese walls
- Chickenfeed
- Chew the fat
- Chew the cud
- Chew on a bone
- Cherry pick
- Cheek by jowl
- Cheat death
- Cheap shot
- Cheap at half the price
- Cheap as chips
- Chase your tail
- Chase rainbows
- Charity begins at home
- Change your tune
- Change tack
- Change of heart
- Change horses in midstream
- Chalk and cheese
- Caught with your hand in the cookie jar
- Catch someone red-handed
- Catch hell
- Catch as catch can
- Cat’s whiskers
- Cat’s pajamas
- Cat’s lick
- Cat nap
- Cat got your tongue?
- Cat fur and kitty britches
- Cat burglar
- Cat and dog life
- Cat among the pigeons
- Castles in the air
- Casting vote
- Cast your net widely
- Cast your mind back
- Cast sheep’s eyes at
- Cast pearls before swine
- Cast iron stomach
- Cast doubt on
- Cast aspersion
- Cast a long shadow
- Cash in your chips
- Case in point
- Case by case
- Carry the can
- Carrot and stick
- Carpetbagger
- Card up your sleeve
- Canary in a coal mine
- Can’t see the forest for its trees
- Can’t hold a candle
- Can’t do it for toffee
- Can’t dance and it’s too wet to plow
- Can of worms
- Calm before the storm
- Call the tune
- Call the shots
- Call the dogs off
- Call on the carpet
- Call a spade a spade
- Calf lick
- Cake’s not worth the candle
- By word of mouth
- By the skin of your teeth
- By the seat of your pants
- By the same token
- By the numbers
- By the book
- By the back door
- By leaps and bounds
- By hook or by crook
- By heart
- By dint of
- By cracky
- By a whisker
- By a long chalk
- By a hair’s breadth
- Button your lip
- Butterflies in your stomach
- Butterfingers
- Butter wouldn’t melt in their mouth
- Busy as a bee
- Busy as a beaver
- Busted flush
- Bust my chops
- Busman’s holiday
- Bury your head in the sand
- Bury the hatchet
- Burst at the seams
- Burning question
- Burn your fingers
- Burn your bridges
- Burn the midnight oil
- Burn the candle at both ends
- Burn rubber
- Bundle of nerves
- Bun in the oven
- Bull-headed
- Bull session
- Bull market
- Bull in a China shop
- Brush under the carpet
- Brownie points
- Brown nose
- Broke as a joke and it ain’t funny
- Broad strokes
- Broad church
- Bring to the table
- Bring the house down
- Bring someone to heel
- Bring someone to book
- Bring home the bacon
- Bring a knife to a gunfight
- Brighten up the day
- Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
- Bright as a button
- Bridge the gap
- Breathe your last
- Breathe down your neck
- Break your heart
- Break your duck
- Break the ice
- Break the back of the beast
- Break ground
- Break even
- Break a leg
- Breadwinner
- Bread and butter
- Brass tacks
- Brass neck
- Brass monkey
- Brain surgery
- Boys in blue
- Boxing and coxing
- Box clever
- Box and dice
- Bouquet of orchids
- Bounce off the walls
- Bottom line
- Both ends meet
- Born with a silver spoon in your mouth
- Born to the purple
- Boot is on the other foot
- Bone to pick
- Bone of contention
- Bolt from the blue
- Bold as brass
- Body politic
- Bob’s your uncle
- Blue-eyed boy
- Blue blood
- Blow your top
- Blow your stack
- Blow your own trumpet
- Blow your own horn
- Blow your mind
- Blow the whistle
- Blow the cobwebs away
- Blow smoke
- Blow out of the water
- Blow off steam
- Blow me down
- Blow hot and cold
- Blow by blow
- Blow a gasket
- Blood, sweat and tears
- Blood out of a stone
- Blood is worth bottling
- Blood is thicker than water
- Blood from a turnip
- Blood and thunder
- Blink of an eye
- Blind leading the blind
- Blind as a bat
- Blessing in disguise
- Bleeding heart
- Bleeding edge
- Blank cheque
- Blackball
- Black sheep
- Black hole
- Black as Newgate’s knocker
- Black and white
- Bitter pill to swallow
- Bitter end
- Bits and bobs
- Bite your tongue
- Bite your lip
- Bite the dust
- Bite the bullet
- Bite someone’s head off
- Bite off more than you can chew
- Bit player
- Bit part
- Bit between your teeth
- Birthday suit
- Birds of a feather flock together
- Birds and the bees
- Bird’s eye view
- Bird-brain
- Bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
- Bigger fish to fry
- Big time
- Big picture
- Big nose
- Big hitter
- Big fish in a small pond
- Big fish
- Big Easy
- Big cheese
- Big bucks
- Big Apple
- Beyond the pale
- Beyond our ken
- Beyond belief
- Beyond a shadow of a doubt
- Between you and me and the cat’s whiskers
- Between the lines
- Between the devil and the deep blue sea
- Between a rock and a hard place
- Better the devil you know
- Better than a stick in the eye
- Better safe than sorry
- Better late than never
- Bet your bottom dollar
- Best thing since sliced bread
- Best of both worlds
- Best of a bad bunch
- Beside yourself
- Beside themselves
- Beside the point
- Benjamin of the family
- Bend someone’s ear
- Bend over backwards
- Belt and suspenders
- Belt and braces
- Below the belt
- Below par
- Belly up
- Bells on
- Bells and whistles
- Believe in the hereafter
- Behind the times
- Behind someone’s back
- Behind closed doors
- Behind bars
- Beggars can’t be choosers
- Beg the question
- Before you can say Jack Robinson
- Before the ink is dry
- Beer and skittles
- Been in the wars
- Beeline for
- Bee’s Knees
- Bee in your bonnet
- Bedroom eyes
- Beck and call
- Beauty is only skin deep
- Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- Beating a dead horse
- Beat to the punch
- Beat the daylights out of someone
- Beat swords into ploughshares
- Beat someone to the draw
- Beat about the bush
- Beard the lion in his own den
- Bear the brunt
- Bear market
- Bear fruit
- Bean counter
- Be up the spout
- Be true blue
- Be that as it may
- Be out in left field
- Be on the pig’s back
- Be careful what you wish for
- Be all ears
- Battle of nerves
- Batten down the hatches
- Bat an eyelid
- Basket case
- Barrel of laughs
- Barrack-room lawyer
- Barkus is willing
- Barking up the wrong tree
- Bark is worse than their bite
- Barefaced liar
- Bare your heart
- Bar fly
- Baptism of fire
- Bandit territory
- Banana skin
- Banana republic
- Ballpark figure
- Ball is in your court
- Bald as a coot
- Baker’s dozen
- Bag of nerves
- Bag of bones
- Bad workers always blame their tools
- Bad taste in your mouth
- Bad shape
- Bad mouth
- Bad hair day
- Bad egg
- Bad blood
- Bad Apple
- Backseat driver
- Back to the wall
- Back to the salt mine
- Back to the drawing board
- Back to square one
- Back to back
- Back the wrong horse
- Back number
- Back foot
- Back burner
- Baby boomer
- Babe in the woods
- Babe in arms
- Axe to grind
- AWOL
- Awe inspiring
- Away with the fairies
- Avowed intent
- Average Joe
- At your wits’ end
- At your wit’s end
- At the top of your voice
- At the top of the list
- At the top of my lungs
- At the fore
- At the end of your tether
- At the end of your rope
- At the end of the day
- At the drop of a hat
- At the coalface
- At the bottom of the totem pole
- At sea
- At odds
- At loose ends
- At loggerheads
- At large
- At full tilt
- At each other’s throats
- At death’s door
- At daggers drawn
- At cross purposes
- At arm’s length
- At a snail’s pace
- At a loose end
- Asleep at the wheel
- Asleep at the switch
- As you sow, so shall you reap
- As the crow flies
- As the actress said to the bishop
- As one man
- As neat as a new pin
- As much use as a handbrake on a canoe
- As much use as a chocolate teapot
- As much use as a chocolate fire-guard
- As mad as a hatter
- As cool as a cucumber
- As cold as stone
- As cold as ice
- As a rule
- Arrow in the quiver
- Around the clock
- Armed to the teeth
- Armchair critic
- Arm and a leg
- Argue the toss
- Apron strings
- Apple of your eye
- Any Tom, Dick or Harry
- Any port in a storm
- Ants in your pants
- Answers on a postcard
- Angry as a bull
- Angry as a bear
- And all that jazz
- An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
- An old flame
- An apple a day keeps the doctor away
- Amen
- Ambulance chaser
- Always a bridesmaid, never a bride
- Alter ego
- All’s well that ends well
- All’s fair in love and war
- All-singing, all-dancing
- All your eggs in one basket
- All the tea in China
- All the rage
- All that glitters is not gold
- All talk and no trousers
- All square
- All skin and bone
- All set
- All roads lead to Rome
- All over the show
- All over the shop
- All over the place
- All over the map
- All of the above
- All my eye and Peggy Martin
- All mouth and trousers
- All mod cons
- All in your head
- All in a day’s work
- All hell broke loose
- All heart
- All hat, no cattle
- All fingers and thumbs
- All eyes on me
- All ears
- All bets are off
- All bark and no bite
- All and sundry
- All along
- Alive and kicking
- Alike as two peas
- Albatross around your neck
- Ahead of time
- Ahead of the pack
- Agony aunt
- Age before beauty
- Against the grain
- Against the clock
- After your own heart
- Add insult to injury
- Add fuel to the fire
- Adam’s apple
- Actions speak louder than words
- Act of God
- Across the pond
- Across the ditch
- Across the board
- Acid test
- Achilles’ heel
- Ace up your sleeve
- Accident waiting to happen
- Absence makes the heart grow fonder
- Above board
- About face
- About as useful as a chocolate teapot
- Abject lesson
- Abide by a decision
- A1
- A watched pot never boils
- A still tongue keeps a wise head
- A steal
- A rolling stone gathers no moss
- A rising tide lifts all boats
- A problem shared is a problem halved
- A pretty penny
- A poor man’s something
- A picture is worth a thousand words
- A penny saved is a penny earned
- A penny for your thoughts
- A OK
- A lost ball in the high weeds
- A little learning is a dangerous thing
- A little bird told me
- A fool at 4 is a fool forever
- A fool and his money are soon parted
- A day late and a dollar short
- A bit much
