Category:English idioms

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This category contains English idioms: English phrases understood by subjective, as opposed to literal meanings.^[edit]

 

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• [×] English metaphors‎ (0 c, 5 e)
• [×] English set phrases‎ (0 c, 6 e)

L

• [×] English live metaphors‎ (0 c, 10 e)

R

• [×] English rhetorical questions‎ (0 c, 63 e)

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• [×] English similes‎ (0 c, 230 e)

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Appendix:English idioms 1 110 proof 110% 12-ounce curls 15 minutes of fame Appendix:English 19th Century idioms 2 23 skidoo 23 Skidoo Street 3 3-on-the-tree 4 4-on-the-floor 8 800-pound gorilla A a bit much a cold day in Hell a cut below a day late and a dollar short a few sandwiches short of a picnic a gentleman and a scholar a good deal a good voice to beg bacon a great deal a hair's breadth a hundred and ten percent a into g 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 lot a notch above a quick drop and a sudden stop a riddle wrapped up in an enigma a Roland for an Oliver a scholar and a gentleman a week from next Tuesday a wild goose never laid a tame egg Aaron's beard able to get a word in edgewise about time about to about turn above and beyond above and beyond the call of duty above board above one's bend above the curve above the law above the salt above water abstract idea abstract nonsense abstract verb abuse of distress accident of birth accident waiting to happen according to according to Hoyle ace in the hole ace of spades ace up one's sleeve acid test acknowledge the corn acquired taste across the board across the pond act of Congress act one's age act out

A cont. act up activist judge activist justice Adam Tiler add fuel to the fire add insult to injury add up advocat del diable after all after one's own heart after the fact after the Lord Mayor's show again and again against all odds against the clock against the collar against the grain against the law against the run of play 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 out air rage alarm bell albatross albatross around one's neck albatross round one's neck ale post alive and kicking all along 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 hat and no cattle all hell breaks loose all hell broke 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 nations all one's eggs in one basket all out all over all over but the shouting all over hell's half acre all over the board all over the map all over the place all over with all right, my lover all rights reserved

A cont. all set all sizzle and no steak all talk and no cider all that all that jazz all the marbles all the rage all the same all the tea in China all the way to Egery and back all things being equal all things considered all thumbs all to smash all told all very well all wet all y'all all y'all's all-a-mort all-over oneself almighty dollar along about along the lines also known as aluminum shower amateur hour ambassador of Morocco amber gambler amber nectar amen curler American Dream an apple a day an axe to grind an offer one can't refuse ancient history and all and all that 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 angle for farthings angle of attack another nail in one's coffin answer back answer on a postcard ants in one's pants any nook or cranny any old any old nook or cranny any old thing any port in a storm any way one slices it anyone's guess

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