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  from A to B<br/>
  from A to Z<br/>
  with gay abandon<br/>
  as easy as anything/as pie/as ABC/as falling off a log<br/>
  aid and abet<br/>
  in abeyance<br/>
  just about<br/>
  out and about<br/>
  that’s about all | that’s about it<br/>
  above all<br/>
  above yourself<br/>
  over and above<br/>
  above/below the fold<br/>
  absence makes the heart grow fonder<br/>
  conspicuous by your absence<br/>
  in the abstract<br/>
  in abundance<br/>
  an accident/a disaster waiting to happen<br/>
  accidents will happen<br/>
  by accident<br/>
  a chapter of accidents<br/>
  of your own accord<br/>
  with one accord<br/>
  cut your coat according to your cloth<br/>
  by/from all accounts<br/>
  by your own account<br/>
  give a good account of yourself<br/>
  of no/little account<br/>
  on account<br/>
  on no account | not on any account<br/>
  on your own account<br/>
  on this/that account<br/>
  there’s no accounting for taste<br/>
  an ace up your sleeve<br/>
  hold all the aces<br/>
  play your ace<br/>
  great/tall oaks from little acorns grow<br/>
  of your acquaintance<br/>
  on first acquaintance<br/>
  an acquired taste<br/>
  act/play the fool<br/>
  be/act your age<br/>
  behave/act as if you own the place | think you own the place<br/>
  act of God<br/>
  be/get in on the act<br/>
  clean up your act<br/>
  get your act together<br/>
  a hard/tough act to follow<br/>
  actions speak louder than words<br/>
  in action<br/>
  into action<br/>
  out of action<br/>
  a piece/slice of the action<br/>
  spring into action | spring into/to life<br/>
  swing into action<br/>
  take evasive action<br/>
  add insult to injury<br/>
  kindly adjust<br/>
  without further/more ado<br/>
  be/work to your advantage<br/>
  to (good/best) advantage<br/>
  from afar<br/>
  a state of affairs<br/>
  far/farther/further afield<br/>
  with malice aforethought<br/>
  I’m afraid<br/>
  after all<br/>
  (every) now and again/then<br/>
  (the) same again<br/>
  time after time | time and (time) again<br/>
  the cards/odds are stacked against you<br/>
  come of age<br/>
  feel your age<br/>
  in this day and age<br/>
  look your age<br/>
  of a certain age<br/>
  under age<br/>
  through the agency of<br/>
  in (the) aggregate<br/>
  on aggregate<br/>
  pile on the agony/gloom<br/>
  agree to differ/disagree<br/>
  airs and graces<br/>
  a breath of (fresh) air<br/>
  (build) castles in the air<br/>
  clear the air<br/>
  finger in the air<br/>
  float/walk on air<br/>
  in the air<br/>
  on/off (the) air<br/>
  out of thin air<br/>
  up in the air<br/>
  with your nose in the air<br/>
  air/wash your dirty laundry/linen in public<br/>
  go/walk down the aisle<br/>
  rolling in the aisles<br/>
  side of the fence<br/>
  (with) arms akimbo<br/>
  alarm bells ring/are ringing<br/>
  set the world alight<br/>
  great minds think alike<br/>
  share and share alike<br/>
  alive and kicking<br/>
  alive and well<br/>
  come alive<br/>
  for all<br/>
  on/from all sides | on/from every side<br/>
  your all<br/>
  all in all<br/>
  all in one<br/>
  and all<br/>
  as/like all get out<br/>
  (not) at all<br/>
  end it all | end your life<br/>
  in all<br/>
  not at all<br/>
  put an end to yourself | put an end to it all<br/>
  all along<br/>
  all around<br/>
  all but<br/>
  all in<br/>
  all over<br/>
  all round<br/>
  all there<br/>
  be all that<br/>
  a bit of all right<br/>
  it’ll be all right on the night<br/>
  you're all right<br/>
  (right) up your alley<br/>
  allow me<br/>
  go it alone<br/>
  let alone<br/>
  stand alone<br/>
  time (alone) will tell | only time will tell<br/>
  keep/hold (yourself) aloof | remain/stand aloof<br/>
  think aloud/out loud<br/>
  enough already<br/>
  it’ll be alright on the night<br/>
  you're alright<br/>
  in the altogether<br/>
  as always<br/>
  as American as apple pie<br/>
  not come/go amiss<br/>
  run amok<br/>
  in the final/last analysis<br/>
  fools rush in (where angels fear to tread)<br/>
  one after another/the other<br/>
  have/know all the answers<br/>
  not take no for an answer<br/>
  have ants in your pants<br/>
  raise/up the ante<br/>
  any time now | any day (now)<br/>
  anytime soon<br/>
  anything but<br/>
  like anything<br/>
  not for anything<br/>
  or anything<br/>
  not anywhere near<br/>
  not anywhere near/nowhere near<br/>
  be poles apart<br/>
  be worlds apart<br/>
  joking apart<br/>
  joking aside<br/>
  go ape<br/>
  go apeshit<br/>
  keep up appearances<br/>
  the apple doesn’t fall/never falls far from the tree<br/>
  apples and oranges<br/>
  a bad/rotten apple<br/>
  upset the apple cart<br/>
  the carrot and (the) stick (approach)<br/>
  argue the toss<br/>
  as long as your arm<br/>
  a babe in arms<br/>
  bear arms<br/>
  chance your arm<br/>
  cost/pay an arm and a leg<br/>
  fold your arms<br/>
  a shot in the arm<br/>
  with open arms<br/>
  armed to the teeth<br/>
  a knight in shining armour<br/>
  be under arms<br/>
  a call to arms<br/>
  lay down your arms<br/>
  present arms<br/>
  have been around<br/>
  be in arrears | get/fall into arrears<br/>
  in arrears<br/>
  dead on arrival<br/>
  My arse!<br/>
  get your arse in gear | move your arse<br/>
  not know your arse from your elbow<br/>
  a pain in the arse/backside<br/>
  work your arse off<br/>
  artistic/poetic licence<br/>
  as and when<br/>
  as if | as though<br/>
  as if!<br/>
  as it is<br/>
  as it were<br/>
  as yet<br/>
  as you do<br/>
  in the ascendant<br/>
  ask for it<br/>
  be asking for trouble | be asking for it<br/>
  don’t ask<br/>
  don’t ask me<br/>
  for the asking<br/>
  I ask you<br/>
  if you ask me<br/>
  asleep on the job | asleep at the wheel<br/>
  cover your ass<br/>
  get your ass in gear | move your ass<br/>
  a pain in the ass/butt<br/>
  go astray<br/>
  at that<br/>
  be at it again<br/>
  where it’s at<br/>
  a heavy silence/atmosphere<br/>
  be in attendance<br/>
  take attendance<br/>
  strike a pose/an attitude<br/>
  opposites attract<br/>
  be on automatic pilot<br/>
  be on autopilot<br/>
  of little/no avail<br/>
  to little/no avail<br/>
  the law of averages<br/>
  blow/clear the cobwebs away<br/>
  dance the night away<br/>
  far and away<br/>
  right away/off<br/>
  straight away<br/>
  have an axe to grind<br/>
  out of the mouths of babes (and sucklings)<br/>
  be like taking candy from a baby<br/>
  sleep like a log/baby<br/>
  throw the baby out with the bathwater<br/>
  at/in the back of your mind<br/>
  the back of beyond<br/>
  (on the) back of an envelope<br/>
  back to back<br/>
  back to front<br/>
  cover your back<br/>
  have your back to the wall<br/>
  have eyes in the back of your head<br/>
  the last/final straw | the straw that breaks the camel’s back<br/>
  make a rod for your own back<br/>
  off the back of a lorry<br/>
  (flat) on your back<br/>
  a stab in the back<br/>
  turn your back<br/>
  watch your back<br/>
  (like) water off a duck’s back<br/>
  you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours<br/>
  on the back burner<br/>
  back and forth<br/>
  back in the day<br/>
  back in the days<br/>
  back to square one<br/>
  back the wrong horse<br/>
  by/through the back door<br/>
  take a back seat<br/>
  merge into the background<br/>
  a backhanded compliment<br/>
  a pain in the backside/arse<br/>
  backward and forward<br/>
  backward(s) and forward(s)<br/>
  in your (own) backyard<br/>
  bring home the bacon<br/>
  can’t be bad<br/>
  have got it bad<br/>
  not bad<br/>
  too bad<br/>
  my bad<br/>
  go to the bad<br/>
  take the bad with the good<br/>
  to the bad<br/>
  bag and baggage<br/>
  a bag of bones<br/>
  a bag/box of tricks<br/>
  be a bag/bundle of nerves<br/>
  be in the bag<br/>
  let the cat out of the bag<br/>
  pack your bags<br/>
  jump/skip bail<br/>
  (on) the balance of evidence/probability<br/>
  (be/hang) in the balance<br/>
  on balance<br/>
  redress the balance<br/>
  strike a balance (between A and B)<br/>
  tip the balance/scales<br/>
  (as) bald as a coot<br/>
  thin/bald on top<br/>
  a ball and chain<br/>
  a ball of energy/fire<br/>
  carry the ball<br/>
  drop the ball<br/>
  get/set/start/keep the ball rolling<br/>
  have a ball<br/>
  keep your eye on the ball<br/>
  (be) on the ball<br/>
  pick up/take the ball and run with it<br/>
  the whole ball of wax<br/>
  a (whole) different/new ball game<br/>
  go ballistic<br/>
  go down like a lead balloon<br/>
  when the balloon goes up<br/>
  go balls out<br/>
  go bananas<br/>
  climb/jump on the bandwagon<br/>
  bang/knock your/their heads together<br/>
  bang for your buck<br/>
  with a bang<br/>
  bang to rights<br/>
  go bang<br/>
  the Bank of Mum and Dad<br/>
  laugh all the way to the bank<br/>
  not break the bank<br/>
  baptism of fire<br/>
  behind bars<br/>
  lower the bar<br/>
  raise the bar<br/>
  set the bar<br/>
  no holds barred<br/>
  be all over bar the shouting<br/>
  the cupboard is bare<br/>
  with your bare hands<br/>
  bare your teeth<br/>
  drive/strike a hard bargain<br/>
  into the bargain<br/>
  be barking up the wrong tree<br/>
  why keep a dog and bark yourself?<br/>
  a barrel of laughs<br/>
  be like shooting fish in a barrel<br/>
  scrape (the bottom of) the barrel<br/>
  cover all the bases<br/>
  off base<br/>
  inside baseball<br/>
  go/get back to basics<br/>
  put all your eggs in one basket<br/>
  at bat<br/>
  (as) blind as a bat<br/>
  like a bat out of hell<br/>
  off your own bat<br/>
  right off the bat<br/>
  bat your eyes/eyelashes<br/>
  bat a thousand<br/>
  not bat an eyelid<br/>
  with bated breath<br/>
  take a bath<br/>
  batten down the hatches<br/>
  recharge your batteries<br/>
  the battle lines are drawn<br/>
  fight your own battles<br/>
  half the battle<br/>
  (fight) a losing battle<br/>
  at bay<br/>
  as/that was<br/>
  off beam<br/>
  smile/grin/beam from ear to ear<br/>
  full of beans/life<br/>
  a hill of beans<br/>
  not have a bean<br/>
  spill the beans<br/>
  bear fruit<br/>
  grin and bear it<br/>
  have a (heavy) cross to bear<br/>
  like a bear with a sore head<br/>
  to beard the lion in his den<br/>
  beat about the bush<br/>
  beat your brains out<br/>
  beat your breast<br/>
  beat the clock<br/>
  beat a dead horse<br/>
  beat it<br/>
  beat the rap<br/>
  beat a (hasty) retreat<br/>
  can you beat that/it!<br/>
  off the beaten track<br/>
  take some beating<br/>
  march to (the beat of) a different drummer/drum | march to a different beat/tune<br/>
  walk the beat<br/>
  beauty is in the eye of the beholder<br/>
  (not) a bed of roses<br/>
  die in your bed<br/>
  get out of bed on the wrong side<br/>
  in bed<br/>
  take to your bed<br/>
  wet the/your bed<br/>
  you’ve made your bed and you must lie in/on it<br/>
  as busy as a bee<br/>
  the bee’s knees<br/>
  the birds and the bees<br/>
  be going begging<br/>
  beg the question<br/>
  I beg your pardon<br/>
  I beg to differ<br/>
  beggars can’t be choosers<br/>
  beggar belief/description<br/>
  charity begins at home<br/>
  to begin with<br/>
  the beginning of the end<br/>
  be on your best behaviour<br/>
  lo and behold<br/>
  belabour the point<br/>
  beyond belief<br/>
  to the best of your knowledge/belief<br/>
  believe it or not<br/>
  believe (you) me<br/>
  don’t you believe it!<br/>
  I don’t believe it!<br/>
  not believe your ears/eyes<br/>
  seeing is believing<br/>
  would you believe (it)?<br/>
  you/you’d better believe it!<br/>
  pull the other one (—it’s got bells on)<br/>
  ring a bell<br/>
  (as) sound as a bell<br/>
  fire in the/your belly<br/>
  go belly up<br/>
  below the belt<br/>
  belt and braces<br/>
  tighten your belt<br/>
  bend/stretch the rules<br/>
  bend the truth<br/>
  on bended knee(s)<br/>
  round the bend/twist<br/>
  be beside the point<br/>
  as best you can<br/>
  all the best<br/>
  at best<br/>
  be (all) for the best<br/>
  the best of a bad bunch/lot<br/>
  the best/pick of the bunch<br/>
  the best that money can buy<br/>
  hope for the best<br/>
  your Sunday best<br/>
  with the best (of them)<br/>
  I/I’ll bet!<br/>
  I wouldn’t bet on it | don’t bet on it<br/>
  you bet!<br/>
  all bets are off<br/>
  the/your best bet<br/>
  a good/safe/sure bet<br/>
  hedge your bets<br/>
  you betcha<br/>
  discretion is the better part of valour<br/>
  prevention is better than cure<br/>
  that’s (much) better<br/>
  two heads are better than one<br/>
  be better off<br/>
  better yet<br/>
  a change for the better/worse<br/>
  your elders and betters<br/>
  for better or (for) worse<br/>
  so much the better/worse<br/>
  betwixt and between<br/>
  without/beyond (a) doubt<br/>
  your best bib and tucker<br/>
  big bickies<br/>
  what am I bid?<br/>
  bide your time<br/>
  be/get too big for your boots<br/>
  a big cheese<br/>
  big deal!<br/>
  the big enchilada<br/>
  a big fish (in a small pond)<br/>
  a big girl’s blouse<br/>
  (the) big mo<br/>
  a big noise/shot/name<br/>
  the big picture<br/>
  the big stick<br/>
  have bigger/other fish to fry<br/>
  have a big mouth<br/>
  in a big/small way<br/>
  me and my big mouth<br/>
  the next big thing<br/>
  no big deal<br/>
  too big to fail<br/>
  hit (it) big<br/>
  make it big<br/>
  on your bike!<br/>
  big bikkies<br/>
  a clean bill of health<br/>
  fill/fit the bill<br/>
  foot the bill<br/>
  bill and coo<br/>
  in a bind<br/>
  be (strictly) for the birds<br/>
  the bird has flown<br/>
  a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush<br/>
  birds of a feather (flock together)<br/>
  the early bird catches the worm<br/>
  kill two birds with one stone<br/>
  a little bird told me<br/>
  in your birthday suit<br/>
  take the biscuit<br/>
  be in bits<br/>
  bit by bit<br/>
  a bit much<br/>
  a bit of rough<br/>
  a bit on the side<br/>
  bits and pieces/bobs<br/>
  champing at the bit<br/>
  do your bit<br/>
  get the bit between your teeth<br/>
  not a bit | not one (little) bit<br/>
  not a bit of it!<br/>
  not the least/slightest bit<br/>
  to bits<br/>
  bite the bullet<br/>
  bite the dust<br/>
  bite the hand that feeds you<br/>
  bite your lip<br/>
  bite off more than you can chew<br/>
  bite your tongue<br/>
  a/the hair of the dog (that bit you)<br/>
  a bite at/of the cherry<br/>
  to/until the bitter end<br/>
  the pot calling the kettle black<br/>
  be in the black<br/>
  black and white<br/>
  (in) black and white<br/>
  in black and white<br/>
  don’t blame me<br/>
  only have yourself to blame | have nobody/no one to blame but yourself<br/>
  the finger of blame/suspicion<br/>
  a blank canvas/slate<br/>
  draw a blank<br/>
  a blast from the past<br/>
  (at) full blast<br/>
  (with) all/both guns blazing<br/>
  blaze a trail<br/>
  like blazes<br/>
  blend/fade into the woodwork<br/>
  bless you<br/>
  God bless<br/>
  a blessing in disguise<br/>
  count your blessings<br/>
  the blind leading the blind<br/>
  love is blind<br/>
  eff and blind<br/>
  blind drunk<br/>
  swear blind<br/>
  in the blink of an eye<br/>
  on the blink<br/>
  ignorance is bliss<br/>
  blissful ignorance<br/>
  a chip off the old block<br/>
  go on the block<br/>
  have been around the block (a few times)<br/>
  I’ll knock your block/head off!<br/>
  a/the new kid on the block<br/>
  put/lay your head/neck on the block<br/>
  bad blood (between A and B)<br/>
  be/run in your blood<br/>
  blood is thicker than water<br/>
  flesh and blood<br/>
  your (own) flesh and blood<br/>
  freeze your blood | make your blood freeze<br/>
  in cold blood<br/>
  like getting blood out of/from a stone<br/>
  new/fresh blood<br/>
  spit venom/blood<br/>
  stir the blood<br/>
  sweat blood<br/>
  bloody well<br/>
  scream bloody murder<br/>
  in (full) bloom<br/>
  blot your copybook<br/>
  a blot on the landscape<br/>
  blow chunks<br/>
  blow a fuse<br/>
  blow your mind<br/>
  blow/let off steam<br/>
  blow your own trumpet<br/>
  blow that for a lark<br/>
  blow your top<br/>
  it’s an ill wind (that blows nobody any good)<br/>
  puff and blow<br/>
  see which way the wind is blowing<br/>
  soften/cushion the blow<br/>
  between the devil and the deep blue sea<br/>
  clear blue water (between A and B)<br/>
  once in a blue moon<br/>
  scream blue murder<br/>
  a bolt from the blue<br/>
  the boys in blue<br/>
  out of the blue<br/>
  bluff it out<br/>
  across the board<br/>
  go by the board<br/>
  on board<br/>
  sweep the board<br/>
  be in the same boat<br/>
  burn your boats<br/>
  miss the boat<br/>
  push the boat out<br/>
  rock the boat<br/>
  Bob’s your uncle<br/>
  body and soul<br/>
  keep body and soul together<br/>
  over my dead body<br/>
  sell your body<br/>
  boil the ocean<br/>
  a watched pot never boils<br/>
  off the boil<br/>
  on the boil<br/>
  (as) bold as brass<br/>
  have shot your bolt<br/>
  sit/stand bolt upright<br/>
  be the bomb<br/>
  go down a bomb | go (like) a bomb<br/>
  go like a bomb<br/>
  a bone of contention<br/>
  close to the bone<br/>
  like a dog with a bone<br/>
  (nothing but/all/only) skin and bone<br/>
  to the bone<br/>
  work your fingers to the bone<br/>
  (stark) raving mad/bonkers<br/>
  not say boo to a goose<br/>
  by the book<br/>
  cook the books<br/>
  don’t judge a book by its cover<br/>
  every trick in the book<br/>
  have your head/nose in a book<br/>
  the history books<br/>
  in my book<br/>
  an open book<br/>
  boom and bust<br/>
  be given the boot | get the boot<br/>
  the boot is on the other foot<br/>
  fill your boots<br/>
  put/stick the boot in<br/>
  shake in your boots/shoes<br/>
  to boot<br/>
  (as) tough as old boots | (as) tough as nails<br/>
  pull/drag yourself up by your (own) bootstraps<br/>
  a crashing bore<br/>
  be scared/bored witless<br/>
  bored stiff/silly | bored to death/tears | bored out of your mind<br/>
  be/be born/be made that way<br/>
  born and bred<br/>
  born with a silver spoon in your mouth<br/>
  in all my born days<br/>
  not be born yesterday<br/>
  not know you are born<br/>
  there’s one born every minute<br/>
  (as/as if) to the manner born<br/>
  be (living) on borrowed time<br/>
  (all) hot and bothered<br/>
  let the genie out of the bottle<br/>
  bottle it<br/>
  at bottom<br/>
  at the top/bottom of the heap<br/>
  (at the) bottom/top of the pile<br/>
  bottoms up!<br/>
  from the (bottom of your) heart<br/>
  from top to bottom<br/>
  race to the bottom<br/>
  touch bottom<br/>
  be bouncing off the walls<br/>
  on the bounce<br/>
  bound and determined<br/>
  I’ll be bound<br/>
  by/in leaps and bounds<br/>
  push the boundaries/limits<br/>
  a/your bounden duty<br/>
  out of bounds<br/>
  back of Bourke<br/>
  bow and scrape<br/>
  take a/your bow<br/>
  have another string/more strings to your bow<br/>
  think out of the box<br/>
  box clever<br/>
  in the box seat<br/>
  all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy)<br/>
  boys will be boys<br/>
  jobs for the boys<br/>
  man and boy<br/>
  separate/sort out the men from the boys<br/>
  cudgel your brains<br/>
  rack your brain(s)<br/>
  it’s not brain surgery<br/>
  jam on the brake(s) | jam the brake(s) on<br/>
  root and branch<br/>
  brass monkeys | brass monkey weather<br/>
  brass neck<br/>
  the brass ring<br/>
  (get down to) brass tacks<br/>
  where there’s muck there’s brass<br/>
  (a) brave new world<br/>
  brazen it out<br/>
  step into the breach<br/>
  the best thing since sliced bread<br/>
  your daily bread<br/>
  half a loaf (is better than no bread)<br/>
  know which side your bread is buttered<br/>
  break of day/dawn<br/>
  a clean break<br/>
  give me a break!<br/>
  a dog’s breakfast/dinner<br/>
  a breath of fresh air<br/>
  catch your breath<br/>
  draw breath<br/>
  get your breath (again/back)<br/>
  hold your breath<br/>
  in the same breath<br/>
  his/her last/dying breath<br/>
  out of breath<br/>
  save your breath<br/>
  waste your breath<br/>
  breathe (easily/freely) again<br/>
  breathe/rest/sleep easy<br/>
  breathe your last<br/>
  breed like rabbits<br/>
  familiarity breeds contempt<br/>
  shoot the breeze/bull<br/>
  a witch’s/an evil brew<br/>
  be up against a brick wall<br/>
  drop a brick/clanger<br/>
  like a cat on hot bricks<br/>
  like a cat on a hot tin roof<br/>
  like a ton of bricks<br/>
  make bricks without straw<br/>
  build bridges (between A and B)<br/>
  burn your bridges<br/>
  cross that bridge when you come to it<br/>
  it’s (all) water under the bridge<br/>
  bridge the gap/gulf/divide (between A and B)<br/>
  in brief<br/>
  the heavy mob/brigade<br/>
  bright and early<br/>
  (as) bright as a button<br/>
  the bright lights<br/>
  a bright spark<br/>
  a/the bright spot<br/>
  look on the bright side<br/>
  bring it<br/>
  bring it on!<br/>
  be/get too big for your britches<br/>
  a broad church<br/>
  (in) broad daylight<br/>
  it’s as broad as it’s long<br/>
  go for broke<br/>
  like a broken record<br/>
  a new broom<br/>
  too many cooks spoil the broth<br/>
  be brought low<br/>
  knit your brow(s)<br/>
  in a brown study<br/>
  daft as a brush<br/>
  the bubble bursts<br/>
  look/feel like a million dollars/bucks<br/>
  make a fast/quick buck<br/>
  buck your ideas up<br/>
  a drop in the bucket<br/>
  kick the bucket<br/>
  not have Buckley’s (chance)<br/>
  in the buff<br/>
  hit the buffers<br/>
  play silly buggers<br/>
  bugger me<br/>
  I’ll be buggered<br/>
  Rome wasn’t built in a day<br/>
  be bursting/bulging at the seams<br/>
  bulk large<br/>
  a bull in a china shop<br/>
  like waving a red flag in front of a bull<br/>
  take the bull by the horns<br/>
  dodge a/the bullet | dodge bullets<br/>
  bums on seats<br/>
  things that go bump in the night<br/>
  have a bun in the oven<br/>
  get your panties in a bunch<br/>
  drop your bundle<br/>
  do a bunk<br/>
  not a happy bunny<br/>
  flip burgers<br/>
  burn the candle at both ends<br/>
  burn your fingers | get your fingers burnt<br/>
  burn a hole in your pocket<br/>
  burn the midnight oil<br/>
  burn rubber<br/>
  crash and burn<br/>
  have money to burn<br/>
  do a slow burn<br/>
  on the front burner<br/>
  gone for a burton<br/>
  bury the hatchet | bury your differences<br/>
  bury/hide your head in the sand<br/>
  bury the lede/lead<br/>
  hide your light under a bushel<br/>
  any other business<br/>
  be the business<br/>
  be in business<br/>
  business as usual<br/>
  business is business<br/>
  get down to business<br/>
  go about your business<br/>
  like nobody’s business<br/>
  mean business<br/>
  mind your own business<br/>
  out of business<br/>
  ply for hire/trade/business<br/>
  bust (out) some moves/a move<br/>
  keep (yourself) busy<br/>
  but for<br/>
  but then (again)<br/>
  have/take a butcher’s<br/>
  a pain in the butt/ass<br/>
  like a knife through butter<br/>
  have butterflies (in your stomach)<br/>
  on the button<br/>
  push all the (right) buttons<br/>
  button it!<br/>
  (have) bought it<br/>
  buy back the farm<br/>
  buy the farm<br/>
  buy time<br/>
  (buy) a pig in a poke<br/>
  a buyer’s market<br/>
  at the buzzer<br/>
  by the by/bye<br/>
  by and by<br/>
  by and large<br/>
  by the way<br/>
  let bygones be bygones<br/>
  the whole (kit and) caboodle<br/>
  go/sell like hot cakes<br/>
  have your cake and eat it<br/>
  the icing on the cake<br/>
  a piece of cake<br/>
  a slice/share of the cake<br/>
  take the cake<br/>
  in/with calf<br/>
  call it a day<br/>
  call it quits<br/>
  call the shots/tune<br/>
  call a spade a spade<br/>
  he who pays the piper calls the tune<br/>
  (be/get called) on the carpet<br/>
  (above and) beyond the call of duty<br/>
  the call of nature<br/>
  a close call/shave<br/>
  (be) on call<br/>
  the calm before the storm<br/>
  in camera<br/>
  off camera<br/>
  on camera<br/>
  have/keep a foot in both camps<br/>
  not a happy camper<br/>
  no can do<br/>
  be in the can<br/>
  a can of worms<br/>
  kick the can (down the road)<br/>
  a canary in a/the coal mine<br/>
  like the cat that got/ate/swallowed the canary<br/>
  (the game is) not worth the candle<br/>
  at/in a canter<br/>
  under canvas<br/>
  a feather in your cap<br/>
  to cap/top it all<br/>
  the cards/odds are stacked in your favour<br/>
  get your cards<br/>
  have a card up your sleeve<br/>
  hold all the cards<br/>
  hold/keep/play your cards close to your chest<br/>
  lay/put your cards on the table<br/>
  on the cards<br/>
  play your cards right<br/>
  show your cards/hand<br/>
  take care<br/>
  be past caring<br/>
  couldn’t care less<br/>
  not care/give a hoot | not care/give two hoots<br/>
  careful with money<br/>
  you can’t be too careful<br/>
  as fast as your legs can carry you<br/>
  be/get carried away<br/>
  carry all/everything before you<br/>
  carry/win the day<br/>
  put the cart before the horse<br/>
  carved/set in stone<br/>
  as the case may be<br/>
  be on the case<br/>
  a case in point<br/>
  (a case of) dog eat dog<br/>
  get off my case<br/>
  in any case<br/>
  in that case<br/>
  rest your case<br/>
  case the joint<br/>
  cash down<br/>
  cash in hand<br/>
  cash on delivery<br/>
  cash in your chips<br/>
  cast your net wide<br/>
  the die is cast<br/>
  throw/cast caution to the wind(s)<br/>
  a man’s home is his castle<br/>
  be the cat’s whiskers/pyjamas<br/>
  be raining cats and dogs<br/>
  (has the) cat got your tongue?<br/>
  curiosity killed the cat<br/>
  like a cat that’s got the cream<br/>
  like herding cats<br/>
  no room to swing a cat<br/>
  put/set the cat among the pigeons<br/>
  there’s more than one way to skin a cat<br/>
  be in the catbird seat<br/>
  be/get caught in the middle<br/>
  be caught short<br/>
  be (caught) in a cleft stick<br/>
  (caught/stuck) between a rock and a hard place<br/>
  catch a cold<br/>
  catch your death (of cold)<br/>
  catch it<br/>
  be for/in a good cause<br/>
  wonders will never cease<br/>
  put in your two cents’ worth<br/>
  front and center<br/>
  front and centre<br/>
  the turn of the century/year<br/>
  stand on ceremony<br/>
  without ceremony<br/>
  for certain<br/>
  sort out/separate the wheat from the chaff<br/>
  a link in the chain<br/>
  the weak link (in the chain)<br/>
  a poisoned chalice<br/>
  chalk and cheese<br/>
  not by a long chalk<br/>
  as chance would have it<br/>
  by any chance<br/>
  chance would be a fine thing<br/>
  a fighting chance<br/>
  no chance<br/>
  not have a dog’s chance<br/>
  not have a snowball’s chance in hell<br/>
  a sporting chance<br/>
  take your chances<br/>
  with an eye for/on/to the main chance<br/>
  change hands<br/>
  change horses in midstream<br/>
  change your tune<br/>
  change your ways<br/>
  chop and change<br/>
  a leopard cannot change its spots<br/>
  a change of heart<br/>
  a change of mind<br/>
  a wind/the winds of change<br/>
  chapter and verse<br/>
  in character | out of character<br/>
  lead the charge<br/>
  third time is the charm<br/>
  work like a charm<br/>
  off the charts<br/>
  chase your (own) tail<br/>
  cut to the chase<br/>
  give chase<br/>
  the chattering classes<br/>
  cheap at the price<br/>
  life is cheap<br/>
  on the cheap<br/>
  be going cheap<br/>
  cheat death<br/>
  turn the other cheek<br/>
  with your tongue in your cheek | with tongue in cheek<br/>
  hard cheese<br/>
  chew the fat<br/>
  don’t count your chickens (before they are hatched)<br/>
  play chicken<br/>
  run around like a headless chicken<br/>
  be child’s play<br/>
  be with child<br/>
  (keep your) chin up<br/>
  a chinless wonder<br/>
  have had your chips<br/>
  when the chips are down<br/>
  be spoilt for choice<br/>
  by choice<br/>
  of your choice<br/>
  you pays your money and you takes your choice<br/>
  preach to the choir<br/>
  pick and choose<br/>
  there is nothing/not much/little to choose between A and B<br/>
  be for the chop<br/>
  get/be given the chop<br/>
  not much chop<br/>
  on the chopping block<br/>
  in chorus<br/>
  for Chrissake<br/>
  it’s chucking it down<br/>
  go round in circles<br/>
  run round in circles<br/>
  square the circle<br/>
  circle the wagons<br/>
  in/under the circumstances<br/>
  in/under no circumstances<br/>
  pomp and circumstance<br/>
  reduced circumstances<br/>
  claim to fame<br/>
  make no claim<br/>
  the man on the Clapham omnibus<br/>
  like the clappers<br/>
  red in tooth and claw<br/>
  have feet of clay<br/>
  as clean as a whistle<br/>
  a clean sheet/slate<br/>
  keep your nose clean<br/>
  wipe the slate clean<br/>
  clean house<br/>
  be clear/smooth sailing<br/>
  (as) clear as day<br/>
  (as) clear as mud<br/>
  the coast is clear<br/>
  keep your head | keep a clear/cool head<br/>
  loud and clear<br/>
  clear the decks<br/>
  clear your throat<br/>
  in the clear<br/>
  fall off a cliff<br/>
  against the clock<br/>
  around/round the clock<br/>
  the clock is ticking (down)<br/>
  the clocks go forward/back<br/>
  put/turn the clock back<br/>
  put the clocks forward/back<br/>
  a race against time/the clock<br/>
  run down/out the clock<br/>
  stop the clock<br/>
  watch the clock<br/>
  go/run like clockwork<br/>
  (as) regular as clockwork<br/>
  pop your clogs<br/>
  close its doors | close shop<br/>
  close ranks<br/>
  with your eyes shut/closed<br/>
  at/from close quarters<br/>
  at/from close range<br/>
  (close/near) at hand<br/>
  a close thing<br/>
  close to home<br/>
  too close for comfort<br/>
  up close and personal<br/>
  be close to/near the mark<br/>
  close at hand<br/>
  close on | close to<br/>
  close to | close up | up close<br/>
  sail close to the wind<br/>
  behind closed doors<br/>
  come out of the closet<br/>
  a skeleton in the closet<br/>
  the emperor's new clothes<br/>
  a wolf in sheep’s clothing<br/>
  every cloud has a silver lining<br/>
  have your head in the clouds<br/>
  on cloud nine<br/>
  under a cloud<br/>
  be/live in clover<br/>
  be in the club<br/>
  join the club<br/>
  not have a clue<br/>
  clutch/grasp at straws<br/>
  in the clutch<br/>
  at the coalface<br/>
  wake up and smell the coffee<br/>
  a cog in the machine/wheel<br/>
  the other side of the coin<br/>
  two sides of the same coin<br/>
  be coining it (in) | be coining money<br/>
  to coin a phrase<br/>
  a cold fish<br/>
  get/have cold feet<br/>
  go hot and cold<br/>
  in the cold light of day<br/>
  come in from the cold<br/>
  hot under the collar<br/>
  collect/gather dust<br/>
  collect yourself/your thoughts<br/>
  nail your colors to the mast<br/>
  of color<br/>
  your true colors<br/>
  with flying colors<br/>
  nail your colours to the mast<br/>
  of colour<br/>
  your true colours<br/>
  with flying colours<br/>
  come again?<br/>
  come and go<br/>
  come to nothing | not come to anything<br/>
  come to that | if it comes to that<br/>
  come what may<br/>
  not come to much<br/>
  to come<br/>
  comfortably off<br/>
  comings and goings<br/>
  at your command<br/>
  your wish is my command<br/>
  go commando<br/>
  no comment<br/>
  in/out of commission<br/>
  be common/public knowledge<br/>
  common or garden<br/>
  the common touch<br/>
  in common<br/>
  get into/keep bad company<br/>
  in good company<br/>
  present company excepted<br/>
  you can’t compare apples and oranges<br/>
  beyond/without compare<br/>
  by comparison<br/>
  there’s no comparison<br/>
  the pros and cons<br/>
  a going concern<br/>
  as/so far as I am concerned<br/>
  a foregone conclusion<br/>
  in mint condition<br/>
  on no condition<br/>
  conflict of interest(s)<br/>
  confound it/you!<br/>
  a name to conjure with<br/>
  in this/that connection<br/>
  in (all/good) conscience<br/>
  on your conscience<br/>
  prick your conscience | your conscience pricks you<br/>
  all things considered<br/>
  your considered opinion<br/>
  on mature reflection/consideration<br/>
  point of contact<br/>
  in contemplation<br/>
  to your heart’s content<br/>
  be no contest<br/>
  a contradiction in terms<br/>
  on the contrary<br/>
  quite the contrary<br/>
  to the contrary<br/>
  be under control<br/>
  at your earliest convenience<br/>
  conventional/received/popular wisdom<br/>
  preach to the converted<br/>
  have/lack the courage of your convictions<br/>
  in convoy<br/>
  within cooee (of)<br/>
  be cooking with gas<br/>
  that’s the way the cookie crumbles<br/>
  get caught/found with your hand in the cookie jar<br/>
  (as) cool as a cucumber<br/>
  play it cool<br/>
  too cool for school<br/>
  cool your heels<br/>
  cool it!<br/>
  keep your cool<br/>
  lose your cool<br/>
  fly the coop<br/>
  it’s a fair cop<br/>
  not much cop<br/>
  cop it<br/>
  cop a plea<br/>
  to the core<br/>
  (just) around/round the corner<br/>
  cut the corner<br/>
  cut corners<br/>
  in a (tight) corner/spot<br/>
  turn the corner<br/>
  all present and correct<br/>
  the corridors of power<br/>
  under the cosh<br/>
  at all cost/costs<br/>
  at any cost<br/>
  at cost<br/>
  it will cost you<br/>
  a counsel of despair<br/>
  a counsel of perfection<br/>
  keep your own counsel<br/>
  count sheep<br/>
  stand up and be counted<br/>
  who’s counting?<br/>
  at the last count<br/>
  out for the count<br/>
  over the counter<br/>
  under the counter<br/>
  across country<br/>
  go to the country<br/>
  it’s a free country<br/>
  in two shakes | in a couple of shakes<br/>
  screw up your courage<br/>
  take your courage in both hands<br/>
  be par for the course<br/>
  horses for courses<br/>
  in the course of time<br/>
  in due course<br/>
  let nature take its course<br/>
  (as) a matter of course<br/>
  of course<br/>
  of course not<br/>
  pervert the course of justice<br/>
  run/take its course<br/>
  stay the course<br/>
  cover/hide a multitude of sins<br/>
  cover your tracks<br/>
  break cover<br/>
  under cover<br/>
  under separate cover<br/>
  have a cow<br/>
  till the cows come home<br/>
  crack the whip<br/>
  crack wise<br/>
  get cracking<br/>
  a hard/tough nut (to crack)<br/>
  use a sledgehammer to crack a nut<br/>
  at the crack of dawn<br/>
  a fair crack of the whip<br/>
  fall/slip through the cracks<br/>
  cracking good<br/>
  from the cradle to the grave<br/>
  rob the cradle<br/>
  every nook and cranny<br/>
  stick in your throat/craw<br/>
  come/crawl out of the woodwork<br/>
  make your skin crawl<br/>
  like crazy/mad<br/>
  creak under the strain<br/>
  create/make ripples | create/make a ripple<br/>
  give credit where credit is due<br/>
  on the credit side<br/>
  up the creek (without a paddle)<br/>
  make your flesh creep<br/>
  the crest of a/the wave<br/>
  not cricket<br/>
  a crock/pot of gold<br/>
  a crock of shit<br/>
  crocodile tears<br/>
  by hook or by crook<br/>
  come a cropper<br/>
  cross a/the line<br/>
  cross your fingers<br/>
  cross my heart (and hope to die)<br/>
  cross your mind<br/>
  dot your i’s and cross your t’s<br/>
  get your wires crossed<br/>
  (caught) in the cross hairs<br/>
  at a/the crossroads<br/>
  as the crow flies<br/>
  eat crow<br/>
  stone the crows | stone me<br/>
  the jewel in the crown<br/>
  to crown it all<br/>
  cruel and unusual punishment<br/>
  crush it<br/>
  earn a/your crust<br/>
  cry foul<br/>
  cry over spilt milk<br/>
  cry wolf<br/>
  for crying out loud<br/>
  laugh till/until you cry<br/>
  not know whether to laugh or cry<br/>
  a shoulder to cry on<br/>
  hue and cry<br/>
  in full cry<br/>
  be a crying shame<br/>
  (right) on cue<br/>
  off the cuff<br/>
  in your cups<br/>
  there’s many a slip ’twixt cup and lip<br/>
  cupboard love<br/>
  a skeleton in the cupboard<br/>
  play Cupid<br/>
  the/a curate’s egg<br/>
  kill or cure<br/>
  ahead of/behind the curve<br/>
  flatten the curve<br/>
  a cushy number<br/>
  cut and run<br/>
  (not) cut it<br/>
  make the cut<br/>
  working/firing on all cylinders<br/>
  at daggers drawn<br/>
  be pushing up (the) daisies<br/>
  what’s the damage?<br/>
  the road to Damascus<br/>
  one (damned/damn) thing after another<br/>
  as near as damn it/dammit<br/>
  I’ll be damned!<br/>
  damn all<br/>
  a/the sword of Damocles<br/>
  a damp squib<br/>
  a damsel in distress<br/>
  be on/off the danger list<br/>
  a dangerous game<br/>
  dangerous ground<br/>
  don’t you dare!<br/>
  I dare say<br/>
  a dark horse<br/>
  after/before dark<br/>
  a leap in the dark<br/>
  a shot/stab in the dark<br/>
  whistle in the dark<br/>
  never darken my door again<br/>
  darn it!<br/>
  I’ll be darned!<br/>
  cut a dash<br/>
  dash (it)! | dash it all!<br/>
  to date<br/>
  nothing daunted<br/>
  all in a day’s work<br/>
  any day (now) | any time now<br/>
  at the end of the day<br/>
  day after day<br/>
  day and night<br/>
  day by day<br/>
  a day of reckoning<br/>
  every dog has his/its day<br/>
  the evil hour/day<br/>
  five a day<br/>
  from day one<br/>
  from day to day<br/>
  from one day to the next<br/>
  from that day/time forth<br/>
  your good deed for the day<br/>
  the good/bad old days<br/>
  have had your day<br/>
  have a nice day!<br/>
  have seen/known better days<br/>
  in the olden days<br/>
  it’s early days (yet) | it's still early days<br/>
  late in the day<br/>
  the livelong day<br/>
  live to fight another day<br/>
  make a day/night of it<br/>
  night and day<br/>
  a nine days’ wonder<br/>
  not have all day<br/>
  of the day<br/>
  oh my days<br/>
  one day<br/>
  one of these days<br/>
  one of those days<br/>
  the order of the day<br/>
  the other day/morning/evening/week<br/>
  (as) plain as a pikestaff | (as) plain as day | (as) plain as the nose on your face<br/>
  your salad days<br/>
  save the day/situation<br/>
  some day<br/>
  take it/things one day at a time<br/>
  that’ll be the day<br/>
  these days<br/>
  those were the days<br/>
  to the day<br/>
  to this day<br/>
  don’t give up the day job<br/>
  daylight robbery<br/>
  in a daze<br/>
  be dead and gone<br/>
  (as) dead as a/the dodo<br/>
  (as) dead as a doornail<br/>
  a dead duck<br/>
  dead in the water<br/>
  dead meat<br/>
  dead to the world<br/>
  flog a dead horse<br/>
  in the dead of night<br/>
  in the dead of winter<br/>
  dead to rights<br/>
  (as) deaf as a post<br/>
  fall on deaf ears<br/>
  deal with it<br/>
  wheel and deal<br/>
  a done deal<br/>
  it's a deal!<br/>
  what’s the deal?<br/>
  for dear life | for your life<br/>
  hang/hold on for dear life<br/>
  your nearest and dearest<br/>
  at death’s door<br/>
  dice with death<br/>
  die a/the death<br/>
  a fate worse than death<br/>
  fight to the death/finish<br/>
  hang/hold on for/like grim death<br/>
  the kiss of death<br/>
  life after death<br/>
  look/feel like death warmed up<br/>
  a matter of life and/or death<br/>
  to death<br/>
  to the death<br/>
  flatter to deceive<br/>
  to do the decent thing<br/>
  reserve (your) decision/judgement<br/>
  all hands on deck<br/>
  hit the deck<br/>
  in deep water(s)<br/>
  in the shit | in deep shit<br/>
  deep down<br/>
  go/run deep<br/>
  still waters run deep<br/>
  go off the deep end<br/>
  jump/be thrown in at the deep end<br/>
  by default<br/>
  snatch victory from the jaws of defeat<br/>
  play defense<br/>
  on/onto the defensive<br/>
  by degrees<br/>
  to the nth degree<br/>
  deliver the goods | come up with the goods<br/>
  by popular demand<br/>
  in demand<br/>
  on demand<br/>
  the demon drink<br/>
  without demur<br/>
  the lion’s den<br/>
  depart this life<br/>
  a point of departure<br/>
  depending on<br/>
  that depends | it (all) depends<br/>
  on deposit<br/>
  be out of your depth<br/>
  in depth<br/>
  strength in depth<br/>
  (like rats) deserting/leaving a sinking ship<br/>
  get what you deserve | deserve all/everything you get | deserve what's coming (to you)<br/>
  one good turn deserves another<br/>
  with despatch<br/>
  go into detail(s)<br/>
  be a devil<br/>
  better the devil you know (than the devil you don’t)<br/>
  the devil<br/>
  the devil looks after his own<br/>
  the devil makes work for idle hands<br/>
  a devil of a job/time<br/>
  the devil/hell to pay<br/>
  go to the devil!<br/>
  like the devil<br/>
  sell your soul (to the devil)<br/>
  speak/talk of the devil<br/>
  no dice<br/>
  die laughing<br/>
  die/fall/drop like flies<br/>
  do or die<br/>
  never say die<br/>
  to die for<br/>
  a distinction without a difference<br/>
  same difference<br/>
  sink your differences<br/>
  split the difference<br/>
  with a difference<br/>
  a/the world of difference<br/>
  be another/a different matter<br/>
  a different kettle of fish<br/>
  know different/otherwise<br/>
  pull in different/opposite directions<br/>
  sing a different tune<br/>
  tell a different story/tale<br/>
  dig your heels/toes in<br/>
  dig your own grave | dig a grave for yourself<br/>
  dig yourself into a hole<br/>
  beneath your dignity<br/>
  stand on your dignity<br/>
  on the horns of a dilemma<br/>
  a dime a dozen<br/>
  (the law of) diminishing returns<br/>
  done like a dinner<br/>
  dip into your pocket<br/>
  in the director's chair<br/>
  eat dirt<br/>
  down and dirty<br/>
  get your hands dirty<br/>
  dirty great/big<br/>
  play dirty<br/>
  talk dirty<br/>
  be a dirty word<br/>
  disappear/vanish off the face of the earth<br/>
  dish it out<br/>
  (as) dull as dishwater<br/>
  drunk and disorderly<br/>
  with dispatch<br/>
  on display<br/>
  on the distaff side<br/>
  at/from a distance<br/>
  go the (full) distance<br/>
  in/into the distance<br/>
  the (dim and) distant past<br/>
  in the not too distant future<br/>
  to distraction<br/>
  (as) dull as ditchwater<br/>
  take a dive<br/>
  divide and rule<br/>
  it won’t do<br/>
  nothing doing<br/>
  no you don’t<br/>
  that does it<br/>
  that’s done it<br/>
  that will do<br/>
  dos and don’ts<br/>
  fair dos/do’s<br/>
  just what the doctor ordered<br/>
  a dog and pony show<br/>
  a dog in the manger<br/>
  a dog’s life<br/>
  give a dog a bad name<br/>
  go to the dogs<br/>
  have a dog in the fight<br/>
  let sleeping dogs lie<br/>
  like a dog<br/>
  (as) sick as a dog<br/>
  the tail (is) wagging the dog<br/>
  (you can’t) teach an old dog new tricks<br/>
  dog it<br/>
  be in the dogbox<br/>
  be in the doghouse<br/>
  take some doing | take a lot of doing<br/>
  (see) dollar signs<br/>
  be done for<br/>
  be done in<br/>
  be the done thing<br/>
  be easier said than done<br/>
  be/feel hard done by<br/>
  done and dusted<br/>
  have done with it<br/>
  no sooner said than done<br/>
  donkey’s (years)<br/>
  talk the hind legs off a donkey<br/>
  doom and gloom | gloom and doom<br/>
  prophet of doom | doom merchant<br/>
  till doomsday<br/>
  be on/work the door<br/>
  (from) door to door<br/>
  early doors<br/>
  get/have a/your foot in the door<br/>
  keep the wolf from the door<br/>
  out of doors<br/>
  on the/your doorstep<br/>
  like a dose of salts<br/>
  a taste/dose of your own medicine<br/>
  on the dot<br/>
  the year dot<br/>
  sign on the dotted line<br/>
  at the double<br/>
  double or quits<br/>
  be in doubt<br/>
  beyond (any) doubt<br/>
  if in doubt<br/>
  no doubt<br/>
  down under<br/>
  you can’t keep a good man down<br/>
  down tools<br/>
  be down on your luck<br/>
  down in the mouth<br/>
  ups and downs<br/>
  go downhill<br/>
  be (all) downhill | be downhill all the way<br/>
  it’s six of one and half a dozen of the other<br/>
  in dribs and drabs<br/>
  drag your feet/heels<br/>
  (go) down the drain<br/>
  laugh like a drain<br/>
  on draught<br/>
  draw blood<br/>
  draw/pull your horns in<br/>
  draw the short straw<br/>
  draw yourself up/rise to your full height<br/>
  (draw) a line in the sand<br/>
  be quick/fast on the draw<br/>
  the luck of the draw<br/>
  (go) back to the drawing board<br/>
  on the drawing board<br/>
  go/work like a dream<br/>
  in your dreams<br/>
  like a bad dream<br/>
  live the dream<br/>
  look/dress the part<br/>
  mutton dressed as lamb<br/>
  dressed to kill<br/>
  dressed (up) to the nines<br/>
  drink like a fish<br/>
  drive a wedge between A and B<br/>
  run/drive/work yourself into the ground<br/>
  be in the driver’s seat<br/>
  be in the driving seat<br/>
  drop dead<br/>
  drop your guard<br/>
  drop names<br/>
  the penny drops<br/>
  you could hear a pin drop<br/>
  at the drop of a hat<br/>
  a drop in the ocean<br/>
  be drugged up to the eyeballs<br/>
  (as) drunk as a lord<br/>
  roaring drunk<br/>
  be home and dry<br/>
  high and dry<br/>
  keep your powder dry<br/>
  not a dry eye in the house<br/>
  run dry<br/>
  get/have (all) your ducks in a row<br/>
  in high dudgeon<br/>
  with respect | with all due respect<br/>
  pay your dues<br/>
  up the duff<br/>
  duke it out<br/>
  down in the dumps<br/>
  in duplicate<br/>
  for the duration<br/>
  let the dust settle | wait for the dust to settle<br/>
  in the line of duty<br/>
  on/off duty<br/>
  each and every<br/>
  be all ears<br/>
  be out on your ear<br/>
  easy on the ear<br/>
  easy on the ear/eye<br/>
  go in one ear and out the other<br/>
  keep/have your ear to the ground<br/>
  (you can't) make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear<br/>
  music to your ears<br/>
  not believe your ears<br/>
  play it by ear<br/>
  prick (up) your ears<br/>
  ring in your ears/head<br/>
  walls have ears<br/>
  (still) wet behind the ears<br/>
  with a flea in your ear<br/>
  with half an ear<br/>
  an early bird<br/>
  the early/small hours<br/>
  early on<br/>
  earn your keep<br/>
  earn your stripes<br/>
  win/earn your spurs<br/>
  in earnest<br/>
  go to earth/ground<br/>
  go to the ends of the earth<br/>
  move heaven and earth<br/>
  on earth<br/>
  the salt of the earth<br/>
  (stand) at ease<br/>
  at (your) ease<br/>
  ill at ease<br/>
  an easy/a soft touch<br/>
  easy meat<br/>
  easy money<br/>
  an/a/the easy/soft option<br/>
  free and easy<br/>
  have an easy time (of it)<br/>
  I’m easy<br/>
  of easy virtue<br/>
  on easy street<br/>
  take the easy way out<br/>
  easy does it<br/>
  stand easy<br/>
  take it easy<br/>
  take it/things easy<br/>
  eat your heart out!<br/>
  eat humble pie<br/>
  eat like a horse<br/>
  eat your words<br/>
  I could eat a horse<br/>
  I’ll eat my hat<br/>
  the proof of the pudding (is in the eating)<br/>
  at a low ebb<br/>
  be economical with the truth<br/>
  be on edge<br/>
  be on the razor’s edge | be on a razor edge<br/>
  fray at/around the edges/seams<br/>
  on the edge of your seat<br/>
  (have some) rough edges | be rough around the edges<br/>
  (not) get a word in edgeways<br/>
  an educated guess<br/>
  come into effect<br/>
  in effect<br/>
  take effect<br/>
  to no effect<br/>
  with immediate effect<br/>
  a good/bad egg<br/>
  have/be left with egg on/all over your face<br/>
  kill the goose that lays the golden egg/eggs<br/>
  (as) sure as eggs is eggs<br/>
  teach your grandmother to suck eggs<br/>
  you can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs<br/>
  in your eighties<br/>
  get the elbow<br/>
  in your element<br/>
  out of your element<br/>
  the elephant in the room<br/>
  at the eleventh hour<br/>
  or else<br/>
  the Elysian Fields<br/>
  an embarrassment of riches<br/>
  in embryo<br/>
  be running on empty<br/>
  the whole enchilada<br/>
  at a loose end<br/>
  a bad/sticky end<br/>
  be at the end of your tether<br/>
  be at your wits’ end<br/>
  be the end<br/>
  an end in itself<br/>
  the end justifies the means<br/>
  (reach) the end of the line/road<br/>
  end of story<br/>
  end to end<br/>
  get/have your end away<br/>
  get the short end of the stick<br/>
  get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick<br/>
  in the end<br/>
  keep your end up<br/>
  light at the end of the tunnel<br/>
  make (both) ends meet<br/>
  a means to an end<br/>
  no end<br/>
  not the end of the world<br/>
  not/never hear the end of it<br/>
  on end<br/>
  the rough end of the pineapple<br/>
  the thin end of the wedge<br/>
  end in tears<br/>
  be your own worst enemy<br/>
  in plain English<br/>
  an Englishman’s home is his castle<br/>
  enough is enough<br/>
  enough said<br/>
  fair enough<br/>
  go far enough<br/>
  like enough<br/>
  near enough<br/>
  right enough<br/>
  sure enough<br/>
  come/enter into force<br/>
  in its/their entirety<br/>
  push the envelope<br/>
  all/other things being equal<br/>
  be without equal | have no equal | have no/few equals<br/>
  first among equals<br/>
  trial and error<br/>
  make good your escape<br/>
  of the essence<br/>
  be etched on your heart/memory/mind<br/>
  hope springs eternal<br/>
  even as<br/>
  even if<br/>
  even now/then<br/>
  even so<br/>
  even though/if<br/>
  be even<br/>
  break even<br/>
  the honours are even<br/>
  on an even keel<br/>
  even the score<br/>
  after the event<br/>
  be wise after the event<br/>
  a happy event<br/>
  in any event | at all events<br/>
  in the event<br/>
  in that event<br/>
  ever so/ever such a<br/>
  if ever there was (one)<br/>
  yours ever/ever yours<br/>
  every other<br/>
  and everything<br/>
  (be) in evidence<br/>
  the lesser of two evils | the lesser evil<br/>
  a necessary evil<br/>
  not exactly<br/>
  need (to have) your head examined<br/>
  for example<br/>
  the exception that proves the rule<br/>
  make an exception<br/>
  without exception<br/>
  excuse/pardon my French<br/>
  excuse me<br/>
  a stay of execution<br/>
  make an exhibition of yourself<br/>
  be expecting (a baby/child)<br/>
  be (only) to be expected<br/>
  what (else) do you expect?<br/>
  explain yourself<br/>
  by extension<br/>
  in the extreme<br/>
  as far as the eye can/could see<br/>
  be all eyes<br/>
  easy on the eye<br/>
  my eye!<br/>
  an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth)<br/>
  get your eye in<br/>
  have (got) eyes like a hawk<br/>
  have a roving eye<br/>
  in the public eye<br/>
  in the twinkling of an eye<br/>
  your mind’s eye<br/>
  the naked eye<br/>
  not believe your eyes<br/>
  please the eye<br/>
  a sight for sore eyes<br/>
  take your eye off the ball<br/>
  what the eye doesn’t see (the heart doesn’t grieve over)<br/>
  with your eyes open<br/>
  cut off your nose to spite your face<br/>
  face up/down<br/>
  fall flat on your face<br/>
  feed your face<br/>
  laugh on the other side of your face<br/>
  lose face<br/>
  loss of face<br/>
  not just a pretty face<br/>
  on the face of it<br/>
  put your face on<br/>
  show your face<br/>
  shut your mouth/face!<br/>
  a slap in the face<br/>
  a straight face<br/>
  what’s his/her face<br/>
  face the music<br/>
  after the fact<br/>
  as a matter of fact<br/>
  a fact of life<br/>
  facts and figures<br/>
  the facts of life<br/>
  the facts speak for themselves<br/>
  in (actual) fact<br/>
  in point of fact<br/>
  Is that a fact?<br/>
  be fading fast<br/>
  if all else fails<br/>
  without fail<br/>
  not have the faintest (idea)<br/>
  all’s fair in love and war<br/>
  be fair!<br/>
  by fair means or foul<br/>
  a fair few<br/>
  fair go<br/>
  fair’s fair<br/>
  fair to middling<br/>
  fair and square | fairly and squarely<br/>
  you can’t say fairer (than that)<br/>
  fairly and squarely<br/>
  in bad faith<br/>
  in good faith<br/>
  a leap of faith<br/>
  Yours faithfully<br/>
  be riding for a fall<br/>
  pride comes/goes before a fall<br/>
  by/under/on false pretences<br/>
  ring true/hollow/false<br/>
  fifteen minutes of fame<br/>
  shoot to fame/stardom<br/>
  (be/get) in the family way<br/>
  run in the family<br/>
  famous last words<br/>
  get on/along famously<br/>
  when the shit hits the fan<br/>
  sweet FA | sweet Fanny Adams<br/>
  as/so far as it goes<br/>
  by far<br/>
  far and wide<br/>
  far from it<br/>
  few and far between<br/>
  go far<br/>
  go too far | go this/that far<br/>
  in so/as far as<br/>
  not far off/out/wrong<br/>
  not go far<br/>
  so far<br/>
  so near and yet so far<br/>
  sell off the farm<br/>
  after a fashion<br/>
  like it’s going out of fashion<br/>
  be fast/quick on the draw<br/>
  fast and furious<br/>
  a fast talker<br/>
  a fast worker<br/>
  hard and fast<br/>
  stand fast/firm<br/>
  thick and fast<br/>
  in the fast lane<br/>
  it’s not over until the fat lady sings<br/>
  live off the fat of the land<br/>
  tempt fate/providence<br/>
  from father to son<br/>
  the wish is father to the thought<br/>
  to a fault<br/>
  do me a favour!<br/>
  without fear or favour<br/>
  in fear of your life<br/>
  no fear<br/>
  you could have knocked me down with a feather<br/>
  feather your (own) nest<br/>
  be/feel flattered<br/>
  be/feel like jelly | turn to jelly<br/>
  feel good<br/>
  feel the pinch<br/>
  feel your way<br/>
  look/feel small<br/>
  make your presence felt<br/>
  not be/feel up to the mark<br/>
  not feel yourself<br/>
  put out feelers<br/>
  bad/ill feeling<br/>
  no hard feelings<br/>
  a/that sinking feeling<br/>
  at/in one fell swoop<br/>
  the grass is (always) greener on the other side (of the fence)<br/>
  sit on the fence<br/>
  in fine/good fettle<br/>
  have had a few<br/>
  quite a few<br/>
  truth is stranger than fiction<br/>
  be on the fiddle<br/>
  (as) fit as a fiddle<br/>
  level the playing field<br/>
  play the field<br/>
  have a field day<br/>
  take/plead the fifth<br/>
  in your fifties<br/>
  fight fire with fire<br/>
  fight for (your) life<br/>
  fight tooth and nail<br/>
  be spoiling for a fight<br/>
  a fight to the finish<br/>
  fighting fit<br/>
  fighting spirit<br/>
  fighting talk<br/>
  be/become a figure of fun<br/>
  go figure<br/>
  it/that figures<br/>
  (in) single file<br/>
  all found<br/>
  find your feet<br/>
  find your voice/tongue<br/>
  nowhere to be found/seen | nowhere in sight<br/>
  finders keepers<br/>
  not to put too fine a point on it<br/>
  walk/tread a fine/thin line (between A and B)<br/>
  cut it/things fine<br/>
  be all (fingers and) thumbs<br/>
  have a finger in every pie<br/>
  have sticky fingers<br/>
  snap your fingers<br/>
  to your fingertips<br/>
  get on like a house on fire<br/>
  hang/hold fire<br/>
  (there is) no smoke without fire<br/>
  on fire<br/>
  out of the frying pan into the fire<br/>
  play with fire<br/>
  set the world on fire<br/>
  be in the firing line<br/>
  be on firm/solid ground<br/>
  a firm hand<br/>
  at first<br/>
  come first<br/>
  feet first<br/>
  first and foremost<br/>
  first and last<br/>
  first of all<br/>
  first off<br/>
  first up<br/>
  head first<br/>
  safety first<br/>
  from the (very) first<br/>
  from first to last<br/>
  a fish out of water<br/>
  neither fish nor fowl<br/>
  an odd/a queer fish<br/>
  there are plenty more fish in the sea<br/>
  an iron fist/hand (in a velvet glove)<br/>
  make/lose money hand over fist<br/>
  fit for purpose<br/>
  the survival of the fittest<br/>
  by/in fits and starts | in stops and starts<br/>
  have/throw a fit<br/>
  nine to five<br/>
  fly/show/wave the flag<br/>
  keep the flag flying<br/>
  a flash in the pan<br/>
  in/like a flash<br/>
  (as) quick as a flash<br/>
  on the flat<br/>
  and that’s flat!<br/>
  as flat as a pancake<br/>
  in a (flat) spin<br/>
  fall flat<br/>
  flat broke<br/>
  flat out<br/>
  lie flat<br/>
  in a flat spin<br/>
  flattery will get you everywhere/nowhere<br/>
  flavour of the month<br/>
  on fleek<br/>
  go the way of all flesh<br/>
  in the flesh<br/>
  press (the) flesh<br/>
  the spirit is willing (but the flesh is weak)<br/>
  flex your muscles<br/>
  in the first/top flight<br/>
  take flight<br/>
  flip your lid<br/>
  do a (moonlight/midnight) flit<br/>
  be/get in on the ground floor<br/>
  get/be given/have the floor<br/>
  hold the floor<br/>
  take (to) the floor<br/>
  go with the flow<br/>
  (fly) by the seat of your pants<br/>
  fly high<br/>
  fly a kite<br/>
  fly the nest<br/>
  fly/go off at a tangent<br/>
  fly off the handle<br/>
  fly/go out (of) the window<br/>
  go flying<br/>
  go fly a/your kite<br/>
  pigs might fly<br/>
  time flies<br/>
  a/the fly in the ointment<br/>
  a fly on the wall<br/>
  not harm/hurt a fly<br/>
  on the fly<br/>
  get off to a flying start | get off to a flyer<br/>
  in foal<br/>
  foam at the mouth<br/>
  not have the foggiest (idea)<br/>
  fold your hands<br/>
  follow your nose<br/>
  follow suit<br/>
  a following wind<br/>
  food for thought<br/>
  off your food<br/>
  be no/nobody’s fool<br/>
  a fool and his money are soon parted<br/>
  make a fool of yourself<br/>
  (there’s) no fool like an old fool<br/>
  not suffer fools gladly<br/>
  you could have fooled me<br/>
  be rushed/run off your feet<br/>
  fall/land on your feet<br/>
  from head to foot/toe<br/>
  get your feet wet<br/>
  get/have itchy feet<br/>
  have/keep your feet on the ground<br/>
  have one foot in the grave<br/>
  have two left feet<br/>
  have the world at your feet<br/>
  in your stocking(ed) feet<br/>
  not let the grass grow under your feet<br/>
  on your feet<br/>
  on the front foot<br/>
  the patter of tiny feet<br/>
  put your best foot forward<br/>
  put your feet up<br/>
  put your foot down<br/>
  put your foot in it<br/>
  put a foot wrong<br/>
  shoot yourself in the foot<br/>
  stand on your own (two) feet<br/>
  take the weight off your feet<br/>
  think on your feet<br/>
  under your feet<br/>
  vote with your feet<br/>
  be in for it<br/>
  forbidden fruit<br/>
  force of habit<br/>
  a force of nature<br/>
  the forces of nature<br/>
  in force<br/>
  a spent force<br/>
  force the issue<br/>
  force the pace<br/>
  come to the fore<br/>
  forewarned is forearmed<br/>
  for/in the foreseeable future<br/>
  not see the forest for the trees<br/>
  and don’t (you) forget it<br/>
  forget it<br/>
  forgive and forget<br/>
  take form<br/>
  be a shadow/ghost of your former self<br/>
  hold the fort<br/>
  be like/as safe as Fort Knox<br/>
  and so forth<br/>
  a hostage to fortune<br/>
  seek your fortune<br/>
  in your forties<br/>
  going/moving forward<br/>
  on all fours<br/>
  these four walls<br/>
  be home and free<br/>
  there’s no such thing as a free lunch<br/>
  walk free<br/>
  run free<br/>
  of your own free will<br/>
  freedom of/room for manoeuvre<br/>
  freeze/stop/halt in your tracks<br/>
  take French leave<br/>
  fresh/new blood<br/>
  be (just) good friends<br/>
  a friend in need (is a friend indeed)<br/>
  have friends in high places<br/>
  man’s best friend<br/>
  look a fright<br/>
  be frightened/nervous/scared of your own shadow<br/>
  be frightened/scared/terrified out of your wits<br/>
  the lunatic fringe<br/>
  on the fritz<br/>
  to and fro<br/>
  toing and froing<br/>
  cash up front<br/>
  in front<br/>
  in front of<br/>
  lead from the front<br/>
  out front<br/>
  up front<br/>
  the frosting on the cake<br/>
  fuck me<br/>
  fucking well<br/>
  full of it<br/>
  full of yourself<br/>
  in full<br/>
  to the full<br/>
  come to a full stop<br/>
  in the fullness of time<br/>
  fun and games<br/>
  it’s your funeral<br/>
  funnily enough<br/>
  funny peculiar<br/>
  part of the furniture<br/>
  go further<br/>
  go no further | not go any further<br/>
  look no further<br/>
  hell hath no fury (like a woman scorned)<br/>
  like fury<br/>
  have/be on a short fuse<br/>
  in future<br/>
  the gift of the gab<br/>
  be gagging for it<br/>
  gain ground<br/>
  gain time<br/>
  gale(s) of laughter<br/>
  play to the gallery<br/>
  ahead of/behind the game<br/>
  be a game<br/>
  be on the game<br/>
  be out of the game<br/>
  be still/back in the game<br/>
  the game is up<br/>
  game on<br/>
  game over<br/>
  give the game away<br/>
  a mug’s game<br/>
  the name of the game<br/>
  numbers game<br/>
  off/on your game<br/>
  the only game in town<br/>
  play the game<br/>
  the rules of the game<br/>
  (have) skin in the game<br/>
  talk a good game<br/>
  two can play at that game<br/>
  up your game<br/>
  poacher turned gamekeeper<br/>
  what’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander<br/>
  go (like) gangbusters<br/>
  everything in the garden is rosy<br/>
  your/the last gasp<br/>
  (right) out of the gate(s)<br/>
  a rolling stone gathers no moss<br/>
  run the gauntlet<br/>
  take up the gauntlet<br/>
  throw down the gauntlet<br/>
  (slip/be thrown) out of gear<br/>
  be in the genes<br/>
  in general<br/>
  a gentleman/lady of leisure<br/>
  be getting on<br/>
  get away from it all<br/>
  get going<br/>
  get it<br/>
  get it up<br/>
  get somewhere/anywhere/nowhere<br/>
  get there<br/>
  get this!<br/>
  while the getting is good<br/>
  give up the ghost<br/>
  look a gift horse in the mouth<br/>
  gild the lily<br/>
  to the gills<br/>
  take the gilt off the gingerbread<br/>
  gird (up) your loins<br/>
  don’t give me that<br/>
  give and take<br/>
  give as good as you get<br/>
  I/I’ll give you that<br/>
  what gives?<br/>
  at first glance<br/>
  at a (single) glance<br/>
  people (who live) in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones<br/>
  all that glitters/glistens/glisters is not gold<br/>
  the gloves are off<br/>
  glued/riveted/rooted to the spot<br/>
  gnash your teeth<br/>
  anything goes<br/>
  go off on one<br/>
  go on (with you)<br/>
  no go<br/>
  not (even) go there<br/>
  to be going on with<br/>
  to go<br/>
  what goes around comes around<br/>
  who goes there?<br/>
  at a/one go | at/in a single go<br/>
  be all go<br/>
  be a go<br/>
  be on the go<br/>
  have a go<br/>
  in one go<br/>
  sort out/separate the sheep from the goats<br/>
  by God!<br/>
  for the love of God<br/>
  God | God almighty | God in heaven | good God | my God | oh (dear) God<br/>
  God/goodness/Heaven knows<br/>
  God rest his/her soul | God rest him/her<br/>
  God willing<br/>
  honest to God/goodness<br/>
  in God’s/Heaven’s name | in the name of God/Heaven<br/>
  in the lap of the gods<br/>
  a man of God/the cloth<br/>
  play God<br/>
  please God<br/>
  so help me (God)<br/>
  there but for the grace of God (go I)<br/>
  to God/goodness/Heaven<br/>
  ye gods!<br/>
  heavy going<br/>
  when the going gets tough (the tough get going)<br/>
  while the going is good<br/>
  (as) good as gold<br/>
  have a heart of gold<br/>
  the streets are paved with gold<br/>
  strike gold<br/>
  worth your/its weight in gold<br/>
  like gold dust<br/>
  be golden<br/>
  the happy/golden mean<br/>
  silence is golden<br/>
  as good as<br/>
  as good as it gets<br/>
  be good to go<br/>
  a good few<br/>
  a good many<br/>
  all to the good<br/>
  do good<br/>
  for good<br/>
  the great and the good<br/>
  to the good<br/>
  up to no good<br/>
  Goodness! | Goodness me! | My goodness! | Goodness gracious!<br/>
  out of the goodness of your heart<br/>
  be the goods<br/>
  play gooseberry<br/>
  up for grabs<br/>
  fall from grace<br/>
  in a state of grace<br/>
  with (a) bad grace<br/>
  with (a) good grace<br/>
  year of grace | year of our Lord<br/>
  make the grade<br/>
  be/go against the grain<br/>
  sour grapes<br/>
  on/through the grapevine<br/>
  grasp the nettle<br/>
  a snake (in the grass)<br/>
  turn in his/her grave<br/>
  grease the wheels<br/>
  the greasy pole<br/>
  be going great guns<br/>
  be greater/more than the sum of its parts<br/>
  be no great shakes<br/>
  great and small<br/>
  greedy guts<br/>
  it’s all Greek to me<br/>
  green with envy<br/>
  season’s greetings<br/>
  off the grid<br/>
  come to grief<br/>
  good grief!<br/>
  wipe the grin/smile off your face<br/>
  grind to a halt | come to a grinding halt<br/>
  keep your nose to the grindstone<br/>
  get/take a grip (on yourself)<br/>
  grit your teeth<br/>
  be (stuck) in a groove<br/>
  break ground<br/>
  break new ground<br/>
  fall on stony ground<br/>
  from the ground up<br/>
  go to ground<br/>
  hit the ground running<br/>
  hold/stand your ground<br/>
  on the ground<br/>
  on neutral ground/territory<br/>
  shift your ground<br/>
  thick/thin on the ground<br/>
  to the ground<br/>
  it/money doesn’t grow on trees<br/>
  be on your guard<br/>
  off (your) guard<br/>
  get a guernsey<br/>
  anybody’s/anyone’s guess<br/>
  your guess is as good as mine<br/>
  miss your guess<br/>
  be my guest<br/>
  a guilt trip<br/>
  a guilty pleasure<br/>
  a guilty secret<br/>
  by gum!<br/>
  be up a gum tree<br/>
  jump the gun<br/>
  stick to your guns<br/>
  under the gun<br/>
  at gunpoint<br/>
  go with your gut<br/>
  slog/sweat/work your guts out<br/>
  come a gutser<br/>
  spoil the ship for a ha’p’orth/ha’pennyworth of tar<br/>
  hang by a hair/thread<br/>
  keep your hair on<br/>
  let your hair down<br/>
  not have a hair out of place<br/>
  not turn a hair<br/>
  split hairs<br/>
  tear your hair (out)<br/>
  hale and hearty<br/>
  and a half<br/>
  do nothing/not do anything by halves<br/>
  the half of it<br/>
  how the other half lives<br/>
  time and a half<br/>
  not half<br/>
  not half as | not half such a<br/>
  not half bad<br/>
  at half mast<br/>
  a trouble shared is a trouble halved<br/>
  ham it up<br/>
  hammer and tongs<br/>
  be good with your hands<br/>
  by hand<br/>
  (at) first hand<br/>
  give/lend a helping hand<br/>
  hand in hand<br/>
  hands down<br/>
  hands up!<br/>
  have your hands full<br/>
  have your hands tied<br/>
  have time on your hands | have time to kill<br/>
  heavy hand<br/>
  in hand<br/>
  I’ve only got one pair of hands<br/>
  keep your hand in<br/>
  live (from) hand to mouth<br/>
  many hands make light work<br/>
  not do a hand’s turn<br/>
  offer your hand<br/>
  off your hands<br/>
  on either/every hand<br/>
  on hand<br/>
  on your hands<br/>
  out of hand<br/>
  out of your hands<br/>
  overplay your hand<br/>
  a pair of hands<br/>
  put your hand in your pocket<br/>
  a safe pair of hands<br/>
  show your hand/cards<br/>
  a show of hands<br/>
  stay your hand<br/>
  take the law into your own hands<br/>
  take your life in your hands<br/>
  throw your hand in<br/>
  throw up your hands<br/>
  to hand<br/>
  wring your hands<br/>
  go to hell in a handbasket<br/>
  the handwriting on the wall<br/>
  come in handy<br/>
  hang your hat<br/>
  hang/lie heavy<br/>
  hang (on) in there<br/>
  hang a left/right<br/>
  hang/stay loose<br/>
  hang tough<br/>
  let it all hang out<br/>
  anything can/might happen<br/>
  as it happens/happened<br/>
  shit happens<br/>
  these things happen<br/>
  (not) a happy camper<br/>
  a/the happy medium<br/>
  many happy returns (of the day)<br/>
  play happy families<br/>
  (as) hard as nails<br/>
  hard going<br/>
  hard luck<br/>
  the hard way<br/>
  play hard to get<br/>
  too much like hard work<br/>
  (as) mad as a hatter/a March hare<br/>
  no harm done<br/>
  out of harm’s way<br/>
  in harness<br/>
  reap a/the harvest<br/>
  my hat<br/>
  out of a/the hat<br/>
  pass the hat round/around<br/>
  talk through your hat<br/>
  throw your hat into the ring<br/>
  down the hatch<br/>
  have had it<br/>
  have (got) it/that coming (to you)<br/>
  not having any<br/>
  what have you<br/>
  hum and haw<br/>
  hit the hay/sack<br/>
  make hay while the sun shines<br/>
  a roll in the hay<br/>
  a needle in a haystack<br/>
  go haywire<br/>
  get your head down<br/>
  have a good head on your shoulders<br/>
  have your head screwed on (the right way)<br/>
  have a roof over your head<br/>
  a/per head<br/>
  your head is spinning | make your head spin<br/>
  head over heels in love<br/>
  heads or tails?<br/>
  hit the nail on the head<br/>
  hold your head high | hold up your head<br/>
  in over your head<br/>
  keep your head above water<br/>
  keep/get your head down<br/>
  laugh your head off<br/>
  let your heart rule your head<br/>
  lose your head<br/>
  off the top of your head<br/>
  (have) an old head on young shoulders<br/>
  on your (own) head be it<br/>
  out of/off your head<br/>
  put our/your/their heads together<br/>
  stick in your head/mind<br/>
  a thick head<br/>
  use your head<br/>
  grab/hit/make the headlines<br/>
  your (very) good health!<br/>
  in rude health<br/>
  be seeing/hearing things<br/>
  hear! hear!<br/>
  I hear what you're saying<br/>
  I’ve heard it all before<br/>
  the last I heard<br/>
  make your voice heard<br/>
  (do) you hear (me)?<br/>
  out of hearing<br/>
  at heart<br/>
  by heart<br/>
  have a heart!<br/>
  have a heart of stone<br/>
  heart and soul<br/>
  home is where the heart is<br/>
  in good heart<br/>
  in your heart (of hearts)<br/>
  lose heart<br/>
  a man/woman after your own heart<br/>
  off by heart<br/>
  sick at heart<br/>
  sob your heart out<br/>
  tear at your heart | tear your heart out<br/>
  wear your heart on your sleeve<br/>
  with all your heart/your whole heart<br/>
  young at heart<br/>
  in a heartbeat<br/>
  be on heat<br/>
  if you can’t stand the heat (get out of the kitchen)<br/>
  heave into sight/view<br/>
  (Good) Heavens! | Heavens above!<br/>
  the heavens open<br/>
  in seventh heaven<br/>
  made in heaven<br/>
  heaviness of heart<br/>
  get heavy<br/>
  a heavy heart<br/>
  for the heck of it<br/>
  what the heck!<br/>
  come to heel<br/>
  kick your heels<br/>
  kick up your heels<br/>
  take to your heels<br/>
  turn/spin on your heel<br/>
  all hell broke loose<br/>
  catch hell<br/>
  (just) for the hell of it<br/>
  from hell<br/>
  hell for leather<br/>
  (come) hell or high water<br/>
  Hell’s teeth<br/>
  like hell<br/>
  raise hell<br/>
  the road to hell is paved with good intentions<br/>
  to hell and back<br/>
  at the helm<br/>
  take (over) the helm<br/>
  there is no help for it<br/>
  hem and haw<br/>
  by here<br/>
  (the) here and now<br/>
  here and there<br/>
  here goes<br/>
  here we go<br/>
  here we go again<br/>
  here you are<br/>
  here you go<br/>
  neither here nor there<br/>
  out of here<br/>
  (all) by herself<br/>
  (all) to herself<br/>
  he who hesitates (is lost)<br/>
  what the hey!<br/>
  you can run but you can't hide<br/>
  save your (own) skin/hide/neck<br/>
  on a hiding to nothing<br/>
  be/get on your high horse<br/>
  have a high old time<br/>
  high and mighty<br/>
  high as a kite<br/>
  a high/low profile<br/>
  it’s about/high time<br/>
  of a high order | of the highest/first order<br/>
  be riding high<br/>
  high and low<br/>
  run high<br/>
  on high<br/>
  on high beam<br/>
  high days and holidays<br/>
  in/into high gear<br/>
  kick/move/swing into high gear<br/>
  be for the high jump<br/>
  hightail it<br/>
  highway robbery<br/>
  my way or the highway<br/>
  take a hike<br/>
  as old as the hills<br/>
  over the hill<br/>
  (up) to the hilt<br/>
  (all) by himself<br/>
  (all) to himself<br/>
  without let or hindrance<br/>
  take a/the hint<br/>
  shoot from the hip<br/>
  be history<br/>
  history repeats itself<br/>
  make history | go down in history<br/>
  the rest is history<br/>
  hit/strike home<br/>
  hit it<br/>
  hit the jackpot<br/>
  hit/miss the mark<br/>
  hit/touch/strike a (raw/sensitive) nerve<br/>
  hit/strike pay dirt<br/>
  hit/strike the right/wrong note<br/>
  hit the road/trail<br/>
  hit the roof<br/>
  hit the spot<br/>
  hit (your) stride<br/>
  hit a/the wall<br/>
  hit/strike the woodwork<br/>
  not know what hit you<br/>
  take a hit<br/>
  get hitched<br/>
  hither and thither | hither and yon<br/>
  go the whole hog<br/>
  be hoist/hoisted by/with your own petard<br/>
  hold good<br/>
  hold it<br/>
  hold/hang on for/like grim death<br/>
  on hold<br/>
  take (a) hold<br/>
  an ace in the hole<br/>
  in a hole<br/>
  in the hole<br/>
  a square peg (in a round hole)<br/>
  ring hollow/false<br/>
  at home<br/>
  away from home<br/>
  a home from home<br/>
  home sweet home<br/>
  set up home<br/>
  your spiritual home<br/>
  work from home<br/>
  the lights are on but nobody’s home<br/>
  nothing (much) to write home about<br/>
  romp home/to victory<br/>
  on the home front<br/>
  honest!<br/>
  in (all) honesty<br/>
  the land of milk and honey<br/>
  do the honors<br/>
  (there is) honor among thieves<br/>
  the honors are even<br/>
  on your honor<br/>
  a point of honor<br/>
  do the honours<br/>
  (there is) honour among thieves<br/>
  on your honour<br/>
  a point of honour<br/>
  under the hood<br/>
  on the hoof<br/>
  hoof it<br/>
  off the hook<br/>
  ring off the hook<br/>
  sling your hook<br/>
  play hookey<br/>
  play hooky<br/>
  jump through hoops<br/>
  hop it<br/>
  hop to it<br/>
  I should hope so/not | so I should hope<br/>
  some hope!<br/>
  hopping mad<br/>
  on the horizon<br/>
  blow/toot your own horn<br/>
  a hornets’ nest<br/>
  horror of horrors<br/>
  shock horror<br/>
  (straight) from the horse’s mouth<br/>
  hold your horses<br/>
  on horseback<br/>
  be hot to trot<br/>
  be in/get into hot water<br/>
  not so/too hot<br/>
  strike while the iron is hot<br/>
  hotfoot it<br/>
  all hours<br/>
  at an unearthly hour<br/>
  at an ungodly hour<br/>
  the small/early hours<br/>
  bring the house down<br/>
  go all round the houses<br/>
  keep house<br/>
  on the house<br/>
  play house<br/>
  put/set your (own) house in order<br/>
  (as) safe as houses<br/>
  set up house<br/>
  how can/could you!<br/>
  how do you do<br/>
  how’s that?<br/>
  huff and puff<br/>
  in a huff<br/>
  the milk of human kindness<br/>
  with a human face<br/>
  be over the hump<br/>
  give a hundred (and ten) per cent<br/>
  a/one hundred per cent<br/>
  on your hunkers<br/>
  be in the hunt<br/>
  in a hurry<br/>
  husband and wife<br/>
  sing from the same hymn/song sheet<br/>
  have hysterics<br/>
  be skating/walking on thin ice<br/>
  break the ice<br/>
  on ice<br/>
  the tip of the iceberg<br/>
  have the right idea<br/>
  that’s an idea!<br/>
  that’s the idea!<br/>
  in an ideal/a perfect world<br/>
  if and when<br/>
  if anything<br/>
  if I were you<br/>
  if not<br/>
  if only<br/>
  if so<br/>
  it’s not as if<br/>
  only if<br/>
  ill/bad feeling<br/>
  leave nothing/little to the imagination<br/>
  not by any stretch of the imagination | by no stretch of the imagination<br/>
  mission impossible<br/>
  on the improve<br/>
  in that<br/>
  every inch<br/>
  inch by inch<br/>
  not budge/give/move an inch<br/>
  not inconsiderable<br/>
  (in) Indian file<br/>
  split an infinitive<br/>
  under the influence<br/>
  for your information<br/>
  in all innocence<br/>
  inside out<br/>
  on the inside<br/>
  for instance<br/>
  in the first instance<br/>
  to all intents and purposes<br/>
  person of interest<br/>
  run interference<br/>
  in the interim<br/>
  necessity is the mother of invention<br/>
  in inverted commas<br/>
  pump iron<br/>
  be at issue<br/>
  that is it<br/>
  this is it<br/>
  be an item<br/>
  (all) by itself<br/>
  in itself<br/>
  (all) to itself<br/>
  a jack of all trades<br/>
  before you can say Jack Robinson<br/>
  be in a jam<br/>
  jam tomorrow<br/>
  money for jam/old rope<br/>
  and all that jazz<br/>
  in jeopardy<br/>
  in jest<br/>
  I’ll be jiggered!<br/>
  by jingo<br/>
  between jobs<br/>
  do the job<br/>
  good job!<br/>
  a good job<br/>
  a job of work<br/>
  just the job<br/>
  on the job<br/>
  walk off the job<br/>
  the patience of Job<br/>
  out of joint<br/>
  be/get beyond a joke<br/>
  be no joke<br/>
  take a joke<br/>
  you’re joking | you must be joking<br/>
  the joker in the pack<br/>
  jolly good!<br/>
  jolly well<br/>
  get your jollies<br/>
  keep up with the Joneses<br/>
  not a/one jot<br/>
  by Jove<br/>
  full of the joys of spring<br/>
  go for the jugular<br/>
  be jumping up and down<br/>
  jump the lights<br/>
  jump out of your skin<br/>
  jump the queue<br/>
  jump the rails<br/>
  jump the shark<br/>
  jump ship<br/>
  jump to it<br/>
  (go and) take a running jump<br/>
  the law of the jungle<br/>
  just like that<br/>
  just a minute/moment/second<br/>
  just now<br/>
  just so<br/>
  just then<br/>
  just the ticket<br/>
  let's just say<br/>
  not just yet<br/>
  do yourself justice<br/>
  the big kahuna<br/>
  (as) keen as mustard<br/>
  keep going<br/>
  for keeps<br/>
  beyond your ken<br/>
  kick (some) ass/butt<br/>
  kick over the traces<br/>
  kick the tyres<br/>
  a kick in the pants/up the backside<br/>
  a kick in the teeth<br/>
  kids’ stuff<br/>
  no kidding<br/>
  you’re kidding | you must be kidding<br/>
  kill it<br/>
  kill yourself laughing<br/>
  make a killing<br/>
  out of kilter<br/>
  kith and kin<br/>
  in kind<br/>
  a kind of<br/>
  kind of<br/>
  nothing of the kind/sort<br/>
  of a kind<br/>
  one of a kind<br/>
  a king’s ransom<br/>
  till/until kingdom come<br/>
  kiss and tell<br/>
  the kiss of life<br/>
  get your kit off<br/>
  everything but the kitchen sink<br/>
  have kittens<br/>
  at your mother’s knee<br/>
  take a/the knee<br/>
  weak at the knees<br/>
  get your knickers in a twist<br/>
  wet your knickers/pants<br/>
  turn/twist the knife (in the wound)<br/>
  under the knife<br/>
  at knifepoint<br/>
  with knobs on<br/>
  knock it off!<br/>
  knock on wood<br/>
  at a rate of knots<br/>
  tie the knot<br/>
  get knotted<br/>
  before you know where you are<br/>
  be not to know<br/>
  if (the) truth be known/told<br/>
  I know<br/>
  know best<br/>
  know full well<br/>
  know your own mind<br/>
  know your stuff<br/>
  know your way around<br/>
  know what you’re talking about<br/>
  not know any better<br/>
  not know where to look<br/>
  not know whether you’re coming or going<br/>
  old enough to know better<br/>
  there’s no knowing<br/>
  what do you know?<br/>
  (know) what’s what<br/>
  you know<br/>
  you know who/what<br/>
  you never know<br/>
  in the know<br/>
  to your knowledge<br/>
  near the knuckle<br/>
  a labor of love<br/>
  labor the point<br/>
  a labour of love<br/>
  labour the point<br/>
  not for want/lack of trying<br/>
  lack (for) nothing<br/>
  on the lam<br/>
  (like) a lamb/lambs to the slaughter<br/>
  in the land of the living<br/>
  in the land of Nod<br/>
  the lie of the land<br/>
  spy out the land<br/>
  mind/watch your language<br/>
  speak/talk the same language<br/>
  in the lap of luxury<br/>
  at large<br/>
  give/have it large<br/>
  in large part | in large measure<br/>
  (as) large as life<br/>
  larger than life<br/>
  loom large<br/>
  writ large<br/>
  large it | large it up<br/>
  be/get up with the lark<br/>
  at long last<br/>
  be on your/its last legs<br/>
  first/last thing<br/>
  have the last laugh<br/>
  in the last resort<br/>
  the last minute/moment<br/>
  a/your last resort<br/>
  to a man | to the last man<br/>
  he who laughs last laughs longest<br/>
  last but not least<br/>
  at (long) last<br/>
  next/second to last<br/>
  to/till the last<br/>
  on the latch<br/>
  be too late<br/>
  better late than never<br/>
  of late<br/>
  too late<br/>
  later on<br/>
  sooner or later<br/>
  sooner rather than later<br/>
  at the latest<br/>
  get into a lather | work yourself into a lather<br/>
  in a lather<br/>
  don’t make me laugh<br/>
  piss yourself (laughing)<br/>
  split your sides (laughing/with laughter)<br/>
  you have/you’ve got to laugh<br/>
  be no laughing matter<br/>
  look to your laurels<br/>
  rest/sit on your laurels<br/>
  be a law unto yourself<br/>
  go to law<br/>
  law and order<br/>
  lay down the law<br/>
  the letter of the law<br/>
  on the wrong side of the law<br/>
  possession is nine tenths of the law<br/>
  the rule of law<br/>
  the lay of the land<br/>
  lead/live the life of Riley<br/>
  one thing leads to another<br/>
  swing the lead<br/>
  turn over a new leaf<br/>
  spring a leak<br/>
  look before you leap<br/>
  learn your lesson<br/>
  you live and learn<br/>
  a (new) lease of life<br/>
  strain at the leash<br/>
  at the (very) least<br/>
  not in the least<br/>
  to say the least<br/>
  at least<br/>
  least said soonest mended<br/>
  the less/least said the better<br/>
  not least<br/>
  be left to yourself<br/>
  leave it at that<br/>
  leave it out<br/>
  by/with your leave<br/>
  take leave of your senses<br/>
  without a by your leave; without so much as a by your leave<br/>
  make up leeway<br/>
  break a leg!<br/>
  get your leg over<br/>
  have legs<br/>
  not have a leg to stand on<br/>
  shake a leg<br/>
  stretch your legs<br/>
  with your tail between your legs<br/>
  leg it<br/>
  at leisure<br/>
  at your leisure<br/>
  less and less<br/>
  less is more<br/>
  no less<br/>
  more or less<br/>
  much/still less<br/>
  let it go (at that)<br/>
  let me see/think | let's see<br/>
  let us say<br/>
  let yourself go<br/>
  to let<br/>
  to the letter<br/>
  on the level<br/>
  be level pegging<br/>
  a level playing field<br/>
  at liberty<br/>
  a licence to print money<br/>
  under licence<br/>
  artistic/poetic license<br/>
  a license to print money<br/>
  under license<br/>
  lick your lips<br/>
  lick your wounds<br/>
  at a (fair) lick<br/>
  a lick and a promise<br/>
  lie ahead/in store<br/>
  lie in state<br/>
  lie low<br/>
  lie through your teeth<br/>
  I tell a lie<br/>
  live a lie<br/>
  a tissue of lies<br/>
  come to life<br/>
  for the life of you<br/>
  get a life<br/>
  have nine lives<br/>
  have the time of your life<br/>
  (have) a life of its own<br/>
  life’s too short<br/>
  the man/woman in your life<br/>
  not on your life<br/>
  risk life and limb<br/>
  a slice of life<br/>
  the staff of life<br/>
  take your (own) life<br/>
  that’s life<br/>
  that’s the story of my life<br/>
  true to life<br/>
  variety is the spice of life<br/>
  a walk of life<br/>
  once in a lifetime<br/>
  be/go out like a light<br/>
  be (all) sweetness and light<br/>
  come to light<br/>
  see the light<br/>
  see the light (of day)<br/>
  a light touch<br/>
  travel light<br/>
  get off/be let off lightly<br/>
  lightning never strikes (in the same place) twice<br/>
  like (greased) lightning<br/>
  more like (it)<br/>
  how would you like it?<br/>
  if you like<br/>
  I like that!<br/>
  I/I’d like to think<br/>
  what’s not to like?<br/>
  (as) like as not<br/>
  a likely story<br/>
  as likely as not | most/very likely<br/>
  not likely!<br/>
  for your liking<br/>
  to your liking<br/>
  out on a limb<br/>
  be the limit<br/>
  the sky’s the limit<br/>
  within limits<br/>
  without limit/limits<br/>
  above the line<br/>
  along/down the line<br/>
  below the line<br/>
  cut in line<br/>
  lay it on the line<br/>
  overstep the mark/line<br/>
  read between the lines<br/>
  step out of line | be/get out of line<br/>
  toe the (party) line<br/>
  my lips are sealed<br/>
  not pass your lips<br/>
  on everyone’s lips<br/>
  read my lips<br/>
  smack your lips<br/>
  (keep) a stiff upper lip<br/>
  little by little<br/>
  be/live in each other’s pockets<br/>
  live and let live<br/>
  live by your wits<br/>
  live in the past<br/>
  live in sin<br/>
  live it up<br/>
  live off the land<br/>
  live/sleep rough<br/>
  live under a rock<br/>
  you haven’t lived<br/>
  a live wire<br/>
  go live<br/>
  within/in living memory<br/>
  use your loaf<br/>
  pick a lock<br/>
  a lone wolf<br/>
  (all) by/on your lonesome<br/>
  at the longest<br/>
  by a long way<br/>
  go back a long way<br/>
  go a long way<br/>
  have come a long way<br/>
  have a long way to go<br/>
  how long is a piece of string?<br/>
  in the long run<br/>
  in the long/short/medium term<br/>
  It’s a long story.<br/>
  the long and (the) short of it<br/>
  long in the tooth<br/>
  a long shot<br/>
  (to cut a) long story short<br/>
  long time no see<br/>
  as/so long as<br/>
  for (so) long<br/>
  how long have you got?<br/>
  no/any longer<br/>
  so long<br/>
  over the long haul<br/>
  be just looking<br/>
  look bad | not look good<br/>
  look good<br/>
  look here<br/>
  (not) look yourself<br/>
  never/not look back<br/>
  not much to look at<br/>
  in the loop | out of the loop<br/>
  loop the loop<br/>
  have a loose tongue<br/>
  have a screw loose<br/>
  let loose<br/>
  on the loose<br/>
  (good) Lord! | oh Lord!<br/>
  lose it<br/>
  at a loss<br/>
  cut your losses<br/>
  all is not lost<br/>
  be lost for words<br/>
  be lost to the world<br/>
  get lost<br/>
  make up for lost time<br/>
  there’s little/no love lost between A and B<br/>
  all over the lot<br/>
  a bad lot<br/>
  by lot<br/>
  out loud<br/>
  love from | (lots of) love (from)<br/>
  not for love or/nor money<br/>
  love you and leave you<br/>
  the lowest of the low<br/>
  on low beam<br/>
  raise/lower your sights<br/>
  raise/lower the temperature<br/>
  any luck?<br/>
  as luck would have it<br/>
  better luck next time<br/>
  for luck<br/>
  no such luck<br/>
  pot luck<br/>
  push your luck | push it/things<br/>
  tough luck<br/>
  worse luck!<br/>
  get lucky<br/>
  strike (it) lucky<br/>
  thank your lucky stars<br/>
  third time lucky<br/>
  you’ll be lucky<br/>
  take your lumps<br/>
  lump it<br/>
  out to lunch<br/>
  far from the madding crowd<br/>
  have (got) it made<br/>
  in the main<br/>
  make good<br/>
  make it<br/>
  on the make<br/>
  meet your Maker<br/>
  in the making<br/>
  of your own making<br/>
  as one man<br/>
  be all things to all men/people<br/>
  be your own man/woman<br/>
  every man for himself<br/>
  like a man/woman possessed | like one possessed<br/>
  a/the man about town<br/>
  the man (and/or woman) in the street<br/>
  (the) man of the match<br/>
  the man of the moment<br/>
  a man/woman of (many) parts<br/>
  a man/woman of the people<br/>
  a man/woman of substance<br/>
  a man/woman of the world<br/>
  a man’s man<br/>
  man to man<br/>
  a marked man/woman<br/>
  the odd man/one out<br/>
  one man’s meat is another man’s poison<br/>
  freedom of/room for maneuver<br/>
  in a manner of speaking<br/>
  on manual<br/>
  have had one too many<br/>
  all over the map<br/>
  off the map<br/>
  get your marching orders<br/>
  on the march<br/>
  a mare’s nest<br/>
  mark time<br/>
  mark you<br/>
  be off the mark<br/>
  be on the mark<br/>
  get off the mark<br/>
  quick/slow off the mark<br/>
  toe the mark<br/>
  up to the mark<br/>
  wide of the mark<br/>
  on the market<br/>
  on the open market<br/>
  play the market<br/>
  a seller’s market<br/>
  by marriage<br/>
  marry money<br/>
  be your own master/mistress<br/>
  serve two masters<br/>
  mix and match<br/>
  do the math<br/>
  do the maths<br/>
  for that matter<br/>
  a matter of record<br/>
  no matter<br/>
  to the max<br/>
  be that as it may<br/>
  the real McCoy<br/>
  a square meal<br/>
  I mean<br/>
  mean to say<br/>
  mean well<br/>
  by all means<br/>
  by no means | not by any (manner of) means<br/>
  ways and means<br/>
  for the meantime/meanwhile<br/>
  in the meantime/meanwhile<br/>
  for the meanwhile/meantime<br/>
  in the meanwhile/meantime<br/>
  beyond measure<br/>
  for good measure<br/>
  full/short measure<br/>
  in full measure<br/>
  in large measure | in large part<br/>
  made to measure<br/>
  the best medicine<br/>
  never the twain shall meet<br/>
  where the rubber meets the road<br/>
  a meeting of minds<br/>
  melt in your mouth<br/>
  in the melting pot<br/>
  have a memory/mind like a sieve<br/>
  a trip/walk down memory lane<br/>
  mend your ways<br/>
  on the mend<br/>
  don’t mention it<br/>
  not to mention<br/>
  doom merchant | prophet of doom<br/>
  be grateful/thankful for small mercies<br/>
  make merry<br/>
  the more the merrier<br/>
  no messing<br/>
  not mess around<br/>
  get the message<br/>
  on/off message<br/>
  shoot the messenger<br/>
  put the pedal to the metal<br/>
  on your mettle<br/>
  like the/a Michelin man<br/>
  in microcosm<br/>
  under the microscope<br/>
  the middle of nowhere<br/>
  in their/our/its/your midst<br/>
  (in) midstream<br/>
  might is right<br/>
  the pen is mightier than the sword<br/>
  your milage may vary<br/>
  to put it mildly<br/>
  be miles away<br/>
  miles from anywhere<br/>
  a miss is as good as a mile<br/>
  stand/stick out a mile<br/>
  your mileage may vary<br/>
  a millstone around/round your neck<br/>
  not mince (your) words<br/>
  be etched on your mind/heart/memory<br/>
  be/go out of your mind<br/>
  come/spring to mind<br/>
  have a mind of your own<br/>
  (not) in your right mind<br/>
  lose your mind<br/>
  make up your mind | make your mind up<br/>
  mind over matter<br/>
  of unsound mind<br/>
  on your mind<br/>
  slip your mind<br/>
  speak your mind<br/>
  to my mind<br/>
  a turn of mind<br/>
  do you mind?<br/>
  I don’t mind if I do<br/>
  if you don’t mind | if you wouldn’t mind<br/>
  mind your Ps and Qs<br/>
  mind the shop<br/>
  mind/watch your step<br/>
  mind you<br/>
  never mind<br/>
  never mind the fact that<br/>
  never you mind<br/>
  in miniature<br/>
  be in a/the minority<br/>
  be in a minority of one<br/>
  plus or minus<br/>
  (at) any minute (now)<br/>
  by the minute<br/>
  not for a/one minute<br/>
  this minute<br/>
  to the minute<br/>
  up to the minute<br/>
  wait a minute/moment/second<br/>
  work/perform miracles<br/>
  smoke and mirrors<br/>
  do yourself a mischief<br/>
  make mischief<br/>
  mission accomplished<br/>
  and no mistake<br/>
  by mistake<br/>
  in mitigation<br/>
  mix it up<br/>
  a good/bad mixer<br/>
  make a mountain out of a molehill<br/>
  (at) any moment (now)<br/>
  at short notice | at a moment’s notice<br/>
  at this moment in time<br/>
  be having a moment<br/>
  for the moment/present<br/>
  have its/your moments<br/>
  in the moment<br/>
  the moment of truth<br/>
  not for a/one moment<br/>
  of moment<br/>
  of the moment<br/>
  on the spur of the moment<br/>
  the psychological moment<br/>
  wait a moment/minute/second<br/>
  be in the money<br/>
  be rolling in money/it<br/>
  for my money<br/>
  get your money’s worth<br/>
  good money<br/>
  in old money<br/>
  made of money<br/>
  make money<br/>
  money is no object<br/>
  money talks<br/>
  on the money<br/>
  pots of money<br/>
  put your money where your mouth is<br/>
  throw good money after bad<br/>
  throw your money about/around<br/>
  time is money<br/>
  get a monkey off your back<br/>
  I don’t/couldn’t give a monkey’s<br/>
  (in) a month of Sundays<br/>
  the full monty<br/>
  many moons ago<br/>
  over the moon<br/>
  do a moonie<br/>
  a moot point/question<br/>
  more and more<br/>
  what is more<br/>
  in the morning<br/>
  the morning after (the night before)<br/>
  at (the) most<br/>
  for the most part<br/>
  in mothballs<br/>
  move mountains<br/>
  be all mouth<br/>
  by word of mouth<br/>
  keep your mouth shut<br/>
  leave a bad/nasty taste in the mouth<br/>
  put your foot in your mouth<br/>
  run off at the mouth<br/>
  watch your mouth/tongue<br/>
  say a mouthful<br/>
  get moving<br/>
  keep up/move with the times<br/>
  move your ass | get your ass in gear<br/>
  move it<br/>
  be on the move<br/>
  get a move on<br/>
  make the first move<br/>
  make a move<br/>
  movers and shakers<br/>
  as much<br/>
  not much in it<br/>
  this much<br/>
  too much<br/>
  much as<br/>
  much of a muchness<br/>
  mud sticks<br/>
  keep mum<br/>
  mum’s the word!<br/>
  get away with murder<br/>
  needs must (when the Devil drives)<br/>
  (not) cut the mustard<br/>
  pass muster<br/>
  mutually exclusive<br/>
  (all) by myself<br/>
  (all) to myself<br/>
  on the nail<br/>
  by name<br/>
  in all but name<br/>
  in name only<br/>
  name names<br/>
  a rose by any other name would smell as sweet<br/>
  name and shame<br/>
  the nanny state<br/>
  the straight and narrow<br/>
  get/turn nasty<br/>
  a nasty piece of work<br/>
  go native<br/>
  against nature<br/>
  in the nature of things<br/>
  a near thing<br/>
  as near as<br/>
  pretty near<br/>
  not nearly<br/>
  pretty nearly<br/>
  not necessarily<br/>
  make a virtue of necessity<br/>
  by a neck<br/>
  get it in the neck<br/>
  neck of the woods<br/>
  a pain in the neck<br/>
  risk your neck<br/>
  stick your neck out<br/>
  if need be<br/>
  do the needful<br/>
  be on pins and needles<br/>
  needless to say<br/>
  in the neighbourhood of<br/>
  have nerves of steel<br/>
  a war of nerves<br/>
  slip through the net<br/>
  spread your net<br/>
  widen the net<br/>
  the old boy network<br/>
  never say never<br/>
  (as) good as new | like new<br/>
  the new normal<br/>
  a new one on me<br/>
  what’s new?<br/>
  see in the New Year | see the New Year in<br/>
  no news is good news<br/>
  (as) pissed as a newt<br/>
  next up<br/>
  his nibs<br/>
  as nice as pie<br/>
  nice one!<br/>
  nice work!<br/>
  nice work if you can get it<br/>
  do nicely<br/>
  in the nick of time<br/>
  have a good/bad night<br/>
  have a night on the tiles<br/>
  night night<br/>
  a night out<br/>
  the still of the night<br/>
  nine times out of ten<br/>
  the whole nine yards<br/>
  in your nineties<br/>
  yes and no<br/>
  get the nod<br/>
  a nod and a wink<br/>
  on the nod<br/>
  none but<br/>
  none the less<br/>
  none other than<br/>
  stuff and nonsense<br/>
  as per normal/usual<br/>
  up north<br/>
  by a nose<br/>
  get/have your nose/snout in the trough<br/>
  have a nose round<br/>
  nose to tail<br/>
  on the nose<br/>
  powder your nose<br/>
  not that<br/>
  of note<br/>
  for nothing<br/>
  it is/was nothing<br/>
  not for nothing<br/>
  nothing but<br/>
  nothing if not<br/>
  nothing less than<br/>
  nothing like<br/>
  nothing much<br/>
  (there’s) nothing to it<br/>
  stop at nothing<br/>
  sweet nothings<br/>
  (it’s) now or never<br/>
  now then<br/>
  now what?<br/>
  from/out of nowhere<br/>
  nowhere near<br/>
  in the nude<br/>
  null and void<br/>
  by numbers<br/>
  by the numbers<br/>
  your number is up<br/>
  your opposite number<br/>
  there’s safety in numbers<br/>
  there's strength in numbers<br/>
  weight of numbers<br/>
  do your nut<br/>
  a hard/tough nut<br/>
  off your nut<br/>
  from soup to nuts<br/>
  put/stick your oar in<br/>
  on/under oath<br/>
  sow (your) wild oats<br/>
  your obedient servant<br/>
  obstruct justice<br/>
  on occasion(s)<br/>
  a sense of occasion<br/>
  it makes no odds<br/>
  over the odds<br/>
  of all<br/>
  off and on/on and off<br/>
  no offence<br/>
  no offense<br/>
  be on the offensive<br/>
  go on (to) the offensive | take the offensive<br/>
  on offer<br/>
  under offer<br/>
  it's official<br/>
  in the offing<br/>
  as often as not | more often than not<br/>
  every so often<br/>
  once too often<br/>
  pour oil on troubled water(s)<br/>
  oil the wheels<br/>
  be no oil painting<br/>
  any old how<br/>
  be up to your (old) tricks<br/>
  for old times’ sake<br/>
  of old<br/>
  the (same) old story<br/>
  an old wives’ tale<br/>
  one of the old school<br/>
  it isn’t on<br/>
  on and on<br/>
  you’re on<br/>
  all at once<br/>
  at once<br/>
  (just) for once | just this once<br/>
  once again | once more<br/>
  once (and) for all<br/>
  (every) once in a while<br/>
  once or twice<br/>
  once upon a time<br/>
  as one<br/>
  for one<br/>
  (all) in one<br/>
  one and all<br/>
  one and only<br/>
  one and the same<br/>
  one by one<br/>
  one or two<br/>
  the year one<br/>
  only just<br/>
  you’re only young once<br/>
  be an open secret<br/>
  keep/leave your options open<br/>
  for openers<br/>
  the operative word<br/>
  as opposed to<br/>
  the opposite sex<br/>
  in opposition<br/>
  a/an/the soft/easy option<br/>
  or so<br/>
  be in/take (holy) orders<br/>
  be a tall order<br/>
  in order<br/>
  in order that<br/>
  in running/working order<br/>
  in short order<br/>
  Order! Order!<br/>
  out of order<br/>
  a/the pecking order<br/>
  under starter’s orders<br/>
  in the ordinary way<br/>
  out of the ordinary<br/>
  in the original<br/>
  other than<br/>
  or otherwise<br/>
  an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure<br/>
  (all) by ourselves<br/>
  (all) to ourselves<br/>
  out of it<br/>
  at the outside<br/>
  on the outside<br/>
  outstay/overstay your welcome<br/>
  (all) over again<br/>
  over and over (again)<br/>
  over to you<br/>
  go overboard<br/>
  overdo it/things<br/>
  go into overdrive<br/>
  be working overtime<br/>
  come into your/its own<br/>
  in your own right<br/>
  (all) on your own<br/>
  the world is your oyster<br/>
  at a snail’s pace<br/>
  go through your paces | show your paces<br/>
  off the pace<br/>
  set the pace<br/>
  on the same page<br/>
  the printed word/page<br/>
  turn the page<br/>
  for your pains<br/>
  paint the town red<br/>
  in pairs<br/>
  beyond the pale<br/>
  go down the pan<br/>
  panic stations<br/>
  press/push the panic button<br/>
  puff and pant<br/>
  wear the pants<br/>
  wet your pants/knickers<br/>
  not worth the paper it’s written/printed on<br/>
  on paper<br/>
  put pen to paper<br/>
  below/under par<br/>
  up to par<br/>
  pardon me<br/>
  a walk in the park<br/>
  (as) sick as a parrot<br/>
  in part<br/>
  in particular<br/>
  a/the parting of the ways<br/>
  parting shot<br/>
  come to pass<br/>
  pass water<br/>
  come to such a pass<br/>
  in passing<br/>
  with a passion<br/>
  past it<br/>
  stand pat<br/>
  on your Pat Malone<br/>
  the primrose path<br/>
  smooth the path/way<br/>
  a pregnant pause/silence<br/>
  in pawn<br/>
  pay for itself<br/>
  pay its way<br/>
  pay your way<br/>
  rob Peter to pay Paul<br/>
  hold your peace/tongue<br/>
  (there’s) no peace/rest for the wicked<br/>
  a pearl of wisdom<br/>
  keep your pecker up<br/>
  off the peg<br/>
  (at) full pelt/tilt<br/>
  a slip of the pen/tongue<br/>
  put in your two penn'orth<br/>
  every penny<br/>
  not a penny<br/>
  a penny for your thoughts | a penny for them<br/>
  pinch pennies<br/>
  a pretty penny<br/>
  spend a penny<br/>
  turn up like a bad penny<br/>
  two/ten a penny<br/>
  put in your two pennyworth<br/>
  of all people<br/>
  practice makes perfect<br/>
  perish the thought<br/>
  in perpetuity<br/>
  about/on your person<br/>
  in person<br/>
  for Pete’s sake<br/>
  take a pew!<br/>
  be on the phone<br/>
  a turn of phrase<br/>
  pick up the pieces<br/>
  pick up speed<br/>
  pick up the threads<br/>
  pick a winner<br/>
  ripe for the picking<br/>
  in a pickle<br/>
  be no picnic<br/>
  as pretty as a picture<br/>
  be/look a picture<br/>
  get the picture<br/>
  in/out of the picture<br/>
  a piece/slice/share of the pie<br/>
  pie in the sky<br/>
  fall to pieces<br/>
  go to pieces<br/>
  (all) in one piece<br/>
  (all) of a piece<br/>
  a piece of piss<br/>
  a/some piece of work<br/>
  say your piece<br/>
  the villain of the piece<br/>
  come down the pike<br/>
  make a/your pile<br/>
  sugar/sweeten the pill<br/>
  for two pins<br/>
  at a pinch<br/>
  in the pink<br/>
  put a quart into a pint pot<br/>
  in the pipeline<br/>
  be on the piss<br/>
  be the pits<br/>
  the pit of your/the stomach<br/>
  more’s the pity<br/>
  all over the place<br/>
  be going places<br/>
  be in the right place at the right time<br/>
  fall/slot into place<br/>
  if I was/were in your place<br/>
  in the first place<br/>
  in place<br/>
  out of place<br/>
  a place in the sun<br/>
  pride of place<br/>
  shelter in place<br/>
  take place<br/>
  take your place<br/>
  be plain sailing<br/>
  make a plan<br/>
  (it) sounds like a plan (to me)<br/>
  (as) thick as two short planks<br/>
  walk the plank<br/>
  have enough/a lot/too much on your plate<br/>
  step up to the plate<br/>
  on a silver platter<br/>
  play with yourself<br/>
  in/out of play<br/>
  a play on words<br/>
  the state of play<br/>
  if you please<br/>
  please yourself<br/>
  please yourself | do as you please<br/>
  far from pleased | none/not too pleased | not best pleased<br/>
  (as) pleased/proud as Punch<br/>
  pleased with yourself<br/>
  my pleasure<br/>
  with pleasure<br/>
  sign/take the pledge<br/>
  plight your troth<br/>
  lose the plot<br/>
  the plot thickens<br/>
  under the plough<br/>
  turn swords into ploughshares<br/>
  turn swords into plowshares<br/>
  (go) down the plughole<br/>
  take the plunge<br/>
  plus ça change<br/>
  ply your trade<br/>
  in/out of pocket<br/>
  if/when it comes to the point<br/>
  more to the point<br/>
  on point<br/>
  the point of no return<br/>
  point taken<br/>
  a sore point<br/>
  stretch a point<br/>
  to the point<br/>
  up to a (certain) point<br/>
  what’s your poison?<br/>
  have a poke around<br/>
  up the pole<br/>
  spit and polish<br/>
  (on) Shanks’s pony<br/>
  pop the question<br/>
  go pop<br/>
  Is the Pope (a) Catholic?<br/>
  any port in a storm<br/>
  within/beyond the bounds/realms of possibility<br/>
  the best/worst of all possible worlds<br/>
  the best of both worlds/all possible worlds<br/>
  the worst of all (possible) worlds<br/>
  play possum<br/>
  go postal<br/>
  go to pot<br/>
  it never rains but it pours<br/>
  take a powder<br/>
  the (real) power behind the throne<br/>
  the powers that be<br/>
  for (all) practical purposes<br/>
  be/get out of practice<br/>
  in practice<br/>
  practise what you preach<br/>
  on a wing and a prayer<br/>
  to be (more) precise<br/>
  more precisely<br/>
  at a premium<br/>
  for the present/moment<br/>
  (there is) no time like the present<br/>
  press all the (right) buttons<br/>
  under pressure<br/>
  be sitting pretty<br/>
  pretty much/well<br/>
  come to a pretty pass<br/>
  not a pretty sight<br/>
  at any price<br/>
  at a price<br/>
  beyond price<br/>
  everyone has their price<br/>
  not at any price<br/>
  prime the pump<br/>
  in principle<br/>
  get into print<br/>
  in print<br/>
  out of print<br/>
  in private<br/>
  no probs<br/>
  (on) the balance of probability/evidence<br/>
  it’s/that’s not my problem<br/>
  no problem<br/>
  that’s her/his/their/your problem<br/>
  what’s your problem?<br/>
  the/a prodigal (son)<br/>
  get with the program<br/>
  get with the programme<br/>
  in progress<br/>
  I (can) promise you<br/>
  good and proper<br/>
  under protest<br/>
  (as) proud/pleased as Punch<br/>
  not proven<br/>
  tempt providence/fate<br/>
  (be/go) on the prowl<br/>
  go public<br/>
  in public<br/>
  like pulling teeth<br/>
  pull out all the stops<br/>
  pull your punches<br/>
  pull your socks up<br/>
  pull the strings<br/>
  pull up stakes<br/>
  pull your weight<br/>
  on the pull<br/>
  punch above your weight<br/>
  roll with the punches<br/>
  take/have a punt<br/>
  pure and simple<br/>
  on purpose<br/>
  to little/no purpose<br/>
  push/press the panic button<br/>
  at a push<br/>
  when push comes to shove<br/>
  put it about<br/>
  put together<br/>
  put up or shut up<br/>
  an unknown quantity<br/>
  good question!<br/>
  in question<br/>
  a moot question/point<br/>
  out of the question<br/>
  on the qui vive<br/>
  be quick/slow on the uptake<br/>
  have a quick/short temper<br/>
  quick and dirty<br/>
  not the full quid<br/>
  quids in<br/>
  on the quiet<br/>
  the three Rs<br/>
  play the race card<br/>
  go to rack and ruin<br/>
  off the rack<br/>
  on the rack<br/>
  below/under the radar<br/>
  on/off the radar (screen)<br/>
  in rags<br/>
  lose your rag<br/>
  (from) rags to riches<br/>
  a red rag to a bull<br/>
  be all the rage<br/>
  get back on the rails<br/>
  go off the rails<br/>
  (as) right as rain<br/>
  raise the roof<br/>
  ramrod straight | (as) straight as a ramrod<br/>
  at random<br/>
  break ranks<br/>
  rant and rave<br/>
  smell a rat<br/>
  at any rate<br/>
  at this/that rate<br/>
  rather than<br/>
  a raw deal<br/>
  in the raw<br/>
  catch/get/grab some rays<br/>
  a ray of sunshine<br/>
  be/go (out) on the razzle<br/>
  reach for the stars<br/>
  ready to roll<br/>
  at the ready<br/>
  for real<br/>
  get real!<br/>
  keep it real<br/>
  the real thing<br/>
  in reality<br/>
  you reap what you sow<br/>
  bring up the rear<br/>
  it stands to reason<br/>
  on the rebound<br/>
  beyond recall<br/>
  a name to reckon with<br/>
  in/into/out of the reckoning<br/>
  (just) for the record<br/>
  off the record<br/>
  put/set the record straight<br/>
  be in the red<br/>
  see red<br/>
  beyond/past redemption<br/>
  in/with reference to<br/>
  in this/that regard<br/>
  in the region of<br/>
  reinvent the wheel<br/>
  relatively speaking<br/>
  get religion<br/>
  remain/stand aloof | keep/hold (yourself) aloof<br/>
  for rent<br/>
  reopen old wounds<br/>
  of bad/good report<br/>
  in reserve<br/>
  in residence<br/>
  and (all) the rest (of it)<br/>
  and the rest<br/>
  at rest<br/>
  come to rest<br/>
  for the rest<br/>
  give it a rest<br/>
  in retrospect<br/>
  by return (of post)<br/>
  (on) sale or return<br/>
  in reverse<br/>
  virtue is its own reward<br/>
  strike it rich<br/>
  ride shotgun<br/>
  come/go along for the ride<br/>
  from the sublime to the ridiculous<br/>
  on the right/wrong track<br/>
  right on<br/>
  right side up<br/>
  she’ll be right<br/>
  too right<br/>
  right and left<br/>
  right now<br/>
  (right) up your street<br/>
  set/put the world to rights<br/>
  two wrongs don’t make a right<br/>
  right a wrong<br/>
  be/get (all) riled up<br/>
  run riot<br/>
  rise and shine<br/>
  at risk<br/>
  take a risk | take risks<br/>
  risk life and limb | risk your neck<br/>
  (further) along/down the road | years down the road<br/>
  any road<br/>
  get the show on the road<br/>
  off the road<br/>
  one for the road<br/>
  on the road<br/>
  a roaring success<br/>
  get your rocks off<br/>
  on the rocks<br/>
  (as) steady as a rock<br/>
  be off your rocker<br/>
  it’s not rocket science<br/>
  go rogue<br/>
  let’s roll<br/>
  rolled into one<br/>
  roll (over) in his/her grave<br/>
  roll/slip/trip off the tongue<br/>
  roll up your sleeves<br/>
  be on a roll<br/>
  when in Rome (do as the Romans do)<br/>
  go through the roof<br/>
  under one roof | under the same roof<br/>
  under your roof<br/>
  rule the roost<br/>
  put down roots<br/>
  take root<br/>
  be at the end of your rope<br/>
  on the ropes<br/>
  be coming up roses<br/>
  a rough deal<br/>
  in rough<br/>
  take the rough with the smooth<br/>
  rough it<br/>
  round about<br/>
  round here<br/>
  in the round<br/>
  swings and roundabouts<br/>
  in a row<br/>
  in ruins<br/>
  as a (general) rule<br/>
  play by the rules<br/>
  a rule of thumb<br/>
  work to rule<br/>
  come running<br/>
  run for it<br/>
  up and running<br/>
  in the short run<br/>
  on the run<br/>
  do a runner<br/>
  make the running<br/>
  in the saddle<br/>
  better safe than sorry<br/>
  on the safe side<br/>
  play (it) safe<br/>
  safe in the knowledge that<br/>
  trim your sails<br/>
  a good/bad sailor<br/>
  (just) for the sake of it<br/>
  (up) for sale<br/>
  on sale<br/>
  worth your/its salt<br/>
  take the salute<br/>
  a good Samaritan<br/>
  all/just the same<br/>
  same here<br/>
  (the) same to you<br/>
  not a sausage<br/>
  go without saying<br/>
  having said that | that said<br/>
  I’ll say!<br/>
  I’m sorry to say<br/>
  I must say<br/>
  I say<br/>
  not to say<br/>
  say cheese<br/>
  say no more<br/>
  say what?<br/>
  say when<br/>
  say/give the word<br/>
  that is to say<br/>
  that said | having said that<br/>
  that’s not saying much<br/>
  there’s no saying<br/>
  well said!<br/>
  whatever you say<br/>
  when all is said and done<br/>
  you can say that again<br/>
  you don’t say!<br/>
  you said it!<br/>
  have your say<br/>
  make yourself scarce<br/>
  behind the scenes<br/>
  school(s) of thought<br/>
  be in schtuck<br/>
  keep/stay schtum<br/>
  on that/this score<br/>
  get your name on the score sheet<br/>
  on the scrapheap<br/>
  from scratch<br/>
  up to scratch<br/>
  a turn of the screw<br/>
  on the scrounge<br/>
  at sea<br/>
  go/run away to sea<br/>
  out to sea<br/>
  put (out) to sea<br/>
  under seal<br/>
  be falling/coming apart at the seams<br/>
  search me<br/>
  be in season | come into season<br/>
  out of season<br/>
  in secret<br/>
  for all (the world) to see<br/>
  let me see/let’s see<br/>
  see for yourself<br/>
  see you (around/later/soon) | (I’ll) be seeing you<br/>
  you see<br/>
  go/run to seed<br/>
  these things are sent to try us<br/>
  make sense<br/>
  see sense<br/>
  go your separate ways<br/>
  in all seriousness<br/>
  serve your/its turn<br/>
  at sixes and sevens<br/>
  in your seventies<br/>
  in/under the shadow of<br/>
  get (yourself) into shape<br/>
  (get/keep/stay) in shape<br/>
  out of shape<br/>
  the shape of things to come<br/>
  take shape<br/>
  throw shapes<br/>
  shape up or ship out<br/>
  a share/slice of the cake<br/>
  not the sharpest knife in the drawer | not the sharpest tool in the box<br/>
  look sharp<br/>
  the whole shebang<br/>
  like sheep<br/>
  off the shelf<br/>
  on the shelf<br/>
  come out of your shell<br/>
  shiny new<br/>
  run a tight ship<br/>
  keep your shirt on<br/>
  in (your) shirtsleeves<br/>
  like shit<br/>
  no shit!<br/>
  if I were in your shoes<br/>
  the shoe is on the other foot<br/>
  on a shoestring<br/>
  shoot the rapids<br/>
  the whole shooting match<br/>
  all over the shop<br/>
  set up shop<br/>
  shut up shop<br/>
  talk shop<br/>
  in short supply<br/>
  (still) in short trousers<br/>
  short and sweet<br/>
  come short<br/>
  in short<br/>
  like a shot<br/>
  not by a long shot<br/>
  be looking over your shoulder<br/>
  put your shoulder to the wheel<br/>
  straight from the shoulder<br/>
  shove it<br/>
  it goes to show<br/>
  show the way<br/>
  show willing<br/>
  for show<br/>
  (jolly) good show!<br/>
  steal the show<br/>
  in shreds<br/>
  a shrinking violet<br/>
  be in shtook<br/>
  keep/stay shtum<br/>
  on shuffle<br/>
  bring/put down the shutters<br/>
  be sick<br/>
  be worried sick; be sick with worry<br/>
  fall sick<br/>
  sick to your stomach<br/>
  come down on one side of the fence or the other<br/>
  from side to side<br/>
  from/on the wrong side of the tracks<br/>
  let the side down<br/>
  on/to one side<br/>
  on the side<br/>
  side by side<br/>
  take sides<br/>
  time is on your side<br/>
  on/from the sidelines<br/>
  under siege<br/>
  at first sight<br/>
  sight unseen<br/>
  a sign of the times<br/>
  sit/stand silently by<br/>
  be simplicity itself<br/>
  (as) miserable/ugly as sin<br/>
  Yours sincerely<br/>
  at/in a single go | at a/one go<br/>
  sink or swim<br/>
  no sir! | no siree!<br/>
  yes sir! | yes siree!<br/>
  sit tight<br/>
  be six feet under<br/>
  in your sixties<br/>
  that’s about the size of it<br/>
  get/put your skates on<br/>
  be on the skids<br/>
  by the skin of your teeth<br/>
  a thick skin<br/>
  a thin skin<br/>
  skip it<br/>
  (as) drunk as a skunk<br/>
  take up the slack<br/>
  slap and tickle<br/>
  a slap on the wrist<br/>
  a clean slate/sheet<br/>
  not get/have a wink of sleep | not sleep a wink<br/>
  sleep/breathe/rest easy<br/>
  sleep tight<br/>
  go to sleep<br/>
  a slice/piece of the action<br/>
  a slice/piece/share of the pie<br/>
  any way you slice it<br/>
  not in the slightest<br/>
  slip/roll/trip off the tongue<br/>
  the/a slippery slope<br/>
  slog it out<br/>
  slot/fall into place<br/>
  be no slouch<br/>
  in the slow lane<br/>
  slowly but surely<br/>
  slug it out<br/>
  slum it<br/>
  on the sly<br/>
  don’t sweat the small stuff<br/>
  it’s a small world<br/>
  a/the still small voice<br/>
  smash it<br/>
  the sweet smell of success<br/>
  all smiles<br/>
  wipe the smile/grin off your face<br/>
  go up in smoke<br/>
  be smooth/clear sailing<br/>
  snap to it<br/>
  be a snap<br/>
  make it snappy<br/>
  in snatches<br/>
  not to be sneezed/sniffed at<br/>
  not to be sniffed/sneezed at<br/>
  have a (good) sniff around<br/>
  be in a snit<br/>
  be snowed in/up<br/>
  be snowed up<br/>
  snuff it<br/>
  up to snuff<br/>
  so be it<br/>
  so what?<br/>
  get/be on your soapbox<br/>
  put a sock in it<br/>
  socking great<br/>
  get somewhere<br/>
  for a song<br/>
  on song<br/>
  the sooner the better<br/>
  stand/stick out like a sore thumb<br/>
  feel sorry for yourself<br/>
  I’m sorry<br/>
  it takes all sorts (to make a world)<br/>
  nothing of the sort/kind<br/>
  of sorts<br/>
  out of sorts<br/>
  sort of<br/>
  good for the soul<br/>
  in the soup<br/>
  go/turn sour<br/>
  at source<br/>
  down south<br/>
  look/stare/gaze into space<br/>
  a waste of space<br/>
  watch this space<br/>
  in spades<br/>
  spick and span<br/>
  (throw) a spanner in the works<br/>
  go spare<br/>
  to spare<br/>
  in (full) spate<br/>
  so to speak<br/>
  speak for itself/themselves<br/>
  speak for yourself<br/>
  speak out of turn<br/>
  speak/talk out of turn<br/>
  strictly speaking<br/>
  on spec<br/>
  on special<br/>
  make a spectacle of yourself<br/>
  on the spectrum<br/>
  full speed/steam ahead<br/>
  a turn of speed<br/>
  (the) thrills and spills<br/>
  as/when/if the spirit moves you<br/>
  in spirit<br/>
  spit it out<br/>
  in spite of yourself<br/>
  get spliced<br/>
  split the ticket<br/>
  be a bad sport<br/>
  be a (good) sport<br/>
  in a (tight) spot/corner<br/>
  on the spot<br/>
  be/go up the spout<br/>
  spread like wildfire<br/>
  spread your wings<br/>
  spread the word<br/>
  spread yourself too thin<br/>
  spring a trap<br/>
  be no spring chicken<br/>
  in spurts<br/>
  stack it<br/>
  go stag<br/>
  below stairs<br/>
  at stake<br/>
  on standby<br/>
  from a standing start<br/>
  see stars<br/>
  stars in your eyes<br/>
  don’t start | don't you start<br/>
  get started<br/>
  to start with<br/>
  for a start<br/>
  for starters<br/>
  be in/get into a state<br/>
  be here to stay | have come to stay<br/>
  stay!<br/>
  stay/hang loose<br/>
  stay the night<br/>
  stay put<br/>
  be a steal<br/>
  full speed/steam ahead | (at) full steam<br/>
  get up/pick up steam<br/>
  run out of steam<br/>
  of steel<br/>
  from stem to stern<br/>
  break step<br/>
  a/one step at a time<br/>
  step on it<br/>
  be made of sterner stuff<br/>
  stick/put the boot in<br/>
  stick/stand out like a sore thumb<br/>
  stick/stand out a mile<br/>
  up sticks<br/>
  a sticky wicket<br/>
  it's still early days | it's early days (yet)<br/>
  a sting in the tail<br/>
  stir your stumps<br/>
  in stitches<br/>
  not have a stitch on | not be wearing a stitch<br/>
  a stitch in time (saves nine)<br/>
  on the stocks<br/>
  have a strong stomach<br/>
  turn your stomach<br/>
  leave no stone unturned<br/>
  a stone’s throw<br/>
  stony broke<br/>
  fall between two stools<br/>
  in stops and starts | by/in fits and starts<br/>
  mind the store<br/>
  a storm in a teacup<br/>
  tell its own tale/story<br/>
  go straight<br/>
  play it straight<br/>
  straight off/out<br/>
  straight up<br/>
  think straight<br/>
  (earn/get) straight A’s<br/>
  feel strange<br/>
  funny strange/weird<br/>
  a straw in the wind<br/>
  be/come on stream<br/>
  (out) on/onto the streets/street<br/>
  on/walking the streets<br/>
  go from strength to strength<br/>
  a tower of strength<br/>
  at full stretch<br/>
  get into your stride<br/>
  without breaking stride<br/>
  strike/hit home<br/>
  strike/hit pay dirt<br/>
  strike/hit the right/wrong note<br/>
  three strikes and you’re out | the three strikes rule<br/>
  at a (single) stroke | at one stroke<br/>
  be a bit strong<br/>
  come on strong<br/>
  going strong<br/>
  strut your stuff<br/>
  be (stuck) in a time warp<br/>
  like a stuck record<br/>
  do your stuff<br/>
  not give a stuff<br/>
  get stuffed<br/>
  stuff it<br/>
  nothing succeeds like success<br/>
  a resounding success<br/>
  as such<br/>
  such as<br/>
  such as it is/they are<br/>
  suck it and see<br/>
  suck it up<br/>
  all of a sudden<br/>
  on sufferance<br/>
  suit yourself<br/>
  suited and booted<br/>
  in sum<br/>
  one swallow doesn’t make a summer<br/>
  under the sun<br/>
  with the sun<br/>
  all and sundry<br/>
  sunny side up<br/>
  for sure<br/>
  sure of yourself<br/>
  sure thing<br/>
  to be sure<br/>
  on the surface<br/>
  the usual suspects<br/>
  above/beyond suspicion<br/>
  swear like a trooper<br/>
  break sweat<br/>
  no sweat<br/>
  don’t sweat it<br/>
  sweat/slog/work your guts out<br/>
  sweep to victory<br/>
  have a sweet tooth<br/>
  in your own sweet time/way<br/>
  she’s sweet<br/>
  in the swim (of things)<br/>
  swing the balance<br/>
  swing both ways<br/>
  swing for the fences<br/>
  go with a swing<br/>
  in full swing<br/>
  asleep at the switch<br/>
  in words of one syllable<br/>
  in sync<br/>
  out of sync<br/>
  all systems go<br/>
  to a T/tee<br/>
  come to the table<br/>
  off the table<br/>
  on the table<br/>
  wait at table<br/>
  wait tables<br/>
  turn tail<br/>
  have (got) what it takes<br/>
  take some/a lot of doing<br/>
  take that!<br/>
  be on the take<br/>
  look who’s talking | you can/can’t talk | you’re a fine one to talk<br/>
  now you’re talking<br/>
  talk/speak of the devil<br/>
  talk the talk<br/>
  talk turkey<br/>
  you can/can't talk | look who's talking | you're a fine one to talk<br/>
  you're a fine one to talk | look who's talking | you can/can't talk<br/>
  stand tall<br/>
  walk tall<br/>
  it takes two to tango<br/>
  on tap<br/>
  to taste<br/>
  in tatters<br/>
  not for all the tea in China<br/>
  teach to the test<br/>
  take one for the team<br/>
  a tempest in a teapot<br/>
  be torn (between A and B)<br/>
  (be in) a tearing hurry/rush<br/>
  that’s torn it<br/>
  be on a tear<br/>
  wear and tear<br/>
  be on the telephone<br/>
  on (the) television<br/>
  all told<br/>
  don’t tell me<br/>
  I tell you | I can tell you | I’m telling you<br/>
  I/I’ll tell you what<br/>
  I told you (so)<br/>
  tell me<br/>
  tell me about it<br/>
  tell me another!<br/>
  tell the time<br/>
  there’s no telling<br/>
  to tell (you) the truth<br/>
  you can never tell | you never can tell<br/>
  you’re telling me!<br/>
  on (the) telly<br/>
  ten to one<br/>
  be/get tensed up<br/>
  (be) on tenterhooks<br/>
  in no uncertain terms<br/>
  come/go with the territory<br/>
  on neutral territory/ground<br/>
  stand the test of time<br/>
  test the waters<br/>
  tried and tested/trusted<br/>
  thanks a lot<br/>
  and (all) that<br/>
  that is (to say)<br/>
  that’s it<br/>
  that’s that<br/>
  be the biz<br/>
  like painting the Forth Bridge<br/>
  in/into the stratosphere<br/>
  (all) by themselves<br/>
  (all) to themselves<br/>
  but then | then again | but then again<br/>
  (every) now and then/again<br/>
  in theory<br/>
  by there<br/>
  have been there before<br/>
  not all there<br/>
  so there!<br/>
  there it is<br/>
  there or thereabouts<br/>
  there you are<br/>
  there you go again<br/>
  (as) thick as thieves<br/>
  your thick head<br/>
  through thick and thin<br/>
  lay it on thick<br/>
  have a thin time (of it)<br/>
  wear thin<br/>
  and things (like that)<br/>
  as it/things turned out<br/>
  as things/it turned out<br/>
  be onto a good thing<br/>
  come to/be the same thing<br/>
  do your own thing<br/>
  first things first<br/>
  for one thing<br/>
  have it/things/everything your own way<br/>
  not quite the thing<br/>
  (just) one of those things<br/>
  push things/it | push your luck<br/>
  take things/it one day at a time<br/>
  there’s only one thing for it<br/>
  the thing is<br/>
  too much of a good thing<br/>
  (what) with one thing and another<br/>
  work it/things<br/>
  work things/it<br/>
  come to think of it<br/>
  I don’t think so<br/>
  if/when you think about it<br/>
  I thought as much<br/>
  think again<br/>
  think for yourself<br/>
  think nothing of it<br/>
  you’ve got another think coming<br/>
  to my way of thinking<br/>
  put your thinking cap on<br/>
  in your thirties<br/>
  have second thoughts<br/>
  on second thoughts<br/>
  a train of thought<br/>
  without a second thought<br/>
  in twos and threes<br/>
  be at each other’s throats<br/>
  cut your own throat<br/>
  at full throttle<br/>
  through and through<br/>
  hold thumbs<br/>
  thumbs up/down<br/>
  twiddle your thumbs<br/>
  thus far<br/>
  on tick<br/>
  be tickets<br/>
  that’s the ticket<br/>
  be tickled pink<br/>
  the tide turned | turn the tide<br/>
  tie one on<br/>
  in a (tight) spot | in a tight corner<br/>
  tread/walk a tightrope<br/>
  tilt at windmills<br/>
  (at) full tilt/pelt<br/>
  (and) about time (too) | (and) not before time<br/>
  against time<br/>
  ahead of/behind time<br/>
  ahead of your time<br/>
  all the time | the whole time<br/>
  at all times<br/>
  at the best of times<br/>
  at the same time<br/>
  at a time<br/>
  at times<br/>
  behind the times<br/>
  do time<br/>
  every time<br/>
  for the time being<br/>
  from that time/day forth<br/>
  from time to time<br/>
  have a whale of a time<br/>
  in good time<br/>
  (all) in good time<br/>
  in (less than/next to) no time<br/>
  in olden times<br/>
  in your own (good) time<br/>
  in your own time<br/>
  in time<br/>
  (and) not before time | (and) about time (too)<br/>
  of all time<br/>
  on time<br/>
  play for time<br/>
  take time out<br/>
  there’s a first time for everything<br/>
  the whole time | all the time<br/>
  be a good/bad timekeeper<br/>
  (it) does (exactly) what it says on the tin<br/>
  on the tip of your tongue<br/>
  it is/was tipping (it) down<br/>
  tip your hand<br/>
  on tiptoe/tiptoes<br/>
  kick the tires<br/>
  be toast<br/>
  on your tod<br/>
  dig your toes/heels in<br/>
  from top to toe<br/>
  together with<br/>
  by the same token<br/>
  hold your tongue/peace<br/>
  set tongues wagging | tongues are wagging<br/>
  not the sharpest tool in the box | not the sharpest knife in the drawer<br/>
  cut a tooth<br/>
  have teeth<br/>
  at the top of the tree<br/>
  at the top of your voice<br/>
  come out on top<br/>
  on top<br/>
  on top of the world<br/>
  over the top<br/>
  up top<br/>
  to top/cap it all<br/>
  off topic<br/>
  on topic<br/>
  touch wood<br/>
  in tow<br/>
  throw in the towel<br/>
  (out) on the town<br/>
  back on track<br/>
  be on track<br/>
  make tracks<br/>
  ply for trade/hire/business<br/>
  the tricks of the trade<br/>
  tread water<br/>
  a treat<br/>
  trick or treat<br/>
  be out of your tree<br/>
  not see the wood for the trees<br/>
  in a trice<br/>
  do the trick<br/>
  turn a trick<br/>
  in triplicate<br/>
  work like a Trojan<br/>
  off your trolley<br/>
  on the trot<br/>
  look for trouble<br/>
  wear the trousers<br/>
  lay it on with a trowel<br/>
  play truant<br/>
  come true<br/>
  too good to be true<br/>
  tried and true<br/>
  true to form<br/>
  out of true<br/>
  well and truly<br/>
  yours truly<br/>
  come up/turn up trumps<br/>
  in truth<br/>
  nothing could be further from the truth<br/>
  (the) truth will out<br/>
  go down the tube/tubes<br/>
  be in/out of tune<br/>
  at every turn<br/>
  done to a turn<br/>
  in turn<br/>
  on the turn<br/>
  out of turn<br/>
  turn turtle<br/>
  on TV<br/>
  in your twenties<br/>
  twice over<br/>
  in two<br/>
  put two and two together<br/>
  that makes two of us<br/>
  make yourself understood<br/>
  in an undertone | in undertones<br/>
  come unglued<br/>
  the university of life<br/>
  unsoundness of mind<br/>
  come unstuck<br/>
  not be up to much<br/>
  up and down<br/>
  up there<br/>
  up yours!<br/>
  on the up<br/>
  on the up and up<br/>
  (almost) upon you<br/>
  on your uppers<br/>
  be upstanding<br/>
  have its/their/your uses<br/>
  as usual<br/>
  in a vacuum<br/>
  in vain<br/>
  in the van<br/>
  take the veil<br/>
  with a vengeance<br/>
  on view<br/>
  with one voice<br/>
  be/go on the wagon<br/>
  (waiting) in the wings<br/>
  wait and see<br/>
  wait for it<br/>
  what are we waiting for?<br/>
  what are you waiting for?<br/>
  (just) you wait<br/>
  run before you can walk<br/>
  walk it<br/>
  walk the streets<br/>
  walk the walk<br/>
  a walk/trip down memory lane<br/>
  go walkabout<br/>
  go to the wall<br/>
  off the wall<br/>
  up the wall<br/>
  the writing is on the wall | see the writing on the wall<br/>
  wax and wane<br/>
  on the wane<br/>
  have/want it both ways<br/>
  what do you want?<br/>
  have been in the wars<br/>
  a war of words<br/>
  warm fuzzy/fuzzies<br/>
  (be/go) on the warpath<br/>
  I/I’ll warrant (you)<br/>
  warts and all<br/>
  it will (all) come out in the wash<br/>
  watch it<br/>
  watch the time<br/>
  watch the world go by<br/>
  by water<br/>
  like water<br/>
  not hold water<br/>
  turn on the waterworks<br/>
  make waves<br/>
  across the way<br/>
  all the way<br/>
  along the way<br/>
  (that’s/it’s) always the way<br/>
  be downhill all the way | be (all) downhill<br/>
  be set in your ways<br/>
  come your way<br/>
  cut both/two ways<br/>
  either way | one way or the other<br/>
  every which way<br/>
  get in the way of<br/>
  get/have your own way<br/>
  give way<br/>
  go your own way<br/>
  have it your own way!<br/>
  if I had my way<br/>
  in more ways than one<br/>
  in a way | in one way | in some ways<br/>
  look the other way<br/>
  lose your way<br/>
  (there are) no two ways about it<br/>
  (there is) no way<br/>
  on the/its/your way<br/>
  the other way round<br/>
  out of the way<br/>
  out of your way<br/>
  under way<br/>
  the way forward<br/>
  the way of the world<br/>
  way to go!<br/>
  where there’s a will there’s a way<br/>
  winning ways<br/>
  work your way up<br/>
  on the way out<br/>
  fall by the wayside<br/>
  out/up the wazoo<br/>
  the worse for wear<br/>
  in all weathers<br/>
  under the weather<br/>
  the wee small hours<br/>
  in the weeds<br/>
  week after week<br/>
  week by week<br/>
  weigh your words<br/>
  throw your weight about/around<br/>
  funny weird/strange<br/>
  you’re welcome<br/>
  let/make the welkin ring<br/>
  be doing well<br/>
  bloody/fucking well<br/>
  do well<br/>
  do well for yourself<br/>
  leave/let well alone<br/>
  well away<br/>
  all well and good<br/>
  well I never (did)!<br/>
  give it some welly<br/>
  all wet<br/>
  wet yourself<br/>
  out of whack<br/>
  and what not | and what have you<br/>
  or what<br/>
  what?<br/>
  what for?<br/>
  what of it?<br/>
  what’s all that about?<br/>
  or whatever<br/>
  whatever you do<br/>
  asleep at the wheel | asleep on the job<br/>
  wheels within wheels<br/>
  the whys and (the) wherefores<br/>
  or wherever<br/>
  which is which<br/>
  by a whisker<br/>
  not a whit | not one whit<br/>
  a whole lot<br/>
  the whole lot<br/>
  as a whole<br/>
  on the whole<br/>
  whoop it up<br/>
  make whoopee<br/>
  why ever<br/>
  why not?<br/>
  keep wicket<br/>
  (all) the world and his wife<br/>
  run wild<br/>
  at will<br/>
  with the best will in the world<br/>
  with a will<br/>
  win or lose<br/>
  you win<br/>
  break wind<br/>
  in the wind<br/>
  like the wind<br/>
  get your wings<br/>
  on the wing<br/>
  take wing<br/>
  wing it<br/>
  pull wires<br/>
  under the wire<br/>
  be none the wiser | not be any the wiser<br/>
  I/you wish!<br/>
  have/keep your wits about you<br/>
  to wit<br/>
  be with me/you<br/>
  with it<br/>
  with that<br/>
  throw a wobbly<br/>
  woe is me!<br/>
  work wonders<br/>
  not out of the woods<br/>
  beyond words<br/>
  (right) from the word go<br/>
  (not) get a word in (edgeways)<br/>
  in other words<br/>
  (not) in so/as many words<br/>
  in a word<br/>
  (upon) my word<br/>
  word for word<br/>
  words to that effect<br/>
  the written word<br/>
  at work<br/>
  get (down) to/set to work<br/>
  go/set about your work<br/>
  good works<br/>
  have your work cut out<br/>
  in the works<br/>
  come/go down/up in the world<br/>
  come into the world<br/>
  in the world<br/>
  (be/live) in a world of your own<br/>
  not for (all) the world<br/>
  out of this world<br/>
  see the world<br/>
  what is the world coming to?<br/>
  the (whole) world over<br/>
  the worm will turn<br/>
  you had me worried<br/>
  not to worry<br/>
  no worries!<br/>
  come off worse<br/>
  go from bad to worse<br/>
  come off worst<br/>
  at (the) worst<br/>
  do your worst<br/>
  get the worst of it<br/>
  if the worst comes to the worst<br/>
  for what it’s worth<br/>
  under wraps<br/>
  go through the wringer<br/>
  that’s all she wrote<br/>
  in writing<br/>
  go wrong<br/>
  in the wrong<br/>
  oh yeah?<br/>
  since/from the year dot<br/>
  year after year<br/>
  year by year<br/>
  year on year<br/>
  of yore<br/>
  you and yours<br/>
  be getting younger<br/>
  not be getting any younger<br/>
  be yourself<br/>
  in the zone
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