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with flying colours （53 1

come to loggerheads （1l 1

with one foot in the grave （53 1

with one′s/an ear to the ground （53 1

目录 1

A 1

above board 1

above the salt 1

with clean hands （53 1

with one′s monkey up （53 1

the powers that be （39 1

according to Cocker 2

according to Hoyle 2

according to the book 3

Achilles′heel 3

ace in the hole 3

acknowledge the corn 4

acid test 4

act one′s age 5

Adam′s apple 5

add insult to injury 5

Admirable Crichton 6

after sb′s(own)heart 7

alive and kicking 7

all at sea 7

all thumbs 8

all Greek to sb 8

ambulance chaser 9

alpha and omega 9

Amalthea′s horn 9

all systems go 9

Annie Oakley 10

A-O.K 11

A1 12

another string to one′s bow 12

appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober 12

apple of discord 13

applaud sb to the echo 13

apple of love 14

apple of Sodom 14

apple of the eye 15

apple-pie order 15

apple polisher 16

April fool 16

Arbor Day 17

armed to the teeth 18

artesian well 18

ask for the moon 19

assembly line 19

asphalt jungle 19

as one man 19

ass in a lion′s skin 19

at loggerheads(with) 20

at a loose end 20

at one(fell)swoop 21

at sixes and sevens 22

at the eleventh hour 23

at the drop of a hat 23

athlete′s foot 24

atomic bomb 24

Attic salt 25

at the end of one′s rope/tether 25

at the Greek calends 25

Augean stable(s) 25

Aunt Sally 26

ax(e)to grind 26

auld lang syne 26

babe in the wood(s) 27

B 27

backroom boy 28

back and fill 28

back to square one 28

bad egg 29

backstairs influence 29

badger game 30

bag and baggage 30

bag lady 31

Bailey bridge 31

baker′s dozen 32

baptism of fire 33

bald as a coot 33

Barmecide′s feast 34

bark up the wrong tree 34

bath chair 35

battle royal 35

beam in one′s own eye 36

bear down(up)on 36

be hoist with one′s own petard 36

be one′s age 36

bear the palm 37

beard the lion in his den 37

bear one′s cross 37

beat a retreat 38

beat a dead horse 38

beat about/around the bush 39

beat generation 39

beat one′s brains 40

beat sb black and blue 40

beat it 40

beat the band 41

beat the air 41

beauty sleep 42

bed of roses 42

beat the gun 42

bed of Procrustes 43

before one/you can/could say Jack Robinson 43

bee in one′s bonnet 43

beer and skittles 43

before the Flood 44

beggar description 45

before the mast 45

beg the question 45

behind the eightball 46

behind the scenes 46

bell,book and candle 47

bell the cat 47

below the belt 48

below the salt 48

bend over backwards 48

benefit of clergy 48

Benjamin′s mess 49

best man 50

best bib and tucker 50

better half 51

between cup and lip 51

bet one′s bottom dollar 51

between Scylla and Charybdis 52

beyond the pale 53

between the devil and the deep(blue)sea 53

birthday suit 54

big as life 54

big wheel 54

bird of ill omen 54

bite the bullet 55

bite the dust/ground 56

black book 57

black hole 57

bitter pill(to swallow) 57

Black Maria 58

black sheep 58

blindman′s buff 59

blaze a trail 59

blow off steam 60

blot one′s copybook 60

blow hot and cold 60

blow one′s own horn 61

blow one′s top 61

blue blood 62

blue chip 62

blow sb′s mind 62

blue law 63

bone of contention 64

blue ribbon 64

boot(s)and saddle(s) 65

bone of the bone and flesh of the flesh 65

bone to pick 65

born in/to the purple 66

born under a lucky star 67

born with a silver spoon in one′s mouth 67

borrowed plumes 68

Box and Cox 68

Boxing Day 69

box office 69

box the compass 69

brand from the burning 70

bread and circuses 71

breach of promise 71

bright and early 72

break the ice 72

bring down the house 72

bring sb to heel 73

bring home the bacon 73

Brother Jonathan 74

build/set a fire under sb 75

brown study 75

build(up)on(the)sand 75

Buridan′s ass 76

bull in a china shop 76

burn sb in effigy 77

burn one′s boats/bridges 77

burn one′s fingers 77

burn the midnight oil 78

burn the candle at both ends 78

bury one′s head in the sand 79

bury the hatchet/tomahawk 79

busman′s holiday 80

busy as a bee 80

buy a pig in a poke 81

by and large 81

by heart 82

by hook or by crook 82

by rule of thumb 83

by/on shank′s mare 83

by the skin of one′s teeth 84

C 85

by the book 85

Cadmean victory 85

Caesarean/Caesarian section 85

cakes and ale 86

call a spade a spade 87

called to the bar 88

call sb′s bluff 88

call sb over the coals 88

call the turn 88

can′t hold a candle to 89

cap in hand 89

capital punishment 90

carrot and stick 91

carry coals to Newcastle 91

carry off the palm 91

carry one′s cross 91

cash on the barrelhead 91

cask of Danaides 92

cast pearls before swine 92

cash on the nail 92

castle in the air 93

catbird seat 93

castle in Spain 93

catch a Tartar 94

catch as catch can 94

catch-22 95

catch sb with his pants down 95

cat′s paw 96

caught/taken red-handed 96

caviar(e)to the general 97

chain reaction 97

chalk it up 98

chance one′s arm 98

change horses in midstream 99

chapter and verse 100

chastise with scorpions 100

chewing gum 101

cherish a snake in one′s bosom 101

chew the fat 101

cheer sb to the echo 101

chime in 102

Chinaman′s chance 103

chip in 103

chip on one′s/the shoulder 104

chip of/off the old block 104

clean hands 105

clamp up 105

clean bill of health 105

climb on the bandwagon 106

cleanse the Augean stable(s) 106

cock-and-bull story 108

cockles of sb′s heart 108

coffin nail 109

coign of vantage 109

cold feet 109

cold shoulder 110

come apart at the seams 110

come hell or high water 110

come off with flying colours 111

come to a head 111

come(up)to(the)scratch 111

come under the yoke 112

conspiracy of silence 112

cook sb′s goose 112

cool as a cucumber 113

cool one′s heels 114

corn in Egypt 114

cough up 115

count one′s chickens 115

corner the market 115

crocodile tears 116

cross as two sticks 117

cross one′s fingers 117

cross one′s heart 117

cross the Rubicon 118

Crow Jim 118

crow′s feet 118

crow′s nest 119

cry for the moon 119

cry over the spilt milk 119

cry wolf 120

cudgel one′s brain(s) 120

cup oftea 121

cupboard love 121

curate′s egg 122

curious as Lot′s wife 122

curry favo(u)r 122

curtain lecture 123

cut a dido 124

cut and dried 124

cut and run 124

cut no ice 125

cut off one′s nose to spite one′s face 125

cut of sb′s jib 125

cut one′s stick 126

cut sb to the quick 126

cut the Gordian knot 127

cut the mustard 128

cut up 128

Damon and Pythias 128

D 128

Darby and Joan 130

dark horse 130

dark meat 131

daughters of the horseleech 132

Davy Jones′s locker 132

dead as a/the dodo 133

dead as a doornail 134

deaf as a doornail 134

Dear John letter 134

devil′s advocate 135

dig/take up the hatchet/tomahawk 135

dine with Duke Humphrey 135

do a land-office business 136

dog days 136

dog in the manger 136

dog tag 137

doggie bag 137

domino effect 138

Don Juan 138

donkey′s years 139

dot the i′s and and cross the t′s 139

double in brass 140

doubting Thomas 140

down in the dumps 140

draw a blank 141

draw a/the line 141

draw a red herring across the path 142

draw in one′s horns 142

draw sb′s teeth 142

draw the wool over sb′s eyes 143

drawing room 143

dressed to the nines 143

drink like a fish 144

drive(sb)to the wall 144

drunk as a lord 144

dry goods 145

dumb as a doornail 145

Dutch courage 145

dyed in the wool 147

E 147

eager beaver 147

easy street 148

eat crow 148

eat humble pie 149

eat one′s heart out 150

eat sb′s salt 151

eat the leek 151

eat one′s words 151

egg on 152

elbow grease 152

end of one′s rope/tether 153

enter the lists 153

even Steven 153

Electra complex 153

eye for eye 154

F 155

extra string to one′s bow 155

Fabian policy/tactics 155

face the music 156

fall from grace 157

fall guy 157

fall(up)on one′s feet 158

fall to loggerheads 158

false colours 158

family skeleton 158

feather in sb′s cap 158

feather one′s nest 159

feel one′s ears burning 159

feel one′s oats 159

feet of clay 160

fellow traveller 160

fiddle while Rome burns 161

field day 161

fifth column 162

fifth wheel 162

fig leaf 163

fight fire with fire 163

fight like Kilkenny cats 164

fight(with)windmills 165

fill/fit the bill 165

filthy lucre 166

fine kettle of fish 166

finger on the wall 166

first fruits 166

first rate 167

fish in troubled waters 167

flash in the pan 168

flea in one′s ear 168

flea market 169

flog a dead horse 169

flotsam and jetsam 170

fly a flag at half-mast 170

fly a kite 171

fly in the ointment 171

fly off the handle 172

follow one′s nose 173

follow suit 173

fond of the limelight 173

foot the bill 173

orlorn hope 174

forty winks 174

foul play 175

four-letter word 175

Freudian slip 176

from China to Peru 176

frog in one′s/the throat 176

from pillar to post 177

from Dan to Beersheba 177

from hand to mouth 177

from the housetops 178

from scratch 178

from the horse′s mouth 178

full of oats 179

from time immemorial 179

full court press 179

full of beans 179

gall and wormwood 180

G 180

funny bone 180

gain one′s laurels 180

Garrison finish 181

gay Lothario 181

gallery play 181

get a rise out of sb 182

get cracking 182

get down to brass tacks 182

get on one′s high horse 183

get one′s/sb′s back up 183

get one′s cards 183

get out of bed on the wrong side 184

get sb by the short hairs 184

get one′s own back(on sb) 184

get/have one′s fingers burned 184

get sb′s goat 185

get short shrift 186

get the ax(e) 186

get sb′s monkey up 186

get the/a drop on sb 187

get the hook 187

get the jump on sb 188

get the sack 188

get/gain the upper hand 189

get to first base 189

get the short end of the stick 189

get up on the wrong side of the bed 190

gild the lily 191

gift of(the)gab 191

give a rain check 192

give a sop to Cerberus 192

girl Friday 192

gird(up)one′s loins 192

give a lick and a promise 192

give and take 193

give a wide berth to(sb/sth) 193

give sb the creeps 193

give sb the ax(e) 193

give sb the wall 194

give sb the sack 194

give short shrift 194

give up the ghost 194

go by the board 195

go at sth/sb hammer and tongs 195

go by/on shank′s mare 195

go for it 195

go(off)like hot cakes 196

go nineteen to the dozen 196

go on all fours 196

go on the stump 196

go one better 197

go through fire and water 198

go the way of all flesh 198

go to rack and ruin 199

go through the mill 199

go through thick and thin 199

go to Davy Jones′s locker 199

go to grass 199

go to loggerheads 199

go to pot 199

go to the devil 199

go to the dogs 200

go to the wall 201

go west 202

go(the)whole hog 202

golden calf 203

good Samaritan 203

grandstand play 204

grain of mustard seed 204

grasp the nettle 204

grass roots 205

grass widow 205

gravy train 206

great cry and little wool 207

grease sb′s palm/hand 207

great Scott 207

Greek gift 208

Greek to sb 209

green-eyed monster 209

green fingers 210

green thumb 210

grin like a Cheshire cat 211

halcyon days 212

H 212

hair of the dog 212

half seas over 213

ham actor 214

ham it up 214

hammer and tongs 214

hand in glove 215

hand over fist 215

hands down 216

hand over hand 216

hand to mouth 216

handwriting on the wall 217

hangdog look 218

hang by a hair/thread 218

hat trick 219

haul sb over the coals 219

hat in hand 219

have a bee in one′s bonnet 220

have a frog in the/one′s throat 221

have a/the drop on sb 221

have a bone to pick with sb 221

have a field day 221

have a screw loose/missing 222

have/take a/the rise out of sb 222

have a hunch 222

have an/one′s ear to the ground 223

have an eye to the main chance 223

have an axe to grind 223

have a wolf in the stomach 223

have bats in one′s/the belfry 224

have an itching palm 224

have clean hands 225

have cold feet 225

have irons in the fire 226

have egg on/over one′s face 226

have one foot in the grave 227

have one over the eight 227

have itching ears 227

have/keep sth up/in one′s sleeve 228

have the upper hand 228

have sb on a string 228

have one′s/sb′s nose to the ground 228

have one′s tongue in one′s cheek 228

have sb by the short hairs 228

have sb over a/the barrel 228

have too many irons in the fire 229

have two strings to one′s bow 229

head over heels 229

heels over head 230

heap coals of fire on sb′s head 230

head the bill 230

heap Pelion on Ossa 230

Hercules′choice 231

Herculean task 231

hem and haw 231

Herculean labour 231

high horse 232

hide one′s light under a bushel 232

high on/off the hog 233

high jinks 233

hit/strike below the belt 234

hit on all six 234

hightail it 234

Hobson′s choice 235

hit the jackpot 235

hoe one′s own row 236

hoist with one′s own petard 237

hole and corner 237

hold a candle to 238

hold one′s horses 238

hold at bay 238

hold the fort 239

hold water 239

hold out the olive branch 239

holy cow/mackerel 239

horn of plenty/abundance 240

hook,line and sinker 240

hop on the bandwagon 240

horns of a dilemma 241

horse of a difierent colo(u)r 241

hot dog 242

hot line 242

huff and puff 243

hum and haw 243

hue and cry 243

in a hole 244

in a(pretty)pickle 244

I 244

in a good humour 244

in a brown study 244

in fine fettle 245

in high dudgeon 245

in apple-pie order 245

in a word 245

in hock 246

in like Flynn 247

in one′s heart of heart 247

in one′s birthday suit 247

in sackcloth and ashes 248

in queer street 248

in one′s/the mind′s eye 248

in sb′s black/bad book(s) 249

in sb′s good books 250

in the arms of Morpheus 251

in the black 251

in the altogether 251

in the catbird seat 252

in the doghouse 252

in the doldrums 252

in the buff 252

in the limelight 253

in the dumps 253

in the melting pot 254

in the nick of time 254

in the long run 254

in the red 255

in the offing 255

in the seventh heaven 255

Indian file 256

Indian giver 256

Indian summer 257

inferiority complex 257

irons in the fire 258

itching palm 258

It is(all)Greek to me 258

ivory tower 258

Ivy League 258

J 259

Jack of all trades 259

Jekyll and Hyde 260

Jack tar 260

Joe Miller 261

Jim Crow 261

Job′s comforter 262

John Hancock 263

John Bull 263

John Henry 264

jump on the bandwagon 265

Judas kiss 265

jump the gun 265

junk food 266

K 266

kangaroo court 266

keep a straight face 267

keep a stiff upper lip 267

keep one′s ear to the ground 268

keep one′s eye on the ball 268

keep/have one′s fingers crossed 268

keep at bay 268

keep body and soul together 268

keep one′s/sb′s nose to the grindstone 269

keep one′s pecker up 269

keep one′s powder dry 270

keep one′s shirt on 270

keep the ball rolling 271

keep the wolf from the door 271

keep up with the Joneses 272

kettle of fish 273

kick against the pricks 274

keynote speech 274

kick sb upstairs 275

kick the bucket 275

kick one′s heels 275

kill the fatted calf 276

kill by/with kindness 276

kill the goose that lays/laid the golden eggs 277

King′s English 277

kiss sth better 278

kiss the dust 278

kiss the Blarney stone 278

kiss the rod 279

knee jerk reaction 279

kith and kin 279

knock into a cocked hat 280

knock off(work) 280

knock(the)spots off sb 281

knock on wood 281

know a hawk from a handsaw 281

know the ropes 282

knuckle down 282

know like a book 282

knuckle under 283

labour ofHercules 283

L 283

labour of love 284

labour of Sisyphus 285

Lady Bountiful 285

lame duck 286

land-office business 287

land of nod 287

language barrier 288

large as life 288

last straw 289

laugh up/in one′s sleeve 289

lead sb by the nose 290

lay an egg 290

lay one′s cards on the table 290

lead sb down/up the garden path 291

learn the ropes 292

lean over backwards 292

leave no stones unturned 292

learn by heart 292

leave sb in the lurch 293

left—handed compliment 294

left-handed marriage 294

let off steam 294

let the cat out of the bag 295

let one′s hair down 295

lick and a promise 296

lick into shape 296

lick the dust 296

like a bump on a log 297

like a house on fire 297

like billio/billyo 298

like a red rag to a bull 298

like it or lump it 299

like sixty 299

line one′s pockets 300

lion in the way/path 301

lion′s share 301

live from hand to mouth 301

loaded for bear 302

lobster shift 302

long row to hoe 303

long shot 303

lock,stock and barrel 303

long in the tooth 303

look a gift horse in the mouth 304

look to one′s laurels 304

lose face 304

lose one′s shirt 305

lost generation 305

lunatic fringe 306

lynch law 306

M 307

mad as a hatter 307

mad as a March hare 308

Mae West 309

mailed fist 309

make a mountain out of a molehill 310

main chance 310

make do and mend 311

make bricks without straw 311

make do 311

make(both)ends meet 312

make ducks and drakes of 312

make no bones about 312

make sb′s day 313

make sb′s hair stand on end 314

make the grade 315

make things hum 315

make the fur/feather fly 315

make up leeway 316

man Friday 316

mare′s nest 317

man ofletters 317

man of straw 317

mark time 318

meet one′s Waterloo 318

merchant of death 319

melting pot 319

mess of pottage 320

Mickey Finn 321

Mickey Mouse 321

Midas touch 322

milk of human kindness 322

mind one′s P′s and q′s 323

monkey business 324

mind the store 324

monkey wrench 325

month of Sundays 325

moot point 326

more sinned against than sinning 326

mote in sb′s eye 327

move stakes 327

Mrs Grundy 327

much ado about nothing 327

much cry and little wool 328

mum′s the word 328

Murphy′s law 329

Mutt and Jeff 329

N 329

nail a lie(to the counter) 329

nail to the counter 330

naked truth 330

nail one′s colours to the mast 330

neck and neck 331

neither fish nor fowl 331

neither rhyme nor reason 332

nest egg 333

never-never land 333

new wine in old bottles 334

nine days′wonder 334

nip and tuck 336

nip in the bud 337

no great shakes 337

no love lost(between) 338

no man′s land 338

no/not room to swing a cat 339

no respecter of persons 340

no skin off sb′s nose 340

nose out of joint 341

nosy parker 341

not by a long shot 342

not fit to hold a candle to 342

not have a leg to stand on 342

not bat an eyelid 342

not dry behind the ears 342

not know sb from Adam 343

not to be sneezed at 343

not turn a hair 343

not up to the mark 344

not worth a damn 344

nothing like leather 345

nourish/nurse a snake/serpent in one′s bosom 345

nuts and bolts 345

O 346

the observed of all observers 346

Oedipus complex 346

off the beam 347

off the cuff 348

oil sb′s palm/hand 348

old as Mathuselah 348

Old Nick 349

old hat 349

old man of the sea 349

old school tie 350

olive branch 351

on a shoestring 352

on all fours 352

on easy street 352

on one′s high horse 353

on tenterhooks 353

on the ball 353

on one′s last legs 353

on the bandwagon 354

on the breadline 354

on the barrelhead 354

on shank′s mare 354

on the beam 354

on the cuff 355

on the bum 355

on the carpet 355

on the fritz 356

on the Greek calends 356

on the horns of a dilemma 357

on the house 357

on the QT 358

on the level 358

on the nail 358

on the nose 358

on the qui vie 359

on the rocks 359

on the square 360

on the stump 360

on the wagon 360

on the side ofthe angels 360

once in a blue moon 361

one degree under 361

one′s cup of tea 362

one foot in the grave 362

open sesame 362

one′s back is up 362

out-herod Herod 363

out of humour 364

out of sorts 365

out of touch 365

P 366

paint the lily 366

outside the pale 366

paint the town(red) 366

over a/the barrel 366

painted sepulchre 367

palm off 367

pan out 367

Pandora′s box 368

paper over the cracks 368

parting shot 369

par for the course 369

Parthian shot/shaft 369

pass the buck 370

patience of Job 371

Paul Pry 371

pass under the yoke 371

pay through the nos 372

pay on the nail 372

pecking order 373

Penelope′s web 374

peeping Tom 374

a penny for your thoughts 375

peter out 376

penny wise and pound foolish 376

Peter Pan 376

Philadelphia lawyer 377

pick up the gauntlet/glove 378

pie in the sky 378

pig in a poke 378

pile Pelion on Ossa 378

pink slip 379

pin money 379

pinup girl 380

plain as a pikestaff 381

pipe dream 381

pitched battle 381

plain sailing 382

Platonic love 382

play cat and mouse with 383

play ducks and drakes with 383

play one′s hunch 384

play possum 384

play fast and loose 384

play second fiddle 385

play the field 386

play the sedulous ape 386

play to the grandstand 386

play to the gallery 387

pleased/proud as Punch 387

polish the apple 388

plumb the depths 388

point of no return 388

poor as a church mouse 389

poor as Job 389

pot calling the kettle black 389

pot luck 389

potluck dinner 390

pot shot 390

pour oil on troubled waters 390

pound of flesh 390

pour cold water on 390

pretty kettle of fish 392

primrose path 392

Procrustean bed 392

proud as a peacock 393

pull a boner 394

pull sb′s chestnuts out of the fire 394

pull devil,pull baker 394

pull in one′s horns 394

pull sb′s leg 395

pull(the)strings 395

pull the wool over sb′s eyes 395

pull(the)wire 396

purple patches 396

pull up stakes 396

put a sock in it 397

put a spoke in sb′s wheel 397

put on one′s thinking cap 397

put on the dog 398

put on the screw 398

put one′s best foot forward 399

put one′s cards on the table 399

put one′s/sb′s back up 399

put one′s foot in it 399

put one′s foot in one′s mouth 400

put one′s/sb′s nose to the grindstone 400

put one′s shoulder to the wheel 400

put out to grass/pasture 401

put sb on the spot 401

put sb′s monkey up 402

put one′s nose out of joint 402

put the cart before the horse 402

put the kibosh on 403

put through the mill 404

Pyrrhic victory 404

queer sb′s pitch 405

quick as you can say Jack Robinson 405

Q 405

rack and ruin 406

rack one′s brains 406

R 406

rain cats and dogs 406

rain check 407

raise Cain 408

raised to the purple 408

reach first base 409

rank and file 409

reach the end of one′s rope/tether 409

read between the lines 409

read like a book 409

read the riot act 410

real McCov 410

real Simon Pure 411

reap(one′s)laurels 412

reckon without one′s host 412

red herring 413

red-letter day 413

red light district 413

rest on one′s laurels 414

red rag 414

red tape 414

return to one′s muttons 415

ride roughshod over(sb/sth) 416

rhyme or reason 416

rich as Croesus 416

riddle of Sphinx 416

ride the high horse 417

right-hand man 417

ring true 417

ride the gravy train 417

rise from the ashes 418

ring the changes 418

rise like a phoenix from the ashes 418

Roland for an/sb′s Oliver 419

rise like the phoenix 419

rob Peter to pay Paul 419

roll out the red carpet 420

round robin 420

round-table conference 421

rub sb(up)the wrong way 422

run amuck 423

rule the roost/roast 423

rule of thumb 423

run the gauntlet/gantlet 424

run nineteen to the dozen 424

run riot 424

Russian roulette 425

running dog 425

sacred cow 426

sad sack 426

S 426

sail under false colours 427

salad days 427

salt of the earth 428

save face 428

say cheese 428

scarlet letter 429

scotch the snake 429

second string to one′s bow 430

see red 430

seamy side 430

sell down the river 431

sell like hot cakes 431

sell one′s birthright for a mess of pottage 431

sell the pass 432

send/turn out to grass/pasture 432

send sb to Coventry 432

serpent in one′s/the bosom 433

sent up the river 433

separate the sheep from the goats 433

set one′s cap at/for 434

set(sb)on a pedestal 434

set one′s/sb′s back up 434

set/get/start the ball rolling 435

set sb′s teeth on edge 435

set the cart before the horse 435

set the Thames on fire 436

shake the dust from/off one′s feet 436

set the world on fire 436

seventh heaven 436

shake a leg 436

sheet in/to the wind 437

shell out 437

shopping mall 438

short shrift 439

shot in the arm 440

shotgun marriage/wedding 440

show a leg 440

show one′s hand 441

show sb the ropes 441

show one′s cards 441

show one′s(true)colours 441

show the cloven foot/hoof 442

show the white feather 442

shuffle off this mortal coil 442

Siamese twins 443

silent majority 444

silly season 444

Simon Legree 445

since time immemorial 445

sing for one′s supper 445

Sisyphean labour/task 446

sit(back)on one′s laurels 446

sit in the catbird seat 446

skeleton at the feast 446

skeleton in the closet 447

skeleton in the cupboard 447

sleep like a top 448

slough of despond 449

slush fund 449

smell a rat 450

smoke the pipe of peace 450

smoking gun 450

snug as a bug in a rug 451

snake in the grass 451

snake in one′s/the bosom 451

so long 452

soap opera 452

sober as a judge 453

Socratic irony 454

soda pop 454

someone′s name is mud 454

sop to Cerberus 456

sour grapes 456

sow one′s wild oats 457

sow dragon′s teeth 457

Sphinx′s riddle 458

speak with one′s tongue in one′s cheek 458

spare the rod 458

spike sb′s guns 459

spill the beans 459

spit and image 460

spit and polish 460

spitting image 460

spoils system 461

splice the mainbrace 461

split hairs 461

stamping ground 462

stand aloof 462

stand pat 463

state of the art 463

stave off 464

steal a march(on sb) 464

steal sb′s thunder 464

stick in sb′s throat 465

stick one′s neck out 466

stick to one′s guns 466

stiff upper lip 466

stick one′s chin out 466

still small voice 467

stool pigeon 467

storm in a teacup 468

straight from the horse′s mouth 468

strain at a gnat(and swallow a camel) 469

strain a point 469

straight from the shoulder 469

strange bedfellows 470

straw man 470

stretch a point 471

strike a bargain 471

stream of consciousness 471

sub rosa 472

stump orator/speaker 472

stumbling block 472

stump up 472

sure as eggs is eggs 472

survival of the fittest 473

swan song 473

swallow the leek 473

swap horses while crossing a stream 474

sweep the board 474

sword of Damocles 474

T 475

take a pot shot 475

take a leaf out of sb′s book 475

take a powder 475

take it easy 476

take a rain check 476

take French leave 476

take pot luck 477

take it on the chin 477

take sb by the short hairs 478

take sb for a ride 478

take sb down a peg 478

take the bull by the horns 479

take the cake 479

take(to)the stump 480

take time by the forelock 480

take the gilt off the gingerbread 480

take the wall(of) 480

take to the hustings 481

take under one′s wing 481

take with a grain of salt 482

taken aback 482

take up the gauntlet/glove 482

taken red-handed 482

talk through one′s hat 483

talk a blue streak 483

talk nineteen to the dozen 483

tar and feather 484

talk turkey 484

taper off 484

tarred with the same brush 485

teach one′s grandmother to suck eggs 485

teddy bear 486

tell it/that to the marines 487

There′s many a slip 488

tell the sheep from the goats 488

thank one′s(lucky)stars 488

third degree 488

thorn in sb′s flesh/side 488

tempest in a teapot 488

three sheets in/to the wind 489

through the mill 490

through thick and thin 490

throw cold water on 490

throw dust in/into sb′s eyes 491

throw down the gauntlet/glove 491

throw into the melting pot 492

throw in/up the sponge/towel 492

thumb one′s nose(at) 493

throw the book at 493

thumb a lift/ride 493

tie the knot 494

thumbs down 494

tit for tat 495

tilt at windmills 495

tinker′s damn/cuss 495

tied to sb′s apron strings 495

to a T/t 496

to a tittle 496

to the bitter end 496

to the manner born 497

toe the line/mark/scratch 497

tongue in cheek 498

Tom,Dick and Harry 498

touch all bases 499

top the bill 499

touch and go 499

tooth and nail 499

tower of ivory 500

touch wood 500

Trojan horse 501

turn a deaf ear 502

turn over a new leaf 502

turn a blind eye to sth 502

turn the tables 503

turn thumbs down 504

turn turtle 504

tweedledum and tweedledee 504

two strings to one′s bow 505

twenty-one gun salute 505

ugly duckling 506

Uncle Sam 506

U 506

Uncle Tom 507

under the aegis of 508

under sb′s thumb 508

under the counter 509

under the rose 509

under the umbrella of 510

under the weather 510

under the table 510

until the Greek calends 511

up the creek 511

up the river 511

up the spout 512

up to the mark 512

upper hand 513

upper crust 513

Venetian blinds 514

V 514

upset the apple cart 514

viper in one′s/the bosom 515

vicar of Bray 515

vent one′s spleen 515

walk a/the chalk line 516

W 516

voice(crying)in the wilderness 516

walk one′s chalks 517

walk down the aisle 517

walk a tightrope 517

walk Spanish 518

walk the plank 518

wandering Jew 519

wash one′s hands of 520

warm the cockles of sb′s heart 520

warm a snake/serpent in one′s/the bosom 520

wave the bloody shirt 521

wear one′s heart on one′s sleeve 522

wear sackcloth and ashes 522

wear the willow 522

web of life 523

web of Penelope 523

wet behind the ears 523

wet blanket 524

wheel of fortune 524

wet one′s whistle 524

whipping boy 525

whistle for it 525

white elephant 526

white meat 526

whited sepulchre 526

whistle in the dark 526

widow′s weeds 527

widow′s peak 527

wild-goose chase 528

win one′s spurs 529

wise as Solomon 529

win(one′s)laurels 529

win hands down 529

with an eye to the main chance 530

with a grain of salt 530

with egg on/over one′s face 531

with sb′s pants down 531

wolf in sheep′s clothing 532

without rhyme or reason 532

without a leg to stand on 532

with(one′s)tongue in(one′s)cheek 532

with one′s tail between one′s legs 532

wooden horse ofTroy 533

word in season 533

word to the wise 533

work off steam 534

worship the golden calf 534

writing on the wall 534

yellow press 535

Y 535

yellow journalism 535