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1 a drop in the bucket 1

2 a drop in the ocean 1

3 about one's ears 1

4 above suspicion 1

A 1

5 absorb in 2

6 ace in the hole 2

7 act high and mighty 2

10 after one's own heart 3

11 all along 3

12 all dressed up 3

9 add insult to injury 3

8 add fuel to the flame 3

13 all ears 4

14 all eyes 4

15 all in one piece 4

16 all manner of 4

17 all of a sudden 4

18 all out 5

19 all-out effort 5

20 all over someone 5

21 all over the earth 5

22 All roads lead to Rome. 5

26 all the way 6

25 all talk and no action 6

24 all systems(are)go 6

23 all shook up 6

27 all thumbs 7

28 all tuckered out 7

29 all wet 7

30 all worked up over something 7

31 along for the ride 8

32 an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth 8

33 angle for 8

34 annex to 8

35 ants in one's pants 8

37 apple-pie order 9

36 apple of one's eye 9

38 apple polishing 10

39 arm and a leg 10

40 arm in arm 11

41 around the clock 11

42 around the corner 11

43 as a duck takes to water 11

44 as an old shoe 11

45 as best one can 11

51 as different as night and day 12

50 as cool as a cucumber 12

49 as clear as mud 12

48 as busy as Grand Central Station 12

46 as big as life 12

47 as busy as a beaver 12

52 as easy as(apple)pie 13

53 as easy as duck soup 13

54 as far as anyone knows 13

55 as free as a bird 13

56 as full as a tick 13

60 as hard as nails 14

62 as hot as hell 14

61 as high as a kite 14

59 as happy as a lark 14

58 as happy as a clam 14

57 as good as one's word 14

63 as hungry as a bear 15

64 as if one has come out of a handbox 15

65 as light as a feather 15

66 as mad as a hatter 15

67 as mad as a hornet 15

68 as mad as a wet hen 16

69 as naked as a jaybird 16

70 as plain as day 16

71 as plain as the nose on one's face 16

72 as poor as a church mouse 16

77 as scarce as hen's teeth 17

76 as quiet as a mouse 17

78 as slick as a whistle 17

73 as pretty as a picture 17

74 as proud as a peacock 17

75 as quick as a wink 17

79 as slippery as an eel 18

80 as strong as an ox 18

81 as stubborn as a mule 18

82 as thick as thieves 18

83 as weak as a kitten 18

84 as wise as an owl 18

85 ask/cry for the moon 18

89 at all hazards 19

90 at any rate 19

86 asleep at the switch 19

88 at a snail's pace 19

87 at a blow/stroke 19

91 at arm's length 20

92 at bay 20

93 at both ends 20

94 at/on call 20

95 at cross purposes 20

99 at liberty 21

98 at large 21

96 at death's door 21

97 at hand 21

100 at loose ends 22

101 at one's beck and call 22

102 at one's ease 22

103 at one's fingertips 22

104 at one's leisure 23

105 at sea 23

106 at sixes and sevens 23

107 at stake 23

108 at swords points 23

111 avenge on 24

112 awake to 24

109 at the end of nowhere 24

110 at the end of one's rope/tether 24

113 ax to grind 25

B 26

114 babe in the wood(s) 26

115 baby kisser 26

116 back out 26

117 back to the wall 26

123 band together 27

122 banana oil 27

121 balk at 27

120 bag of tricks 27

118 backward(s)and forward(s) 27

119 bad-mouth someone 27

124 bang away 28

125 bang into 28

126 bark up the wrong tree 28

127 bark worse than one's bite 28

128 barter/bargain away 28

129 bat an eye(eyelash) 28

130 bats in one's the belfry 29

131 bawl out 29

132 be a cold fish 29

136 be a goner 30

138 be at a dead end 30

137 be above one's head 30

133 be a copy-cat 30

135 be a fan of someone 30

134 be a dead duck 30

139 be at a halt/standstill 31

140 be beneath contempt 31

141 be beside oneself 31

142 be beyond endurance 31

147 be careful 32

145 be beyond redemption 32

146 be bushed 32

143 be beyond one's ken 32

144 be beyond question 32

148 be done with somebody/something 33

149 be down to 33

150 be for the high jump 33

151 be half-hearted 33

152 be hip to 33

153 be in evidence 33

157 be of one mind 34

159 be on at 34

158 be on about 34

156 be in the public eye 34

155 be in the open 34

154 be in order 34

160 be out of someone's reach 35

161 be out of sorts 35

162 be out of the blue 35

163 be out of the picture 35

164 be over the moon 35

165 be poles apart 36

166 be the spit and image of someone 36

167 be up against it 36

168 be up in arms 36

169 be up to one's eyes in 36

174 beat a path to somebody's door 37

173 beat a dead horse 37

175 beat a retreat 37

170 be well up in 37

172 bear the brunt of something 37

171 bear down on/upon 37

176 beat about the bush 38

177 beat all hollow 38

178 beat one's brains out 38

179 beat one's head against the wall 38

180 beat somebody to the draw/punch 38

181 beat/bring someone to his knees 38

185 Beggars can't be choosers. 39

184 beg the question 39

183 beg for the moon 39

182 beef up 39

186 begin to see daylight 40

187 begin to see the light 40

188 behind the eight-ball 40

189 bend/fall/lean over backwards 40

190 beside the point/question 41

191 bet on the wrong horse 41

192 bet one's boots/bottom dollar 41

193 bet one's life 41

198 betwixt and between 42

197 between two fires 42

196 between the devil and the deep blue sea 42

194 between a rock and a hard place 42

195 between life and death 42

199 beyond/out of one's depth 43

200 beyond one's means 43

201 beyond/without question 43

202 beyond the pale 43

203 beyond the shadow of a doubt 43

207 big frog in a small pond 44

209 Birds of a feather flock together. 44

208 big lie 44

206 big deal 44

205 big as life and twice as natural 44

204 bide one's time 44

210 birthday suit 45

211 bite off more than one can chew 45

212 bite one's nails 45

213 bite someone's head off 45

214 bite the dust 45

218 blend with 46

217 blaze up 46

219 blind alley 46

216 black sheep of the family 46

215 bite the hand that feeds one 46

220 blind leading the blind 47

221 blood freezes/runs cold/turns to ice 47

222 blood is thicker than water 47

223 blow a fuse/gasket 47

224 blow hot and cold 48

225 blow one's/sb's brain's out 48

226 blow one's/sb's mind 48

231 bluster it out 49

230 blow someone's cover 49

229 blow over 49

228 blow one's top 49

227 blow one's own horn/trumpet,toot one's own horn 49

232 boast of/about 50

233 body blow 50

234 boggle someone's mind 50

235 boggle the mind 50

236 bolt from/out of the blue 50

237 bone up on 51

238 born yesterday 51

239 borrow trouble 51

240 bound to 51

245 break up 52

244 break out into tears 52

246 breathe easily/freely 52

242 brain drain 52

241 bow and scrape 52

243 brave it out 52

247 breathe one's last 53

248 breeze through 53

249 bright and early 53

250 bring down the house 53

251 bring home to 53

254 bring together 54

255 bristle with 54

256 brood over/on/upon/about 54

253 bring to bay 54

252 bring something into sight/view 54

257 brown off 55

258 brush off 55

259 brush up against 55

260 buckle under 55

261 bug-eyed 55

262 build cas？es in the air/Spain 56

263 bump into 56

264 burn one's boats/bridges 56

265 burn one's fingers 56

266 burn oneself out 56

271 burst with joy 57

270 burst into tears/burst out crying 57

269 burst at seams 57

268 burnt child dreads tge fire 57

267 burn up t？e road 57

272 burst with pride 58

273 bury one's head in the sand 58

274 bury the hatchet/tomahawk 58

275 butter someone up 58

276 butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth 59

277 butterflies in one's stomach 59

278 button one's lip/mouth,zip one's lip 59

279 by a hair's breadth/whisker 59

283 by the sweat of one's brow/face 60

282 by leaps and bounds 60

281 by hook or by crook 60

280 by/to all appearances 60

C 61

284 call a spade a spade 61

285 call the tune/shots 61

286 can't see beyond the end of one's nose 61

287 cannot see the wood(s)/forest for the tree 61

288 carry coals to Newcastle 62

289 carry the ball 62

290 catch/take one's death of cold 62

291 catch one's eye 62

292 champ at the bit 62

297 close/shut one's eyes to 63

296 clip somebody's wings 63

294 chicken out 63

295 climb/jump on the bandwagon 63

293 chaw up 63

298 cock and bull story 64

299 come down in the world 64

300 come out in the wash 64

301 come/draw to a head 64

302 come to an untimely end 64

308 count one's chickens before they are hatched 65

307 compress into 65

306 common ground 65

305 comings and goings 65

304 come what may/will 65

303 come to nothing/naught 65

309 crack something wide open 66

310 crocodile tears 66

311 cross a bridge before one comes to it 66

312 cry before one is hurt 66

313 curl someone's hair 67

314 curry favor with someone 67

319 diamound in the rough,rough diamond 68

318 devil-may-care attitude 68

317 deliver the goods 68

315 dead tired 68

D 68

316 dead to rights 68

320 die a natural death 69

321 die in/with one's boots on 69

322 do a land-office business 69

323 do something hands down 69

324 do something in vain 69

327 down on one's luck 70

329 downhill from here on 70

328 down to the wire 70

326 down in the dumps 70

325 down at the heels 70

330 drag one's feet/heels 71

331 drink something up 71

332 drive someone crazy/mad 71

333 drown one's sorrows/troubles 71

334 dry up 71

E 72

335 eat dirt/humble pie 72

336 eat/live high on the hog 72

337 end of one's rope 72

338 end of the road/line 72

341 eyes are bigger than one's stomach 73

342 eyes in the back of one's head 73

339 engross in 73

340 Every cloud has a silver lining. 73

F 75

343 face the music 75

344 fag out 76

345 fall about laughing,with laughter 76

346 fall apart 76

347 fall/drop by the wayside 76

348 fall flat on one's face 76

349 fall from grace 76

353 fat of the land 77

354 fear and trembling 77

350 fall in with 77

352 far cry from something 77

351 fall over each other/one another 77

355 feast one's eyes on 78

356 feather one's nest 78

357 feed/give somebody a line 78

358 feed up 78

359 feel one's oats 78

360 feet of clay 78

364 fine/pretty kettle of fish 79

363 fill in for someone 79

365 fish out of water 79

361 feet on the ground 79

362 fight someone/something hammer,tongs/tooth,nail 79

366 flat broke 80

367 flatter oneself 80

368 flip one's lid/wig 80

369 flirt with 80

370 fly in the ointment 80

371 flying high 81

372 foam at the mouth 81

373 fob off 81

374 follow/tread in sb's footsteps/steps 81

375 fool about/around 81

379 free rein 82

380 from scratch 82

377 force one's hand 82

378 four corners 82

376 for the worse 82

381 from the bottom of one's heart 83

G 84

382 game is not worth the candle 84

383 game is up 84

384 get a swelled head 84

385 get ants in one's pants 84

386 get away with it 84

392 get one's comeuppance 85

391 get off on the wrong foot,get off to a bad start 85

390 get in someone's way 85

389 get carried away 85

388 get by with something 85

387 get butterflies in one's stomach 85

393 gild the lily 86

394 give it to someone straight 86

395 Give one an inch and one will take a mile. 86

396 give oneself airs,put on airs 86

397 give sb./sth.a wide berth 86

402 give up the ghost 87

401 give the devil his/her due 87

400 give sb.tit for tat 87

399 give sb.the shirt off one's back 87

398 give sb.the eye 87

403 gloss over 88

404 go all/flat out 88

405 go down in history/the records 88

406 go downhill 88

407 go for broke 88

413 go to any length 89

412 go through the motions 89

411 go straight 89

410 go(off)scot-free 89

409 go into orbit 89

408 go from bad to worse 89

414 go to sb's head 90

415 go the whole hog 90

416 go without saying 90

417 grit one's teeth 90

422 hand in gloves 91

421 ham it up 91

420 hale and hearty 91

419 hair stand on end 91

418 hack around 91

H 91

423 handle with(kid)gloves 92

424 handwriting on the wall 92

425 hang back 92

426 hang by a hair/thread 92

427 hang in there 93

428 hang on sb's lips/words 93

429 harden to 93

430 haste makes waste 93

435 have/put all one's eggs in one baskec 94

434 have a fit 94

436 have an edge on 94

432 haul down one's colors/flag 94

431 hate one's guts 94

433 have a clean/clear conscience 94

437 have eyes only for 95

438 have it both ways 95

439 have kitten 95

440 have money to burn 95

441 have one's hands full 95

444 have one's heart in the right place 96

446 have one's nose in a book 96

445 have one's hide 96

443 have one's heart in one's boots 96

442 have one's head in the clouds 96

447 have one's nose in the air 97

448 have one's tail between one's legs 97

449 have a gift of gab 97

450 have them rolling in the aisles 97

451 have the time of one's life 98

452 have turned the corner 98

453 heart to heart 98

454 heavy-handed 98

455 hem/hum and haw 98

460 hit the ceiling/roof 99

459 hit below the belt 99

458 highway robbery 99

456 hide one's light under a bushel 99

457 high-handed 99

461 hit the nail on the head 100

462 hit the road 100

463 hitch one's wagon to a star 100

464 hoist with/by one's own petard 100

465 hold a candle to 101

466 hold out the olive branch 101

467 hold the stage 101

468 horns of a dilemma 101

470 hound out 102

471 hug oneself over/for 102

469 horse of a different color 102

I 103

472 idle about/around 103

473 in a fog 103

474 in a hole 103

475 in a quandary about 103

476 in a/one word 103

477 in a world of one's own 104

478 in cahoots with sb. 104

479 in fine/high/good/full feather 104

480 in name only 104

481 in rags 104

485 in the clear 105

484 in the bag 105

486 in the clouds 105

482 in seventh heaven 105

483 in step(with) 105

487 in the lap of the gods 106

488 in the same boat 106

489 it figures 106

490 it never rains but it pours 106

J 107

491 jaws tight 107

492 jostle with someone 107

493 jump on the bandwagon 107

494 jump out of one's skin 107

495 jump the track 107

497 just what the doctor ordered 108

496 jump through a hoop/hoops 108

K 109

498 kangroo court 109

499 keep a civil tongue in his head 109

500 keep a stiff upper lip 109

501 keep his chin up 109

502 keep one's own counsel 110

503 keep one's words 110

504 keep pace with somebody 110

505 keep up with the Joneses 110

506 kick against the pricks 111

509 knit one's brow 112

507 kill the goose that laid the golden egg 112

508 kill two birds with one stone 112

510 knock-out 113

511 know-it-all 113

L 114

512 lard with 114

513 laugh in one's sleeve 114

514 laugh someone/something out of court 114

515 lay an egg 114

518 leave one to one's fate 115

520 let one's hair down 115

519 leave someone high and dry 115

517 leave hanging in the air 115

516 lay one's cards on the table 115

521 let sleeping dogs lie 116

522 lick one's chops 116

523 lie in ruins 116

524 like looking for a needle in a haystack 116

525 the line of least resistence 117

526 line one's pockets,line one's purse 117

527 linger about/around 117

528 liquor up 117

529 live and let live 117

534 look ahead 118

533 look a gift horse in the mouth 118

531 live in a fool's paradise 118

532 live out of a suitcase 118

530 live high,live high off the hog 118

535 look daggers at someone 119

536 look like a million dollars 119

537 look the otherway 119

538 loosen up 119

539 love at first sight 119

540 low man on the totem pole 120

541 lump in one's throat 120

545 make a mountain out of a molehill 121

544 make a long story short 121

543 make a fuss about 121

542 make a clean breast of something 121

M 121

546 make an example of someone 122

547 make good something 122

548 make light work of 122

549 make one's blood boil,make the blood boil 122

550 make one's way 122

551 make oneself at home 122

552 make the fur fly 123

553 miss the boat 123

554 mug up something 123

558 neck and neck 124

557 natural born 124

N 124

555 nail one's colors to the mast 124

556 nasty nice 124

559 new deal 125

560 nice Nelly/Nellie 125

561 no great shakes 125

562 no two ways about it 125

563 nobody home 125

566 not have a care in the world 126

568 not move a muscle 126

567 not know where to turn,not know which way to turn 126

565 not to give anyone the time of day 126

564 not a leg to stand on 126

569 nothing ventured/gained 127

570 number one 127

571 nurse a grudge against someone 127

O 128

572 odds-on 128

573 of all the nerve 128

574 off his field 128

575 off one's chest 128

580 on foot 129

578 on an even keel 129

579 on a pedestal 129

576 old story 129

577 on active duty for 129

581 on one's back 130

582 on one's feet 130

583 on one's high horse 130

584 on one's knees 130

585 on pins and needles 130

586 on record 131

587 on the fly 131

588 on the shelf 131

589 on the spur of the moment 131

590 on the string 131

594 one in a thousand 132

596 one's number is up 132

595 one up on someone 132

591 on thin ice 132

593 once in a blue moon 132

592 on tiptoe 132

597 only have eyes for someone 133

598 open one's heart to someone 133

599 out-and-out 133

600 out of a clear blue sky,out of the blue 133

601 out of the frying pan into the fire 133

605 over the hump 134

604 over the hill 134

603 out on a limb 134

602 out of touch with someone or something 134

P 135

606 pair off with someone 135

607 pale beside/before 135

608 palm off 135

609 pass as someone/something 135

610 pass through someone's mind 135

613 pay the piper 136

614 peck at 136

615 pelt down 136

612 pay lip service to something 136

611 pause on/upon 136

616 persevere in/at sth 137

617 pick up the pieces 137

618 place a strain on someone/something 137

619 play both ends against the middle 137

620 play fast and loose with someone/something 137

621 play it cool 138

622 play the field 138

623 play up something 138

624 plod along/on 138

625 poles apart 138

630 press something forward 139

629 preen oneself on something 139

627 pour money down the drain 139

626 pop one's cork 139

628 predestine for/to 139

631 pride oneself on something 140

632 pull oneself up by one's own bootstraps 140

633 pure and simple 140

634 put on airs 140

635 put something on the line,put something plainly 140

636 put words into one's mouth 141

638 quake with 142

639 quick on the draw,quick on the trigger 142

637 quailat prospect/possibility 142

Q 142

R 143

640 rack one's brain 143

641 railroad someone mto something 143

642 rainy day 143

643 raise one's sights 143

644 ？se one's voice to someone 143

645 raise someone from the dead 144

646 raise the devil with someone/something 144

647 rate among,rank among 144

648 reach for the moon 144

649 reach one's stride 144

653 refine on 145

652 rebound on somcone,redound on someone 145

650 read mind 145

651 reason into something 145

654 reflect cr？t/honor/diseredit/dishonor on someone/something 146

655 regain from someone/something 146

656 regain one's composure 146

657 rejoice at something 146

658 remain up 146

661 retire into 147

662 revel in something 147

663 revert to 147

660 repine against something 147

659 rend to pieces 147

664 rhapsodize about/over something/someone 148

665 ride high 148

666 ride out 148

667 ride roughshod over someone 148

668 riding for a fall,ring for a fall 148

669 ring out the old year 149

670 rise against/up 149

671 rise in someone's estimation/opinion 149

672 rise in the world 149

673 rise to the surface 149

678 roll off 150

677 roll in 150

674 rivet on someone/something 150

675 rivet someone to the ground/spot 150

676 roll back 150

679 root in 151

680 rough-and-ready 151

681 rough it 151

682 rub off on/onto someone 151

683 rub through 151

686 run a risk of something 152

688 run sb.close 152

687 run a tight/taut ship 152

685 rummage about/around 152

684 ruminate about something 152

689 run counter to something 153

690 run off with 153

691 run over something 153

692 run scared 153

S 154

693 safe and sound 154

694 save the day 154

695 say something right to someone's face 154

696 scratch the surface 154

701 shine up to someone 155

700 shake someone/something down 155

702 shirk one's duty 155

698 seize with illness 155

697 second to none 155

699 shake in one's boots 155

703 shoot one's mouth off 156

704 shoot the works 156

705 sign one's own death warrant 156

706 sit back and let something happen 156

707 sit idly by 156

711 survival of the fittest 157

713 strapped for something 157

712 swim against the tide,swim against the current 157

710 stand still for someone/something 157

709 square one's shoulders 157

708 stand one's ground 157

T 159

714 take one's time 159

715 take the rap 159

716 talk in circles 159

717 talk through one's hat 159

718 tempest in a teapot 159

722 to the wall 160

721 tighten one's belt 160

723 toe the mark 160

720 throw in ones lot with 160

719 think twice before doing something 160

724 too big for one's britches 161

725 turn a deafear to something 161

726 turn one's back on someone/something 161

727 turn one's nose up at someone/something 161

728 turn the other cheek 161

729 turn the tide 161

730 turn the trick 162

731 twiddle one's thumbs 162

735 up the creek without a paddle 163

734 up one's sleeve 163

733 under one's own steam 163

732 under one's breath 163

U 163

V 164

736 vacillate between 164

W 165

737 wag one's chin 165

738 wail over someone/something 165

739 wait-and-see attitude 165

740 walk on eggs 165

741 walk the chalk 165

746 weigh one's words 166

745 weasel out of something 166

743 waste one's breath 166

742 walls have ears 166

744 water over the dam 166

747 wet behind the ears 167

748 what's done is done 167

749 When in Rome do as the Romans do 167

750 whistle for 167

751 win out 167

752 wind up nowhere 167

755 with a heavy heart 168

757 with bells on one's toes 168

756 with a whole skin 168

754 wipe off old scores,wipe out old scores 168

753 wink at something 168

758 wither on the vine 169

759 wobble about/around 169

760 won't hold water 169

761 work one's way through college 169

762 work one's way up 169

763 work together 170

764 work up on appetite for something 170

765 world without end 170

766 write against 170

Z 171

767 zonk out 171