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A good Jack makes a good jill 1

a little bird told me 1

A rolling stone gathers no moss 2

A tree is known by its fruit 2

Aaron s serpent 3

Abbott and Costello 3

Abington s cap 3

abominable no-man 4

above board 4

above the salt 4

accomplishment of Perseus 5

Absalom s hair 5

according to Cocker 6

according to Hoyle 6

ace in the hole 7

Achilles heel 7

Achilles shield 8

Achilles spear 8

acid test 8

acknowledge the com 8

across the board 9

Adam 9

add insult to injury 10

Adam s son 10

Adam s profession 10

Adam s ale 10

Adam s apple 10

Admirable Crichton 11

Adonis 11

affluent society 12

after dinner,mustard 12

after me the deluge 13

after one s (own) heart 13

against the grain 13

age/years of discretion 14

Ahab 14

Agamemnon 14

Aholah and Aholibah 15

Ajax 15

Aladdin s lamp 15

Alaska Purchase 16

Alasnam s mirror 16

albatross 16

Albert Einstein 17

Alcatraz 17

Alexander and the Robber 18

Alice-in-wonderland 18

alive and kicking 18

All his geese are swans 19

all in all 19

all hands and the cook 19

All is fish that comes to one s net 20

All men are created equal 20

all my eye (and Betty Martin) 20

all quiet on the westem front 21

All roads lead to Rome 21

(all)shipshape and Bristol fashion 22

all systems go 22

all talk and no cider 22

All that glitters is not gold 23

All the world s a stage 23

all wool and a yard wide 24

all thumbs 24

all things to all men 24

All-American 25

almighty dollar 25

Alnaschar s dream 25

Alphonse and Gaston 26

Al(phonse)Capone 26

alpha and omega 27

also-ran 27

Althaea s brand 27

Am I my brother s keeper 28

Amazon 28

American dream 29

ambulance chaser 29

ambitious as Phaethon 29

Amphitryon 30

An American Tragedy 30

An apple a day keeps the doctor away 30

anchor 31

Androcles and the Lion 31

Andy Hardy 31

Andy Warhol 32

Angelo 32

angry young man 33

Annapolis 33

Annie Oakley 33

another pair of shoes 34

Another course would have done it 34

another cup of tea 34

another Richmond in the field 35

answer a fool according to his folly 35

(The)answer s a lemon 36

Antaeus 36

any port in a storm 36

AOK 37

A1 37

Aphrodite 38

Apollo 38

appeal from philip drunk to Philip sober 38

apple of love 39

apple of discord 39

applaud sb. to the echo 39

apple of sb. s eye 40

apple of Sodom 40

apple-pie order 41

apple-polish(polisher) 41

apples and oranges 41

April fool 42

April is the cruelest month 42

Arabian Nights 43

Arcadia 43

Argus 44

Ariadne s thread 44

Archie Bunker 44

(The) ark rested on Mt.Ararat 45

Amageddon 45

armchair general 45

armed to the teeth 46

arrogance of power 46

arsenal of democracy 46

Artful Dodger 47

as American as apple pie 47

(as) blind as a bat 48

as Cephalus to Procris 48

(as) clear as a bell 48

(as) different as chalk from cheese 49

as dead as Queen Anne 49

(as) cold as chairty 49

(as) drunk as a lord 50

(as) dull as ditch-water 50

(as) fit as a fiddle 50

as fresh as new paint 51

As goes Maine, so goes the Union 51

as good as George-a-Green 51

as merry/lively as a cricket 52

as one man 52

(as) pleased as Punch 52

(as) poor as a church mouse 52

as shrewd as snakes and innocent as doves 53

(as) poor as Lazarus 53

as shy as Daphne 54

(as) sure as eggs is eggs 54

as the crow flies 54

as the sparks fly upward 55

(as) thick as thieves 55

(as) wet as a drowned rat 55

Asclepius 56

ask for bread and be given a stone 56

ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country 56

asleep at the switch 57

asphalt jungle 57

ass in a lion s skin 58

ass and the frogs 58

ass and the wolf 58

ass , the fox , and the lion 59

(The) ass wags his ears 59

assembly line 59

Astraea s time 59

at a loose end 60

at loggerheads 60

at one (fell) swoop 60

at one s wit s end 61

at sea 61

at the drop of a hat 62

at sixes and sevens 62

at the eleventh hour 63

at the end of one s tether/rope 63

at the top of the tree 64

Ate s malpractice 64

Athena 64

athlete s foot 65

Atlas 65

Attic salt 65

Attica 66

Augean stable(s) 66

auld lang syne 67

Aunt Sally 67

Augustan Age 67

Auschwitz 68

ax(e) to grind 68

Babbitt 69

babe in the wood(s) 69

Babel 70

baby boom 70

baby kisser 70

Bacchus 71

Bacchus has drowned more men than Neptune 71

back from Boot Hill 72

back street 72

back and fill 72

back to square one 73

back to the salt mines 73

backroom boys 73

backseat driver 74

backstairs gossip 74

backstairs influence 74

bad hat 75

badger game 75

Baedeker 76

bag and baggage 76

bag of bones 76

baker s dozen 76

bald eagle 77

squeeze play 77

Balaam s ass 77

banana oil 78

bald knight 78

baloney 78

Band-Aid 79

bandy words 79

baptism of fire 79

Barbie Doll 80

Bardolph 80

bark up the wrong tree 80

Barmecide feast 81

barnstorm 81

basket case 82

bat and the weasels 82

bat a thousand 82

Bataan Death March 83

Bath chair 83

Batman 83

batting average 83

battle of books 84

Battle of the Bulge 84

battle royal 84

Bay of Pigs 85

be a Diana 85

be blown across/over the creek 86

be a Jason 86

be condemned out of one s own mouth 87

be/come from Missouri 87

be called to the bar/Bar 87

be left holding the bag 88

be left in the basket 88

be the captain of one s soul 89

beam in one s own eye 89

bear a Bellerophon letter 89

bear and the tea-kettle 90

bear and the two travellers 90

bear garden 90

bear s service 91

bear/carry/take one s cross 91

bear the bell 91

bear/carry off the palm 92

beard the lion in his den 92

beat about/around the bush 92

beat generation 93

beat swords into plowshares 93

beat the air 94

beat the bushes 94

beat to the punch 94

Beauty is only skin deep 95

Beatles 95

Beauty and the Beast 95

beauty spot 96

Becky Sharp 96

beauty sleep 96

bed of roses 97

bee line 97

beef 97

beef up 98

beer and skittles 98

before one can say Jack Robinson 98

beggar description 99

before the mast 99

before the Flood 99

behind the eightball 100

behind the scenes 100

believe it or not 101

bell, book and candle 101

bell the cat 101

below the belt 102

bench warmer 102

bend the bow of Ulysses 103

Benedict Amold 103

Benjamin s mess 103

better hole 104

best bib and tucker 104

bet one s bottom dollar 104

between Scylla and Charybdis 105

between cup and lip 105

between the devil and the deep (blue) sea 106

between wind and water 106

between you and me and the post/bed-post 106

beyond the pale 107

Bible belt 107

Big Apple 107

Big Brother 108

Big Ben 108

Big Bang 108

big enchilada 109

big stick 109

big wheel 109

bigwig 109

Bill Sikes 110

Billingsgate 110

bird of ill omen 110

bite the bullet 111

birthday suit 111

bite one s thumb at 111

bite off more than one can chew 111

bite the dust 112

bite the hand that feeds (one) 112

Black Hand 113

black hole 113

bitter pill (for sb.) (to swallow) 113

Black Friday 113

black humour 114

black letter day 114

Black Maria 114

Black Monday 115

black sheep 115

blaze a trail 115

bleed white 116

blind leading the blind 116

blindmen s dinner 117

blitz/blitzkrieg 117

blindman s holiday 117

blood and iron policy 118

Blood is thicker than water 118

blood of the Grograms 118

blood, toil, tears and sweat 119

Bloody Mary 119

blow hot and cold 119

blow one s own hom/trumpet 120

blow/let off steam 120

blue bird 121

blue blood 121

blow one s top 121

blue chip 122

blue gown 122

blue jeans 122

blue Monday 122

blue ribbon 123

Bluebeard 123

bluestocking 123

Bob s your uncle 124

boat people 124

boasting traveller 124

bone of contention 125

bone of the bone and flesh of the flesh 125

bone to pick 125

booby trap 126

(The) boot is on the other foot/leg 126

born in /to the purple 126

born with a silver spoon in one s mouth 127

borrowed plumes 127

bottom line 128

Bowdlerize 128

Bostan Strangler 128

Bostany Bay 128

boy and the filberts 129

Box and Cox 129

Boxing Day 129

Boycott 130

Braggadocio 130

Boy Scout 130

brain drain 131

brain trust 131

brand from the burning 131

brass farthing 132

Brave New World 132

breach of promise 132

bread-and-butter letter 133

break a leg 133

break the ice 134

break bread with sb 134

break Priscian s head 134

Brevity is the soul of wit 135

bring down the house 135

bring home the bacon 136

bring sth. to light 136

British Lion 137

Broadway 137

Brobdingnagian 137

broken reed 138

Brownie point 138

brown study 138

Brother Jonathan 138

Brutus 139

Bruce and Spider 139

Brummagem jewelry 139

buck stops here 140

Buckingham Palace 140

Buck Rogers 140

Buckley s chance 141

bug in one s ear 141

build on sand 141

bull in a china shop 142

bull and the goat 142

bull of Bashan 143

bundle of sticks 143

Buridan s ass 143

Bumble 143

Bruke 144

burn one s boats/bridges 144

burn the candle at both ends 145

burn the midnight oil 145

burn with a low blue flame 145

bury one s head in the sand 145

bury the hatchet/tomahawk 146

busman s holiday 146

But I have promises to keep And miles to go before I sleep 147

butterflies in one s stomach 147

but a pig in a poke 148

buy the farm 148

buttonhole 148

by a long chalk 149

by and large 149

by hook or by crook 149

by the book 150

by the cut of sb. s jib 150

by the grapevine 151

by the skin of one s teeth 151

cackling geese 152

C 152

cabin fever 152

Cadillac 153

Cadmean victory 153

Caesar s wife 154

Cain 154

Cake is dough 155

cakes and ale 155

Caliban 155

Call a spade a spade 156

call over the coals 156

call sb. s bluff 156

Camille 157

(The) camel going to seek hom lost his ear 157

Camelot 157

Can the leopard change his spots 158

Canaan 158

can of worms 158

cancer stick 159

canned laughter 159

can t hold a candle to 159

Canterbury Story 160

can t make a silk purse out of a sow s ear 160

Cap-and-Gown Affair 161

cap in hand 161

cap and bells 161

cap of liberty 162

Captain Kidd 162

Care killed a cat 162

carpetbagger 163

carpet-biter 163

carrot and stick 163

carry coals to Newcastle 164

carry coals 164

carry owls to Athens 165

carry off meat from the graves 165

carry off the palm 165

Casabianca 166

carry the ball 166

carry the / a torch 166

case the joint 167

cash flow (problem) 167

Casanova 167

cask of Danaides 168

Cassandra 168

Cassius 169

cast one s bread upon the waters 169

cast pearls before swine 170

cast sth. in one s teeth 170

cast/throw the first stone 170

castles in the air 171

castles in Spain 171

cat and the cock 172

Cat has nine lives 172

Cat may look at a king 172

cat s paw 173

catbird seat 173

catch the golden ring 174

catch as catch can 174

catch a Tartar 174

Catch-22 175

caviar(e) to the general 175

chair days 176

(The) centre cannot hold 176

chalk up 177

Challenger 177

chance one s arm 177

change from Saul into Paul 178

change horses in midstream 178

Chaplinesque 179

change of scene 179

change like Proteus 179

Chappaquiddick 180

character issue 180

Charites 181

charles Addams 181

chastise with scorpions 181

chauvinism 182

Checkers 182

checkmate 183

cheer sb. to the echo 183

cherish a serpent in one s bosom 184

chestnut 184

chew the fat 184

chew out 185

chicken in every pot 185

Chimaera 186

Chinaman s chance 186

Chinese puzzle 186

Child Harold 186

chip in 187

chip of /off the old block 187

chip on one s shoulder 188

choose that gook part 188

cigar store Indian 188

Cinderella 189

circle the wagons 189

circumlocution office 190

civil illiterary 190

clay pigeon 191

clean as a whistle 191

clean bill of health 191

clean hands 191

Cleanliness is next to godliness 192

cleanse the Augean stables 192

clear the decks 193

clear the final hurdle 193

Cleopatra 193

cliffhanger 194

Cleopatra and her pearl 194

Cleopatra s nose 194

climb Pamassus 195

climb/jump on the bandwagon 195

clone 196

close as a clam 196

close ranks 196

cloud nine 197

cloven foot/hoof 197

coast is clear 197

(The) cobbler must stick to his last 198

cock and bull story 198

Collyer brothers 199

cold shoulder 199

cold war 199

Colonel Blimp 200

Columbus s egg 200

come a cropper 201

come apart at the seams 201

come hat in hand 201

come to light 202

come (up) to (the) scratch 202

Comparisons are odious 203

Comstock 203

comeback kid 203

come Yorkshire over sb. 203

cook sb. s goose 204

cool 204

cool as a cucumber 205

cool one s heels 205

coonskin on the wall 205

copperhead 206

Cordelia s gift 206

corn in Egypt 206

comer the market 207

comerstone 207

count noses 208

corridors of power 208

Comwall 208

count one s chickens before they are hatched 209

countdown 209

counted out 210

countenance fell 210

counterculture 210

covenant of salt 211

Coventry blue 211

Cowards die many times before their deaths 211

Crackerjack 212

creations of Cadmus 212

crocodile tears 213

cross 213

cross one s fingers 214

cross one s heart 214

cross as two sticks 214

cross/pass the Rubicon 215

cross the Great Divide 215

cross swords with 215

cross the Stygian ferry 216

crown of thoms 216

cry/ ask for the moon 217

cry one s eyes out 217

cry wolf 218

cry roast meat 218

cry over the spilt milk 218

cupboard love 219

cudgel one s brains 219

Cupid shoots so trim 220

Cupid s golden arrow 220

curate s egg 220

curious as Lot s wife 221

curled darlings 221

curry favour 222

curtain lectures 222

cut a dido 223

cut and dried 223

cut no ice 224

cut and run 224

cut blocks with a razor 224

cut of sb. s jib 225

cut one s stick 225

cut the coat according to the cloth 226

cut the Gordian knot 226

cut to the quick 227

cut the mustard 227

D 229

daily bread 229

daily dozen 229

Dame Partington and her mop 229

Damon and Pythias 230

dance attendance on /upon sb. 230

dance on a volcano 231

Daniel come to judgement 231

Daniel in the den of lions 231

Daphnis 232

Daphnis and Chloe 232

Darby and Joan 232

dark horse 233

dark meat 233

Darth Vader 233

daughter of Eve 234

daughter of the horseleech 234

David 234

David and Jonathan 235

Davy Jones s locker 235

day that will live in infamy 236

D-day 236

dead as a door-nail 237

dead end kids 237

Dead Sea fruit 237

dead soldier 238

deadline 238

deaf as an adder 239

Dear John letter 239

deadpan 239

The deck is stacked against sb. 240

debategate 240

debug 240

Delilah 241

Delphic oracles 241

Deep Throat 241

depart from evil,and do good 242

despise pride with a greater pride 242

devil can cite Scripture for his purpose 242

devil to pay 242

devil s advocate 243

Diana 243

Diana of the Ephesians 243

didn t lay a golve on 244

(The) die is cast 244

diehard 244

dig up the hatchet 245

Dillinger 245

Dilsey 245

dine with Duke Humphrey 246

disc jockey 246

discretion is the better part of valour 247

Disneyland 247

divide garments by casting lots 247

do a number on sb. 248

do as you want to be done by 248

do in Rome as the Romans do 249

do it up brown 249

dog and the cook 249

dog and the shadow 249

dog days 250

dog in the manger 250

doggie bag 251

dog-ear 251

Dogberry 251

Don Juan 252

domino effect 252

dollar diplomacy 252

Don Quixote 253

donkey s years 253

Donnybrook 254

don t call us , we ll call you 254

donkey-work 254

don t make any graven image 255

dot the /one s i s and cross the /one s t s 255

double-edged sword 256

double dome 256

double in brass 256

double jeopardy 257

doublethink 257

doubting Thomas 258

doves and hawks 258

down for the count 259

dove of peace 259

down and out 259

down to the wire 260

down in the dumps 260

down the aisle 260

Down Under 261

Downing Street 261

Dr.Fell 261

Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde 262

Draconian law 262

Dragon Lady 263

draw a blank 263

draw a bow at a venture 263

draw a /the line 264

draw Dun out of the mire 264

draw sb. s teeth 264

draw the longbow 265

draw the wool over sb. s eye 265

dress to the nines 266

drink hemlock 266

drop in the bucket/ocean 267

drink like a fish 267

drive out of the temple 267

drop one s guard 268

drop the other shoe 268

drop the pilot 268

(A)drowning man will catch at a straw 269

drumstick 269

dry behind the ears 269

duck soup 270

(A) dump man never gets land 270

Dunkirk evacuation 270

dust and ashes 271

Dutch bargain 271

Dutch concert 272

Dutch courage 272

Dutch defense 272

Dutch feast 273

Dying Swan 273

Dutch treat 273

E 274

eager beaver 274

earmark 274

eat crow 275

eat high on / off the hog 275

eat humble pie 275

eat no fish 276

eat one s cake and have it too 276

eat one s heart out 277

eat one s own flesh 277

eat out of sb. s hand 278

eat sb. out of house and home 278

eat sb. s salt 278

eat the fat of the land 279

eat the fruit of one s own doings 279

Eden garden 280

Echo 280

eat the leek 280

egghead 281

Edsel 281

El Dorado 282

elbow grease 282

Egyptian darkness 282

elbow room 283

Elmer Gantry 283

eloquence of Aaron 283

emperor s new clothes 284

empty nester 284

empty suit 285

end run 285

Endymion 285

enough to make a cat speak 286

enough to make the angels weep 286

enter the lists 287

entertain angels/an angel unawares 287

era of the common man 288

Eros 288

epicure 288

Eureka 289

Eve 289

even Steven 290

Every dog has his day 290

Everyone for himself and the devil take the hindmost 291

ewe lamb 291

eye for eye 292

eye-opener 292

Fabian policy/tactics 293

face the music 293

F 293

Fagin 294

fail-safe 294

fair deal 294

fair-haired boy 295

fairy money 295

fall between two stools 295

fall by the wayside 296

fall from grace 296

fall of Jericho 297

fall guy 297

fall into Tartarus 297

fall on one s feet 298

fall on one s sword 298

fall on stony ground 298

fall to the ground 299

fallout 299

family skeleton 300

Falstaff 300

Fanny Adams 301

farmer and the snake 301

farmer and sons 301

fasten your seat belts 301

fat cat 302

(The) fat is in the fire 302

Faustian spirit 302

fear the Jews 303

favorite son 303

feast of Lucullus 304

feast or a famine 304

feather in one s cap 304

feather one s nest 305

feet of clay 305

fiddle while Rome bums 306

field of blood 306

fifth column 307

Fifth Avenue 307

fifth wheel 308

fig leaf 308

fight like Kilkenny cats 308

fight with the gloves off (on) 309

fight (with) windmills 309

fill the bill 310

filthy lucre 310

find the length of one s foot 311

final solution 311

find the bean in the cake 311

find a true bill 311

finish Aladdin s window 312

Fine feathers make fine birds 312

finishing touch 313

Fire and Ice 313

fireside chat 313

first string 314

fish in troubled waters 314

fish or cut bait 315

fish out of water 315

fish story 315

fit to a T 316

fix sb. s wagon 316

flagship 317

flash in the pan 317

flea in one s ear 317

Fleet marriage 318

Fleet Street 318

flea market 318

flesh-pots of Egypt 319

flies and the honey pot 319

flitch of Dunmow 319

flog a dead horse 320

Florence Nightingale 320

flourish like the green bay tree 321

flower child 321

flower power 321

flutter the dovecotes 322

fly a kite 322

fly in the ointment 323

fly off the handle 323

fly on the coach-wheel 324

fly the coop 324

Foggy Bottom 324

fool s bolt is soon shot 325

follow one s nose 325

follow suit 325

for a song 326

forbidden fruit 326

forget-me-not 326

forgotten man 327

forlom hope 327

Fort Knox 327

foul play 328

foul ball 328

forty winks 328

four-letter words 329

Fourth of July Speech 329

Frankenstein 330

Fred Astaire 330

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers 330

free lance 331

free lunch 331

freedom of Pan 331

friends in high places 332

Freudian slip 332

Friday the thirteenth 332

from China to Peru 333

from Dan to Beersheba 333

from hand to mouth 333

from his foot Hercules 334

from pillar to post 334

from Saul to Paul 335

from the housetops 335

full court press 336

full of beans 336

funny bone 336

G 338

gall and wormwood 338

galf of bitterness 338

(The) game is not worth the candle 338

Garrison finish 339

(The) game is up 339

game plan 339

gay Lothario 340

Gary Cooper 340

Gascony 340

Gatsby 340

Gentleman s Agreement 341

gaze into the crystal ball 341

generation gap 341

gerrymander 342

Gestapo 342

get cold feet 343

get down to brass tacks 343

get it in the neck 343

get on one s high horse 344

get sb. by the short hairs 344

get sb. s goat 344

get the ax(e) 345

get the brass ring 345

get the drop on 345

get the hook 346

get the sack 346

get the short end of the stick 346

get to /reach first base 347

get up on the wrong side of the bed 347

ghost walks 347

Gibson girl 348

gift of the Magi 348

gild/paint the lily 349

gild the pill 349

gird (up) one s loins 350

give a lick and a promise 350

give a taste of one s quality 350

give a wide berth 351

give an edge to 351

give and take 351

give pause 352

give one the old college try 352

Give me where to stand , and I will move the world 352

give sb. the wall 353

give sb. the raspberry 353

give sb. the axe 353

give the thumbs down 354

give up the ghost 354

give them hell 354

glove money 355

gnash one s teeth 355

go balcheaded for sth./sb. 355

go berserk 356

go by the board 356

go down like ninepins 357

go Dutch 357

go for it 357

go from strength to strength 358

go hard with sb. 358

go over the top 359

go one better 359

go on the stump 359

go the whole hog 360

go the distance 360

go the way of all flesh 360

go through fire and water 361

go to Bath 361

go to Halifax 361

go to Jericho 362

go to one s account 362

go to pot 363

go/run to seed 363

go to one s long/last home 363

go to the dogs 364

go to the wall 364

go to town 364

go west 365

go where the woodbine twineth 365

God helps those who help themselves 365

godfather 366

God tempers the wind to the shom lamb 366

goldorick 367

Godot 367

Gog and Magog 367

golden calf 368

golden fleece 368

golden shower 368

Golden State 369

Goliath 369

gone coon 369

gone for a Burton 370

gone with the wind 370

good Samaritan 371

Good wine needs no bush 371

Gorgon 372

go-to guy 372

graffito 372

grain of mustard seed 372

Grand Prix 373

Grand Central Station 373

grasp the nettle 374

grandstand play 374

grass roots 375

grass window 375

gravy train 375

Great Depression 376

great gulf fixed 376

great leap forward 376

Great White Hope 377

Great Scott 377

Great White Father 377

Greek gift(s) 378

Green Beret 378

Green-eyed monster 378

green thumb 379

green with envy 379

Greyhound Therapy 380

Gretna Green marriage 380

Greenwich Village 380

grin like a Cheshire cat 381

grind the face of sb. 381

ground rule 382

Grub Street 382

guinea pig 382

Gulliver and Lilliputians 382

gung-ho 383

guns before butter 383

Haight-Ashbury 384

hair of the dog (that bit you) 384

hair stand on end 384

H 384

Hairy Ape 385

halcyon days 385

half seas over 386

ham actor 386

Hamlet 386

hand in glove 387

hand on the torch 387

hand to mouth 388

hand over fist 388

hands down 389

handwriting on the wall 389

hang by a thread 389

hang in there 390

hang me in a bottle like a cat 390

hang up the gloves 391

hang over one s head 391

hang one s harp on the willows 391

happy as a clam 392

happy hunting ground 392

happy warrior 392

hard hat 393

hare and the hound 393

Harmonia s necklace 394

Harlem 394

Harley Street 394

hare and the tortoise 394

hat trick 395

hatchet man 395

haul over the coals 395

Harpagon 395

have a bee in one s bonnet 396

have a bone to pick with sb. 396

have a chip on one s shoulder 397

have a frog in one s/the throat 397

have a field day 397

have a good innings 398

have a green bonnet 398

have a hunch that 398

have a memory like an elephant 398

have a screw loose 399

have/hold(all) the cards (in one s hand/hands) 399

have kissed the Blarney stone 400

have itching ears 400

have an ear to the ground 400

have many irons in the fire 401

have one over the eight 401

have one s foot on sb. s neck 401

have sb. on the hip 402

have/keep sth.up one s sleeve 402

have the ball at one s feet 403

have the upper hand 403

have two strikes against(one) 403

haymaker 404

have two strings to one s bow 404

have windmills in one s head 404

He who has ears, let him hear 405

heap coals of fire on sb. s head 405

heap Pelion upon Ossa 406

Heart of Darkness 406

Hearts and Flowers 406

Helen 407

Hector 407

heavy hitter 407

Helicon 408

hellenistic romance 408

hell for leather 408

Hello 409

Hemingway code 409

Hemingway style 409

hen and the golden eggs 409

Herculean 410

Hercules s choice 410

Hermes 410

Hermes fire 411

Hero and Leander 411

hide one s light under a bushel 411

high flyer 412

high horse 412

hippies 413

High Noon 413

high jinks 413

Hippocratic oath 414

hit below the belt 414

hit list 414

hit on all six 415

Hitchcock 415

Hitler 415

Hogarth s line 416

hoe one s own row 416

Hobson s choice 416

hoist with one s own petard 417

hold one s horses 417

hold out the olive branch 417

hold the bag 418

hold the belt 419

hold the fort 419

hold water 419

Hollywood 420

Hellow Men 420

hole and comer 420

Holy Grail 421

Hollywood Ten 421

Holocaust 421

Holy League 422

Holy Willie 422

Homeric laughter 422

Homer sometimes nods 423

honeymoon 423

honest lndian 423

Hoover 424

Hooverville 424

Horatius at the bridge 425

hom of plenty 425

horse of another colour 425

horse opera 426

horseshoe 426

Houdini 427

hot line 427

hostage to fortune 427

Howard Beach 428

huff and puff 428

Humphrey Bogart 428

hundred days 428

Hurstwood 429

Hyde Park s democracy 429

I bring you good tidings of great joy 430

I am in control here 430

I am a Dutchman 430

I 430

I do not choose to run 431

I have a dream 431

I must put on my conjuring cap 432

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden 432

Iacocca lee A 432

Iago 432

If he be angry, he knows how to turn his girdle 433

Icarus 433

ice-skate in hell 433

If it s Tuesday, this must be Belgiun 434

If the mountain will not come to Mohammed 434

If winter comes , can spring be far behind 434

If you can t stand the heat , stay out of the kitchen 435

I m all right , Jack 435

I m from Missouri 435

Importance of Being Eamest 436

improve each/the shining hour 436

in a box 437

in a nutshell 437

in a pickle 437

in a Pickwickian sense 438

in Abraharn s bosom 438

in Carey street 438

in fine feather 439

in deep water (s) 439

in clover 439

in good set terms 440

in low water 440

in one s black books 441

in one s good books 441

in one s heart of hearts 441

in sackcloth and ashes 442

in one s right mind 442

in one s mind s eye 442

in seven-league(d) boots 443

in stitches 443

in the altogether 444

in the arms of Morpheus 444

in the ballpark 445

in the buff 445

in the doghouse 445

in the homestretch 446

in the groove 446

in the doldrums 446

in the driver s seat 446

in the limelight 447

in the long run 447

in the red 447

in the seventh heaven 448

in the sweat of one s face 448

Indian 449

in the twinkling of an eye 449

in the van 449

Indian file 450

Indian giver 450

Indian summer 450

Innisfree 451

Innocents Abroad 451

inside the Beltway 452

interrogation of the old man 452

k 475

Kafkaesque 475

kangaroo court 475

Karate 476

keep an ace up one s sleeve 476

keep banker s hours 476

keep body and soul together 476

keep one s fingers crossed 477

keep one s head above water 477

keep one s shirt on 478

keep one s pecker up 478

keep one s powder dry 478

keep the ball rolling 479

keep the wolf from the door 479

keep up with the Joneses 480

Kent State 480

Kentish fire 480

kettle of fish 480

keynote speech 481

KGB 481

kick against the pricks 481

kick sb. upstairs 482

kick the bucket 482

kill the fatted calf 483

kill the goose that lays the golden eggs 483

kill with kindness 484

killing Fields 484

Kilroy was here 485

Kim 485

kindness of strangers 485

King Arthur 486

King Caucus 486

King Charles s head 486

King Kong 487

King Lear 487

King stork 487

Kingdom of the lion 488

King s English 488

kiss the rod 489

knight of the rueful countenance 489

knock off work 489

knock on wood 490

knocked into a cocked hat 490

knockout 490

know the ropes 491

Know a hawk from a hamdsaw 491

know sb./sth. like a book 491

know which side one s bread is buttered (on) 492

Knowledge is power 492

knuckle down 492

L 494

labour of Hercules 494

labour of love 494

labour of Sisyphus 495

laconic reply 495

Lady Bountiful 496

Lady Chatterley 496

Lady Codiva 496

Lady Macbeth 497

Lady of Babylon 497

lady-or-tigar situation 498

lame duck 498

land of milk and honey 498

land of Nod 499

land of the midnight sun 499

last but not least 500

land of Promise 500

land-office business 500

(the) last Mohegan/Mohican 501

last hurrah 501

last straw 502

last supper 502

Laurel and Hardy 503

law of the Medes and Persians 503

lay a flattering unction to one s soul 504

lay an egg 504

lay pipe 505

lay up in a napkin 505

Lazarus 505

lead a charmed life 506

lazy as Lawrence 506

lead by the nose 507

lead apes in hell 507

lead with one s chin 508

leap of faith 508

leathemeck 508

leave no stone unturned 508

leave sb. flat 509

leave sb. in the lurch 509

Lebanon 510

left-handed compliment 510

left-handed marriage 510

Lennie 511

leonine contract 511

let George do it 511

let the cat out of the bag 512

let sleeping dogs lie 512

let one s hair down 512

let the dead bury their dead 513

letter of Uriah 513

Leviathan 514

lie in one s throat 514

Life is a Dream 515

life of Riley 515

lightweight 516

light year 516

like a house on fire 516

like/as a thief in the night 517

like a red rag to a bull 517

like a Trojan 518

like Hamlet without the Prince( of Denmark) 518

like sixty 518

like the Black Hole of Calcutta 519

line one s (own) pockets 519

lion and the farmer 520

lion and the hare 520

lion and the frog 520

lion and the fox 520

lion and the mouse 521

lion in the way/path 521

lionize 521

lion s provider 522

lion s share 522

lion，the bear，and the fox 522

lion，the fox，and the ass 523

litmus test 523

Little Rock 523

live like fighting cocks 523

loaves and fishes 524

lobster shift 524

lock，stock and barrel 525

logroll 525

London Bridge 526

Lolita 526

Lombard 526

long row to hoe 527

Lone Ranger 527

lone wolf 527

look to one s laurels 528

loose cannon 528

look a gift horse in the mouth 528

Lord Jim 529

lose face 529

Lost Generation 529

lost sheep 530

lotus eaters 530

love is (as)strong as death 531

Love me，love my dog 531

low blow 532

lunatic fringe 532

Lydford law 532

Lynch law 533

Macbeth 534

Machintosh 534

macaroni 534

M 534

mad as a hatter 535

mad as a March hare 535

Madison Avenue 535

Madison Avenue techniques 536

Mae West 536

Mafia 536

Maginot Line 537

magic carpet 537

magic bullet 537

Main Street 538

make a pass at 538

make bricks without straw 538

make do and mend 539

make hay of 539

make light of 540

make no bones about 540

make the fur fly 541

make the big league/major leagues 541

make rings round sb. 541

Malvolio 542

man and boy 542

make things hum 542

man for all seasons 543

man Friday 543

man of straw 544

man on horseback 544

(the) man who came to dinner 544

manna 545

Many talk of Robin Hood that never shot in his bow 545

many ways to skin a cat 546

marathon 546

mare s nest 546

Marie Curie 547

Marilyn Monroe 547

mark time 547

Marshall Plan 548

marriage knot 548

(the) Mars people land 548

Marlboro Man 548

maverick 549

May pole 549

play by ear 549

McCarthyism 550

me generation 550

me Tarzan，you Jane 551

Measure for Measure 551

Mecca 551

Medea s kettle 552

meet one in the Duke s Walk 552

meet one s Waterloo 552

melting pot 553

merchant of death 553

Merry Wives of Windsor 554

Micky Mouse 554

Mercury fig 554

Mickey Finn 554

Micawber 555

Midas 555

Midas touch 556

midsummer madness 556

milk for the Hottentots 556

mind one s P s and Q s 557

milk of human kindness 557

mind the store 558

minute-man 558

mistake the shadow for substance 559

Model T 559

Modest Proposal 559

moment of truth 560

Mona Lisa smile 560

Monday-morning quarterback 560

monkey business 561

Money has no smell 561

more in sorrow than in anger 562

month of Sundays 562

Montgomery 562

Money Makes the mare go 562

Moses 563

more sinned against than sinning 563

most forcible Feeble 564

Mother Bunch 564

motherhood and apple-pie 565

mountain in labour 565

movers and shakers 565

moxie 565

Mr.Chips 566

Mr.Clean 566

Mr.Dooley 566

Mrs.Grundy 567

Mrs.Malaprop 567

Mrs.Warren 568

much ado about nothing 568

Mrs.Mop 568

Mt.Everest 568

much cry and little wool 569

muckraker 570

mugwump 570

Munchhausen 570

Munich 571

Murphy s Law 571

Muses 572

music of Amphion 572

Mustang 573

Mutt and Jeff 573

My fingers itch to be at him 573

My Lai 574

Myrmidon of the Law 574

N 575

Naboth s vineyard 575

nail one s colours to the mast 575

nail to the counter 576

naked truth 576

nail to the pillory 576

Naughty Nineties 577

neither fish nor fowl 577

Narcissus 577

neither rhyme nor reason 578

Nemesis 578

nepotism 579

Nero 579

nest egg 579

nervous Nelly 580

never-never land 580

New Deal 580

new wine in old bottles 581

Newgate knocker 581

night of the long knives 582

Nice Nelly 582

Newton s apple 582

night-cap 583

nimble ninepence 583

nine day s wonder 583

1984 584

Ninety-eight-cent man 585

nineteenth hole 585

nip in the bud 585

no great shakes 585

no holds barred 586

No names，no pack drill 586

no respecter of persons 586

Nobel Prize 587

Noah s ark 587

noble savage 588

Norman blood 588

nose jewels 588

nose of wax 589

nose under the tent 589

noser 589

nosey 590

not an iota of 590

not have a word to throw at a dog 590

not know sb. from Adam 591

not room to swing a cat 591

not worth a brass farthing 592

not worth a damn 592

not turn a hair 592

not worth a rush 593

not worth one s salt 593

not worth a rap 593

number sands 594

Number Ten 594

nurse/cherish/a viper in one s bosom 594

nuts and bolts 595

O 596

Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm 596

(the)observed of all observers 596

Odysseus 597

Odyssey 597

Oedipus 598

Of Human Bondage 599

off base 599

of the first water 599

off the beam 600

often a bridesmaid but never a bride 600

okey 600

O.Henry 600

old as Methuselah 601

old Adam 601

old guard 602

old lady of Threacheedle Street 602

old man of the sea 602

old school tie 603

olive branch 603

on a plate 604

on one s beam-ends 604

on the ball 605

on tenterhooks 605

on one s perch 605

on one s toes 605

on the cards 606

on the Greek calends 606

on the button 606

on the carpet 607

on the high ropes 607

on the house 607

on the nose 608

on the right (wrong) tack 608

on the rack 608

on the rocks 609

on the ropes 609

on the side of the angels 609

on the water cart/wagon 610

once in a blue moon 610

one-on-one 611

one-horse town 611

one degree under 611

one s cup of tea 612

one s name is Mudd 612

one-two 612

Open Door policy 613

open sesame 613

open season 613

Orchard Street 614

ordeal by fire 614

Oreo 615

Orestes and Pylades 615

original sin 615

Oscar 616

ostrich policy 616

Othello 617

other side of the shield 617

out-Herod Herod 617

out of humour 618

out of joint 618

out of the blue 619

out of sorts 619

out of left field 619

Oval Office 620

over a barrel 620

Oxbridge 621

P 622

pack the court 622

packed like sardines 622

paddle one s own canoe 622

paddy wagon 623

pain in the neck 623

paint oneself into a comer 623

paint the lily 624

paint the town red 624

Pal Joey 624

Pandora s box 625

pan out 625

Pamela 625

palooka 625

panzer 626

paper chase 626

paper over the cracks 627

paper tiger 627

par for the course 628

pardon/excuse sb. s French 628

Park Avenue 628

Parthian shot/shaft 629

pass the buck 629

pass the hat 630

pass under the yoke 630

pathetic fallacy 630

patience on a monument 631

Paul Bunyan 631

Paul Pry 631

pay sb.back in his own coin 632

pay on the nail 632

pay (dear) for one s whistle 632

pay through the nose 633

Peace Corps 633

peacock and the crane 633

Peck s bad boy 634

Pecksniff 634

pecking order 634

peeping Tom 635

Pegasus 635

(The) pen is mightier than the sword 635

Penelope s web 636

(a)penny for your thoughts 636

(a)penny plain and two-pence colored 637

penny-wise and pound-foolish 637

Pentagon 638

Perry Mason 638

peter out 638

Peter Pan 639

Peter Principle 639

Phaethon 640

Peterloo Massacre 640

Philadelphia lawyer 640

Phoenix 641

Philemon and Baucis 641

Physician，heal yourself 641

Pickwick 642

pidgin English 642

pick up the gauntlet 642

pie in the sky 643

pied piper 643

pig in the middle 643

pig in a poke 644

pigeon pair 644

Pilate 645

Pilate asked about truth 645

pile Pelion on Ossa 645

Pierian spring 645

pin money 646

pinch hitter 646

pink slip 646

Pinkerton 647

pin-up girl 647

plain as a pikestaff 648

Platonic love 648

play a good knife and fork 648

Pistol 648

play a waiting game 649

play cat and mouse with 649

play ducks and drakes 650

play fast and loose 650

play gooseberry 651

play hardball 651

play in Peoria 651

play it close to the vest 652

play possum 652

play second fiddle 652

play the sedulous ape 653

play the field 653

play (for) safety 653

play to the gallery 654

plough with another s heifer 654

plumber 655

poet laureate 655

point of no return 655

poor as Job 656

Popeye 656

pot calling the kettle black 657

potluck 657

pottage of lentiles 658

potter s field 658

pound of flesh 659

pour oil on troubled waters 659

powwow 660

Presley 660

primrose path 661

Prince Charming 661

Procrustean bed 662

prodigal son 662

profiles in courage 663

Promethean fire 663

Proof of the pudding is in the eating 663

Proteus 663

prunes and prism(s) 664

pseudo-event 664

Psyche 665

pull a boner 665

pull a punch/punches 665

pull devil，pull baker 666

pull sb. s leg 666

pull sth. out of the hat 666

pull the chestnuts out of the fire 667

pull the strings 667

pull the wool over sb. s eyes 668

punch drunk 668

pumpkin papers 668

Purple Heart 669

Punch-and-Judy nose 669

Punic faith 669

put on the black cap 670

put a spoke in sb. s wheel 670

put on one s thinking cap 670

put on the Ritz 671

put on the dog 671

put one s foot in one s mouth 672

put one s nose out of joint 672

put one s shoulder to the wheel 672

put salt on one s tail 673

put sb. in the cart 673

put sb. on the spot 673

put the cart before the horse 674

Pygmalion 674

Pylades and Orestes 674

Pyrrhic victory 675

Pyramus 675

quality of mercy is not strained 676

quantum leap/jump 676

quarrel with one s bread and butter 676

Q 676

Queen of Sheba 677

queer sb. s pitch 677

Queer Street 677

quench (the) smoking flax 678

quick on the draw 678

quisling 679

quiz kid 679

R 680

rabbit hole 680

rack one s brains(s) 680

raise Cain 681

rain cats and dogs 681

rain check 681

rank and file 682

Rambo 682

read between the lines 683

read the riot act 683

real McCoy 683

real Simon Pure 684

reap where one has not sown 684

reckon without one s host 685

Red Beard 685

red herring across the path 686

red-letter day 686

red tape 686

Redbrick 687

reed shaken by the wind 687

requisition from Semele 687

rest on one s laurels 688

return to one s muttons 689

rich as Croesus 689

restless like Ulysses 689

ride roughshod over 690

Richard Cory 690

ride backwards up Holborn Hill 690

ride the stang 691

right-hand man 691

ring a bell 691

ring of Amasis 692

ring the bell 692

ring the changes 692

ring true 693

Rip Van Winkle 693

rise from the ashes 694

Rita Hayworth 694

Ritz 695

(the) road not taken 695

rob Peter to pay Paul 695

Robin Hood 696

Robinson Crusoe 696

Roland for an Oliver 697

roll in the aisles 697

Roman holiday 698

roll out the red carpet 698

roll with a punch 698

Rolls Royce 698

Rome was not built in a day 699

Romeo and Juliet 699

rose by any other name would smell as sweet 700

rose garden rubbish 700

rose-coloured spectacles 700

roses (roses) all the way 701

round robin 701

round table 702

rub (sb.)(up) the wrong way 702

rubberneck 702

rugby 703

rule of thumb 703

rule with a rod of iron 703

(The) run of the true love is never smooth 704

run against Hoover 704

run rings around/round 705

run the gauntlet 705

run to earth 706

running dog 706

Russian roulette 706

Ruth gleans the free grain 707

S 708

sabotage 708

sabre-rattling 708

sacred cow 709

sad sack 709

sadism 709

sail under false colours 710

salad days 710

salt of the earth 711

salt of youth 711

Samson 711

(The) sands are running out 712

sands of life 712

sandwich 713

sandwich generation 713

Sarpedon s age 713

Saturday Night Massacre 714

Saturday night special 715

Satyr 715

save one s/sb. s bacon/neck/skin 715

saved by the bell 716

saw the air 716

say cheese 717

Say it ain t so 717

say it with flowers 718

scales fall from sb. s eyes 718

scapegoat 718

scarborough warning 719

scarlet letter 719

Scheherazade 719

scorched earth 720

school for scandal 720

scofflaw 720

score 721

scot-free 721

Scotland Yard 722

Scottsboro Boys 722

screw up one s courage 722

Scrooge 723

sealed with seven seals 723

seamy side 723

see a wolf 724

see eye to eye (with) 724

see one s back 725

see red 725

see the elephant 725

sell like hot cakes 726

sell one s birthright for a mess of pottage 726

sell Robin Hood s pennyworth 726

sell sb. down the river 727

sell the pass 727

send sb. to the showers 728

send owls to Athens 728

send sb. to Coventry 728

separate but equal 729

separate the sheep from the goats 729

September Mom 729

sequoia 730

set by the ears 730

set of wheels 731

set one s cap at/for 731

set one s face against 731

set sb. s teeth on edge 732

set the Thames on fire 732

Seven against Thebes 733

Seven Dwarfs 733

seventh heaven 734

seven-year itch 734

seventy times seven 734

shake the dust from / off one s feet 735

shanghai 735

Shangri-La 736

Sherlock Holmes 736

shield of Achilles 736

shilly-shally 737

ships that pass in the night 737

shirt of Nessus 737

shoot Niagara 738

shoot one s bolt 738

short shrift 738

shot heard round the world 739

shot in the arm 739

show one s cards 740

shotgun marriage/wedding 740

show a leg 740

show the white feather 741

show one s horns 741

show one s true colours 741

shrimp 742

shuffle off this mortal coil 742

shuttle diplomacy 743

Shylock 743

Sidekick 743

sight for sore eyes 744

silent generation 744

silent majority 745

Silicon Valley 745

silly season 746

silver-fork school 746

Simon Legree 746

sing for one s supper 747

sing the blues 747

sink or swim 748

siren song 748

sit above the salt 749

Sister Carrie 749

Sisyphean Stone 749

sitting duck 750

sixty-four thousand dollar question 750

skate on thin ice 751

skeleton at the feast 751

skeleton in the cupboard/closet 752

skin sb. alive 752

skin of one s teeth 752

skin-deep 753

skinflint 753

slate sb. 753

sleaze 754

sleep like a top 754

sleeping beauty 754

slough of despond 755

slings and arrows (of outrageous fortune) 755

sleepy hollow 755

small deer 756

Sly 756

Small is beautiful 757

small potatoes 757

smell a rat 757

smite hip and thigh 758

smite sb. under the fifth rib 758

smoking gun 759

Smokey Bear 759

smoke the calumet/smoke the pipe of peace 759

snail mail 760

snake and the eagle 760

snake in one s bosom 760

snake in the grass 761

snake-oil salesman 761

snow iob 761

soap opera 762

sober as a judge 762

Socratic irony 763

Sodom and Gomorrah 763

Socratēs s wife 763

(A) soft answer turns away wrath 764

Solon 764

Somebody s name is mud 764

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark 765

something old , something new;some-thing borrowed，something blue 765

son of a gun 766

Son of Sam 766

sop to Cerberus 767

SOS 767

sour grapes 768

South Sea Bubble 768

sow dragon s teeth 769

sow one s (wild) oats 769

spark plug 770

sow the wind and reap the whirlwind 770

spare the rod 770

speak daggers 771

spend a penny 771

Spartan 771

Sphinx s riddle 772

spike sb. s guns 772

spill the beans 772

(The) spirit is willing but the flesh is weak 773

spin one s wheels 773

split hairs 774

spit and polish 774

spoil the Egyptians 775

spoils system 775

spring chicken 776

Sputnik 776

Square Deal 776

square peg in a round hole 777

square the circle 777

stalking horse 778

squire of dames 778

staff of life 778

Stallone 779

stamping/stomping ground 779

stand aloof 779

stand in the doorway 780

stand on one s own feet 780

stand pat 780

steal a march (on sb.) 781

stave off 781

state of the art 781

steal sb. s thunder 782

Stepin Fetchit 782

steward 783

stick in sb. s throat 783

stick one s chin out 784

stick out like a sore thumb 784

still small voice 785

stick to one s guns 785

sticking place 785

Stolen apples are the sweetest 786

stomach of an ostrich 787

Stones will cry out 787

stonewall 787

stool pigeon 788

storm in the teacup 788

straight from the shoulder 789

strain at a gnat and swallow a camel 789

staight from the horse s mouth 789

strange bedfellows 790

straw in the wind 791

straw poll 791

strength of Antaeus 792

Strephon and Chloe 792

Strephon and Phyllis 793

stretch a point 793

strike a bargain 793

stuffed shirt 794

strike out 794

strong meat 794

stumbling block 795

stump 795

stump speaker 796

suck the monkey 796

sucker list 796

suit the action to the word 797

summer soldiers and sunshine patriots 797

sugar/sweeten the pill 797

survival of the fittest 798

suspicion of Procris 798

swallow one s words 799

swallow the bait，hook，line and sinker 799

swan song 799

swap horses in midstream 800

sweep the board 800

sweeten the pot 801

sweet and twenty 801

Sweet Fanny Adams 801

swift as Mercury 802

swing the lamp 802

swing voters 802

sword of Damocles 803

T 804

take a message to Garcia 804

take French leave 804

take pot luck 805

take sb. down a peg 805

take it on the chin 805

take of the gloves 805

take sb. for a ride 806

take sb. red-handed 806

take silk 807

take the bull by the horns 807

take the gilt off the gingerbread 808

take the Fifth 808

take the cake 808

take the King s shilling 809

take the pet 809

take the wall of 809

take time by the forelock 810

take up the gauntlet 810

take up the hatchet 810

talk Billingsgate 811

taken aback 811

talk like a Dutch uncle 812

talk through one s hat 812

talk turkey 812

tall tale 813

Tantalus 813

tar and feather 814

tarred with the same brush 814

Tartuffe 814

teachings of Balaam 815

Tarzan 815

teach one s grandmother to suck eggs 815

teddy bear 816

Teddy boy 816

teflon 816

tell it/that to the marines 817

tell it not in Gath 817

tenderlion 818

Tess 818

ten commandments 818

thank one s (lucky)stars 819

thank-you-ma ma 819

That s the ticket 819

That s the way the ball bounces 820

Their name is legion 820

There is nothing like leather 821

There is nothing new under the sun 821

There s the rub 821

thirty pieces of silver 822

third degree 822

thirty-eighth parallel 823

thorn in the flesh 823

Thousand and One Nights 824

three sheets in /to the wind 824

through the looking-glass 824

through with one s star 825

throw down the gauntlet 825

throw dust in/into sb. s eyes 825

throw up/in the sponge 826

throw sb. a curve 826

throw the handkerchief to 826

thrust down sb. s throat 827

thumb a lift/ride 827

tie the knot 828

tied to sb. s apron strings 828

tight-fisted 829

tilt at windmills 829

Time is the great physicain 830

Time is money 830

Time is out of joint 830

Timon 831

Tin Pan Alley 831

Tinker to Evers to Chance 831

tip of the iceberg 832

tit for tat 832

Titanic 833

to be or not to be-that is the question 833

Titan 833

To err is human 834

to the bitter end 834

to the crack of the doom 834

to the four winds 835

to the manner born 835

to the top of one t bent 836

toe the line 836

Tom thumb 837

Tom，Dick and Harry 837

Tom and Jerry 837

Tom Tiddler s ground 838

Tommy Atkins 838

tongue in cheek 838

too far north 839

tooth and nail 839

Topsy 839

touch all bases 840

Tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping 840

touch and go 841

touch base 841

touch wood 841

tough act to follow 842

tower of Babel 842

tower of strength 843

triple threat 844

Treasure Island 844

trail one s coat 844

track record 844

Trojan horse 845

Trojan War 845

true as Ripon steel 846

true as Troilus 846

True blue will never stain 846

true lover s knots 847

tune the old cow died of 847

Tupman 847

turn a blind eye 848

turn a deaf ear 848

turn in one s spurs 849

turn one s face to the wall 849

turn over a new leaf 849

turn the tables 850

turn thumbs down 850

turn the other cheek 850

turn turtle 851

turncoat 851

tweedledum and tweedledee 852

twenty-one gun salute 852

two frogs 852

two pots 853

two wallets 853

Uncle Sam 854

U 854

ugly duckling 854

Uncle Tom 855

under sb. s thumb 856

under the aegis of sb. 856

under the counter 856

under the hammer 857

under the rose 857

under the umbrella of 858

under the weather 858

under the table 858

under-achiever 859

United Nations 859

university wits 859

up a gum-tree 860

up Salt River 860

up the creek 861

up the down staircase 861

up to the mark 862

up the spout 862

up the river 862

upon the housetops 863

upper crust 863

upper hand 864

upset the apple cart 864

upstage sb. 865

Utopia 865

Uzzah s hand 865

valley of the shadow of death 867

V 867

valley of Achor 867

Vanity Fair 868

veni，vidi，vici 868

Venus 868

Venus s flower basket 868

vent one s spleen 869

venture all in one bottom 869

very like a whale 869

Vine and the goat 870

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