A 1
a backseat driver 1
a big nose 2
a brown nose 3
a ghostwriter 4
a good question 5
a green hand 6
a nice/pretty/fine kettle of fish 7
a piece of cake 8
a poor apology 9
a small fortune 10
a stuffed shirt 11
all found 12
all wet 13
another day,another dollar 14
any old 15
April weather 16
as a rule of thumb 17
B 18
bark at the wrong tree 18
be a bear 19
be a steal 20
be all at sea 21
be another pair of shoes 22
be dead to the world 23
be dressed to kill 24
be expecting 25
be fit to be tied 26
be from Missouri 27
be just the ticket 28
be music to one's ear 29
be on one's toes 30
be one's meat and drink 31
be out of this world 32
be shot 33
be wet behind the ears 34
below the belt 35
best man 36
big potato 37
break a 38
break one's camera 39
bring down the house 40
butter up 41
buy the farm 42
C 44
calling card 44
catch sb doing sth 45
cheap 46
chew the fat 47
chicken feed 48
come out smelling like a rose 49
cry in one's beer 50
cut the mustard 50
D 52
do a land-office business 52
do lunch 53
double date 54
double Dutch 55
drama queen 56
drop the ball 57
E 59
every Tom,Dick and Harry 59
excuse one's French 60
F 62
famous last words 62
fat chance 63
feel great chemistry 64
feel like a million dollars 65
feel no pains 66
fly one's kite 67
for a song 68
for all the tea in China 69
for crying out lound 70
for one's money 71
for the birds 72
from A to Z 73
full of beans 74
G 75
game time 75
get a kick out of 76
get back to the salt mines 77
get on board 78
get one's feet wet 79
get one's goat 80
get out of the wrong side 81
get somewhere 82
get stood up 83
get the cheese 84
get the picture 85
get the pink slip 86
get the wind up 87
get warmer 88
give me five 89
give sb a break 90
give sb a piece of mind 91
give sb some skin 92
give sb the boot 93
give sb the dose of his/her own medicine 94
give sb the time of day 95
go climb a tree 96
go south 97
go to town 98
H 100
hand it to sb 100
have a bee in one's bonnet 101
have a cow 102
have one's name on 103
have a ball 104
have a beef with 105
have a big drag with 105
have a bone to pick with 106
have a crush on 107
have a head 108
have a weakness for 109
have one's ear 110
have one's number 111
have words with 112
have the last word 113
hearts and flowers 114
here's mud in your eye 115
hit the spot 116
hold a candle to 117
hold the baby alone 118
hold the bag 119
horse sense 120
how goes the enemy 121
I 123
I don't know about that 123
in bad shape 124
in the cards 125
in the red 126
in the wilderness 127
it takes one to know one 128
I'll bite 129
J 131
join the club 131
jump ship 132
K 133
keep all one's fingers crossed 133
keep one's head above water 134
keep one's shirt on 135
kick sb upstairs 136
kiss and tell 137
knock on wood 138
know a thing or two 139
know sth cold 140
know where sb come from 141
L 142
lay an egg 142
let the cat out of the bag 143
live on easy street 144
live out of a suitcase 145
look a gift horse in the mouth 146
lose one's head 147
love handles 148
M 150
make a killing 150
mend fences with 151
miss one's calling 152
mop up the floor with sb 153
mum is the word 154
N 155
no flies on sb 155
no sweat 156
O 158
on the high horse 158
on the house 159
on the rocks 160
on one's coattails 161
one's cup of tea 162
one's goose be cooked 163
one's hands be tied 163
one's ship comes in 164
P 166
paint the town red 166
pass the hat 167
play to the gallery 168
pop the question 169
pull one's socks up 170
push one's button 171
put a bug in one's ear 172
put sb out 173
R 174
rabbit food 174
reinvent the wheel 175
ring a bell 176
run a tight ship 177
S 178
say a mouthful 178
say uncle 179
say when 180
search me 181
see the elephant 182
see the handwriting on the Wall 183
shake a 184
show sb the ropes 184
sing the blues 185
sit pretty 186
sleep on 187
something to write home about 188
spread oneself too thin 189
steal one's thunder 190
stick to one's guns 191
T 193
take a bath 193
take a leaf out of one's book 194
take a number 195
take a rain check 196
take it personally 197
take one's fingers out 198
take the medicine 199
talk turkey 200
the bad news 201
the last straw 202
the name of the game 203
think better of 204
through the grapevine 205
throw in the sponge 206
throw the book at sb 207
tie the knot 207
two can play that game 208
U 210
ugly customer 210
under the weather 211
up in Annie's room behind the clock 212
W 213
wear the pants in the family 213
wear two hats 214
wet one's whistle 215
what's cooking 216
what's the score 217
where is the beef 218
where is your cap 219
where's the fire 220
will a duck swim 221
with a grain of salt 222
with bells on 223
Y 225
you are the doctor 225
you are the man 226
your call 227
your guess is as good as mine 228
you've got another think coming 229