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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