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English Idioms and other figures of speech

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Idioms 1: 10 Downing Street; 11 Downing Street; 110 proof; 11th commandment; 12-ounce curls; 15 minutes of fame; 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue; Appendix:English 19th Century idioms; 23 skidoo; 23 Skidoo Street; 3-on-the-tree; 800-pound gorilla; a bridge too far; a cold day in July; a day late and a dollar short; a good deal; a great deal; a hair's breadth; a hundred and ten percent; a life of its own; a little bird told me; a little bit of bread and no cheese; a little from column A, a little from column B; a notch above; a Roland for an Oliver; a short drop and a sudden stop; a week from next Tuesday; a week is a long time in politics; a wild goose never laid a tame egg; Abbot's Priory; about time; about to; about turn; above board; above one's bend; above par; above the curve; above the law; above the salt; above water; absence makes the heart grow fonder; abuse of distress; accident of birth; accident waiting to happen; according to; according to Cocker; according to Hoyle; ace in the hole; ace up one's sleeve; acknowledge the corn; acquired taste; across the board; act of Congress; act one's age; act out; act up; activist judge; activist justice; Adam Tiler; add fuel to the fire; add insult to injury; add oil; add up; addle pate; after all; after one's own heart; after the fact; after the Lord Mayor's show; against all odds; against the clock; against the collar; against the grain; against the run of play; against the world; age before beauty; agree to disagree; agreement in principle; aha moment; ahead of one's time; ahead of the curve; ahead of the game; air one's dirty laundry in public; air out; air rage; alarums and excursions; albatross around one's neck; albatross round one's neck; alive and kicking; all along; all and some; all and sundry; all at once; all bark and no bite; all bets are off; all dressed up and nowhere to go; all duck or no dinner; all ears; all eyes; all eyes and ears; all fur coat and no knickers; all good; all hat and no cattle; all hell breaks loose; all holiday; all hollow; all in a day's work; all it's cracked up to be; all kidding aside; all mouth and no trousers; all mouth and trousers; all one's eggs in one basket; all one's life's worth; all one's taste is in one's mouth; all out; all over; all over but the shouting; all over hell's half acre; all over oneself; all over the board; all over the map; all over the place; all over with; all rights reserved; all set; all sixes and nines; all sizzle and no steak; all talk and no cider; all that; all the marbles; all the rage; all the same; all the tea in China; all the way to Egery and back; all the while; all there; all things being equal; all things considered; all things to all people; all thumbs; all to smash; all told; all very well; all wet; all-a-mort; almighty dollar; along about; amateur hour; ambassador of Morocco; amber gambler; amber nectar; American Dream; an apple a day; an offer one can't refuse; anaconda mortgage; ancient history; and all; and all this; and be done with it; and change; and counting; and crap; and finally; and his mother; and how; and shit; and so forth; and so on; and the like; and then some; and whatnot; angel's advocate; angle for farthings; another day, another dollar; another nail in one's coffin; another string to one's bow; answer back; answer on a postcard; any more for any more; any nook or cranny; any old; any old nook or cranny; any old thing; any port in a storm; any time now; any time soon; any way one slices it; anybody who is anybody; anyone's guess; anything goes; ape leader; apothecary's Latin; apple of someone's eye; apples and oranges; apply oneself; apron string; apron-string hold; arch doxy; are you deaf; are your ears burning; arm and a leg; arm candy; arm to the teeth; arm up; arm's length; army volunteer; around Robin Hood's barn; around the clock; around the corner; around the Horn; arrive at; arse end of nowhere; arse over tip; arse over tit; arsy varsy; arsy versy; artful dodger; as a rule; as a whole; as all get-out; as best one can; as ever; as ever trod shoe-leather; as far as one knows; as I was saying; as if; as if there were no tomorrow; as in; as is; as it happens; as long as; as luck may have it; as luck would have it; as of; as of late; as often as not; as soon as; as the crow flies; as the day is long; as the next girl; as the next guy; as the wind blows; as well; as yet; as you know; as you sow, so shall you reap; ask after; ask around; ask for it; ask for the moon; ask my arse; ask out; ask round; asking for a friend; asleep at the switch; asphalt jungle; ass over teakettle; ass-backwards; assault and battery; assume the position; at a canter; at a glance; at a loss; at a loss for words; at a moment's notice; at a pinch; at a stand; at all; at all hours; at arm's length; at bay; at best; at bottom; at cross-purposes; at death's door; at each other's throats; at first; at first blush; at full tilt; at heart; at home; at large; at last; at latter Lammas; at long last; at loose ends; at odds; at once; at one's fingertips; at pains; at peace; at peace with; at places; at rest; at sea; at sixes and sevens; at someone's disposal; at stake; at that; at the best of times; at the coal face; at the disposal of; at the drop of a hat; at the end of one's rope; at the end of one's tether; at the end of the day; at the feet of; at the helm; at the high port; at the mercy of; at the ready; at the receiving end; at the top of one's voice; at the top of one's lungs; at the very least; at the wheel; at this point in time; at times; at variance; at will; at work; atomic cocktail; atta girl; attaboy; attagal; attagirl; attention whore; Attic salt; auld lang syne; autem cackler; autem dipper; autem diver; autem mort; autumn romance; avant la lettre; average bear; average joe; average up; away game; away with the fairies; aye aye, sir; babe in arms; babe in the woods; babe magnet; baby elephant in the room; baby up; babysitter test; back at you; back burner; back down; back forty; back gammon player; back in; back in the day; back in the game; back into; back of one's hand; back off; back office; back to square one; back to the drawing board; back to the wall; back up; back-burner; back-cloth star; back-of-the-envelope; back-to-back-to-back; backhanded compliment; backpedal; backwater; bacon-faced; bacon-fed; bad actor; bad apple; bad blood; bad company; bad egg; bad hair day; bad iron; bad joke; bad news; bad old days; bad penny; bad taste in one's mouth; bad word; badge bunny; bag and baggage; bag of bones; bag of tricks; bag of weasels; bag of wind; bail out; bake up; baker's dozen; baker's half dozen; balance out; balance the books; balancing act; bale up; ball hog; ball of fire; ball-breaker; balloon goes up; balloon knot; ballpark estimate; ballpark figure; balls to the wall; balls-out; balls-up; balum rancum; banana nose; banana republic; Banbury story of a cock and a bull; band together; bandwagon fan; bane of one's existence; bang away; bang for the buck; bang on; bang out; bang straw; bang to rights; bang up; bank night; bank up; bankbook; banker's dozen; bankers' hours; bankrupt cart; banyan day; baptism by fire; bar none; bar off; bar sinister; bar star; bar up; barber's sign; bare one's soul; bargain basement; barge in; bark up the wrong tree; barn find; barnburner; barrel of laughs; barrel of monkeys; base over apex; basement battler; bash the bishop; basket house; bass-ackwards; bastardly gullion; bat a thousand; bat an eyelid; bat five hundred; bat for the other team; bat one's eyes; bat the breeze; bathtub gin; batten down the hatches; bawl out; be a hundred years too early; be a man; be all ears; be around; be glad to see the back of; be in and out; be in for; be in luck; be it as it may; be left holding the baby; be mother; be my guest; be on to; be one's own worst enemy; be oneself; be still my heart; be taken ill; be that as it may; be there; be up to; be-all and end-all; bean counter; bean queen; bear a hand; bear fruit; bear in mind; bear oneself; bear the brunt; bear up; bear with; beard the lion in his den; beast with two backs; beat a dead horse; beat around the bush; beat as one; beat Banaghan; beat feet; beat it; beat off; beat one's swords into plowshares

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