English Idioms & Phrases Dictionary

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• Daniel judgment phrase refers makes wise previously proven
• Late day dollar job short good offered part-time
• Dead letter longer idiom refers issue law matter
• Shot arm idiom means boost encouragement cheering real
• Breeze means easy smoothly interview scarcely minutes i
• Bull cow idiom means row argument screaming
• Bun oven idiom woman pregnant baby due months
• Blow i crazy knew she’d
• Bunch give fives hit hard hand closed idiom
• Burnt child dreads fire means avoids repeating hurting
• Cat king phrase means inferior form totally restricted
• Charmed life phrase refers guaranteed good fortune invulnerability
• Cinch idiom refers easy success exam
• Complete shambles idiom refers scene disorder ruin mess
• Concrete overcoat jocular reference form coffin alluding body
• Conflict interest idiom refers situation make fair decision
• Countenance sorrow anger phrase refers person thing viewed
• Curate’s egg idiom refers bad called good politeness
• Cut higher quality watches store
• Damp squib expression refers event people exciting disappointing
• Backlog work idiom refers holiday i returned
• Bad break expression refers misfortune lost job needed
• Baker’s dozen expression means thirteen i candies
• Bed roses expression refers easy option effortless happy
• Big expression means favour difficult time consuming inconvenient
• Bigger bang buck idiom means receive money clothes
• Worth bird hand bush means happy car
• Day black terrible happened person lifetime
• Blank cheque give authorize difficult situation diana told
• Blessing disguise refers unpleasant turns advantages missing train
• Blot landscape phrase refers spoils view ruins previously
• Dicey situation potentially risky dangerous called police officer
• Kettle fish describe person thing situation means completely
• Dime dozen idiom refers common stamps
• Doddle task activity easy perform test problem
• Dog pony show marketing event presentation plenty style
• Dog’s breakfast describe means complete mess employee made
• Dog’s life people expression complaining situation job find
• Deal refers agreement decision reached matter i options
• Drowning man clutch straw refers desperate measures order
• Dry run dummy organise rehearsal trial exercise practice
• Dust idiom means fight place
• Fast buck quick idiom means earn money quickly
• Fate worse death idiom refers experience unpleasant you’re
• Irons fire involved projects time sole business i’ve
• Fighting chance idiom refers good possibility succeeding hard
• Finger pie involved activities talk steve recreational town
• Flash pan refer somebody’s success repeated team’s victory
• Flea one’s ear attempt angrily reprimanded humiliated cheater
• Flight fancy plan refer idea means imaginative practical
• Fly ointment refers prevents situation completely satisfactory cousin’s
• Fly wall person watches situation noticed called i
• Fool money parted idiom means foolish person lose
• Fool’s errand useless unnecessary chance success dentist’s isolated
• Foot door means small successful start possibly future
• Effort expression refers giving recognition hard successful deserves
• I blast idiom means good time enjoyed holiday
• Foregone conclusion phrase refers decision made evidence it’s
• Game changer idiom refers idea procedure event significantly
• Game plan expression means strategy worked advance i
• Concern business activity dynamic successful years ago opened
• Golden key open door idiom means money telling
• Good day’s work day professionally speaking finished project
• Tough nut hard crack idiom refers person thing
• Head start i’ve advantage enables make progress quickly
• Heavy cross bear idiom refers unpleasant painful situation
• Highly coloured report expression refer exaggerated biased view
• House divided stand expression means failure side argue
• House cards expression refers easily broken crumble police
• Kickback term refers money paid illegally favourable treatment
• Knight shining armour idiom refers person aid hopes
• Knock-back idiom refers reversal fortune disappointment failure real
• Knuckle sandwich phrase refers punch mouth you’ll
• La carte phrase literally means menu dish separately
• La mode phrase means fashionable usa dessert served
• Laugh minute idiom describe funny i hanging she’s
• Leap faith idiom refers act believing easily believed
• Legend one’s lifetime phrase refers living person considerable
• Change leopard can’t cheater spots idiom means innate
• Lick promise i give make quick attempt clean
• Work life’s idiom means entire principal activity person’s
• Story expression she’d found document abandoned house that’s
• Told bird expression means undisclosed source i
• Stumbling block problem obstacle prevents achieving english language
• Learning dangerous knowledge thing means people don’t understand
• Load cobblers codswallop idiom means nonsense
• I long haul idiom refers takes lot time
• Lot stake risky situation won lost i nervous
• Lot i somebody’s plate idiom means things time
• Man heart expression means kindred spirit thinks finally
• Man action idiom refers person energetic activity organisation
• Matter time only/just before/until happen inevitably place regulations
• Wave mexican phrase refers effect formed crowds stadia
• Mile minute idiom means quickly it’s hard understand
• Mind time capable forming opinion making decisions influenced
• Ministering angel sister minister means serve act subordinate
• Miss good means mile endeavours succeed don’t missing
• Month sundays expression amusing referring long period time
• Movable feast day idiom refers falls week year
• Narrow barely escape idiom refers situation danger problems
• Evil don’t understand exist accepted vaccination travel brazil
• Nest egg money reserve put future i sale
• Nest vipers i idiom refers group iniquitous people
• Nod good wink phrase refers passing signals convey
• Norange idiom confusion typing displacement letter term orange
• Notch poem a above something
• Pat answer simplified response memorized prepared advance called
• Paying guest phrase refers lodger takes make extra
• Penny thoughts phrase thinking brian
• Penny saved earned expression means money save today
• Perfect storm idiom means worst situation difficulty
• Picture worth thousand words expression means give information
• Piece pie idiom means share money profits invest
• Pig poke idiom refers commodity bought examining laptop
• Place phrase advisory nature talks things stacked neatly
• Place sun find i reach position wealth happiness
• Plague houses idiom refers frustrated curse sides argument
• Plum speaks mouth upper-class accent aristocrat
• Plum job desirable position well-paid considered easy called
• Pocket resistance small group people resist change disagree
• Political football idiom refers issue subject continuous argument
• Priori idiom means relating argument suggests probable effects
• Quick learner learn skill task quickly weeks process
• Red flag signal working properly correctly noise factory
• Red rag bull expression means deliberate provocation telling
• Riddle wrapped enigma idiom means puzzle difficult solve
• Rip-off means costs twenty dollars coffee that’s
• Roaring trade business successful dentists days
• Rolling stone gathers moss means difficult wanderer flourish
• Rose smell sweet idiom means matters called bmw
• Rude awakening forced accept unpleasant truth reality thought
• Rum idiom refers strange situation event
• Running battle people groups argue disagree long period
• Sacred cow idiom refers people question taboo subject
• Safe pair hands idiom refers reliable person trusted
• Safety net idiom refers backup case potential problems
• Sea change means radical obama bush
• Sharp cookie easily fooled deceived can’t fool father
• Shot dark refer question statement means complete guess
• Shouting debate match argument people shout loudly called
• Show stopper literally stop reason good bad paused
• Shrinking violet person referred timid shy young lady
• Sight sore eyes expression refers person thing happy
• Sign times expression refers shows nature today’s society
• Sitting duck easy dusk target person deceive man
• Skeleton closet cupboard idiom refers secret possibly ruinous
• Slap wrist receive mild punishment reprimanded i
• Sledgehammer crack nut means disproportionate force solve problem
• Sleeping business partner term refers person invests taking
• Slip tongue small spoken error mistake i meant
• Smokescreen activities action tactic intended conceal divert attention
• Smoking gun piece evidence indisputable sign someone’s guilt
• Snake grass pretends friend betraying turned
• Snap decision quick based impulse taking time weigh
• Sneak preview special viewing film art production select
• Snowball effect expression means events momentum build stop
• Chance snowball’s hell expression means won’t succeed
• Social butterfly person lot friends acquaintances likes flit
• Sight idiom refer sadly neglected person thing untidy
• Square peg round hole job person means suitable
• Stitch time saves idiom means it’s fix problem
• Stone’s throw short distance local shop
• Stool pigeon i person acts informer information police
• Storm i brewing atmosphere trouble outbursts anger emotion
• Tall poppy idiom refers privileged distinguished person invited
• Taste medicine give treat unpleasant treated i didn’t
• Line thin thin/fine feelings situations point difficult distinguish
• Beauty thing joy forever idiom means experience blissful
• Thorn flesh idiom refers persistent difficulty annoyance week
• Tinker’s damn phrase refers insignificant worthless i wouldn’t
• Tissue lies idiom refers story invented order deceive
• Toss idiom refer flip coin decide result courses
• Complete total shambles idiom refers state confusion bad
• Trip sun idiom refers job usa
• Trouble shared halved idiom means intensity issue lowered
• Turn books idiom refers unexpected piece good fortune
• Voice crying wilderness idiom refers accepted stories interesting
• Watched pot boils idiom means wait happen takes
• Well-oiled machine idioms refers workplace means group things
• Wet blanket refer means spoil people’s fun make
• Raft idiom refers large collection students protested measures
• Word shell-like phrase means talk hey john
• Work art idiom refers painting sculpture poem piece
• Work fiction expression refers fictional account thought story
• A1 lloyd’s phrase means highest quality day english
• Hope ye enter abandon phrase supposed inscription entrance
• Abbreviated piece slang expression refers considered insignificant worthless
• Abide idiom represents plea god present one’s life
• Time it’s idiom means high hurry game start
• Turn policy face term refers complete change opinion
• Afraid shadow easily one’s person his/her nervous frightened
• Call duty person show greater degree courage effort
• Board situation business person open honest legal aren’t
• Abracadabra exclamation conjurers performing tricks rabbit appeared
• Grow absence makes heart i fonder means feelings
• Absent leave idiom means permission steve today
• Abso-bloody-lutely emphatic version absolutely i party
• Accident waiting happen term refers potentially disastrous situation
• Accidentally i purpose intentionally pretend accident accidentally-on-purpose erased
• Accidents happen idiom means things wrong efforts don’t
• Accord hoyle phrase means highest authority strict set
• Means account idiom provide explanation responsible assign responsibility
• Ace test obtain high score excellent result exam
• Ace hole poker term means advantage resource hidden
• Achilles heel expression refers vulnerable area weak spot
• Acid test refer means prove effective training interesting
• Acquired taste dislike begin times maria loved potatoes
• Acronyms formed words initial letters quango quasi non-governmental
• Board idiom means equal applying big bonuses
• Act god term refers natural event accident person
• Giddy act goat idiom means behave foolishly adrian
• Act age idiom means behave manner stage life
• Actions speak louder words means people’s intentions judged
• Adam’s i ale reference water emphasize purity compared
• Fuel flames add fire makes difficult situation worse
• Insult injury add means make bad situation worse
• Cute bug’s ear simile means kitten
• Blood someone’s desire catch order hurt punish lied
• Fact it’s late happened crime accident realized put
• Watershed countries time limit tv programmes shown include
• Aftermath idiom refers period time bad happened countries
• Aga good saga idiom refers story lives people
• One’s judgment feel thing mark persuaded car regretted
• Clock rushed time i’m working presentation ready tuesday
• Age older beauty phrase means people precedence younger
• Agog idiom means great excitement interest waiting actress
• Agree disagree idiom means set irreconcilable difference order
• Ahead pack game person organization pack/game successful rivals
• Ahead time early set spare finish project we’ll
• Aid abet idiom means illegal wrong accused aiding
• Aide-memoire idiom means aid memory
• Ain’t rodeo idiom experience situation don’t show
• Air kiss idiom refers act greeting farewell making
• Air dirty laundry one’s idiom means make public
• Air quotes idiom refers gesture raised pairs fingers
• Al eating desko means one’s lunch working time
• Al fresco means open air lunch terrace
• Alarm bells ring didn’t start set ringing makes
• Alive kicking expression means lively active don’t worry
• Existed time beginning car keys realized pocket
• Sundry expression means people collectively individually i don’t
• Sea means confused disordered state panicked interview
• Bark bite idiom means lots engage fight there’s
• Brawn brain he’s physically strong intelligent incredible player
• Clear allowed check-up make dad he’s play football
• Downhill easy achieve difficulties encountered hardest part mission
• Ears means listening attentively it’s obvious i i’m
• Fingers thumbs clumsy things incorrectly mind wrapping gift
• Good things end means deemed nice we’ve broken
• Greek means incomprehensible speak steve machine isn’t puzzling
• Hands lot work deck there’s short amount time
• Hell broke loose sudden angry noisy reaction manager
• Hell loose breaks situation suddenly noisy violent lot
• Day’s work expression means typical normal set circumstances
• Expression means considered quarrels happy
• Boat idiom refers situation facing challenges company merge
• Head real imagination don’t silly steal it’s
• Kidding worse people realize speaking joking things company
• Mouth she’s trousers talks lot mary resign
• Sudden phrase means suddenly left
• Present correct phrase refers accounted start meeting
• Roads lead rome idiom means achieve route
• Set means ready holiday all
• Singing dancing expression refers full verve vivacity liveliness
• Sizzle steak turns disappointing promotional campaign marketing strategy
• Skin bone thin trekking himalayas brian
• Geese somebody’s swans expression refers constantly exaggerates importance
• Systems ready activity event begin she’s office mobile
• Jazz expression means stuff similar things kind let’s
• Expression polite end letter email we’d year
• Benefit feel result i’m you’ll good night’s rest
• Rage popular trendy sending facebook messages days individuals
• Idiom refers fully euphemism full sexual activity parents
• Things equal expression refers probable situation ways conditions
• Things pass idiom means lasts make
• Things good people satisfy monica exhausted wife mother
• Tie thumbs means clumsy physically inept can’t bow
• Cock means ruined shambolic pizza recipe
• Invitation join communal singing louder let’s sing latest
• Told means final number counted visitors exhibition
• Expression means hope left somebody/something it’s finding customer
• Eat restaurant advertising slogan price i let’s
• Eggs basket depend plan source income i advise
• Alley cat refer lives wild town prostitute spends
• Alma mater idiom refers college school attended offered
• Alpha omega expression refers beginning end i learn
• Alpha mom expression refers ambitious mother aims excel
• Alphabet soup refers jumble words letters referring organisations
• Also-ran term refers unsuccessful competitor performance poorer winner’s
• Alter ego term latin means refers close trusted
• Amber i nectar slang term lager end day
• Ambulance chaser lawyer finds work persuading people injured
• Amped expression refers excited ready action big day
• Accomplished fact completed affected intervene change called refused
• Albatross neck one’s idiom refers burden unfortunate person
• Elephant room problem discuss obvious called project unsatisfactory
• Embarrassment riches difficult make choice hosts presented reception
• Ill wind idiom refers misfortune flood families lost
• Iron fist velvet hand glove expression describe appearance
• Oxford scholar idiom means dollar
• Ugly duckling idiom refers young person turns beautiful
• Uphill task idiom refers difficult lot effort determination
• Anchors aweigh phrase preparation underway ship let’s sail
• Young angry man phrase refers satisfied people authority
• Ankle biter slang term small child she’s pregnant
• Annus horribilis idiom means horrible year
• String bow skill action fails taking considerations qualifications
• Coming greatly mistaken expression person they’re wrong changing
• Answer accept responsibility actions dishonesty
• Call answer nature nature’s person toilet i middle
• Ants pants one’s people restless excited i relax
• Port storm choice refers solution accept normal circumstances
• Anyone’s call expression result contest election difficult predict
• Apple discord idiom refers trouble unhappiness host olympic
• Apple polisher idiom denotes person favours authority flattery
• Apple-pie order organized perfect made room parents arrived
• Apples pears slang means stairs hasn’t made years
• Approaching finish line expression means close end we’re
• April fool trick idiom refers victim played 1st
• Argue toss choice dispute decision made final days
• Argy-bargy idiom refers loud argument disagreement bit
• Arm idiom means closely allied
• Arm law expression refers extent authority power extends
• Armchair critic advice based theory practice girl life
• Armchair books traveller reads watches tv programs places
• Armed teeth idiom means heavily formidably deadly weapons
• Arms akimbo phrase refers stance hands hips elbows
• Open clock means hours day store
• Arrive body means unity group university noisy students
• Ars longa vita brevis phrase means art lasts
• I arty-farty idiom refers hard make people admire
• Resort means thing desperate courses action failed i
• American apple pie idiom typical america baseball
• Idiom refers discussion supposed heard told bored
• Bald coot idiom refers person totally chemo therapy
• Black newgate’s knocker simile means completely i don’t
• Black skillet expression describe dirty dirt clothes end
• Black coal expression means dark colour i can’t
• Blind bat vision poor unable glasses grandmother
• Brave lion expression means guy he’s
• Bright button intelligent pleasant person daughter
• It’s broad long expression means real difference alternative
• Busy bee active mother christmas time
• Busy one-armed paperhanger simile means frenetically days
• Calm toad sun idiom means situation unnerving secret
• Calm silent sea expression means extraordinary disturb i
• Clear crystal daylight statement expression easy understand obvious
• Close oyster told i dumb reveal confidence betray
• Cold ice hours hand as
• Cold stone simile means what’s matter
• Cool cucumber person anxious relaxed non-emotional mother stayed
• Daft brush simile means stupid foolish meeting boring
• Dark pitch extremely dark/black eyes
• Dead mutton person animal squirrel
• Deaf poker dead completely grandfather
• Night day people things sisters
• Drunk lord extremely i met
• Dry dust expression refer dull uninteresting speech
• Dumb fish stupid speechless maria
• Dumb oyster reveal told confidence betray secret i
• Easy abc test as is
• Easy pie difficult exam as
• Fair rose sincere trust she’s
• Fast hare person animal extremely i’ve bet dog
• Fast greased lightning simile means car moved lighting
• Fine frog’s hair simile means extremely delicate slender
• Fit butcher’s dog simile means i boy
• Fit fiddle person excellent state health physical condition
• Flat pancake completely garden as
• Free i bird completely i’ve happy retired
• Fresh daisy lively attractive clean i met girl
• Full tick eaten drunk girl ate
• Gentle i lamb pleasant caring calm time problem
• Good gold child obedient well-behaved
• Good luck fortunate chance promotion
• Graceful swan expression refer woman jane
• Happy lark connotation carefree unaware grimmer realities i’m
• Happy sandboy simile means content time chalet
• High kite expression sky drugs excitement ecstatic won
• Honest day long idiom describe trustworthy i’ve paul
• Hungry wolf let’s grab eat i’m
• Manner born phrase means naturally ease job situation
• Keen mustard eager enthusiastic motivated join department he’s
• Light feather extremely suitcase felt
• Loyal apostle extremely wife as
• Mad march hare completely irrational careful speak he’s
• Merry cricket carefree lively full fun child that’s
• Neat pin place tidy clean apartment
• Nice place ninepence idiom refers organized i surprised
• Nice pie person surprisingly kind friendly argue
• Nutty fruitcake insane crazy shouldn’t listen woman she’s
• Obstinate mule expression refers person extremely reluctant unwilling
• Methuselah simile means poor man
• Hills means expression exaggerated statements technology
• Pleased punch proud delighted feels satisfied winning championship
• Poor church mouse utterly let’s child he’s
• Pretty picture attractive appealing appearance looked suit
• Pure driven snow simile means water
• Queer bob note simile means odd unusual homosexual
• Quick thought quickly finished homework
• Red lobster sauna as if
• Regular clock expression means late time county trains
• Rain excellent health condition i called grandparents thinking
• Safe houses simile means completely secure bank
• Sharp tack person quickly learn fast don’t explain
• Sharp thorn object careful knife it’s
• Silent grave extremely enormous room
• Silly sheep means easily tricked succeed she’s
• Simple idiom refers extremely easy understand employee undergo
• Slippery eel means difficult catch manage avoid answering
• Sly fox cunning clever deceiving tricking people saleswoman
• Smooth grass shaved face as
• Snug bug rug humorous warm comfortable i home
• Sober judge drunk night as
• Soft silk expression means baby’s bottom skin
• Stiff poker straight rigid inflexible stood called
• Straight die simile means extremely completely honest road
• Strong horse ox lion expression describe means concerned
• Death taxes happen firm bankrupt year it’s
• Sweet honey sugar and/or charming words convince
• Crow flies expression refers distance measured straight line
• Thick thieves people means close friends loyal takes
• Thick short planks simile means exceedingly stupid cousin
• Time expression refers passing i interested german
• Tough boots meat hard cut difficult chew steak
• Ugly sin expression refer people things considered unattractive
• Chocolate teapot practical village roads car
• Warm toast expression means comfortably cozily weather cold
• Weak i water easily influenced wouldn’t trust
• Flowers means as welcome in
• White ghost person pale frightened marry gun
• White sheet expression state great fear anxiety what’s
• White snow simile means pure dress
• Wise owl referring person means count advice he’s
• Ashes dust expression reflects notion return i’m loss
• Silly question you’ll answer expression literal meaning aren’t
• Moon idiom means hoping permanent peace area it’s
• Trouble behaving stupidly problems driving fast highway
• Asleep switch idiom means alert opportunity security guard
• Asleep wheel sufficiently attentive critical moment vigilance required
• I loss person don’t situation kissing man
• Low ebb person organisation strong successful usual local
• Pinch means absolutely big hall seat people
• Snail’s moves pace slowly man moving pavement
• Costs determined obtain achieve expense effort sacrifice involved
• Bottom idiom refers core object crux matter honest
• Close quarters person thing watch helicopter
• Cross talking purposes people misunderstanding house i home
• Daggers drawn idiom refers parties ready fight high-schools
• Death’s door ill expression describe close death friends
• Other’s throats people fighting arguing candidates presidential election
• Hand experience directly intermediary football match watching television
• Full tilt idiom means top speed maximum energy
• Loggerheads person organisation strongly disagree i neighbours decision
• Odds person disagree she’s father purchase smartphone
• Sixes sevens state complete confusion completely disorganized proper
• Beck someone’s call person ready obey orders instantly
• Bottom ladder occupies lowest basic position hired entry
• Drop hat immediately hesitation i’m ready
• Eleventh hour late moment i finished project
• End rope somebody’s idiom means patience strength i’m
• End day idiom means consideration i responsible life
• Helm idiom means control charge man company
• Talking length time amount money highest estimate largest
• Top agenda discuss idiom refers prioritized important thing
• Top shout i lungs loudly possibly moment utterly
• Touch button easily technology security team alerted
• Late stage game idiom means point there’s i
• Stage game expression refers current point reached process
• I limit restriction day rich travel world
• Wits end worried situation made
• Augur idiom means foreshadow successful outcome circumstance event
• Auld lang syne idiom means long-since long-ago happened
• Automatic i pilot thinking pay attention regularly worried
• Avant-garde phrase refers artists work ahead times exhibition
• Avowed intent makes public declaration objective goal government
• Fairies dreamy state totally touch reality give impression
• Baby blues expression refers depression caused mothers childbirth
• Baby boomer idiom refers person born temporary peak
• Baby brain idiom refers confusion forgetfulness caused lack
• Baby bump expression refers protruding belly pregnant woman
• Baby father idiom refers infant married exclusive relationship
• Baby snatcher idiom refers enters amorous relationship younger
• Wrong i back bet horse loser contest match
• Back wall idiom means tough situation limited options
• Back shape exercise order fit healthy brian decided
• Back isolated place located town hours find maria’s
• Back net goal idiom score great
• Back feet illness accident physically healthy grandfather bad
• Back field idiom means place bet horses race
• Back basics approach traditional ideas methods successful past
• Back square means succeeded start plans turned officer
• Back drawing board idiom attempt fails it’s time
• Back salt mines humorous talking returning work reluctance
• Back wall difficulty options businesswoman accept deal
• Backhanded compliment remark appears express admiration interpreted insult
• Back-of-the-envelope calculation expression refers quick approximate informally back
• Back-room boys work term refers people important contact
• Backseat driver passenger car unwanted advice called i
• Backstairs influence idiom refers secret improper job
• Backward coming forward idiom means shy reluctant opinion
• Bad apple idiom refer person troublemaker criminal he’s
• Bad blood idiom refers feeling hate people arguments
• Bad egg untrustworthy person involved trouble company avoided
• Hair bad day originating humorous comment one’s unmanageable
• Bad mouth idiom means criticize back hire people
• Badger persistently nag pester obtain i badgered parents
• Death badger idiom means pester nag relentlessly i’ve
• Bag baggage expression literally means one’s belongings landlord
• Bag lady expression refers homeless woman carries possessions
• Bag bones means extremely thin home university
• Bag tricks clever methods order succeed let’s call
• Bait switch term refers deceptive commercial practice advertising
• Balancing act perform satisfy people groups happy women
• Ball chain term refers burden problem ties prevents
• Ballpark figure give approximate number rough estimate cost
• Banana country republic idiom refers small poor weak
• Bandit territory geographical area law enforcement practically impossible
• Bandy words idiom means argue persistently i haven’t
• Bane life means problems unhappiness computer breaking it’s
• Head bang wall phrase means repeatedly unable change
• Bang idiom literally means exact correct proper documentary
• Head brick bang wall knock continue vainly achieve
• Banker’s hours idiom refers work day begins late
• Baptism fire idiom refers ordeal martyrdom recently soldier’s
• Bar fly spends lot time drinking pubs you’ll
• Bare soul heart reveal innermost thoughts feelings maria
• Barefaced liar lies easily total lack shame stole
• Bargain hunting spend time shops items buy lowest
• Wrong tree barking i bark person thing beliefs
• Barking mad idiom means insane intensely neighbour
• Barnet fair slang hair i don’t hairdresser cut
• Barrel laughs funny entertaining let’s invite party she’s
• Basket case person agitated mental state leaves helpless
• Thousand bat idiom means successful batting online business
• Bat eye eyelash eyelid idiom means show shock
• Pavilion bat end slang term homosexuality found batting
• Bated breath wait anxious excited imminent event waited
• Bats belfry eccentric crazy craziest ideas she’s
• Batten hatches prepare trouble forthcoming difficult period ship
• Battle lines drawn expression opposing groups ready defend
• Woods idiom means longer danger difficulty years struggle
• Battle wills conflict argument struggle sides determined win
• Battle royal idiom refers general mayhem free-for-all fight
• Blood bay idiom means hurt punished crowd baying
• World important precious husband to
• Sport generous and/or sportsmanlike ball garden throw back
• Afraid expression warning dangerous imminent reality comic intent
• Black white expression means consideration oversimplify judge good
• Colourless expression describe lacks personality boring i don’t
• Enthralled idiom means captivated held spellbound pleasing qualities
• Glad back idiom means happy longer deal annoying
• Fog great confusion anne in
• Stew worried agitated adrian return investment
• Stitherum excited agitated confused citizens resignation
• Bed means work person organisation involved distrust accused
• Stitches people laughing lot joke funny
• Lap gods phrase means one’s control power recovery
• Limelight i public eye means people care personal
• Soup i idiom means trouble experiencing difficulties crashed
• Good lucky thing happen check engine
• Lovey-dovey idiom refers expressing love public constantly kissing
• Murder difficult uncomfortable journey home poor country
• Guest expression give permission you’d smartphone
• Slouch idiom means hardworking enthusiastic and/or skillful he’s
• Man beast phrase means completely useless serve purpose
• Collision expression refers things disagreement fight united states
• Knees brought bring country organisation weak situation civil
• Ball aware happening deal things quickly intelligently head
• Spot backpack match outfit colour
• Star-studded means kinds starts movie tv music entertainment
• Beating heart idiom expression excitement object one’s romantic
• Expression means speaker true change situation fewer people
• Bee’s knees thinks high opinion darius he’s job
• Sheets wind idiom means drunk margret time i
• Mark idiom means good latest project isn’t
• Beach bum idiom refers youngster spends time hanging
• Be-all end-all means matters essential good kindergartens educating
• Bean counter disparaging term accountant compiles statistics bank
• Bear fruit produces positive successful results years hard
• Bear mind person asks remember important cost living
• Bear brunt person suffers bad unpleasant things wrong
• Beard lion den visit important place work order
• Beast backs idiom refers partners engaged sexual intercourse
• Dead horse beating beat flog means wasting time
• Daylights beat knock living person hit hard repeatedly
• Retreat beat hasty runs back hurriedly avoid dangerous
• Beats brains one’s hard understand solve problem grandfather
• Beat draw react quickly manage carrie determined arrive
• Beat swords ploughshares idiom means turn peaceful pursuits
• Beat clock idiom means quickly run time i
• Beat heat idiom refers finding stay cool hot
• Beauty contest parade idiom refers political result influenced
• Bedroom tax slang term uk’s removal spare room
• Beef reef idiom refers type cuisine combines meat
• Beef improve making stronger substantial you’d arguments job
• Wars person thing show signs rough treatment injury
• Attitude expression speaker familiar situation mentioned refer reflects
• Beer life skittles shorthand indulgence spent pub day
• Beer goggles idiom means sexually attracted wouldn’t find
• Beet red expression describe dark colour face speech
• Beetle-browed phrase refers furrowed prominent brow worried expression
• Jack robinson idiom means suddenly i
• Ink change dry people reach agreement minds immediately
• Takes place suddenly don’t time aware doorbell rang
• Eyes front attempting hide child rubbish threw garden
• Beg differ expression means politely refuse i taste
• Beg borrow i steal phrase means smartphone
• Beggar belief description idiom means impossible describe murderer’s
• Beggars can’t choosers expression means reject offer possibility
• Bars prison hanging gang you’ll find
• Closed doors takes place privately observers intruders problem
• Ball idiom refers difficult position escape pressure credits
• Scenes idiom means sight public theatre organization secretly
• Times person old-fashioned ideas modern life general jennifer
• Bell cat expression means dangerous job join army
• Bell book candle phrase final line incantation denoting
• Belle ball expression refers attractive woman party similar
• Bells whistles means lots cool features cost arm
• Laugh belly i expression means uncontrollably talking cousin
• Belt action remark considered unfair cruel politicians personal
• Salt phrase means common lowly woman
• Belt braces idiom means careful taking double measures
• Bend backwards hard general manager bent make james
• Rules bend person change order i time
• Bend truth true bent bit told natural hair
• Benefit give doubt choose person innocent honest telling
• Point relate topic irrelevant i story it’s
• Emotion lose self-control intensity feeling samuel grief lost
• Bet action succeed called one’s calling home answer
• Bib tucker idiom refers one’s clothes wearing
• Thing sliced bread idiom refers good invention innovation
• Best-laid schemes mice men phrase means carefully prepared
• Bet bottom dollar absolutely john utterly punctual o’clock
• Half i idiom refers husband wife house suit
• Late remark means promised you’d early
• Safe expression means it’s cautious careless regrets let’s
• Worse emphasize good bad makes great offer flat
• Rock hard place idiom means unwelcome options good
• Devil deep blue sea situation equally unpleasant alternatives
• Wars expression refers period wwi wwii grandparents married
• I expression literally means confidence don’t marry
• Bed-post i phrase divulging secret refers speaker listener
• Betwixt idiom means undecided boy parents choose divorce
• Beware greeks bearing gifts idiom means trust enemies
• Beware ides march phrase foreshadow bad mood today
• Reasonable doubt legal expression means investigator established woman
• Belief phrase means range considered believable fact kissed
• Wildest one’s dreams imagined hoped student received grant
• Ken idiom means understanding we’re issue
• Price prized valuable obtainable money fishing rod father
• Recall impossible retrieve cancel reverse i’m afraid can’t
• Redemption poor state hope improvement recovery latest scandal
• Grave idiom means death there’s life
• Pale expression refers acceptable behave broke behaviour simply
• Veil expression literally means inexplicable concealed place condition
• Bide time she’s wait good opportunity hesitating biding
• Big break opportunity expression refers turn events leads
• Big brother idiom refers authorities large organisation control
• Big cheese expression refers person lot power influence
• Big small fish pond i important highly-ranked person
• Big time expression means lot great extent it’s
• Bigwig idiom refers person important powerful position i
• Billy no-mates phrase refers friends
• Drinking binge term refers heavy large quantities alcohol
• Watch binge expression means multiple episodes television programme
• Bird passage idiom refers today tomorrow she’s true
• Bird’s eye view idiom literally means overview book
• Birds feather people means similar ways don’t
• Birds feather flock expression means people alike friends
• Birthday suit humorous expression means wearing bathroom door
• Slap bitch expression refers open-handed face intended humiliating
• I bite chew difficult manage started translate financial
• Bite one’s tongue feel difficult react words i
• Head bite someone’s criticize strongly unfairly i worked
• Bite bullet accept unpleasant avoid don’t health insurance
• Dust bite hit expression humorous referring death it’s
• Bite hand feeds unfriendly show ingratitude depend helpful
• Bitten bug develop sudden interest enthusiasm dad decided
• Bitter medicine idiom refers difficult accept workers pay
• Bitter pill swallow unpleasant difficult accept losing job
• Black blue expression describe badly bruised face boxing
• Black night means dark hard power cut apartment
• Black eye refers bruise one’s boy home horrible
• Black day friday idiom refer financial disaster prices
• Black hole expression refers place things lost purse
• Black market refers illegal buying selling goods currencies
• Black lose consciousness police blacked
• Black sheep family behaves differently badly considered disreputable
• Black sheep family expression refers disreputable disgraced member
• Black tie event expression refers formal men required
• Blackball exclude ostracise socially bill blackballed horrible thing
• Blacklist i write list break rules ban opportunity
• Blackmail extort money secret threatening reveal i stop
• Black-on-black idiom refers harmful actions perpetrator victim black
• Blamestorming discussion group people determine blame mistake failure
• Blast past idiom refers suddenly strongly makes remember
• Trail blaze expression means pursue line research points
• Blazing row big expression refers angry argument fight
• Bless phrase response sneezes maria
• Blew blows utterly impressed car exhibition
• Blind date people it’s friend organizing
• Blind impulse idiom refers sudden unaccountable desire acting
• Blind science confuse knowledge difficult technical words simple
• Blind spot idiom refers subject ignorant biased foreign
• Blinded love person madly can’t faults negative characteristics
• Blind-man’s buff phrase refers game blindfolded player catch
• Bling-bling idiom refers ostentatious over-the-top jewellery dress demonstrate
• Blockbuster outstanding impressive successful film book called
• Blonde bombshell idiom refers glamorous melania trump
• Blood thunder phrase refers unrestrained violent action behaviour
• Blood blister slang sister home brothers
• Blood thicker water idiom means family loyalties stronger
• Blood hands idiom means person responsible someone’s death
• Red blood expression describe deep colour i dress
• Blood sweat tears project action involves requires lot
• Blood toil tears sweat idiom refers hard work
• Bloody-minded idiom refers makes things difficult opposes views
• Copy-book blot one’s spoil good record reputation blotted
• Blow fuse suddenly lose temper angry blew yesterday
• Blow gasket furious person explode anger shop burgled
• Blow raspberry expression means make derisive contemptuous sound
• Blow cobwebs makes feel lively refreshes ideas walk
• Blow cover expression means reveal true identity officer
• Hot cold blow day constantly change opinion manager
• Blow mind idiom means surprise sock amaze pizza
• Blow proportion importance exaggerate latest event blown media
• Blow smoke means exaggerate things aren’t true make
• Blow whistle report illegal socially-harmful activity authorities give
• Face blow working plan project suddenly wrong fails
• Blow trumpet idiom means things make good i
• Blow top suddenly angry father state house party
• Blown smithereens phrase means disintegrated small fragments sudden
• Blue green pale gills person unwell sick sit
• Blue blood term describe noble aristocratic wealthy family
• Blue chip company it’s term refers solid reputation
• Blue face i unsuccessfully long time explained plan
• Blue pencil blue-pencil censor limit information shared report
• Blue plate special idiom refers set meal provided
• Blue ribbon means superior quality distinction group officers
• Blue-collar expression refers workers work needing strength physical
• Blue-eyed boy someone’s favourite he’s principal’s
• Bob’s uncle expression set instructions provided convey work
• Bodice-ripper historical theme plot involves romantic passion vulnerable
• Bog-standard idiom refers completely ordinary special added car
• Boil ocean expression means waste time task project
• Bold brass behaves shame embarrassment refused gift
• Bolt blue refer means happened totally unexpectedly manager’s
• Bon appetit expression literally translates good appetite i’d
• Bona fides means genuine verified content website
• Bone dry idiom means completely soil
• Bone idle idiom means utterly lazy nicole woman
• Bone contention matter subject lot disagreement wages agreed
• Bone pick annoyed talk twain director
• Bone idiom means study hard preparation test i
• Booby prize phrase refers make fun loser contest
• Booby trap phrase refers dangerous bomb hidden inside
• Boogie-woogie idiom refers style blues music close links
• Bookworm term describe reads lot time it’s pleasure
• Booze cruise phrase refers sea trip england continental
• Bored tears find dull uninteresting makes sad cry
• Born wrong side blanket idiom euphemism wedlock nicole
• Born silver spoon mouth one’s person rich family
• Born-again idiom refer decided accept type evangelical christianity
• Friends bosom idiom refers close share confidences women
• Boss-eyed idiom means cross-eyed eyes nose noticed
• Botch make i spoil mess job badly incorrectly
• Bottom drawer phrase refers items young woman traditionally
• Bottom fell plan project venture collapse fail falls
• Bottom line term explanation discussion refer essential point
• Bottom-up idiom refers approach organisation planning built basic
• Bought farm expression means die accident military action
• Bouncing walls bounce excited full nervous energy i
• Bounce present idea plan order test reaction obtain
• Bowing bow scrape scraping means excessively polite servile
• Box cox arrangement phrase refer people make accommodation
• Boxing day idiom refers 26th december called st
• Brahms lizst slang drunk beers totally
• Brain memory sieve bad forgets things easily i
• Brain drain departure highly qualified people countries opportunities
• Brains project action person thought planned organized police
• Brainstorm means develop idea let’s suggestions project
• Brass monkey expression weather means extremely cold complete
• Bread butter expression refers reason make money i’m
• Break leg funny wishing good luck stage performers
• Rule break book behave completely unacceptable obtained contract
• Fresh break ground innovate introducing developing method system
• Ground break means innovative discovery energy problem
• Break cold sweat begin perspire lot anxiety i
• Back beast break succeed overcoming major difficulty hours
• Ice break person make relax uncomfortable situation broke
• Break mould change people expect traditional situation original
• Break news idiom means make i
• Break split idiom means end relationship broken andrew
• Break back work extremely hard put lot effort
• Breaking entering term refers fact building home illegally
• Breast slogan breastfeeding campaign bottle-feeds kids
• Neck breathing breathe someone’s watching closely making feel
• Bricks operations mortar clicks established trading company office
• Bright spark idiom refers intelligent lively person humorously
• Bright-eyed bushy-tailed person enthusiastic full energy arrived worked
• Brighton pier expression slang queer it’s live
• Bring home bacon idiom describes person earns living
• Bring table participate negotiations interest offer side won’t
• Bring sand beach phrase means undertake redundant pointless
• Bring heel force behave disciplined manner boys behaved
• Means regain character bring life expression consciousness reference
• Bring house give successful performance sing monday
• Bring book idiom means make accountable conduct police
• Bring table idiom means provide offer skill attribute
• Rear group bring person walking running walked calmly
• Bring game idiom means perform ability important match
• Broad daylight takes place clear light day what’s
• Broad beam phrase means wide hips buttocks lady
• Broad strokes defined with/in outlined general details explained
• Loss broken heart idiom primarily loved refer romantic
• Bronx cheer idiom refers sound contempt derision made
• Brown berry means tanned olivia back holiday
• Brown bread slang dead bird landed power cable
• Brown idiom refers partial failure electricity supply suddenly
• Browned bored fed disheartened john job make change
• Brownie points idiom refers good marks credit you’re
• Brum idiom children play expressing sound vehicle kid
• Brummagem screwdriver disparaging term hammer that’s
• Bubble squeak phrase refers food made mixing heating
• Bucket list idiom refers things plan die i’ve
• Buckle apply determination work hard give full attention
• Bug-eyed idiom refers extraordinary eyes pop i wedding
• Buggins turn phrase refers system appointments awards made
• Build bridges person opposing groups cooperate understand mayor
• Building blocks expression refers basic element success opinion
• Built tank idiom refers physique structure strong physically
• Bulldozed bulldoze person forced bullied intimidated immigrants accepting
• Heads bump idiom means clash person issue bumping
• Bums number seats phrase refers people paid watch
• Bundle nerves describe nervous tense worried girlfriend driving
• Bunny boiler idiom refers obsessive dangerous female pursuit
• Burden proof necessity imposed law prove true lies
• Bridges burn expression means destroy someone’s possibility retreat
• Candle burn ends exhaust bed late early bad
• Midnight oil burn finish person stays late night
• Burn road idiom means travel fast i can’t
• Burn bridges impossible rectify future refuse offer careful
• Fingers burn burnt suffer financially result foolish behaviour
• Burning question called mole that’s
• Burst seams idiom means filled brim meal delicious
• Burst bubble expression refers sudden end happy successful
• Head bury sand refuse face unpleasant reality pretending
• Bury hatchet i people disagreement decide forget quarrel
• Business usual unpleasant unexpected event expression means continuing
• Business finish pleasure expression means considered preferable one’s
• Business financial commercial matters friendship personal feelings allowed
• Busman’s holiday time spend spare sort activity job
• Bust move idiom means dance stylish cheerleaders amazing
• Butter flatter nice obtain keen contract spent time
• Butter wouldn’t melt mouth completely innocent capable unpleasant
• Butterfingers playfully applied fails catch ball lets slip
• Butterflies i stomach feeling nervous meet
• Button expression means rudely quiet i’m solve puzzle
• Button lip idiom means stop speaking
• Buy lemon car defective unsatisfactory constantly trouble stops
• Buy farm idiom means die crash km/h odds
• Buy time idiom means order allowed
• Buzz word phrase describe popular group people students
• Buzzing term refers excited that’s happen i’m fishing
• Long chalk shot expression means depends context situation
• Wide margin idiom means large amount lot won
• Accounts idiom means information reports people dead
• Large phrase means generally speaking things considered company
• Degrees develops gradually time business relationship grew friendship
• Dint literally means result wanted threatening
• Gum phrase express surprise she’s pretty lady
• Hook crook means succeed matter i’ll revenge
• Stretch imagination expression describe things correct woman called
• Things expression express opinion based war begin
• Token i don’t apply rule situations judge similar
• Skin teeth means manage fail i passed driving
• Sweat brow earn achieve hard work i’ve job
• Virtue term due account man place age
• Word mouth information passed conversation transmitted bad news
• Caesar salad phrase refers typically consisting lettuce garlic
• Worth cake candle game means advantages gained effort
• Cakes idiom ale synonymous good life beer skittles
• Risk calculated full knowledge dangers involved firms hired
• Calendar year idiom refers twelve months beginning january
• Spade calls person speaks openly truthfully difficult matters
• Call day let’s suggesting time stop rest work
• Call quits people temporarily stop put end activity
• Call wild i idiom refers nature appealing person
• Call names idiom means insult boy trouble calling
• Call someone’s bluff challenge threaten believing dare neighbour’s
• Call roll means names group people students expect
• Call shots tune person makes important decisions control
• Time call decide end i strongly project draining
• Camp person follower idiom refers supportive organisation he’s
• Worms describe situation means complicated unpleasant difficult deal
• Can’t fight city hall expression means useless win
• Can’t life expression impossible matter hard i find
• Can’t hold candle person competent perform david intelligent
• Can’t make head tail understand message intricate i
• Make can’t omelette breaking eggs expression means impossible
• Can’t put wine bottles expression means combine concepts
• Can’t forest trees phrase means understand focus situation
• Can’t wood situation trees concentrated details financial manager
• Stand can’t pace unable things lot pressure worked
• Stand sight can’t expression means hate divorce couldn’t
• Canteen culture idiom refers boorish behaviour rank file
• Canterbury pace phrase refers mounted pilgrims traffic today
• Cap hand respectful manner i manager asked time
• Carbon footprint expression refers measure amount dioxide emitted
• Carbon-copy idiom refers exact duplicate smartphone
• Cardinal sin idiom refers error judgement committed criticizing
• Card-sharp idiom refers skillful playing manipulating cards makes
• Carpe diem latin expression meaning seize day let’s
• Approach carrot-and-stick carrot stick promise reward threat punishment
• Coals carry newcastle phrase means pointless superfluous i
• Carry person accept blame responsibility wrong fault partly
• Day carry defines win felt long battle team
• Carry torch strong feelings relationship carrying john college
• Carries weight person organisation influential important i’m glad
• Carte blanche idiom means complete authority i mission
• Niche carve area person company carves concentrates segment
• Case point term refers serves illustrate support prove
• Cash cow product service regular source income company
• Cash chips sell shares money fall adrian cashed
• Cash nail idiom refers payment made immediately requested
• Wide cast net find cover extensive area range
• Cast aspersions idiom means criticize somebody’s character missed
• Cast concrete idiom means firmly permanently established subject
• Cast mould idiom means similar brothers
• Pearls swine cast idiom refers items quality offered
• Cast-iron stomach eat sorts food drink indigestion discomfort
• Castles air idiom means make plans hopes chance
• Cat burglar expression refers stealthy climbs buildings upper
• Cat king expression means important ordinary person curious
• Cat tongue question addressed inexplicably silent truth
• Cat gloves catches mice expression means careful polite
• Chance cat hell’s achieving means storm didn’t landing
• Cat’s cradle idiom refers children’s games special pattern
• Cat’s lick means quick wash time
• Face change innovation discovery event alters completely major
• Cat’s whiskers pyjamas expression refers considers area beauty
• Cat-and-dog life partners constantly frequently quarrelling called lead
• Catch situation i can’t project refers frustrating thing
• Catch it’s expression means difficult free time project
• Catch eye idiom means noticed small shop selling
• Napping catch idiom means surprise government caught day
• Caught catch red-handed person wrong illegal
• Bad i catch time idiom interrupted inconvenient i’m
• Catch somebody’s eye find attractive pretty woman door
• Catch guard idiom means surprise makes person feel
• Catnap i cat nap idiom refers short sleep
• Caught short i hairs idiom means trapped opponent
• Caught crossfire suffer effects argument dispute people groups
• Caught unawares surprised unprepared police officer moved silently
• Caught pants bad forbidden fiddling water meter
• Stir creates atmosphere excitement great interest arrival actor
• Caveat emptor means buyer latin expression beware purchasing
• Chaise lounge american spelling piece furniture longue don’t
• Chalk cheese people completely i’m surprised point view
• Bit champing champ ready eager start activity showing
• Champagne taste beer expensive budget likes things afford
• Chance million small happen there’s finding phone i
• Chance hope one’s arm decide success knew police
• Chance fine thing phrase means i’d win contest
• Change horses midstream plan choose leader middle important
• Change heart attitude feelings greater friendliness cooperation smoking
• Chapter verse term refers word-for-word details specific facts
• Charley horse idiom refers stiffness cramp arm leg
• Charm offensive phrase refers publicity campaign politicians attempts
• Rainbows chasing chase obtain bluntly speaking i
• Tail chasing chase spending lot time energy things
• Chasing tail idiom refers man pursuing women steve
• Cheap half price phrase emphasizing good expensive laptop
• Cheap shot cruel unfair unwarranted comment verbal attack
• Cheat sheet expression refers written graphic aid answering
• Cheek jowl people crammed uncomfortably close refugees living
• Cheesed annoyed bored frustrated john utterly job
• Cheesy term describes tacky silly inauthentic cheap speech
• Cherchez la femme phrase man behaves unusually quarrel
• Cherry pick choose great care select university graduates
• Cherry ripe slang term pipe buy tobacco
• Chew i verbally scold regret chewed
• Chew cud idiom metaphorical sense means chat aimless
• Fat chew chat informal unimportant things amount time
• Chick flick idiom refers film characterization story-lines appeal
• Chicken feed amount money considered small unimportant called
• Chicken hearted idiom means brave soldiers give
• Chicken decide afraid decided join fight club chickened
• Chickens home roost bad embarrassing things past causing
• Child’s play referred considered simple easy smartphone compared
• Children heard proverb suggesting impinge adult world i
• Chill people period heavy work nervous tension helps
• Chill pill expression refers relaxing outcome flight safe
• Chill marrow bone idiom means cold scared movie
• Chill wind face feel beginning encounter problems trouble
• Chime interrupt join conversation repeat agree i explained
• China plate slang term mate friend close companion
• Chinese arithmetic complicated difficult understand i explain steps
• Chinese whispers expression refers process message piece information

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