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• Things absolutely fine a are
• Bit excessive annoying a is
• Day late dollar short usa
• Money fool parted idiom means people careful spend
• Fool forever matured time reach forty
• Bird told information a little
• Learning dangerous thing small amount knowledge people expert
• Lost ball high weeds a
• Penny thoughts idiom thinking a
• Penny saved earned means spend waste money save
• Picture worth thousand words message verbal description
• Poor man's compared good version writer lots puns
• Pretty penny costs expensive a
• Problem shared halved talk make feel
• Rising tide lifts boats idiom coined john f
• Person rolling stone gathers moss go-getter type successful
• Steal costs worth a is
• Wise tongue head people talk
• Things watched pot boils work time impatient constantly
• A1 finest is if something
• Awol absent stands leave official originally military term
• Abide decision accept comply disagree
• Abject lesson india serves warning varieties english object
• Chocolate teapot practical as about
• Face mind completely companies governments change position issue
• Board things carried legal proper manner
• Absence makes heart grow fonder idiom means people
• Accident waiting happen bound wrong disaster
• Ace sleeve give advantage people
• Achilles heel person's weak spot
• Acid test proves good effective
• Board applying usa expression refers horse-racing bet equal
• Ditch nz idiom means side tasman sea refer
• Pond uk idiom means side atlantic ocean refer
• Instance uncontrollable natural forces act god operation phrase
• People actions speak louder words idiom means important
• Adam's apple bulge throat men
• Add fuel fire people make bad situation worse
• Insult makes bad add injury displeasing situation worse
• Heart person thinks after your
• Clock rushed time against the
• Grain unwilling contradicts real choice
• Age beauty idiom allowing older person slightly sarcastic
• Agony aunt newspaper columnist advice people problems personal
• Ahead pack made progress rivals
• Ahead time early set of
• Albatross neck round problem resulting stops successful
• Alike peas people things identical
• India alive prevalent active informal mark tully full
• Suspected felt beginning all you
• Sundry sunday times manner oscarwinner
• Bark bite talks lot back words dog strangers
• Bets usa agreements made longer apply
• Dressed prepared happen to all
• Ears interested hearing all if
• Eyes paying attention all on
• Fingers thumbs excited clumsy properly requires manual dexterity
• Hat cattle usa talks big back cattle.('big
• Heart kind generous all is
• Hell broke loose breaks chaos confusion trouble
• Day's work special all in
• Head imagined real all in
• Mod cons desirable features abbreviation modern convenience house
• Mouth trousers uk talks boasts lot deliver corruption
• Eye peggy martin uk idiom appears prevalent english
• Idiom written choices possibilities all
• Map usa discussion stick main topic tangents
• State confusion disorganization informal variants phrase include place
• Shop completely disorganised confused all
• Show complete mess.an alternative shop
• Roads lead rome means ways
• Set ready all if you're
• Skin bone person underweight all
• Square advantage ahead all is
• Talk trousers uk big important things action
• Glitters gold means appearances deceptive things sound valuable
• Rage popular fashionable sense widespread temporary enthusiasm fashion
• Tea china matter money offered
• Eggs put basket risk spread negative imperative
• All's fair love war idiom conflict people expected
• All's ends result good well
• All-singing all-dancing something's latest version up-to-date features
• Alter ego close intimate friend latin phrase literally
• Bridesmaid manage bride fulfill ambition close recognition crave
• Ambulance chaser lawyer encourages people accidents ill sue
• Amen agreeing some use or
• Apple day doctor eating healthy food
• Flame person emotional passionate relationship looked fondly affection
• Ounce prevention worth pound cure expression means avoid
• Jazz idiom means related similar included
• Angry bear angry.('angry sore foot
• Angry bull as if someone
• Answers postcard idiom suggest obvious person hear
• Ants pants agitated excited in
• Tom dick harry absolutely any
• Port storm means emergency solution unacceptable
• Apple eye special of is
• Apron strings man tied woman's excessively dependent mother's
• Toss coin dispute decision choice made informal chiefly
• Arm leg costs expensive and
• Armchair critic offers advice shows
• Carrying armed teeth lot weapons heavily equipped
• Open clock hours day airport
• Arrow quiver strategy option achieve objective
• Rule as you do if
• Cold ice idiom describe person show emotion
• Cold stone person unemotional as
• Cool cucumber worried as if
• Mad hatter simile means crazy behaves strangely past
• Chocolate fire-guard front fireplace safety alternative teapot
• Chocolate teapot as much use
• Handbrake canoe idiom describe worthless pointless
• Neat pin idiom means tidy clean
• Man people time complete agreement
• Actress bishop uk idiom highlight sexual reference deliberate
• Crow flies idiom describe shortest distance places
• Things bad good sow reap means people happen
• Asleep switch job taking responsibilities carefully wheel alternative
• Asleep wheel job taking responsibilities carefully switch alternative
• Drop dime usa instantly hesitation
• Loose end uk spare time
• Snail's moves pace slowly at
• Arm's length india close at
• Cross purposes people misunderstand opposing objectives
• Daggers drawn people angry close violence
• Death's door unwell dying at
• Other's throats people fighting arguing competing ruthlessly
• Full tilt happening fast hard
• Large criminal found caught at
• Loggerheads people arguing agree at
• Loose ends usa spare time
• Odds agree argue at you
• Sea things disorganized chaotic at
• Totem bottom pole usa unimportant opposite top
• Coalface work deal real problems issues sitting office
• Drop hat immediately at the
• End day conclusion the is
• End rope usa limit patience endurance
• End tether uk limit patience endurance
• Fore leading position at the
• Top shout lungs loudly possibly
• Top list highest priority important urgent one's line
• Top voice talk shout sing loudly
• Wit's end matter hard you
• Wits end idea frustrated at
• Average joe ordinary person exceptional
• Avowed intent makes solemn promise publicly attempt reach
• Fairies face reality unrealistic expectations life
• Awe inspiring amazes people slightly frightening positive
• Axe grind grievance resentment revenge sort american english
• Babe arms young child person holding position
• Babe woods naive defenseless young person
• Baby boomer usa born years end world war
• Back burner issue low priority
• Back foot uk disadvantage forced defensive position
• Back number dated fashion something
• Back wrong horse give support losing side
• Back things happen directly to
• Back square start beginning to
• Back drawing board beginning start
• Back salt mine return work
• Back wall difficult situation room manoeuvre
• Backseat driver person advice annoying fond giving performing
• Bad apple person makes a
• Bad blood people feel hate things happened past
• Bad egg person trusted good opposite
• Bad hair day things planned
• Bad mouth uk mouthing negative things something.('bad-mouth badmouth
• Bad shape something's condition person's unfit unhealthy
• Bad taste mouth leaves feel wrong
• Bad workers blame tools job badly loses game
• Bag bones underweight of if
• Bag nerves worried nervous of
• Baker's dozen a is 13
• Bald coot person completely as
• Ball court make decision step
• Ballpark figure rough approximate number guesstimate give general
• Banana republic term small countries dependent single crop
• Banana skin uk embarrassment problems
• Bandit territory area industry profession rules laws flouted
• Baptism experience fire soldier's shooting unpleasant undergone learning
• Bar fly person spends lot time drinking pubs
• Bare heart personal private feelings soul alternative form
• Barefaced liar displays shame lying exposed
• Bark worse bite angry shout action
• Barking wrong tree means completely misunderstood totally
• Barkus idiom means married is
• Barrack-room lawyer uk person opinions things qualified speak
• Barrel laughs someone's joking find funny
• Basket case bad helped is
• Bat eyelid react show emotion surprised shocked
• Batten hatches prepare worst happen
• Battle nerves side situation conflict dispute back waiting
• Ears eager hear all you
• Careful things desire unforeseen unpleasant consequences.('be true receive
• Pig's back happy content fine form
• Left field usa baseball youngsters assign capable players
• Expression means prepared accept truth person change opinions
• Considered true blue person/object/situation genuine
• Spout uk woman pregnant up
• Bean counter accountant a is
• Bear fruit produces positive results
• Bear market period investors pessimistic expect finanical losses
• Bear brunt people endure worst bad
• Lion beard den confront powerful dangerous rival territory
• Beat bush make hard understand beating
• Beat draw usa someone to
• Beat swords ploughshares people spend money humanitarian purposes
• Daylights beat person hit repeatedly knock made stronger
• Beat punch act gain advantage
• Beating dead horse usa convince people feel hope
• Beauty eye beholder means people find things beautiful
• Beauty skin deep idiom means appearances deceptive good
• Beck call matter and someone
• Bedroom eyes sexy someone with
• Bee bonnet excited in your
• Bee's knees outstanding class the
• Beeline make place head directly
• Wars uk hurt struggle been
• Beer skittles uk people life meaning self-indulgence pleasure
• Ink dry people make agreement contract situation quickly
• Jack robinson term represents short amount time quickly
• Beg question philosophy assume true proved i idiom
• Beggars choosers idiom means people great accept offered
• Bars prison behind when someone
• Closed doors public eye behind
• Someone's back telling behind you
• Times old-fashioned ideas regarded out-dated
• Belief afterlife life death religions soul's journey heaven
• Bells whistles attractive features things computer programs bit
• Bells usa means arrive happy delighted attend
• Belly things badly wrong go
• Par standard feeling below isn't
• Belt cruel unfair illegal punches boxing
• Belt braces uk wears cautious takes risks
• Belt suspenders usa wears cautious takes risks
• Bend backwards over they if
• Bend someone's ear talk long-enough period tiresome listener
• Benjamin family youngest child the
• Point relevant matter discussed considered
• People worried emotional beside are
• Extremely angry beside you are
• Bad bunch obtained list options required
• Worlds benefit things best of
• Thing sliced bread excellent greatest
• Bet bottom dollar usa absolutely
• Late idiom suggests better than
• Safe idiom recommend cautious taking risk
• Stick eye good better than
• Devil shortened form full idiom means deal familiar
• Rock hard place caught position choose unpleasant alternatives
• Devil deep blue sea caught dilemma difficult choice
• Lines read find real message reading hearing meaning
• Cat's whiskers idiom telling secret
• Shadow doubt something's absolutely remain
• Belief people behave find impossible accept behaviour
• Ken something's understanding beyond your
• Pale something's extreme acceptable morally socially
• Big apple usa york the
• Big easy usa orleans louisiana
• Big making bucks lot money
• Big cheese boss the is
• Big fish important person company organization
• Small big fish pond important person place organization
• Big hitter commands lot respect important field
• Big nose means excessively interested else's business
• Big picture perspective objective fine detail
• Big time meaning lot you
• Bigger fish important fry interested things
• Bird hand worth bush proverb meaning risk lose
• Bird's eye view perfectly you
• Bird-brain bird-brained stupid is someone
• Birds taught bees child sex
• Birds feather flock idiom means people similar interests
• Birthday suit naked you are
• Bit teeth control situation piece metal horse's mouth
• Bit part small unimportant role
• Bit player small unimportant role
• Bite chew responsibilities manage advise people agreeing handle
• Bite someone's head criticize angrily
• Bite bullet accept face unpleasant avoided
• Bite dust died killed violently soldier battle
• Bite lip make conscious effort react quiet displeases
• Bite tongue refrain speaking socially
• Bits bobs small remnant articles things odds ends
• Bitter end matter unsuccessful you
• Bitter pill swallow hard accept
• Black white clear wrong situation
• Black knocker gate’s uk things newgate's bad newgate
• Black hole financial accounts money disappeared
• Black sheep fit group family behaviour character good
• Blackball vote allowing member organisation group blackballing
• Blank cheque allowed money project
• Bleeding edge similar cutting implies technology process forefront
• Bleeding heart person excessively sympathetic
• Blessing disguise bad luck misfortune ultimately results positive
• Blind bat total darkness as
• Blind leading people charge greater knowledge
• Blink eye fast impossible notice
• Blood thunder emotional speech performance full
• Blood turnip impossible from a
• Blood thicker water idiom means family relationships stronger
• Blood worth bottling au australian he/she complimenting praising
• Blood stone difficult out of
• Blood sweat tears difficult require lot effort sacrifice
• Blow gasket angry a you
• Blow blow-by-blow description detail sequence
• Blow hot cold idea attitude opinion changing minute
• Blow people told surprising shocking unexpected feather
• Blow steam usa express anger frustration
• Blow water idea blown destroyed defeated comprehensively
• Blow smoke usa people exaggerate things true make
• Blow cobwebs make sweeping bring fresh views ideas
• Whistle blow plan report authorities
• Blow mind extraordinary amaze explanation
• Blow horn boast achievements abilities trumpet alternative form
• Blow trumpet boast talents achievements horn alternative form
• Blow stack lose temper your
• Blow top lose temper their
• Blue blood royalty someone with
• Blue-eyed boy someone's favorite person
• Bob's uncle uk idiom means successful i gave
• Body politic group people organised single government authority
• Bold brass confident worried people respond caught
• Bolt blue unexpectedly suddenly from
• Bone contention issue tension arguments
• Bone pick annoyed feel to
• Position boot foot boot's person weakness strength
• Born purple royal aristocratic family
• Born silver spoon mouth rich family
• Ends meet make live money earn debt
• Bottom line accountancy net income idiomatically conclusion
• Bounce walls someone's bouncing excited
• Bouquet orchids id deserves worthy praise
• Box dice means and everything
• Box clever uk intelligence cheat bit
• Boxing sharing coxing people responsibilities working couples house
• Boys blue police in the
• Brain surgery complicated difficult understand master
• Brass monkey weather cold freeze balls extremely
• Brass neck uk sense shame
• Brass tacks real business you
• Bread butter issues affect people directly important
• Breadwinner describe person earns money she's family
• Break leg idiom wishing good luck
• Break make money lose you
• Break ground make progress taking things area ground-breaking
• Break back beast accomplish challenge
• Break ice initial embarrassment shyness meet time start
• Break duck uk time your
• Break heart upsets greatly end relationship
• Breathe neck examines closely breathing
• Breathe die your you last
• Bridge gap make connection great difference
• Bright button person intelligent smart
• Bright-eyed bushy-tailed someone's full energy enthusiasm
• Day brighten makes feel positive happy long
• Knife bring gunfight badly prepared
• Home bacon bring person earns money family live
• Bring book brought punished made account wrong
• Bring heel make obey you.('call
• House bring acclaimed praised vigorously
• Bring table make contribution offer discussion negotiation
• Broad church organization tolerant accepting opinions ideas
• Broad strokes defined stokes outline fine details
• Broke joke funny idiom isn’t opinion describes cent
• Brown nose make popular position authority flattering nosing
• Brownie points earn things you
• Brush carpet making attempt ignore hide
• Bull china shop behaves clumsy careful
• Bull market period investors optimistic expectations good financial
• Bull session informal group discussion
• Bull-headed stubborn inflexible you're if
• Bun oven woman pregnant in
• Bundle nerves worried nervous of
• Burn rubber drive fast you
• Candle ends burn lives hectic pace things affect
• Burn midnight oil stay late working studying
• Burn bridges makes impossible back position
• Burn fingers suffer loss unpleasant result making
• Burning question a is something
• Seams burst filled normal capacity room bursting guests
• Bury hatchet make peace stop arguing fighting
• Head bury sand ignore wrong
• Busman's holiday spend free time sort work job
• Bust chops means work hard make effort
• Busted flush great potential ended useless failure
• Busy beaver as you're if
• Busy bee as you are
• Butter melt mouth innocent wouldn't
• Butterfingers clumsy drops things someone
• Butterflies stomach nervous feeling important stressful
• Button lip quiet speak telling shut
• Buy farm bought died the
• Hair's breadth person escapes danger managed avoid thickness
• Long chalk uk beat win easily comfortably
• Whisker manage failing by a
• Cracky term rural folks years past emphasize matter
• Dint means result good he'd risen position chief
• Learn heart word by you
• Hook crook prepared good bad reach goal
• Leaps bounds quickly big steps
• Back door started introduced openly proper procedures
• Book supposed you by the
• Numbers mechanical manner room creativity
• Things token applies rule situations judge full praise
• Seat pants by the of
• Skin teeth manage failing by
• Word mouth talked publicity advertising
• Worth cake's candle result effort put achieve
• Calf lick weird parting fringe hair grows direction
• Spade call person speaks frankly makes attempt conceal
• Call carpet called summoned reprimand superiors power
• Call dogs stop attacking criticizing
• Call shots charge people the
• Tune call person makes important decisions
• Calm storm time immediately period violent activity argument
• Worms action create problems opening
• Dance wet plow usa opportunity
• Toffee incapable properly sort standard
• Hold candle worse can't a
• Forest trees focused specific details picture
• Canary coal mine uk early warning danger
• Card sleeve surprise plan idea keeping back time
• Carpetbagger opportunist scruples ethics politican represent place connection
• Carrot stick offers incentive combined threat punishment
• Carry blame partly fault the
• Case things situation issue handled separately merits demerits
• Case point meaning instance occurred previously discussed person
• Cash chips sell profit fall die
• Long shadow cast considerable influence people events
• Cast aspersion blacken someone's make people badly
• Cast doubt make people matter
• Cast iron stomach person eat drink ill effects
• Cast pearls swine offer pigs
• Cast sheep's eyes lovingly longing
• Cast mind back remember tells happened past
• Cast net widely wide range sources find
• Vote casting chairman president deadlock
• Castles air plans impractical work
• Cat pigeons puts sets lets create disturbance trouble
• Cat dog life people lead arguing
• Cat burglar skillful thief breaks places disturbing people
• Fur kitty i cat britches usa grandma dinner
• Cat tongue asks speaking got
• Cat nap short sleep day napping
• Cat's lick scot quick wash
• Cat's pajamas usa excellent is
• Cat's whiskers excellent something is
• Catch means people as can
• Catch hell trouble scolded heck
• Catch red-handed caught found wrong illegal
• Caught hand cookie jar usa wrong
• Chalk cheese things people common
• Champ bit champing eager accomplish chomping
• Change horses midstream people plans leaders middle risky
• Change heart feel you of
• Change tack method dealing you
• Change tune ideas talk their
• Charity begins home idiom means family members important
• Chase rainbows achieve they if
• Chase tail chasing busy productive
• Cheap chips uk inexpensive as
• Cheap half price something's at
• Cheap shot unprincipled criticism a
• Cheat death narrowly avoid major problem accident
• Cheek jowl things people close
• Cherry things pick people choose support position ignoring
• Chew bone chewing thinking intently
• Chew cud carefully the you
• Chew fat talk leisure the
• Chickenfeed small unimportant money is
• Chinese walls information regulatory barriers aim stop flow
• Chinese whispers uk story told person gossip scandal
• Chip block closely resemble parents character
• Chip shoulder resentful feel treated badly
• Chop change things changing unexpectedly
• Cigarette paper put people closely bonded separate positions
• Circle wagons usa stop communicating people avoid ideas
• Circling drain death time live phrase describe project
• Class act exceptional someone who's
• Clean whistle extremely spotless completely meaning common nowadays
• Clean bill health wrong everything's fine
• Clean break make completely you
• Clean hands involved illegal immoral activities
• Clean sheet criminal record problems affecting reputation football
• Clean slate start bad past account
• Clean sweep makes win absolutely competition contest
• Clear bell easy understand as
• Clear mud confusing unclear as
• Cliffhanger sports match election result close predicted end
• Climb bandwagon people popular on
• Cling hope people continue chances success small
• Close hand nearby conveniently located
• Close cigar usa success but
• Close call result impossible distinguish parties involved won
• Close shave accident trouble you
• Door horse close stable bolted people fix problem
• Close heart care lot dear alternative
• Closed book subject understand to
• Cloth ears listen people suggest
• Cloud cuckoo land ideas plans completely unrealistic living
• Cloud extremely happy common alternative
• Cloud suspicion hangs individual means believed distrusted
• Cloud horizon problem ahead call
• Clutch straws trouble chances success nil clutching
• Coals newcastle uk taking bringing carrying completely unnecessary
• Cock snook make rude gesture putting thumb nose
• Cock bull story lie tells completely unbelievable
• Cock henhouse describe male all-female environment
• Cold day hell prediction chance event condition happen
• Cold feet lose courage you
• Cold fish person show feel
• Cold light day things you
• Cold shoulder give show deliberately unfriendly unco-operative
• Cold sweat brings frightens lot
• Cold turkey suddenly stops taking drugs slowly cutting
• Colder witches tit extremely cold
• Collateral damage accidental unintended casualties
• Collect dust collecting if something
• Color bar rules restrict access basis race ethnicity
• Cropper uk actions lifestyle inevitably result trouble
• Clean admit deceit wrongdoing come
• Hell high water stop matter
• Heels on the of come
• Wash permanent negative effect come
• Woodwork things unexpectedly crawl out
• Shell stop shy withdrawn friendly sociable
• I rain shine place relied turn vagaries british
• Bear start feel pressure effect
• Call respond order summons directly
• Grips problem issue face deal
• Heel stop behaving annoying authority start obedient
• Things roses produce positive result badly
• Smelling roses uk emerge situation reputation undamaged
• Trumps completed activity successfully produced good result expected
• Prepared means stop distract matter hard difficult
• Territory part job responsibility accepted unpleasant
• Territory undesirable automatically included job responsibility etc.('goes
• Comfort zone temperature range body shiver sweat idiomatic
• Constitution ox affected people things tiredness illness alcohol
• Cook someone's goose ruin plans
• Cook storm big fuss generate lot talk
• Cool cat act fine scared nervous
• Cool heels leave make wait calmed
• Coon's age usa long time i
• Corner market business dominant area challenged companies cornered
• Couch potato extremely idle lazy person chooses spend
• Eat horse hungry could a
• Give hoots care couldn't two
• Count sheep people sleep advised mentally
• Country mile usa describe long distance
• Cover bases deal aspects situation issue anticipate possibilities
• Crack sledgehammer nut apply force achieve result jackhammer
• Crash party gatecrasher invited a
• Cream crop the of is
• Cream rises top good person idea unnoticed long
• Person comfortable creature camping giving he/she warm comforts
• Crocodile tears cries pretend upset affected
• Crooked dog's hind leg dishonest
• Cross swords people argue dispute expression groups accuse
• Cross bridge deal problem arises point
• Cross bear heavy burden responsibility problem cope
• Crossing rubicon passing point return thing turning left
• Crunch time people companies make important decision considerable
• Cry wolf raise false alarm
• Cry eyes uncontrollably your you
• Cry-baby person emotional cries easily
• Crème de la the is
• Cuckoo nest issue problem grows quickly crowds
• Love cupboard uk show gain
• Curate's egg uk bit good parts
• Curiosity killed cat naturally curious animals expression suggest
• Curry people favour support favor american spelling
• Curve ball usa deceptive is
• Cut rug dance a to
• Cut person above a if
• Cut dried decided case opinion stale predictable
• Cut run people leave lose
• Cut corners people cheaply quickly sacrificing quality cutting
• Cut tall people poppies au criticise stand crowd
• Cut fine manage moment things bit common variation
• Cut nose spite face rash silly ends making
• Cut slack relax rule make allowance allowing time
• Gordian cut knot solve complex problem simple
• Cut mustard uk fail reach required standard
• Cut chase point interesting important part delay
• Cut quick someone's hurt upset
• Cut coat cloth buy things sufficient money pay
• Cut teeth place gain early experience
• Cute bug usa sweet endearing
• Cuts ice effect influence no
• Cutting edge forefront progress area
• Daft brush uk stupid as
• Damp squib uk expected great effect impact
• Someone's dancing grave dance outlive outlast celebrate demise
• Dark horse bit mystery a
• Jones davey locker bottom sea resting place drowned
• Day sun attention appreciated in
• Daylight robbery overcharged underpaid open unfair hard prevent
• Dead air period total silence
• Dead buried long settled reconsidered
• Dead dodo something's lifeless dull bird lived island
• Dead doornail lifeless is as
• Dead duck failure is a
• Dead neck stupid from the
• Dead heat race ends finish result
• Dead water making progress in
• Dead man walking great trouble punished lose job
• Dead meat threatening this is
• Dead men's shoes promotion success requires replacing reached
• Dead world somebody's fast asleep completely unaware happening
• Deaf post unable hear as
• Dear john letter written partner explaining ending relationship
• Death thousand cuts suffering lots small bad things
• Warmed death uk ill american form
• Deep pockets wealthy if someone
• Goods deliver required expectations kate delivered votes needed
• Demon weed tobacco is the
• Derring-do person shows great courage
• Devil finds work idle people hands time involved
• Devil detail people small things plans schemes overlooked
• Devil care live devil-may-care life means risks people
• Devil's advocate plays argument adopt position sake
• Diamond rough great potential refined polished
• Die cast decision made altered fate decide consequences
• Kettle fish things referenced different
• Ropes folks usa idiom means people things ways
• Strokes folks usa idiom means people things ways
• Dig deep feelings feel way
• Dig heels start resist your
• Dime dozen usa extremely common possibly
• Ashes dine i dining excessively focusing attention failures
• Dip toes water tentatively work
• Dirty dog untrustworthy person a
• Discerning eye person good judging quality
• Discretion part valour idiom means carefully act problems
• Dish dirt make unpleasant shocking information public
• Devon loch uk fail close winning horse collapsed
• Runner uk people leave restaurant paying
• Treat respect hope respected treated
• Needful india do the you
• Running uk person make things
• Dirty work someone's carries unpleasant jobs person enjoy
• Do's don’ts acceptable allowed area issue
• Dodge bullet dodged successfully avoided problem
• Dog pony show usa presentation marketing lots style
• Dog days hot summer are
• Dog eat world intense competition rivalry thinks
• Dog manger uk acts people enjoy things useless
• Dog tired exhausted you are
• Dog's dinner real mess is
• Dog's life unfortunate wretched a
• Dog-eared book bad condition torn pages
• Dog-whistle politics au political parties policies appeal racists
• Doggy bag restaurant pack food eaten home
• Doldrums person depressed project similar making progress
• Dollars doughnuts usa bet certainty
• Bite hand feeds act depend
• Chickens catch hatched means wait produced results desire
• Cry spilt milk bad people
• Give day job idiom telling badly
• Hold breath told means high expectations
• Judge book cover idiom means appearances deeper inside
• Wind watch bark moon don't
• Gift horse mouth means present chance waste critical
• Mention war means speak things argument tension idiom
• Push buttons starting annoy to
• Stand curlers hair means waiting taking long moving
• Sweat small stuff usa people worry trivial unimportant
• Wooden nickels usa idiom advise people cheated ripped
• Throw bricks live glass house call actions hypocrite
• Upset applecart advised told disturb things ruin
• Dirty laundry public wash uk people couples argue
• Death joke story told stopped funny
• Donkey's years idiom means long time
• Doormat person stand treated badly
• Dot i's cross carefully all
• Double dutch uk completely incomprehensible
• Double react slowly show shocked surprised
• Double whammy problems time setbacks occur
• Double-edged sword argument harm cuts ways
• Doubting thomas believes told what
• Desperately poor and down out
• Heel short money american english
• Count lost struggle boxer knocked
• Doldrums somebody's depressed lacking energy
• Dumps someone's depressed down in
• Mouth unhappy depressed down in
• Drain money work wasted produces results
• Hatch idiom drinking alcohol company
• Pan failed ruined down the
• Tubes failed ruined down the
• Wire usa competition moment clear won
• Down-to-earth practical realistic things ideas
• Drag feet dragging taking long finish
• Drag heels delay slowly you
• Draw blank find information a
• Draw line sand establish limit things unacceptable
• Long draw bow lie exaggerate
• Draw line set limits find acceptable
• Shortest draw straw lose chosen unpleasant
• Dress scold someone you down
• Dressed dress kill smartly to
• Dressed nines clothes to the
• Drink fish alcohol like a
• Drive wedge people exploit issue start disagree
• Drive home idiomatic expression means reinforce company offered
• Drive wall drives irritates greatly
• Drive spare drives extremely annoying
• Driven motor describe people attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
• Drop bombshell announce situation drastically unexpectedly
• Drop bucket usa small make noticeable difference
• Drop ocean implies effect small insignificant
• Drop flies means disappearing quickly people dropping dying
• Drop line send letter a
• Drop ball job taking responsibilities wrong
• Drown sorrows drunk drinks lot stop feeling unhappy
• Drunk lord uk as is
• Dry bone lawn soil completely
• Dry run full rehearsal trial exercise work launched
• Dry spell successful they as
• Duck soup usa easy is
• Duck water find start natural affinity
• Ducks row usa well-organized in
• Dull color ditchwater uk incredibly boring ditch long
• Dunkirk spirit uk people pull difficult time
• Dutch sold auction setting price reducing buys changed
• Dutch courage bravery induced drinking alcohol phrase stems
• Dutch treat meal person pays share bill
• Dutch uncle person unwelcome advice
• Dutch wife long pillow hot water bottle
• Dwell past thinking problem the
• Dyed-in-the-wool supporter political party support totally questions
• People preferences american english common
• Eager beaver person extremely keen
• Eagle eyes sees detail small
• Early bath uk quit lose job position earlier
• Early bird catches worm means start stand chance
• Early bed rise makes man healthy wealthy wise
• Earn living make money good job decent
• Easier difficult sounds advises make easy
• Easy abc simple as is
• Easy beans as that is
• Easy pie as is if
• Easy idiom means money material gains effort tend
• Easy peasy uk lemon squeezy
• Eat crow usa admit wrong
• Eat humble pie apologises shows lot contrition
• Eat bird like a if
• Horse eats lot a like
• Eat pig bad table manners
• Eat hat people happen e.g passes exam
• Eat alive defeat beat comprehensively
• Eat heart tells your you
• Eat words accept publicly wrong
• Economical truth uk politician leave information order create
• Egg face made foolish embarrassed
• Elbow grease requires involves lot hard physical work
• Elbow room space you haven't
• Elephant room problem talks taboo embarrassing
• Eleventh hour minute happens at
• Empty vessels make noise thoughtless speak
• Refers result end smoke produces concrete positive expression
• Stevens equal people even if
• Blind squirrel finds nut expression means people ineffective
• Keel balanced even is if
• Dogs street irish idiom frequently ireland means obvious
• Tom dick harry common knowledge
• Ass likes hear bray means people sound voice
• Cloud silver lining people comfort problems positive situation
• Dog day idiom means moment shine
• People man dog lot sending invitations large number
• Man people save difficult situation
• Man price anyone's opinion support bought everyone's principles
• Man jack involved emphatic absolutely
• Trick book including dishonesty deceit
• Uncle basically means lot people
• Kitchen include sink people possibility
• Exception rule proves expression confirms tests original legal
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• Face thunder angry upset like
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• Fat cat person makes lot money enjoys privileged
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• Fat head dull stupid person
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• Fat land living means life
• Fate worse death describing fairly common implying unpleasant
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• Fed back teeth extremely irritated
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• Wheel usa unnecessary useless fifth
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• Fine dandy uk thing's and
• Fine tuning small adjustments improve working called
• Fine words butter parsnips idiom means easy talk
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• Flag fly represent support country wave show alternative
• Food thought worth thinking for
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• Talks england uk person lot limit
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• Love pete exasperation for the
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• Fortune knocks man's door good chance lifetime
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• Chest confess troubling get off
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• Bed wrong side wake start day bad mood
• Axe lose job ax american spelling
• Ball start rolling making progress
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• Nod uk approval permission get
• Grips control properly get to
• Lots enthusiasm energy and get
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• Head understand difficult comprehend get
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• Wires crossed people cross misunderstand making arrangements lines
• Ghost chance hope whatsoever succeeding
• Ghostly presence feel sense vaguely
• Gift gab speak persuasive interesting
• Gild lily decorate ornate the
• Gilded cage trapped restricted freedom comfortable surroundings famous
• Girl friday female employee assists specific duties
• Give big hand applaud clapping contestants
• Bad give dog person generally guilty offence suspected
• Give people make concessions order things negotiations
• Give good treat prepared people badly fight
• Give stick uk put lot effort
• Give hand a me if
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• Give stick uk criticise punish
• Give nod uk approve permission
• Give ghost people die machines stop working
• Give eye teeth prepared sacrifice lot
• Day obvious game irish idiom occurs traffic busy
• Glass ceiling discrimination prevents women minorities promoted highest
• Gloves people start argue fight boxing fighters wear
• Glutton person punishment happily accept jobs tasks eats
• Gnaw vitals troubles greatly affects deep level
• Dutch restaurant pay equal shares meal
• Grain person things unconventional manner methods generally approved
• Awry things wrong go if
• Bananas wild excitement anxiety worry
• Blue cold turn alternative form
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• Fight surrender putting resistance without
• Fly kite usa leave go
• Broke risk potentially greater gain
• Fry egg usa leave go
• Hand things go in if
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• Tangent change subject completely middle conversation talk
• Pear-shaped things wrong have gone
• Play traffic telling go in
• Round circles people discussing thing reaching agreement coming
• South things worse wrong go
• Spare uk lose temper completely
• Extra mile prepared make succeed duty expected
• Hog completely limits go the
• Motions everyday routine feelings whatsoever
• Seed declined quality appearance to
• Grease skids facilitate the you
• Wire risks life job reputation

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