The Big Book of American Idioms

233 Pages·2020·1.505 MB·English

by  Jackie Bolen

The Big Book of American Idioms:
A Comprehensive Dictionary of English Idioms, Expressions, Phrases
& Sayings
Copyright © 2020 by Jackie Bolen
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Table of Contents

About the Author: Jackie
A bee in my
Add insult to
A dime a
A hard nut to crack (A tough nut to
Ahead of the
A lot on my
An apple a day keeps the doctor
A piece of
As far as I can
As fit as a
A storm is
A tough pill to swallow (A bitter pill to
At death's
At the eleventh
Back to square
Back to the drawing
Bang for the
Barking up the wrong
Beat around the
Beat me to the
Behind the
Bend over
Better late than
Bite the
Blessing in
Blow off some
Blow the
Born with a silver spoon in his
Break a
Break the
Break out in a cold
Bring a lot to the
Bring home the
Bring me up to
Burning the midnight
Burn the candle at both
Bury my head in the
Busy as a beaver (Busy as a
Butterflies in my
Buttering me
By the
By the skin of his
Call it a
Calm before the
Can't make heads or tails of
Can't put my finger on
Card up my
Cash in your
Caught between a rock and a hard
Caught me off
Compare apples to
Cool as a
Corner the
Costs an arm and a
Costs a pretty
Counting her chickens before they
Crack the
Crunch the
Cut to the
Don't see eye to
Don't waste your
Down on my
Eat like a
Eat like a
Fall through the
Feeling the
Feeling under the
Food for
Foot the
From rags to
Get down to
Get into deep
Get in touch
Get my foot in the
Get the ball
Getting on in
Get up to
Give her a
Give him the cold
Give them a run for their
Go for
Good head on your
Go out on a limb
Go the extra
Got a taste of his own
Got up on the wrong side of the
Got started off on the wrong
Got wind
Go with the
Have your cake and eat it
Hit the
Hit the ground
Hit the nail on the
Hold the purse
I'll have to see it to believe
In it for the long
In the dog
In the driver's
In the same
It's a long
It's not rocket
It's the least I can
It's time to face the
It takes two to
I've got my work cut out for
Jumping on the
Keep me in the
Keep me on my
Keep this under
Keep your eye on the
Keep your head above
Kick back and
Kill two birds with one
Knock yourself
Land on your
Learn the
Let off the
Letting bygones be
Let the dust
Like riding a
Like two peas in a
Living hand to
Looks like a million
Make a break for
Making a mountain out of a
Make ends
Make some bank (Make
Missed the
Money burning a hole in your
Money to
Mum's the
My hands are
My lips are
Needle in a
Nip this in the
No pain, no
Not going to
Not my cup of
Not out of the
Not seeing the forest for the
Not set in
Off his
Off the top of my
Once in a blue
Out of the
Out of my
Paying through the
Pick up the
Playing catch
Pull the
Pull the wool over my
Put all your eggs in one basket
Put my best foot
Put your money where your mouth
Put the cart before the
Quit cold
Race against the
Rally the
Read between the
Rock the
Rule of
Running around in
Same old, same
Selling like
Shake things
Shop till she
Sick as a
Smoke and
Speak of the
Spice things
Spill the
Stabbed someone in the
Stealing my
Step up to the
Strapped for
Take a
Take it lying
Taken to the
Take the bull by the
The ball's in your
The best of both
The bottom
The cat's out of the
The elephant in the
The last
The straw that broke the camel's
The writing is on the
Thinking outside the
This too shall
Through the
Throw in the
Throw someone under the
Tip of the
Too much time on your
Treading
Twist my
Two sides of the same
Under the
Under the wrong
Up in the
Vanished into thin
Walking a
Watch my
Water under the
When pigs
Weather the
When it rains, it
Within our
Working my fingers to the
Work my way
Work yourself to
Worse for
You can't judge a book by its
Your secret is safe with
Before You