English Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions
Detailed alphabetical lists, page 2, K-Z, with their meaning,
ALPHABETICAL LISTS: from K to Z
The lists below show the first and last idiom on each page:
- Alphabetical idioms - lists K :
- Alphabetical idioms - lists L :
- list L1 : labour of love → last straw
- list L2 : last word → learn the hard way
- list L3 : learn the ropes → buy a lemon
- list L4 : lend an ear → on the level
- list L5 : barefaced liar → life of Riley
- list L6 : life is just a bowl of cherries → bottom line
- list L7 : cross the line → live in clover
- list L8 : live on borrowed time → lock horns
- list L9 : lock, stock and barrel → look a sight
- list L10: by the look of things → at a loss
- list L11: lost ball in high weeds → in the lurch
- Alphabetical idioms - lists M :
- list M1 : mad as a hatter →make an exhibition of
- list M2 : make flesh crawl → make nothing of
- list M3 : (can't) make an omelette → off the mark
- list M4 : meet your match → method in madness
- list M5 : middle of nowhere → cross your mind
- list M6 : gone out of your mind → mix business with pleasure
- list M7 : mixed blessing → money spinner
- list M8 : money talks → more heat than light
- list M9 : more than meets the eye → much obliged
- list M10 : as much use as a handbrake → my way or the highway
- Alphabetical idioms - lists N :
- list N1 : nailing jelly to the wall → nerves of steel
- list N2 : get on one's nerves → new lease of life
- list N3 : new wine in old bottles→ nitty gritty
- list N4 : no accounting for taste → no two ways about it
- list N5 : no use crying over spilt milk → not give a hoot
- list N6 : not give the time of day → strike the right note
- list N7 : nothing doing → nutty as a fruitcake
- Alphabetical idioms - lists O :
- Alphabetical idioms - lists P :
- list P1 : put through paces → paper over the cracks
- list P2 : paper tiger → not a patch on
- list P3 : pay dearly for → in for a penny
- list P4 : penny for your thoughts → no picnic
- list P5 : picture of health → pillgs get fat
- list P6 : pigs might fly → plan B
- list P7 : plastic smile → play ito someone's hands
- list P8 : play possum→ deep pockets
- list P9 : have someone in your pocket→ go postal
- list P10 : pot luck → press home
- list P11 : pressed for time → proof of the pudding
- list P12 : proper 'do' → pulling teeth
- list P13 : punch above your weight → put on ice
- list P14 : put your best foot forward → put someone on the spot
- list P15 : put on your thinking cap → Pyrrhic victory
- Alphabetical idioms - lists Q :
- list Q : quaking in one's boots → quiet as a mouse
- list Q : quaking in one's boots → quiet as a mouse
- Alphabetical idioms - lists R :
- list R1: race against time → rake over the ashes
- list R2 : rake in the money → read the riot act
- list R3 : ready and waiting → in the red
- list R4 : paint the town red → ride it out
- list R5 : let something ride→ road rage
- list R6 : middle of the road → rooted to the spot
- list R7 : rotten apple → run down
- list R8 : run the gamut → in a rut
- Alphabetical idioms - lists S :
- list S1 : (get the) sack → (in the) same boat
- list S2 : same old story → scales fall from your eyes
- list S3 : scarce as hen's teeth → sea legs
- list S4 : seal of approval → seen better days
- list S5 : sell down the river → settle a score
- list S6 : shake like a leaf → ship has sailed
- list S7 : ships that pass in the night → short end of the stick
- list S8 : short fuse → shrug something off
- list S9 : shut the stable door when horse ... → simplicity itself
- list S10 : since time immemorial → skeleton staff
- list S11 : skin a cat → slice of the cake
- list S12 : sling mud → (a) smash hit
- list S13 : smoke like a chimney → sneak preview
- list S14 : (not to be) sneezed at → spanner in the works
- list S15 : (go) spare → spin a yarn
- list S16 : spinach cinema → (no) spring chicken
- list S17 : (on the) spur of the moment → starter marriage
- list S18 : state of the art → step on someone's toes
- list S19 : step out of line → sticky fingers
- list S20 : (on a) sticky wicket → (a) storm is brewing
- list S21 : (a) storm in a teacup → stretch the truth
- list S22 : (in) strict confidence → no strings attached
- list S23 : struck dumb → swallow your words
- list S24 : sweat of your brow → (all) systems go
- Alphabetical idioms - lists T :
- list T1: tail wagging the dog → take with a grain of salt
- list T2 : take the law into your own hands → take the rough with the smooth
- list T3 : take shape → take to the cleaners
- list T4 : take to something like a duck to water → in tatters
- list T5 : (run a) taut ship → text-walking
- list T6 : thank one's lucky stars - thick as thieves
- list T7 : through thick and thin → thorn in your side
- list T8 : thorny issue → throw a tantrum
- list T9 : throw in the towel → tight spot
- list T10 : tighten your belt → toing and froing
- list T11 : token gesture → too much like hard work
- list T12 : toot your own horn → tower of strength
- list T13 : toy with the idea → tug at the heartstrings
- list T14 : tunnel vision → twiddle your thumbs
- list T15 : in the twinkling of an eye → put two and two together
- Alphabetical idioms - lists U :
- Alphabetical idioms - lists V :
- list V1 : vanish into thin air → vote with one's feet
- list V1 : vanish into thin air → vote with one's feet
- Alphabetical idioms - lists W :
- list W1 : on the wagon → walk a tightrope
- list W2 : walking on air → on the same savelength
- list W3 : wax lyrical → wet blanket
- list W4 : whale of a time→ white as a ghost
- list W5 : white lie → get wind of
- list W6 : knock/take wind out of sails → wise after the event
- list W7 : wise up to → can't see the wood for the trees
- list W8 : touch wood → work like a charm
- list W9 : work to rule → best of both worlds
- list W10 :worlds apart → written all over your face
- Alphabetical idioms - lists X-Y-Z :
- list X-Y-Z : xerox subsidy → zero tolerance
- list X-Y-Z : xerox subsidy → zero tolerance
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