Idioms from A to Z
Every resident of the village, filed by first letter. Leading words like “a” and “the” are skipped.
Letters
- A · Abbot's Priory, abound in one's own sense, about time…338
- B · babe in arms, babe in the woods, babe magnet…758
- C · cake crumbs, cake walk, cakes and ale…565
- D · daily grind, damn by association, damn right…356
- E · E ticket, eager beaver, eagle eye…128
- F · face down, face facts, face that would stop a clock…441
- G · gag a dog off a gut wagon, gagging for it, gall and wormwood…550
- H · hack it, had better, hair of the dog…507
- I · I can tell you, I can't hear you over the sound of, I choose violence…268
- J · jack in, jack of all trades, jack of all trades, master of none…74
- K · kangaroo court, keel over, keep a civil tongue in one's head…191
- L · lab rat, labor of love, laced mutton…373
- M · mad money, made for each other, made in China…315
- N · nail down, the nail that sticks out gets hammered down, nail the hammer on the head…195
- O · oat opera, odd and curious, odd duck…412
- P · pachyderm, pack fudge, pack heat…553
- Q · quake in one's boots, Quaker gun, the quality…28
- R · the rabbit died, rabble rouser, raccoon eyes…331
- S · sabre-rattling, sacked out, sacred cow…914
- T · table scrap, table talk, tag along…686
- U · ugly American, ugly customer, ugly duckling…103
- V · vale of tears, valley of death, vanish into thin air…15
- W · wag a finger, wag the dog, wait around…370
- X · X factor, X marks the spot, X's and O's…3
- Y · yank someone's chain, Yankee dime, yardarm to yardarm…55
- Z · zero in, zero-day, zig when one should zag…6
- 0–9 · 11 Downing Street, 110 proof, 11th commandment…10