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Phrases and their meanings


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judgement 29: An Englishman's home is his castle 30: As keen as mustard 31: Air quotes 32: Back the field 33: Across the board 34: Auld Lang Syne 35: Baby blues 36: The balance of trade 37: A little knowledge is a dangerous thing 38: By and large 39: In a pig's eye 40: Bell, book and candle 41: All in all 42: A good man is hard to find 43: A blot on the landscape 44: Behind every great man there's a great woman 45: A knight in shining armour 46: Barking up the wrong tree 47: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush 48: A friend in need is a friend indeed 49: On a hiding to nothing 50: As daft as a brush 51: As daft as a brush 52: Have an axe to grind 53: Get down to brass tacks 54: A nest of vipers 55: A stone's throw 56: Peg out 57: La-di-da 58: My better half 59: Heard it through the grapevine 60: Against the grain 61: Get a word in edgeways 62: Achilles' heel 63: An albatross around one's neck 64: Your name is mud 65: My giddy aunt 66: As happy as Larry 67: As cold as stone 68: I have not slept one wink 69: A picture is worth a thousand words 70: Rack your brains 71: A feather in one's cap 72: Charm offensive 73: As good luck would have it 74: Beck and call 75: As mad as a March hare 76: A wide berth 77: Have your guts for garters 78: Meat and two veg. 79: It's not rocket science 80: All present and correct 81: Bats in the belfry 82: Boss-eyed 83: A load of codswallop 84: A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client 85: In an interesting condition 86: Learn the ropes 87: Baby boomer 88: Politically correct 89: There is one born every minute 90: Agree to disagree 91: A golden key can open any door 92: A drop in the bucket 93: Another think coming 94: Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer 95: Bag and baggage 96: Accidents will happen 97: As happy as a clam 98: A curate's egg 99: Bring home the bacon 100: In the catbird seat 101: A word in your shell-like 102: As cute as a bug's ear 103: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder 104: A watched pot never boils 105: Bought the farm 106: Back-seat driver 107: Beyond the pale 108: The living daylights 109: Surfing 110: For whom the bell tolls 111: Beware the Ides of March 112: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush 113: A pig in a poke 114: Alter ego 115: As straight as a die 116: A dish fit for the gods 117: Keep your hands clean / keep your nose clean 118: All things come to he who waits 119: All things must pass 120: Augur well 121: As bald as a coot 122: A sea change 123: A riddle wrapped up in an enigma 124: An arm and a leg 125: Baker's dozen 126: As the crow flies 127: Air kiss 128: Accidentally on purpose 129: Bad hair day 130: Upset the apple-cart 131: At loggerheads 132: Blast from the past 133: Aid and abet 134: A wolf in sheep's clothing 135: Second-guess 136: A red rag to a bull 137: Batten down the hatches 138: About turn 139: Beelzebub has a devil for a sideboard 140: Pony and trap 141: The Big Easy 142: Abide with me 143: In someone's bad books 144: Jam tomorrow 145: As queer as a nine bob note 146: Get used to it 147: Age before beauty 148: Head over heels 149: As old as Methuselah 150: As busy as a bee 151: A tinker's damn 152: There are three kinds of lies... 153: Blonde bombshell 154: As fit as a butcher's dog 155: Stranger danger 156: A little of what you fancy does you good 157: Ear candy 158: A chain is only as strong as its weakest link 159: A stitch in time saves nine 160: The camera cannot lie 161: As good as gold 162: Loaf of bread 163: Fell off the back of a truck 164: Best bib and tucker 165: Moving the goalposts 166: Ring the changes 167: Keep your pecker up 168: Is the Pope Polish? 169: A fly in the ointment 170: Double whammy 171: Take down a peg or two 172: A diamond is forever 173: Tout de suite 174: A legend in one's own lifetime 175: A no-brainer 176: Backroom boy 177: As fine as frog's hair 178: Say cheese 179: Sold down the river 180: All you can eat 181: As nice as ninepence 182: Back to the drawing board 183: A man after my own heart 184: Forlorn hope 185: As easy as pie 186: Arty-farty 187: Belt and braces 188: Bet your bottom dollar 189: Think outside the box 190: A movable feast 191: In someone's bad books 192: We are a grandmother 193: Pommy-bashing 194: It came like a bolt from the blue 195: Last but not least 196: Mouth-watering 197: Beg the question 198: Get the upper hand 199: As brown as a berry 200: Baptism of fire 201: Keep the ball rolling 202: A ministering angel shall my sister be 203: Can't be overestimated/Can't be underestimated - which one to use? 204: A square meal 205: Bling-bling 206: I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat 207: A foregone conclusion 208: The crack of doom 209: To bandy words 210: The bitter end 211: Visit the ladies' room 212: Much of a muchness 213: A priori 214: Clod-hopper 215: Plates of meat 216: Get a word in edgeways 217: A different kettle of fish 218: As brown as a berry 219: Funny farm 220: Doom and gloom 221: Bite the bullet 222: It is meat and drink to me 223: On your beam ends 224: In the buff 225: In a cleft stick 226: Carte blanche 227: In the box-seat 228: Bill Stickers is innocent 229: Bog standard 230: Might and main 231: A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse 232: I'm stumped 233: Arms akimbo 234: As old as Methuselah 235: Never knowingly undersold 236: As easy as pie 237: Alive and kicking 238: Keep schtum 239: 'Jack' phrases 240: Chaise lounge 241: It's not rocket science 242: A fish out of water 243: Don't look a gift horse in the mouth 244: Hedge your bets 245: There's no such thing as a free lunch 246: My mind's eye 247: If music be the food of love, play on 248: Make haste 249: A fool and his money are soon parted 250: A sea change 251: A fish out of water 252: A legend in one's own lifetime 253: As happy as a sandboy 254: Alive and kicking 255: An albatross around one's neck 256: An Oxford scholar 257: As old as Methuselah 258: About face 259: Carry coals to Newcastle 260: All singing, all dancing 261: A diamond in the rough 262: A fly in the ointment 263: Air kiss 264: As different as chalk and cheese 265: A tinker's damn 266: A little of what you fancy does you good 267: Beetle-browed 268: For whom the bell tolls 269: Augur well 270: Make him an offer he can't refuse 271: Beyond belief 272: A load of cobblers 273: All at sea 274: Beyond our ken 275: Come what come may 276: As busy as a bee 277: As alike as two peas in a pod 278: A dish fit for the gods 279: Break the ice 280: At one fell swoop 281: As alike as two peas in a pod 282: Bell, book and candle 283: Baby blues 284: Differently abled 285: Across the board 286: Against the grain 287: Big wig 288: A safe pair of hands 289: Ace in the hole 290: A plague on both your houses 291: Clear blue water 292: As cold as stone 293: A countenance more in sorrow than in anger 294: A house divided against itself cannot stand 295: Born with a silver spoon in one's mouth 296: Coin a phrase 297: Age before beauty 298: La-di-da 299: A man after my own heart 300: Beggar belief 301: Aide-mémoire 302: A different kettle of fish 303: A good man is hard to find 304: Flogging a dead horse 305: A rose by any other name would smell as sweet 306: Action man 307: As fit as a butcher's dog 308: The collywobbles 309: Get your dander up 310: As nice as ninepence 311: Greased lightning 312: Ars longa, vita brevis 313: Badger to death 314: For the birds 315: An apple a day keeps the doctor away 316: Bats in the belfry 317: The birds and the bees 318: Every cloud has a silver lining 319: Full of piss and vinegar 320: Arty-farty 321: Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety 322: Bet your bottom dollar 323: A cock and bull story 324: By gum 325: Get a word in edgeways 326: The Big Easy 327: A piece of the action 328: A riddle wrapped up in an enigma 329: Someone is walking over my grave 330: A priori 331: Reduplication 332: Blood is thicker than water 333: Road apples 334: In the buff 335: Act of God 336: Dance attendance on 337: As black as a Newgate's knocker 338: Meet your Waterloo 339: A square meal 340: Buggins' turn 341: Cogito, ergo sum 342: Grist to the mill 343: Much of a muchness 344: Bag and baggage 345: Penny dreadful 346: Bodice ripper 347: Backroom boy 348: As black as a Newgate's knocker 349: Hark, hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings 350: Carbon copy 351: If it ain't broke, don't fix it 352: Movers and shakers 353: Fifteen minutes of fame 354: As happy as a clam 355: Cool Britannia 356: When it comes to the crunch 357: Strain at the leash 358: A little bird told me 359: A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle 360: Chow down 361: Touchy-feely 362: Beef and reef 363: Raining stair-rods 364: Dead cat bounce 365: All present and correct 366: Bale out/bail out 367: A house divided against itself cannot stand 368: Common sense 369: Bite the bullet 370: By hook or by crook 371: The great unwashed 372: Grass up 373: Between the Devil and the deep blue sea 374: Brumagem screwdriver 375: Ne'er cast a clout till May be out 376: Beauty is only skin deep 377: À la carte 378: Achilles' heel 379: Be enthralled 380: Never knowingly undersold 381: There is no such thing as bad publicity 382: Beware of Greeks bearing gifts 383: A rose is a rose is a rose 384: Fast asleep 385: Beat a hasty retreat 386: Back the field 387: It is meat and drink to me 388: Get the upper hand 389: As fit as a butcher's dog 390: Fruit of your loins 391: No rest for the wicked 392: Revenge is a dish best served cold 393: Break a leg 394: Knock off 395: Loved-up 396: Beast with two backs 397: A curate's egg 398: Good men and true 399: Plug-ugly 400: Caught red-handed 401: A diamond is forever 402: Happy slapping 403: Nothing succeeds like success 404: Put the wood in the hole 405: A picture is worth a thousand words 406: To bandy words 407: The camera cannot lie 408: The land of Nod 409: As brown as a berry 410: As cool as a cucumber 411: Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio 412: Speak of the Devil 413: A shot in the arm 414: A Daniel come to judgement 415: Top dog 416: Ashes to ashes 417: Catch 22 418: Less is more 419: A diamond in the rough 420: A tinker's damn 421: Get the upper hand 422: About face 423: Fly on the wall 424: A rose by any other name would smell as sweet 425: A knight in shining armour 426: A fate worse than death 427: A chain is only as strong as its weakest link 428: According to Hoyle 429: The dark side 430: A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client 431: À la mode 432: As alike as two peas in a pod 433: The bee's knees 434: Time and tide wait for no man 435: As straight as a die 436: The die has been cast 437: A little of what you fancy does you good 438: Man's best friend 439: Make haste 440: Twenty four seven 441: A legend in one's own lifetime 442: A thing of beauty is a joy forever 443: Tempest in a teapot 444: The pot calling the kettle black 445: Too much of a good thing 446: There's no such thing as a free lunch 447: A load of cobblers 448: A leopard cannot change its spots 449: A fool's paradise 450: Acronyms 451: Tower of strength 452: The best laid schemes of mice and men 453: Absent without leave 454: Age before beauty 455: That's one small step for a man, a giant leap for mankind 456: The hairy eyeball 457: Strait-laced 458: A safe pair of hands 459: Swan song 460: An Oxford scholar 461: Stump up 462: Acid test 463: Vice versa 464: The law is an ass 465: Charley horse 466: The bitter end 467: Accidentally on purpose 468: The call of the wild 469: Third time lucky 470: All present and correct 471: Tempest in a teapot 472: The balance of trade 473: Take the bit between your teeth 474: All things come to he who waits 475: Strike while the iron is hot 476: Take potluck 477: Tit for tat 478: About turn 479: The whole shebang 480: To the nth degree 481: The whole shebang 482: Act of God 483: A stitch in time saves nine 484: A fool and his money are soon parted 485: A no-brainer 486: All fingers and thumbs 487: Vis-à-vis 488: The elephant in the room 489: Woe betide you 490: A fool and his money are soon parted 491: Put on your thinking cap 492: Straight from the horse's mouth 493: Act the giddy goat 494: A fish out of water 495: The camera cannot lie 496: A hard man is good to find 497: Wild and woolly 498: A piece of the action 499: All in all 500: Once in a blue moon 501: The tail wagging the dog 502: Out of sorts 503: A different kettle of fish 504: A priori 505: Survival of the fittest 506: A sorry sight 507: The usual suspects 508: A golden key can open any door 509: The moving finger writes 510: A fly in the ointment 511: The powers that be 512: The ants are my friends, they're blowing in the wind 513: A shot in the arm 514: Foam at the mouth 515: The great unwashed 516: A word in your shell-like 517: All agog 518: Counting sheep 519: A little bird told me 520: Accidents will happen 521: A countenance more in sorrow than in anger 522: A friend in need is a friend indeed 523: The land of Nod 524: A1 at Lloyd's 525: A pig in a poke 526: A piece of the action 527: Above board 528: Absence makes the heart grow fonder 529: A feather in one's cap 530: The game is up 531: Walk the walk 532: Tickle the ivories 533: Ars longa, vita brevis 534: Pell-mell 535: A stitch in time saves nine 536: The buck stops here 537: Speak of the Devil 538: Cut of your jib 539: Sweet Fanny Adams 540: A stone's throw 541: A foregone conclusion 542: Well-heeled 543: Air quotes 544: Tit for tat 545: To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub 546: The Yellow Peril 547: A ministering angel shall my sister be 548: Take the Mickey 549: A dish fit for the gods 550: Abide with me 551: Stranger danger 552: Where there's muck there's brass 553: Whistle down the wind 554: As daft as a brush 555: A Daniel come to judgement 556: Such is life 557: As white as snow 558: A tissue of lies 559: If the mountain will not come to Muhammad... 560: The crack of doom 561: The pen is mightier than the sword 562: The darkest hour is just before the dawn 563: All singing, all dancing 564: A diamond is forever 565: The Devil incarnate 566: There is more than one way to skin a cat 567: A load of cobblers 568: The Big Easy 569: The face that launched a thousand ships 570: Tawdry 571: Air kiss 572: Through thick and thin 573: A red rag to a bull 574: I'll go to the foot of our stairs 575: To the nth degree 576: The mutt's nuts 577: Aga saga 578: Tilting at windmills 579: Charm offensive 580: The apple of my eye 581: One swallow doesn't make a summer 582: When the shit hits the fan 583: The smallest room in the house 584: Alive and kicking 585: Get a word in edgeways 586: A piece of the action 587: A plague on both your houses 588: A different kettle of fish 589: A diamond is forever 590: Ashes to ashes 591: A safe pair of hands 592: A fool and his money are soon parted 593: Beggar belief 594: A word in your shell-like 595: Batten down the hatches 596: Against the grain 597: Act of God 598: A ministering angel shall my sister be 599: About face 600: A drop in the bucket 601: Not for all the tea in China 602: All that glitters is not gold 603: A chain is only as strong as its weakest link 604: A woman's place is in the home 605: Across the board 606: A1 at Lloyd's 607: Blue blood 608: A foregone conclusion 609: À la carte 610: Beat around the bush 611: A riddle wrapped up in an enigma 612: Acid test 613: Billy no-mates 614: Beggars can't be choosers 615: To bandy words 616: A rose is a rose is a rose 617: Arty-farty 618: Accidents will happen 619: Bag and baggage 620: As queer as a nine bob note 621: Aga saga 622: A shot in the arm 623: A norange 624: An Englishman's home is his castle 625: Better late than never 626: Bet your bottom dollar 627: A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle 628: As dead as a dodo 629: A leopard cannot change its spots 630: A no-brainer 631: My better half 632: Acronyms 633: Asap - As soon as possible 634: As good luck would have it 635: An ill wind 636: A load of cobblers 637: Buckle down 638: All fingers and thumbs 639: Accidentally on purpose 640: As brown as a berry 641: The darkest hour is just before the dawn 642: Barking mad 643: Blown to smithereens 644: An apple a day keeps the doctor away 645: As dead as a doornail 646: According to Hoyle 647: As busy as a bee 648: Below the belt 649: Bats in the belfry 650: Chow down 651: Bells and whistles 652: The big cheese 653: Buggins' turn 654: A drop in the bucket 655: As fit as a fiddle 656: At sixes and sevens 657: All singing, all dancing 658: Baby blues 659: Ace in the hole 660: There is no such thing as bad publicity 661: Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety 662: Bad hair day 663: Hold a candle 664: A fate worse than death 665: Air kiss 666: Angry young man 667: By gum 668: Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely 669: Bums on seats 670: A golden key can open any door 671: Fixer-upper 672: Absent without leave 673: Too big for your breeches 674: A nest of vipers 675: A miss is as good as a mile 676: As keen as mustard 677: An arm and a leg 678: An arm and a leg 679: Between you, me and the bedpost 680: The short end of the stick 681: Dock your pay 682: The back of beyond 683: The buck stops here 684: Auld Lang Syne 685: All at sea 686: Back-seat driver 687: All things must pass 688: Bloody-minded 689: On Carey Street 690: Amber nectar 691: As bald as a coot 692: On your beam ends 693: A sight for sore eyes 694: As brown as a berry 695: Al fresco 696: Come what come may 697: Been there, done that 698: Broad in the beam 699: A rolling stone gathers no moss 700: As happy as Larry 701: Make a bee-line for 702: Surfing 703: The living daylights 704: It's that man again 705: Black-on-black 706: Oh, they have slain the Earl of Moray and Lady Mondegreen 707: Greased lightning 708: As mad as a March hare 709: A house divided against itself cannot stand 710: Carbon copy 711: Beast with two backs 712: As cool as a cucumber 713: Bring home the bacon 714: A watched pot never boils 715: By the skin of your teeth 716: By the short hairs 717: A rose by any other name would smell as sweet 718: As nice as ninepence 719: I haven't got a clue 720: There but for the grace of God, go I 721: Have no truck with 722: A Daniel come to judgement 723: Alive and kicking 724: A little knowledge is a dangerous thing 725: A pig in a poke 726: Box and Cox 727: As bald as a coot 728: A blot on the landscape 729: Away with the fairies 730: April fool 731: An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth 732: As happy as a clam 733: Beck and call 734: On with the motley 735: Another think coming 736: Battle royal 737: A sorry sight 738: A man after my own heart 739: A picture is worth a thousand words 740: Ne'er cast a clout till May be out 741: Comparisons are odious 742: At one fell swoop 743: By the book 744: Like billy-o 745: Bite the bullet 746: Nothing is certain but death and taxes 747: Break a leg 748: A thing of beauty is a joy forever 749: Moot point 750: Hard and fast 751: Break the ice 752: Adam's ale 753: In the catbird seat 754: A stitch in time saves nine 755: Arms akimbo 756: The customer is always right 757: Boss-eyed 758: A bunch of fives 759: All agog 760: Chit-chat 761: Draw a blank 762: Surfing 763: Blaze a trail 764: A bad egg 765: Drummed out of the army 766: A little bird told me 767: An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth 768: Beauty is only skin deep 769: Be enthralled 770: Cheek by jowl 771: Born again 772: Come clean 773: A dust-up 774: Cut to the chase 775: As cute as a bug's ear 776: A wide berth 777: Charley horse 778: Action man 779: Ring down the curtain 780: Cold turkey 781: The quick and the dead 782: Fashion victim 783: Beat swords into ploughshares 784: Cliff-hanger 785: A bolt from the blue 786: As cold as stone 787: Bone idle 788: Clutch at straws 789: Baptism of fire 790: As fine as frog's hair 791: Bunny boiler 792: Beef and reef 793: Bottom-up 794: Doesn't know shit from Shinola 795: As daft as a brush 796: Heavens to Murgatroyd 797: Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio 798: As pure as the driven snow 799: All of a sudden 800: The game is up 801: Birds of a feather flock together 802: End of story 803: Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all 804: Cor blimey 805: Blow your mind 806: Minced oath 807: As pleased as Punch 808: Eaten out of house and home 809: Go by the board 810: Fast asleep 811: Bury your head in the sand 812: Booze cruise 813: Put your best foot forward 814: In trouble 815: As busy as a bee 816: A friend in need is a friend indeed 817: The bane of one's life 818: A cock-up 819: As fit as a butcher's dog 820: Big fish in a small pond 821: An albatross around one's neck 822: On a hiding to nothing 823: A nation of shopkeepers 824: Cat got your tongue? 825: About turn 826: A friend in need is a friend indeed 827: Die-hard 828: God is dead 829: Bell the cat 830: Down at heel 831: A ministering angel shall my sister be 832: Man's best friend 833: Absence makes the heart grow fonder 834: Fair play 835: Ginger 836: Boogie-woogie 837: Burn the candle at both ends 838: Heebie-jeebies 839: Bale out/bail out 840: The bitter end 841: A feather in one's cap 842: Close quarters 843: Get used to it 844: Back to basics 845: Charm offensive 846: Dirt bag 847: Colour up 848: Life's not all beer and skittles 849: Backroom boy 850: Fait accompli 851: Carbon footprint 852: In a cleft stick 853: Doff your hat 854: Bated breath 855: Back to the drawing board 856: Agree to disagree 857: Fed up 858: Between two stools 859: A tinker's damn 860: Dropping like flies 861: Gone for a burton 862: Back the field 863: Cut of your jib 864: Hell has no fury like a woman scorned 865: Go berserk 866: Carte blanche 867: Before you could say Jack Robinson 868: Abide with me 869: As cold as stone 870: Bling-bling 871: Belt and braces 872: Black sheep of the family 873: Before you could say Jack Robinson 874: Boxing Day 875: Dog days 876: Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer 877: A hard man is good to find 878: Baker's dozen 879: A Daniel come to judgement 880: A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client 881: As old as Methuselah 882: A fly in the ointment 883: As old as the hills 884: Have an axe to grind 885: Booze cruise 886: Beggar belief 887: Acronyms 888: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder 889: Dock your pay 890: Arty-farty 891: Big fish in a small pond 892: The bee's knees 893: Ethnic cleansing 894: Grass up 895: Beck and call 896: Road apples 897: Get the pip 898: Catch 22 899: Hoist with your own petard 900: Cop an attitude 901: On with the motley 902: Break the ice 903: Between a rock and a hard place 904: Be enthralled 905: Happy-clappy 906: As easy as pie 907: Give no quarter 908: Donkey's years 909: If wishes were horses, beggars would ride 910: Riff-raff 911: Learn the ropes 912: Live long and prosper 913: Go over like a lead balloon 914: Half-hearted 915: Phrases and Sayings that you can use on Christmas Cards 916: Hush puppies 917: Magical realism 918: Fob off 919: Run rings around 920: New kid on the block 921: Piggyback 922: Fie, foh, fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman 923: Burning the midnight oil 924: Make no bones about 925: Hanky-panky 926: Words ending in gry 927: Eat humble pie 928: Age before beauty 929: La-la land 930: By the skin of your teeth 931: Old codger 932: An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth 933: Cordon bleu 934: Pester power 935: Nothing is certain but death and taxes 936: One sandwich short of a picnic 937: A nation of shopkeepers 938: The chickens come home to roost 939: Though this be madness, yet there is method in it 940: Fair and square 941: Not worth the candle 942: Good Samaritan 943: The Real McCoy 944: He will give the Devil his due 945: As happy as Larry 946: Back to square one 947: One-hit wonder 948: Once in a blue moon 949: On the warpath 950: The pot calling the kettle black 951: A pretty penny 952: That's one small step for a man, a giant leap for mankind 953: Spin doctor 954: Plates of meat 955: Pin money 956: Sloane Ranger 957: Don't look a gift horse in the mouth 958: Strait and narrow 959: On a wing and a prayer 960: Tickle the ivories 961: The exception that proves the rule 962: We know where you live 963: The whole shebang 964: Skin and blister 965: Start from scratch 966: Talk to the hand ('cause the face ain't listening) 967: Hot on the heels 968: A shot in the arm 969: To cast the first stone 970: Saved by the bell 971: Get underway 972: Wear your heart on your sleeve 973: The mutt's nuts 974: The short end of the stick 975: A wolf in sheep's clothing 976: The year dot 977: Cock a snook 978: If the mountain will not come to Muhammad... 979: The face that launched a thousand ships 980: Like being savaged by a dead sheep 981: Pearls before swine 982: A fool and his money are soon parted 983: A shot in the dark 984: San fairy Ann 985: You can lead a horticulture but you can't make her think 986: Piece of cake 987: On tenterhooks 988: Laugh like a drain 989: Take with a grain of salt 990: A safe pair of hands 991: Jack Palancing 992: The penny drops 993: Take with a grain of salt 994: Alter ego 995: A riddle wrapped up in an enigma 996: The back of beyond 997: End of story 998: Blast from the past 999: Don't count your chickens before they are hatched 1000: Phrases and sayings that have a nautical origin 1001: Big wig 1002: The die has been cast 1003: A riddle wrapped up in an enigma 1004: Fait accompli 1005: Queer the pitch 1006: A legend in one's own lifetime 1007: Honesty is the best policy 1008: Cockney Rhyming Slang 1009: Keep schtum 1010: Morning person 1011: A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle 1012: A fish out of water 1013: When it comes to the crunch 1014: Have no truck with 1015: Better late than never 1016: Go the whole hog 1017: Piece-of-piss 1018: Beetle-browed 1019: It never rains but it pours 1020: Hissy fit 1021: An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth 1022: To kowtow to 1023: Is the Pope Catholic? 1024: I'll go to the foot of our stairs 1025: On your beam ends 1026: Two cents' worth 1027: You are what you eat 1028: Pig's ear 1029: A dish fit for the gods 1030: Heavens to Murgatroyd 1031: Duvet day 1032: Hell or high water 1033: Five o'clock shadow 1034: I spy with my little eye 1035: In for a penny, in for a pound 1036: For ever and a day 1037: A knight in shining armour 1038: Just deserts 1039: Back to basics 1040: The buck stops here 1041: As fit as a fiddle 1042: Bowl a maiden over 1043: Knee-jerk reaction 1044: Marry in haste, repent at leisure 1045: Fifteen minutes of fame 1046: Tower of strength 1047: Cut of your jib 1048: The game is up 1049: Champ at the bit 1050: The die has been cast 1051: Hit the nail on the head 1052: Get used to it 1053: Standing on the shoulders of giants 1054: Sold down the river 1055: A leopard cannot change its spots 1056: As the crow flies 1057: The road less travelled 1058: Beware the Ides of March 1059: On Carey Street 1060: Back the field 1061: Carte blanche 1062: A leopard cannot change its spots 1063: Come clean 1064: Penny wise and pound foolish 1065: 'Scuse me while I kiss this guy 1066: The great unwashed 1067: Cut off without a penny 1068: A little bird told me 1069: When it comes to the crunch 1070: Friday afternoon car 1071: Frailty, thy name is woman 1072: An Oxford scholar 1073: A bun in the oven 1074: The balance of trade 1075: For the birds 1076: The call of the wild 1077: The game is afoot 1078: In the pink 1079: Don't let the bastards grind you down 1080: Born with a silver spoon in one's mouth 1081: A foot in the door 1082: Dash to pieces 1083: A cock and bull story 1084: A fool's paradise 1085: Be still, my beating heart 1086: Heavens to Betsy 1087: Keep body and soul together 1088: Johnny on the spot 1089: Caught red-handed 1090: Like a moth to a flame 1091: Barking up the wrong tree 1092: Fifteen minutes of fame 1093: The moving finger writes 1094: All that glitters is not gold 1095: Down at heel 1096: Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely 1097: Get your goat 1098: Achilles' heel 1099: Standing on the shoulders of giants 1100: Quid pro quo 1101: On the QT 1102: My cup of tea 1103: A drop in the bucket 1104: As happy as a clam 1105: I haven't got a clue 1106: I haven't got a clue 1107: Hold a candle 1108: I'll go to the foot of our stairs 1109: In the box-seat 1110: The great unwashed 1111: A cat may look at a king 1112: In the limelight 1113: The game is up 1114: My cup of tea 1115: The early bird catches the worm 1116: Shuffle off this mortal coil 1117: Love is blind 1118: As different as chalk and cheese 1119: Your name is mud 1120: Bring home the bacon 1121: At one fell swoop 1122: Long in the tooth 1123: Pull yourself up by your bootstraps 1124: As queer as a nine bob note 1125: Green-eyed monster 1126: Beauty is only skin deep 1127: The Big Apple 1128: Flesh and blood 1129: Et tu, Brute 1130: A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle 1131: Go over like a lead balloon 1132: Go the whole hog 1133: A fish out of water 1134: A rose is a rose is a rose 1135: A good man is hard to find 1136: A shot in the arm 1137: Behind the eight ball 1138: A drop in the bucket 1139: A riddle wrapped up in an enigma 1140: Asap - As soon as possible 1141: As queer as a nine bob note 1142: A man after my own heart 1143: Blonde bombshell 1144: Aide-mémoire 1145: As alike as two peas in a pod 1146: Get a word in edgeways 1147: Booze cruise 1148: Amber nectar 1149: Bells and whistles 1150: Close your eyes and think of England 1151: A Daniel come to judgement 1152: Cop an attitude 1153: For all intents and purposes 1154: Got my mojo working 1155: If wishes were horses, beggars would ride 1156: Hedge your bets 1157: Don't let the bastards grind you down 1158: Fifteen minutes of fame 1159: Make hay while the sun shines 1160: Son of a gun 1161: A fly in the ointment 1162: Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings 1163: As easy as pie 1164: Chop-chop 1165: Mind your Ps and Qs 1166: The life of Riley 1167: Lie low 1168: Pull out all the stops 1169: The game is afoot 1170: A no-brainer 1171: Clog up 1172: Abandon hope all ye who enter here 1173: Going to hell in a handbasket 1174: As alike as two peas in a pod 1175: Baby father 1176: The back of beyond 1177: My better half 1178: A countenance more in sorrow than in anger 1179: Phrases and sayings that have a nautical origin 1180: As white as snow 1181: Better late than never 1182: Bang on about 1183: So sue me 1184: Abide with me 1185: A Daniel come to judgement 1186: Bone dry 1187: Let the cat out of the bag 1188: Laughing-stock 1189: Act of God 1190: Bean counter 1191: The call of the wild 1192: Ashes to ashes 1193: Between the Devil and the deep blue sea 1194: A nation of shopkeepers 1195: Apple pie order 1196: Alive and kicking 1197: A rose by any other name would smell as sweet 1198: Jump on the bandwagon 1199: Infra dig 1200: As good as gold 1201: Bag and baggage 1202: A bad egg 1203: Action man 1204: Life's not all beer and skittles 1205: As daft as a brush 1206: Blow your mind 1207: Cloud-cuckoo-land 1208: A fate worse than death 1209: Bottom-up 1210: The tail wagging the dog 1211: Between the Devil and the deep blue sea 1212: The living daylights 1213: Come what come may 1214: Greased lightning 1215: A friend in need is a friend indeed 1216: The customer is always right 1217: A woman's place is in the home 1218: Carbon copy 1219: Queer Street 1220: Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater 1221: Adam's ale 1222: As happy as Larry 1223: Get on my wick 1224: Why does bread always fall buttered side down? 1225: Magical realism 1226: By and large 1227: Blood, sweat and tears 1228: A load of codswallop 1229: Meet your Waterloo 1230: A golden key can open any door 1231: Air kiss 1232: A bed of roses 1233: Fathom out 1234: Clear blue water 1235: An albatross around one's neck 1236: Bricks and clicks 1237: A legend in one's own lifetime 1238: Beyond belief 1239: A countenance more in sorrow than in anger 1240: The year dot 1241: History is bunk 1242: Ars longa, vita brevis 1243: The big cheese 1244: Before you could say Jack Robinson 1245: Give no quarter 1246: A tinker's damn 1247: To the nth degree 1248: On cloud nine 1249: Curiosity killed the cat 1250: Been there, done that 1251: By hook or by crook 1252: Anchors aweigh 1253: Copper-bottomed 1254: Boss-eyed 1255: Without so much as a by your leave 1256: Tout de suite 1257: Ginger up 1258: Fast asleep 1259: Put your nose out of joint 1260: As fit as a fiddle 1261: Rinky-dink 1262: Walk the walk 1263: Die-hard 1264: A drop in the bucket 1265: By the skin of your teeth 1266: A dust-up 1267: Fine words butter no parsnips 1268: Safe sex 1269: Shilly-shally 1270: Twelve good men and true 1271: Indian summer 1272: Raining stair-rods 1273: Hot off the press 1274: Learn the ropes 1275: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush 1276: A bunch of fives 1277: Achilles' heel 1278: The ants are my friends, they're blowing in the wind 1279: A game of two halves 1280: Cat's Cradle 1281: I'll go to the foot of our stairs 1282: Phrases coined by Sir Walter Scott 1283: Sleep tight 1284: As cool as a cucumber 1285: Raise Cain 1286: A different kettle of fish 1287: The hairy eyeball 1288: An Englishman's home is his castle 1289: If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen 1290: Far from the madding crowd 1291: Bell, book and candle 1292: Chock-a-block 1293: The back of beyond 1294: Helter-skelter 1295: A curate's egg 1296: Carbon footprint 1297: Barking up the wrong tree 1298: In the doldrums 1299: Rag, tag and bobtail 1300: Wet behind the ears 1301: My better half 1302: Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer 1303: Hard lines 1304: A diamond is forever 1305: As busy as a bee 1306: A dish fit for the gods 1307: As dead as a dodo 1308: Plug-ugly 1309: Box and Cox 1310: A priori 1311: A fool and his money are soon parted 1312: Belt up 1313: On your beam ends 1314: Ups-a-daisy 1315: Sold down the river 1316: The blind leading the blind 1317: The Devil incarnate 1318: A place for everything and everything in its place 1319: Bottom drawer 1320: A fool and his money are soon parted 1321: Lager frenzy 1322: A house divided against itself cannot stand 1323: Murphy's Law 1324: A plague on both your houses 1325: Even at the turning of the tide 1326: In the catbird seat 1327: Bums on seats 1328: As old as the hills 1329: Don't call us, we'll call you 1330: Send packing 1331: An Oxford scholar 1332: Black-on-black 1333: Moving the goalposts 1334: Farmers 1335: Meat and two veg. 1336: Loved-up 1337: Doesn't know shit from Shinola 1338: A bun in the oven 1339: As black as a Newgate's knocker 1340: Cool Britannia 1341: Hold a candle 1342: When it comes to the crunch 1343: The birds and the bees 1344: The land of Nod 1345: Beggar belief 1346: Cloak and dagger 1347: Card-sharp 1348: As different as chalk and cheese 1349: The birds and the bees 1350: Fed up 1351: Stinking rich 1352: Duvet day 1353: If it ain't broke, don't fix it 1354: Get the upper hand 1355: Bury your head in the sand 1356: Ace in the hole 1357: An Englishman's home is his castle 1358: Show your mettle 1359: Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows 1360: Glass ceiling 1361: Cordon bleu 1362: A feather in one's cap 1363: Shit for brains 1364: Above board 1365: In a pig's eye 1366: Barking mad 1367: In the offing 1368: Bite the dust 1369: Before you could say Jack Robinson 1370: Soap-dodger 1371: I'll swing for you 1372: Make a virtue of necessity 1373: It's better to give than to receive 1374: Cor blimey 1375: Cat got your tongue? 1376: A dead ringer 1377: Grandfather clock 1378: The collywobbles 1379: The buck stops here 1380: Baby boomer 1381: Act the giddy goat 1382: Age before beauty 1383: Annus horribilis 1384: Ashes to ashes 1385: Back the field 1386: As different as chalk and cheese 1387: Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio 1388: As alike as two peas in a pod 1389: By gum 1390: Al fresco 1391: In someone's bad books 1392: Bury your head in the sand 1393: Broad in the beam 1394: As snug as a bug 1395: Born with a silver spoon in one's mouth 1396: A bolt from the blue 1397: The bread of life 1398: Come what come may 1399: Copper-bottomed 1400: A rose is a rose is a rose 1401: Close your eyes and think of England 1402: Gridlock 1403: Chow down 1404: Buggins' turn 1405: Go off at half-cock 1406: As fit as a butcher's dog 1407: Cash on the nail 1408: A load of cobblers 1409: Put on the wooden overcoat 1410: Full of piss and vinegar 1411: All things must pass 1412: Abandon hope all ye who enter here 1413: As bald as a coot 1414: Crackpot 1415: A drop in the bucket 1416: Never the twain shall meet 1417: Belt up 1418: The dark side 1419: Eat drink and be merry 1420: In the catbird seat 1421: A countenance more in sorrow than in anger 1422: Been there, done that 1423: Piping hot 1424: The chickens come home to roost 1425: The short end of the stick 1426: All fingers and thumbs 1427: A miss is as good as a mile 1428: Binge drinking 1429: A good man is hard to find 1430: Jack Palancing 1431: The seven-year itch 1432: Make a clean breast of it 1433: Rob Peter to pay Paul 1434: Surf and turf 1435: A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client 1436: Horse feathers 1437: To the nth degree 1438: Living on borrowed time 1439: A fly in the ointment 1440: As black as a Newgate's knocker 1441: Long in the tooth 1442: To a T 1443: Black-on-black 1444: A wide berth 1445: A riddle wrapped up in an enigma 1446: Ace in the hole 1447: Is the Pope Polish? 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1545: Champ at the bit 1546: Up shit creek without a paddle 1547: A bun in the oven 1548: Shilly-shally 1549: The year dot 1550: Blood and thunder 1551: Pennies from heaven 1552: The darkest hour is just before the dawn 1553: Bean counter 1554: Abide with me 1555: As dead as a doornail 1556: Acid test 1557: At sixes and sevens 1558: A wolf in sheep's clothing 1559: Another think coming 1560: A little knowledge is a dangerous thing 1561: Dance attendance on 1562: A piece of the action 1563: Marital aid 1564: All that glitters is not gold 1565: As good as gold 1566: Break the ice 1567: Abracadabra 1568: Below the salt 1569: Jimmy Riddle 1570: Fly by the seat of one's pants 1571: Get off your high horse 1572: Strait-laced 1573: A plague on both your houses 1574: An Englishman's home is his castle 1575: The Full Monty 1576: To a T 1577: Box and Cox 1578: The order of the boot 1579: Chop and change 1580: Pester power 1581: Cock a snook 1582: The floozie in the jacuzzi 1583: Like billy-o 1584: 'Scuse me while I kiss this guy 1585: Across the board 1586: Acronyms 1587: Lose face - Save face 1588: As safe as houses 1589: By dint of 1590: Separate the sheep from the goats 1591: As daft as a brush 1592: Queer the pitch 1593: By the book 1594: Be enthralled 1595: Mal de mer 1596: Ear candy 1597: Play the race card 1598: Pull your horns in 1599: A sea change 1600: Beyond belief 1601: I will wear my heart upon my sleeve 1602: One for the road 1603: A knight in shining armour 1604: Soap-dodger 1605: Never-never land 1606: Rise and shine 1607: As good luck would have it 1608: Off his own bat 1609: The Full Monty 1610: Get down to brass tacks 1611: Tit for tat 1612: A friend in need is a friend indeed 1613: Have your guts for garters 1614: The rub of the green 1615: Sleep on a clothesline 1616: A fool's paradise 1617: One sandwich short of a picnic 1618: Rag, tag and bobtail 1619: A diamond in the rough 1620: A1 at Lloyd's 1621: A sea change 1622: A rolling stone gathers no moss 1623: A legend in one's own lifetime 1624: Blood, sweat and tears 1625: A drop in the bucket 1626: Blue blood 1627: A Daniel come to judgement 1628: The birds and the bees 1629: Bite the dust 1630: An Oxford scholar 1631: Break the ice 1632: An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth 1633: Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio 1634: Better late than never 1635: English phrases and sayings that derive from the Bible 1636: Box and Cox 1637: Baker's dozen 1638: A rose by any other name would smell as sweet 1639: A piece of the action 1640: A dark horse 1641: The Devil take the hindmost 1642: 'Scuse me while I kiss this guy 1643: As black as a Newgate's knocker 1644: As daft as a brush 1645: Get your dander up 1646: Phrases and Sayings that you can use on Christmas Cards 1647: A dust-up 1648: Exceedingly well read 1649: Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey 1650: A feather in one's cap 1651: The living daylights 1652: Not for all the tea in China 1653: A fool and his money are soon parted 1654: A riddle wrapped up in an enigma 1655: Agree to disagree 1656: Acronyms 1657: My old Dutch 1658: The buck stops here 1659: Bell, book and candle 1660: There is no such thing as bad publicity 1661: A cock and bull story 1662: Plates of meat 1663: Achilles' heel 1664: A fish out of water 1665: As dead as a dodo 1666: Win hands down 1667: All of a sudden 1668: As busy as a bee 1669: About turn 1670: Play it again Sam 1671: April fool 1672: A knight in shining armour 1673: Absent without leave 1674: All singing, all dancing 1675: Sticks and stones may break my bones 1676: Cut the mustard 1677: A diamond is forever 1678: A fish out of water 1679: Asap - As soon as possible 1680: Let them eat cake 1681: Pell-mell 1682: Pearls before swine 1683: Chop and change 1684: Greased lightning 1685: Ace in the hole 1686: Bill Stickers is innocent 1687: As fit as a fiddle 1688: Air quotes 1689: A man after my own heart

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Acid test
A sure test, giving an incontestable result.
A stitch in time saves nine
A timely effort will prevent more work later.
As alike as two peas in a pod
Two identical items or people.
All singing, all dancing
Full of verve and vitality; more recently - with many features or attributes.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely
Literal meaning.
Bloody-minded
Tiresome, stubborn and obstructive.
As bald as a coot
Completely bald.
As fit as a fiddle
Very fit and well.
Make a bee-line for
Go directly towards.
Back to basics
A return to previously held values of decency.

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