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Letters A - H (238 phrases)
A
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
A cat on a hot tin roof
A chip off the old block
A chip on your shoulder
A dark horse
A dime a dozen
A drop in the bucket
A feather in your cap
A fly in the ointment
A leopard can’t change its spots
A needle in a haystack
A penny for your thoughts
A rolling stone gathers no moss
A skeleton in the closet
A stitch in time saves nine
A stone’s throw
A watched pot never boils
A wolf in sheep’s clothing
Above board
Add fuel to the fire
All that glitters is not gold
At the drop of a hat
B
Back to square one
Back to the drawing board
Balls Deep in the Shitstorm
Bark is worse than their bite
Bark up the wrong tree
Barking at the moon
Barking mad
Batten down the hatches
Beat a dead horse
Beat around the bush
Beat the bushes
Beat the daylights out of
Beggars can’t be choosers
Being born in a stable does not make you a horse
Belt and braces
Bite off more than you can chew
Bite the bullet
Bite the dust
Bite the hand that feeds you
Bite your lip
Bite your tongue
Blow a gasket
Blow hot and cold
Blow off steam
Blow smoke
Blow the cobwebs away
Blow the whistle
Blow your own horn
Blow your own trumpet
Blow your stack
Born with a silver spoon in your mouth
Break a leg
Break the ice
Break the mold
Bring home the bacon
Building Castles on the Tide
Burn rubber
Burn the candle at both ends
Burn the midnight oil
Burn your bridges
Burn your fingers
Burning the boats
Burning the bridges
Burning the Shepherd’s Flock
Bury the hatchet
Bury the lede
Bury your head in the sand
Burying the Truth in the Sand
By the skin of your teeth
C
Call it a day
Carving a Path Through the Mist
Carving Names on a Fallen Star
Cast pearls before swine
Cat got your tongue?
Catching the Raven’s Cry
Caught between a rock and a hard place
Caught flat-footed
Caught in a cleft stick
Caught in the act
Caught in the crossfire
Caught in the crosshairs
Caught napping
Caught on the back foot
Caught on the hop
Caught red-handed
Caught with chaff
Caught with egg on your face
Caught with your hand in the cookie jar
Caught with your hand in the till
Caught with your pants down
Caught with your trousers down
Chasing the Moon’s Shadow
Chasing the Siren’s Echo
Chew the fat
Close, but no cigar
Clutch at straws
Cock and bull story
Cold feet
Cold shoulder
Cook someone’s goose
Cool your jets
Cross that bridge when you come to it
Crowning the Jackal’s Throne
Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war
Cry over spilled milk
Cry wolf
Cut and run
Cut the mustard
Cut to the chase
Cut your losses
D
Dance to someone’s tune
Dancing on the Razor’s Edge
Dancing with the Sparrow’s Song
Dead as a doornail
Dead in the water
Dog days of summer
Dog eat dog
Dog in the manger
Don’t bite the hand that feeds you
Don’t count your chickens before they hatch
Don’t give up the day job
Don’t have a cow
Don’t hold your breath
Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
Don’t put the cart before the horse
Don’t rest on your laurels
Don’t rock the boat
Don’t shoot the messenger
Don’t teach your grandmother to suck eggs
Don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater
Don’t throw stones in glass houses
Don’t upset the apple cart
Don't put all your eggs in one basket
Down in the dumps
Draw a blank
Drinking from the Poisoned Chalice
Drinking from the River’s End
E
Easy as pie
Eat crow
Eat dirt
Eat humble pie
Eat like a bird
Eat like a horse
Eat like a pig
Eat out of house and home
Eat out of your hand
Eat your hat
Eat your heart out
Eat your words
Every cloud has a silver lining
Every dog has its day
Every man for himself
Every trick in the book
Eyes bigger than your stomach
F
Face like thunder
Face the music
Fair to middling
Fall between two stools
Fall off the turnip truck
Fall off the wagon
Fanning the Embers of Envy
Farting in the Church’s Silence
Farting on the Queen’s Velvet
Feeding the Wolf at the Door
Fish or cut bait
Fish out of water
Fit as a butcher’s dog
Fit as a fiddle
Fit to be tied
Flat as a pancake
Flat out like a lizard drinking
Flogging a dead horse
Fly by night
Fly by the seat of your pants
Fly off the handle
Fool’s gold
Full of beans
Full of hot air
G
Gambling with the Devil’s Dice
Get a leg up
Get a raw deal
Get cold feet
Get the sack
Get your ducks in a row
Get your goat
Get your knickers in a twist
Give a wide berth
Give as good as you get
Give it a whirl
Give it the old college try
Give no quarter
Give someone the cold shoulder
Give someone the runaround
Give the devil his due
Give the game away
Give the green light
Give the runaround
Give the shirt off your back
Give the slip
Give up the ghost
Go for broke
Go out on a limb
Go pear-shaped
Go the extra mile
Go the whole hog
Go to pot
H
Hair of the dog
Hang by a thread
Hang in there
Hang your hat
Happy As A Pig In Shit
Have a bee in your bonnet
Have a bone to pick
Have a butcher’s
Have a chip on your shoulder
Have a screw loose
Have a tiger by the tail
Have bigger fish to fry
Have your cake and eat it
He calls a spade a spade
He Died with his Boots on
High on the hog
Hit the ground running
Hit the jackpot
Hit the nail on the head
Hitch your wagon to a star
Hold a candle to
Hold all the cards
Hold the fort
Hold the line
Hold water
Hold your horses
Hold your own
Hold your tongue
Holding the Lantern’s Flicker
Letters I - P (158 phrases)
I
Ignorance is bliss
In a coon’s age
In a fog
In a nutshell
In a pickle
In a pig’s eye
In hot water
In like Flynn
In over your head
In the bag
In the black
In the Dog House
In the doghouse
In the doldrums
In the driver’s seat
In the family way
In the heat of the moment
In the lap of luxury
In the nick of time
In the pink
In the red
In the same boat
In the soup
In the twinkling of an eye
J
Jack of all trades
Jump down someone’s throat
Jump in with both feet
Jump on the bandwagon
Jump on the gravy train
Jump out of the frying pan into the fire
Jump out of your skin
Jump ship
Jump the gun
Jump the queue
Jump the shark
Jump through hoops
K
Keep below the radar
Keep it under your hat
Keep the wolf from the door
Keep your cards close to your chest
Keep your eye on the ball
Keep your eyes peeled
Keep your hair on
Keep your nose clean
Keep your nose to the grindstone
Keep your pants on
Keep your pecker up
Keep your powder dry
Keep your shirt on
Kick over the apple cart
Kick over the traces
Kick the bucket
Kick the can down the road
Kick the habit
Kick the tires
Kick up a fuss
Kick up a stink
Kick up your heels
Kicking the Cripple’s Crutch
Kicking the Hornet’s Nest
Kill two birds with one stone
Kissing the Stone’s Edge
Knock on wood
L
Laughing all the way to the bank
Laughing in the Reaper’s Face
Lay an egg
Leave in the lurch
Leave no stone unturned
Let sleeping dogs lie
Let the cat out of the bag
Let the chips fall where they may
Let your hair down
Like a bat out of hell
Like a bear with a sore head
Like a bolt from the blue
Like a bull at a gate
Like a bull in a china shop
Like a cat with nine lives
Like a deer in the headlights
Like a dog with a bone
Like a dog with two dicks
Like a fish out of water
Like a red rag to a bull
Like Flies on Shit
Like water off a duck’s back
Like water under the bridge
Live on borrowed time
Look before you leap
Lose your marbles
Lose your shirt
M
Mad as a hatter
Madder than a cut Snake
Make a beeline for
Make a clean breast of it
Make a long story short
Make a mountain out of a molehill
Make a pig’s ear of it
Make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear
Make ends meet
Make hay while the sun shines
Make no bones about it
Miss the boat
Moral Compass
N
Needle In A Haystack
No Good Turn Goes Unpunished
No holds barred
No rest for the wicked
Not playing with a full deck
Not the sharpest tool in the shed
O
Off the cuff
Off the hook
Off the rails
Off your rocker
On a wing and a prayer
On cloud nine
On tenterhooks
On the ball
On the blink
On the dole
On the edge of your seat
On the fence
On the level
On the ropes
On the same page
On the wagon
Once in a blue moon
One foot in the grave
Out of left field
Out of the frying pan into the fire
Over the moon
P
Paint the town red
Paint yourself into a corner
Painting the Sky’s Canvas
Par for the course
Pass the buck
Pay through the nose
Penny for your thoughts
Piece of cake
Pissing in the Wind’s Teeth
Pissing Off the Wrong Bastard
Pissing on the Altar’s Flame
Pissing on the Preacher’s Bible
Planting Thorns in the Garden
Play fast and loose
Play it by ear
Play second fiddle
Play with fire
Pot Calling Kettle Black
Pull the wool over someone’s eyes
Pull up stakes
Push the envelope
Put a pin in it
Put a sock in it
Put on the back burner
Put the cart before the horse
Put your best foot forward
Put your head above the parapet
Put your money where your mouth is
Letters R - Y (79 phrases)
R
Raining cats and dogs
Raise the bar
Rattling the Cage of Gods
Red herring
Ride roughshod over
Ride the gravy train
Riding the Owl’s Wing
Riding the Viper’s Tail
Rock the boat
Roll with the punches
Rome wasn’t built in a day
Rub salt in the wound
Run amok
Run the gauntlet
S
Sailing on a Whisper of Wind
Screwing the Beggar’s Bowl
Screwing the Drunkard’s Last Pint
Screwing the Poor Man’s Plate
See eye to eye
Selling Smoke to the Wind
Serving the Serpent’s Feast
Shitting on the King’s Crown
Shitting Where You Eat
Singing to the Hangman’s Rope
Sit on the fence
Spill the beans
Spill the tea
Spinning Lies in the Spider’s Den
Spinning the Clock’s Last Turn
Spit and image
Spit in the wind
Spitting image
Spitting in the King’s Wine
Spitting in the Poorhouse Soup
Spitting on the Widow’s Grave
Square the circle
Steal someone’s thunder
Stealing the Tide’s Secret
Steer clear of
Straight from the horse’s mouth
Sucking the Devil’s Teat
T
Take it on the chin
Take it with a grain of salt
Take the bull by the horns
Take the wind out of your sails
Tangled in the Weaver’s Loom
Teapot calling the Kettle black
The ball is in your court
The cat’s out of the bag
The elephant in the room
The road to Hell is paved with good intentions
The Sins of the Father
The squeaky wheel gets the grease
The straw that broke the camel’s back
The whole nine yards
Threading the Star’s Needle
Through thick and thin
Throw caution to the wind
Throw in the towel
Throw someone under the bus
Tie the knot
Till the cows come home
Tip of the iceberg
To cut a long story short
Tossing Pebbles at the Giant
U
Under the thumb
Under the weather
Up in arms
Up to scratch
W
Warming Hands at a Dying Ember
Water under the bridge
Weaving a Web of Ashes
When pigs fly
Whistling Past the Abyss
Whoring Out the Family Silver
Wild goose chase
Worshipping the Broken Idol
Y
You can’t judge a book by its cover
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