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
• Fucking Over the Little Guy
• Fucking the Boss’s Throne
• Fucking the Dog’s Bone
• Fucking the Golden Goose
• 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

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

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
• Your guess is as good as mine