● Back and call :- At the service
● Back and forth :- In a backward and forward motion
● Back seat driver :- People who criticize from the sidelines, much like someone giving unwanted advice
● Back to square one :- Having to start all over again
● Back to the drawing board :- When an attempt fails and its time to start all over
● Back me :- Support
● Back out :- to withdraw from a promise, contract
● Back up :- to support,to sustain
● Bag and baggage :- with all goods
● Bakers dozen :- Thirteen
● Bank on :- Depend on, count on
● Barking up the wrong tree :- A mistake made in something you are trying to achieve
● Bated breath :- In anxiety, expectancy
● Bear upon :- to be relevant to
● Beat a dead horse :- To force an issue that has already ended
● Beating around the bash :- Avoiding the main topic, not speaking directly about the issue
● Bend over backwards :- Do whatever it takes to help. Willing to do anything
● Between a Rock and a Hard place :- Stuck between two very bad options
● Between Scylla and Charybdis :- Choice between two unpleasant alternatives
● Between the cup and the lips :- On the point of achievement
● Bite off more than you can chew :- To take on a task that is a way to big
● Bite your tongue :- To avoid talking
● Black and white :- In writing
● Blood is thicker than water :- The family bond is closer than anything else
● Blow hot and cold :- Having no stand, shows favour at one time and unfavour at another
● Blow up :- to explode,to reprimand or scold
● Blue moon :- A rare event or occurrence
● Body and soul :- Entirely
● Break a leg :- A superstitious way to say Good Luck without saying Good Luck,
● Break down :- of a car, a piece of machinery,to go wrong so that it will not function,to collapse, to succumb to uncontrollable weeping ,to succumb to a nervous collapse through overwork or worry
● Break off :- to end, to discontinue, to desist
● Break up :- to disperse, to dissolve
● Bring up :- to rear
● Buy a lemon :- To purchase a vehicle that constantly gives problems or stops running after you drive it
● By & by :- Gradually
● By all means :- Certainly, definitely, naturally, using any possible way or method
● By far :- By a great margin, clearly
● By fits and starts :- Irregularly
● By heart :- By memorizing
● By hook or by crook :- By any means
● By leaps and bound :- speedily
● By oneself :- Alone, without assistance
● By the way :- Incidentally
● Call a spade a spade :- Straight talks
● Call forth :- to provoke
● Call out :- to shout,to announce by calling or shouting
● Call upon :- to order, to require
● Cant cut the mustard :- Someone who isnt adequate enough to compete or participate
● Carry on :- to continue,to manage
● Cast iron stomach :- Someone who has no problems, complications or ill effects with eating anything
● Cast away :- to throw aside
● Catch up with :- to overtake,to draw level
● Cats and bull story :- Untrue story
● Cats and dogs :- Heavy rain
● Charley horse :- stiffness in the leg/ A leg cramp
● Chew someone out :- Verbally scold someone
● Chip on his shoulder :- Angry today about something that occurred in the past
● Chow down :- To eat
● Clear - cut :- Clearly stated, definite, apparent
● Close but no cigar :- To be near and almost accomplish a goal, but fall short
● Close call :- A situation involving a narrow escape from danger
● Cock and bull story :- An unbelievable tale, untrue story
● Come hell or high water :- Any difficult situation or obstacle
● Come off :- to take place,to turn out successful
● Crack someone up :- To make someone laugh
● Cross your fingers :- To hope that something happens the way you want it to
● Cry wolf :- Intentionally raise a false alarm
● Cry down :- to deprecate
● Cry out against :- to complain loudly against
● Cup of joe :- A cup of coffee
● Curtain lecture :- A reproof by wife to her husband
● Cut and dried :- Ready made form
● Cut to the chase :- Leave out all the unnecessary details and just get to the point
● Cut out :- designed for
● Dark horse :- One who was previously unknown and is now prominent
● Day in and day out :- Continuously, constantly
● Dead Ringer :- 100 % identical, a duplicate
● Devils advocate :- Someone who takes a position for the sake of argument without believing in that
● Dog days of summer :- The hottest day of the summer season
● Dont count your chickens before they hatch :- Dont rely on it until you sure of it
● Dont look a gift horse in the month :- When someone gives you a gift, dont be ungrateful
● Dont Put All Your Eggs In One Basket :- Do not pull all your resources in one possibility
● Doozy :- Something outstanding
● Down to the wire :- Something that ends at the last minute or last few seconds
● Drastic times call for drastic measures :- When you are extremely desperate you need to take extremely desperate actions
● Drink like a fish :- To drink very heavily, drinking anything
● Dry run :- Rehearsal
● Drive someone up the wall :- To irritate and/or annoy very much.
● Dropping Like Flies :- A large number of people either falling ill or dying.
● Drop in :- to visit casually
● Drop out :- As the race progressed, many children dropped out
● Daft as a brush :- Really silly
● Egg on :- To urge somebody
● Eighty six :- A certain item is no longer available. Or this idiom can also mean, to throw away
● Elvis has left the building :- The show has come to an end. Its all over
● Ethnic cleansing :- Killing of a certain ethnic or religious group on a massive scale
● Ever and anon :- Now and then
● Every cloud has a silver lining :- Be optimistic, even difficult times will lead to better days
● Every other (one) :- Every second (one), alternate (ones)
● Everything but the kitchen sink :- Almost everything and anything has been included
● Excuse my French :- Please forgive me for cussing
● Fabian policy :- Policy of delaying decisions
● Face :- to :- face :- Direct, personal, directly, personally (written without hyphens)
● Fair and wide :- Equal opportunity to all
● Fall back :- to recede, to retreat
● Fall down :- from a higher position to a lower one
● Fall off :- to withdraw, to drop off
● Fall under :- to come under
● Far and wide :- Every where
● Few and far between :- Not frequent, unusual, rare
● Feeding Frenzy :- An aggressive attack on someone by a group.
● Field day :- An enjoyable day or circumstance
● Fifty :- fifty :- Divided into two equal parts
● Finding your feet :- To become more comfortable in whatever you are doing
● Finger licking good :- To become more comfortable in whatever you are doing
● Fire and brimstone :- A very tasty food or meal
● Fire and fury :- Fearful penalties
● First and foremost :- Extreme enthusiasm
● Fishy: doubtful :- Highest priority
● Fixed in your ways :- Not willing or wanting to change from your normal way of doing something
● Flash in the pan :- Something that shows potential or looks promising in the beginning but fails to deliver
● Flea market :- A swap meet. A place where people gather to buy and sell inexpensive goods
● Flesh and blood :- This idiom can mean living material of which people are made of, or it can refer to human nature
● Flip the bird :- To raise your middle finger at someone
● Foam at the mouth :- To be enraged and show it
● Fools Gold :- Iron pyrites, a worthless rock that resembles real gold
● Foot the bill :- Bear expenses
● For good :- Permanently, forever
● For once :- This one time, for only one time
● For sure :- Without doubt (also: for certain)
● For the time being :- Temporarily
● Free and easy :- Natural and simple
● French kiss :- An open mouth kiss where tongues touch
● From now on :- From this time into the future
● From rags to riches :- To go from very poor to being very wealthy
● Fuddy :- duddy :- An old :- fashioned and foolish type of person
● Full monty :- This idiom can mean either, The whole thing or Completely nude
● Funny farm :- A mental institutional facility
● Gall and wormwood :- Source of irritation
● Get down to brass tacks :- To become serious about something
● Get over it :- To move beyond something that is bothering you
● Get up on the wrong side of the bed :- Someone who is having a horrible day
● Get your walking papers :- Get fired from the job
● Get along :- to prosper, to progress, to proceed
● Get on with :- to live pleasantly together, to progress
● Get into :- to be involved in
● Gird up the loin :- To be ready
● Give in :- to surrender, to yield
● Give over :- not to do any longer
● Give and take :- Compromise, cooperation between people
● Give him the slip :- To get away from, to escape
● Give in :- Surrender
● Go down like a lead balloon :- To be received badly by an audience
● Go for broke :- To gamble everything you have
● Go out on a limb :- Put yourself in a tough position in order to support someone/ something
● Go the extra mile :- Going above and beyond whatever is required for the task at hand
● Go Dutch :- Pay for each othermeal
● Go for a Jugular :- Attack all out
● Go after :- to follow, to pursue
● Go down :- to be accepted
● Go without :- to remain without
● Go by :- to follow,to elapse (used of time)
● Good Samaritan :- Someone who helps others when they are in need, with no discussion for
● Graveyard shift :- Working hours from about 12:00 am to 8.00
● Great minds think alike :- Intelligent people think like each other
● Green room :- The waiting room, especially for those who are about to go on a TV or radio show
● Gut feeling :- A personal intuition you get, especially when feel something may not be right
● Had better :- Should, ought to, be advisable to
● Hand a gloves :- Very intimate friends
● Hang about :- to loiter near a place
● Hang upon :- to depend upon
● Hard and fast :- Certain
● Hard of hearing :- Partially deaf, not able to hear well
● Haste makes waste :- Quickly doing things results in a poor ending
● Hat Trick :- When one player scores three goals in the same hockey game.
● Haughty and naughty :- Arrogant and naughty
● Have an axe to grind :- To have a dispute with someone
● Have got :- To have, to possess
● Have got to :- Must (also: have to)
● He lost his head :- Angry and overcome by emotions
● Head and shoulder :- Superior
● Head over heels :- Very excited and/ or joyful, especially when in love
● Heart and soul :- With full devotion
● Hell in a hand basket :- Deteriorating and headed for complete disaster
● Helter Shelter :- Here and there
● Herculean task :- A tedious job
● High five :- Slapping palms above each others heads as celebration gesture
● High on the Hog :- Living in luxury
● Hit below the belt :- Contrary the principles of fairness
● Hit the books :- To study, especially for a test or exam
● Hit the hay :- Go to bed or go to sleep
● Hit the nail on the head :- Do something exactly right or say something exactly right
● Hit the sack :- Go to bed or go to sleep
● Hither and thither :- Here and there
● Hocus Pocus :- In general, a term used in magic or trickery
● Hold your horses :- Be patient
● Hold out :- to endure, to refuse to yield,to continue,to offer
● Hold to :- abide by
● Hole and corner policy :- A secret policy for an evil purpose
● Hornets nest :- Raise controversy
● Hue and cry :- Great noise
● Hush money :- A bribe
● Icing on the cake :- When you already have it good and get something on top of what you already have
● Idle hands are the devils tools :- You are more likely to get in trouble if you have nothing to do
● If its not one thing, its another :- When one thing goes wrong, then another, and another…
● Ill at ease :- Uncomfortable or worried in a situation
● In a hurry :- Hurried, rushed (also: in a rush)
● In case :- In order to be prepared if the meaning is in order to be prepared if something happens
● In hand :- Under firm control, well managed
● In like Flynn :- To be easily successful, especially when sexual or romantic
● In no time :- Very quickly, rapidly
● In the bag :- To have something secured
● In the buff :- Nude
● In the heat of the moment :- Overwhelmed by what is happening in the moment
● In the long run :- Eventually, after a long period of time
● In the worst way :- Very much, greatly
● In time to :- Before the time necessary to do something
● In touch :- Having contact
● In vain :- Useless, without the desired result
● In your face :- An aggressive and bold confrontation
● Ins and outs :- Full detail
● Inside out :- With the inside facing the outside
● Intents and purposes :- Practically
● It figures :- It seems likely, reasonable, or typical
● It takes two to tango :- A two person conflict where both people are at fault
● Its a small world :- You frequently see the same people in different places
● It anyones call :- A competition where the outcome is difficult to judge or predict
● Ivory tower :- Imaginary world
● Ivy league :- Since 1954 the Ivy league has been the following universities: Columbia, Brown, Cornell
● Jaywalk :- Crossing the street (from the middle) without using the crosswalk
● Joshing me :- Tricking me
● Keep an eye on him :- You should carefully watch him. Keep an eye on
● Keep body and soul together :- To earn a sufficient amount of money in order to keep yourself alive
● Keep your chin up :- To remain joyful in a tough situation
● Keep off :- to ward off,to maintain
● Keep up with :- to keep pace with
● Kick the bucket :- Die
● Kith and kin :- Blood relatives
● Kitty :- corner :- Diagonally across. Sometimes called Catty :- Corner as well
● Knee Jerk Reaction :- A quick and automatic response.
● Kept a level ahead :- Was sensible
● Knock on Wood :- Knuckle tapping on wood in order to avoid some bad luck
● Knock out :- to win by hitting the opponent insensible in a boxing bout
● Know the ropes :- To understand the details
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