idioms

Idioms

(from Granny’s Candies)

Definition

• A phrase whose meaning is not real

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What Does This Idiom Mean?

(1) Raining cats and dogs


(2) Green with envy


(3) Frog in my throat


(4) Get cold feet


(5) Face the music


(6) Elbow room


(7) Piece of cake


(8) Butterflies in my stomach


(9) Beat around the bush


(10) Right off the bat


(11) My lips are sealed


(12) Skating on thin ice


(13) Sour grapes


(14) That’s the way the ball bounces


(15) Just for kicks


(16) Bite the bullet


(17) Head over heels


(18) Win by a nose


(19) Not my cup of tea


(20) Give me a hand


(21) A big hit


(22) Pulling my leg


(23) Get the ball rolling


(24) Tickled pink


(25) Apple of my eye


(26) Stick your neck out for someone


(27) Don’t cry over spilled milk


(28) Look before you leap


(29) Under the weather


(30) Breath of fresh air


(31) Heart of gold


(32) Blind leading the blind


(33) Monkey around


(34) Wild goose chase


(35) Hit the nail on the head


(36) Beat a dead horse


(37) Chip off the old block


(38) His bark is worse than his bite


(39) On the ball


(40) Put your heads together


(41) Beat the clock


(42) A lot of get up and go


(43) Get the upper hand


(44) Put your nose to the grindstone


(45) In the doghouse


(46) Jack of all trades


(47) Stretch the truth


(48) Bite off more than you can chew


(49) Let your hair down


(50) Spill the beans


(51) My eyes are bigger than my stomach


(52) Go overboard


(53) Stay on track


(54) Costs an arm and a leg


(55) Keep your head


(56) A fly on the wall


(57) In hot water


(58) Kill two birds with one stone


(59) Blow the whistle


(60) Get on my nerves


(61) Heart-to-heart talk


(62) Off the deep end


(63) Crack me up


(64) Ham it up


(65) Tied up


(66) Pain in the neck


(67) Keep an eye on


(68) Just for kicks


(69) Hot under the collar


(70) Get off on the wrong foot


(71) A barrel of laughs


(72) A shot in the dark


(73) Time flies when you’re having fun


(74) In one ear and out the other


(75) Wet behind the ears


(76) On the money


(77) Back against the wall


(78) On the right track


(79) Let the cat out of the bag


(80) Crack the whip


(81) Drive me up a wall


(82) Break a leg


(83) Keep a stiff upper lip


(84) Open a can of worms

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