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How time flies

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1. A bad hair day

2. A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush

3. A bolt out of the blue

4. A chain is as strong as its weakest link

5. A coward dies a thousand deaths, a brave man dies but once

6. A day late and a dollar short

7. A dead ringer

8. A diamond in the rough

9. A diamond is forever

10. A dish fit for the gods

11. A drop in the bucket

12. A face only a mother could love

13. A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on

14. A fate worst than death

15. A fish out of water

16. A fool and his money are soon parted

17. A friend in need is a friend indeed

18. A friend to all is a friend to none

19. A good man is hard to find

20. A good run is better than a bad stand

21. A heart as big as Texas

22. A job worth doing is worth doing well

23. A labor of love

24. A legend in his own time

25. A little bird told me

26. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing

27. A man after my own heart

28. A man is as good as his word

29. A man is known by the company he keeps

30. A man of few words

31. A man passes for what he is worth

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32. A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client

33. A man's got to do what a man's got to do

34. A man's home is his castle

35. A man's word is as good as his bond

36. A new broom sweeps clean

37. A penny for your thoughts

38. A penny saved is a penny earned

39. A picture is worth a thousand words

40. A place for everything and everything in its place

41. A play on words

42. A poor excuse is better than none at all

43. A poor man's memories could be a rich mans Goal

44. A right start in life is a career half made

45. A rolling stone gathers no moss

46. A she devil

47. A stitch in time saves nine

48. A thing of beauty is a joy forever

49. A time for all seasons

50. A time to live and a time to die

51. A tree is know best by it's fruit

52. A watched pot never boils

53. A wise man listens to his own conscience

54. A word to the wise is sufficient

55. A-1

56. Absence makes the heart grow fonder

57. Absolute power corrupts absolutely

58. Ace in the hole

59. Ace up his sleeve

60. Achilles Heel

61. Acid test

62. Across the board

63. Act in haste, repent in leisure

64. Actions speak louder than words

65. Adam's apple

66. Add insult to injury

67. After all is said and done, usually more is said than done

68. After the feast comes the reckoning

69. Against the grain

70. Age before beauty

71. Ain't just waltzing around with you

72. Ain't no fool like an old fool

73. Albatross around the neck

74. Alive and kicking

75. All good things come to those who wait

76. All is fair in love and war

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77. All our dreams can come true - if we have the courage to pursue

78. All roads lead to Rome

79. All that glitters is not gold

80. All things being equal

81. All Thumbs

82. All wet

83. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

84. All's over but the shouting

85. All's well that ends well

86. Always do right - this will gratify some and astonish the rest

87. Always look on the bright side

88. Always neat and tidy

89. An apple a day keeps the doctor away

90. An empty can makes the most noise

91. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

92. Another day, another dollar

93. Any port in a storm

94. Appearances are deceiving

95. Apples don't fall far from the tree

96. April showers bring May flowers

97. Are you listening - get your head out of the clouds

98. As a twig is bent the tree will grow

99. As big headed as a mule

100. As bitter as a gale

101. As black as your hat

102. As blind as a bat

103. As brave as a lion

104. As bright as a sixpence

105. As brown as a berry

106. As clean as a penny

107. As clear as a bell

108. As clear as the nose on your face

109. As clumsy as a bull in a china closet

110. As cross as a bear

111. As dark as a pail

112. As dead as a door nail

113. As deep as a well

114. As dry as a herrin

115. As dumb as a mule looking for a new gate

116. As empty as air

117. As fair as a lily

118. As fast as the Mexican two-step

119. As fat as a porpoise

120. As fine as a fiddle

121. As flat as a pancake

122. As happy as a dead pig in the sunshine

123. As hard as a millstone

124. As hard as a rock

125. As high as a kite

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126. As high as the sky

127. As honest as the day as long

128. As light as a feather

129. As long as a country mile

130. As long as the day is long

131. As luck would have it

132. As mad as a March hare

133. As many as Carter had little liver pills

134. As neat as a pin

135. As nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs

136. As pig headed as a mule

137. As plump as a partridge

138. As poor as a church mouse

139. As proud as a peacock

140. As pure as a angel

141. As pure as mothers milk

142. As pure as the driven snow

143. As red as a beet

144. As rich as was Croesus

145. As right as rain

146. As rough as a gale

147. As round as an apple

148. As sharp as a stick

149. As slow as a snail

150. As sly as a fox

151. As smart as a steel trap

152. As spry as a cat

153. As stiff as a poker

154. As strong as an ox

155. As tender as a mother milk

156. As tender as a mother's love

157. As the crow flies

158. As thin as a rail

159. As tough as nails

160. As ugly as sin

161. As weak as a kitten

162. Ashes of love are cold as ice

163. Ask and you shall receive

164. Ask me no question and I will tell you no lies

165. Asleep at the wheel

166. At first blush

167. At your beck and call

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168. Babe in the woods

169. Back in the good old days

170. Back seat driver

171. Back to basics

172. Back to square one

173. Back to the drawing board

174. Back to the salt mine

175. Back when Hector was a pup

176. Back when I was younger

177. Backhanded compliment

178. Bad penny always returns

179. Bad spelling is a remediable injury

180. Bad to the bone

181. Bad to worse

182. Bad weather gets better, a bad man never does

183. Bag of switches

184. Bald as an eagle

185. Ball and chain

186. Barefaced liar

187. Barking dogs seldom bite

188. Barking in the wind

189. Barking up the wrong tree

190. Batten down the hatches

191. Be careful what you wish for you might get it

192. Be that as it may

193. Be true to your teeth and they won't be false

194. Beat around the bush

195. Beat the band

196. Beauty is as beauty does

197. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

198. Beauty is only skin deep

199. Bee in your bonnet

200. Behind every cloud is a silver lining

201. Behind the eight ball

202. Being so happy or food being so good, you could slap your

203. Bend like a willow or break like an oak

204. Beside the point

205. Best fish I ever flopped a lip on

206. Best laid plans of mice and men

207. Best looking girl I ever took a gander at

208. Better a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big pond

209. Better death than dishonor

210. Better half

211. Better late than never

212. Better safe than sorry

213. Better than a black land farm

214. Better than a new pencil

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215. Better than bacon

216. Better to be your friend's nettle than his echo

217. Between a rock and a hard place

218. Betwixt and between

219. Beware of burning your bridges when you cross them

220. Beyond the sunset

221. Bide your time

222. Big as a bear

223. Big as a blimp

224. Big as a goose egg

225. Big eye little view

226. Bigger is better

227. Bigger than a blue dog tick

228. Bigger than Dallas

229. Bird in the hand is better than two in the bush

230. Bird's eye view

231. Birds of a feather flock together

232. Black as pitch

233. Black as the ace of spades

234. Black sheep of the family

235. Bless your little pea picking heart

236. Blind as a bat

237. Blind in one eye and can't see out of the other

238. Blood is thicker than water

239. Blood will tell

240. Blow your stack

241. Blown to smithereens

242. Bone of contention

243. Bony Moroney

244. Born with a silver spoon is his mouth

245. Bosom buddy

246. Bottoms up

247. Bow up like a cutting worm

248. Boy was that a new wrinkle

249. Break a leg

250. Break a mirror and you will have seven years bad luck

251. Break the ice

252. Bright as a new silver dollar

253. Bright eyed and bushy tailed

254. Bring home the bacon

255. Brown as a berry

256. Brown noser

257. Brownie points

258. Bump on a log

259. Burning question

260. Burning the candle at both ends

261. Burning the midnight oil

262. Bury the hatchet

263. Busier than a one armed paper hanger

264. Business before pleasure

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265. Busting my chops

266. Busy as a bee

267. Butter wouldn't melt in her mouth

268. Buy it for a song

269. By the same token

270. By the skin of your teeth

271. By the sweat of your brow

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272. Calf rope

273. Call a spade a spade

274. Calm before the storm

275. Came up smelling like roses

276. Can it

277. Can't live with them and can't live without them

278. Can't make heads or tails of it

279. Can't never could and never would

280. Can't see the forest for the trees

281. Can't see through muddy water

282. Can't win for losing

283. Captain of his soul

284. Cardinal sin

285. Carte blanche

286. Cash on the barrel head

287. Cast aspersions

288. Cast pearls before swine

289. Cat got your tongue

290. Catch as catch can

291. Catch some Z's

292. Cat's meow

293. Cattywampus or caddywampus

294. Caught between a rock and a hard place

295. Caught with your pants down

296. Champagne taste with a beer pocketbook

297. Change a fool against his will, he's of the same opinion still

298. Change of heart

299. Character secures respect

300. Charity begins at home

301. Charlie horse

302. Charmed life

303. Cheap as dirt

304. Chew the cud

305. Chew the fat

306. Chicken squat behind the was pot

307. Chickens come home to roost

308. Children should be seen and not heard

309. Child's play

310. Chink in the armor

311. Chip off the old block

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312. Chip on his shoulder

313. Chock full

314. Choose the lessor of two evils

315. Christmas Eve Gift

316. Clean as a whistle

317. Clean slate

318. Cleanliness is next to Godliness

319. Clear as a bell

320. Clear as day

321. Clear as mud

322. Clear the decks

323. Clearer than glass

324. Climb on the bandstand

325. Climb the wall

326. Clip joint

327. Close but no cigar

328. Close isn't good enough

329. Close only counts in horseshoes

330. Close shave

331. Close that pneumonia hole/ gap

332. Closer than the hair on a hog

333. Clothes don't make the man

334. Clothes make the man

335. Cloud nine

336. Clumsy as a bull in a china closet

337. Clumsy as a new born colt

338. Coast is clear

339. Cock and bull story

340. Cock of the walk

341. Cockles of the heart

342. Coin a phrase

343. Cold as a blue northern

344. Cold as a frog

345. Cold as a witches broom

346. Cold as ice

347. Cold day in July

348. Cold feet

349. Cold feet sleep apart

350. Cold fish

351. Cold hands - warm heart

352. Cold shoulder

353. Cold turkey

354. Come hell or high water

355. Come off it

356. Come what may

357. Comes up smelling like a rose

358. Company and fish stink after three days

359. Conniption fit

360. Conspicuous by one's absence

361. Cooked his goose

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362. Cool as a cucumber

363. Cop a plea

364. Corny as a cup of corn

365. Couldn't buy a setting of eggs

366. Couldn't carry a tune in a bushel basket

367. Couldn't hit the broad side of the barn

368. Count your blessings, not your problems

369. Courage of your convictions

370. Cracked up

371. Crazy as a Bessie bug

372. Cream rises to the top

373. Cries like a baby

374. Crime doesn't pay

375. Crooked as a barrel of snakes

376. Crooked as a dogs hind leg

377. Crooked as a snake

378. Cross as a bear

379. Cross your bridges when you come to them

380. Cross your fingers for good luck

381. Cry wolf

382. Cultivate the talents you have

383. Curiosity killed the cat

384. Cut and dried

385. Cut and run

386. Cut me some slack

387. Cut the coat according to the cloth

388. Cut the mustard

389. Cut the shenanigans

390. Cut through the red tape

391. Cut to the chase

392. Cut your nose off to spite your face

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393. Dance with the one that brought you

394. Day late and a dollar short

395. Dead as a doornail

396. Dead men tells no tales

397. Dead ringer

398. Dead to right

399. Dead to the world

400. Deader than a doorknob

401. Deader than a mackerel

402. Deeper than the deep blue sea

403. Deeper than the Pacific

404. Den of thieves

405. Dependable as a mule

406. Dependable as a spring flood

407. Devil incarnate

408. Diamond in the rough

409. Different color of horse

410. Different strokes for different folks

411. Dig your own grave

412. Dipstick

413. Dirt cheap

414. Discretion is the better part of valor

415. Divide and conquer

416. D-liver, D-letter, D-sooner, D-better

417. Do an about face

418. Do as I say do and not as I do

419. Do not be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will care for itself

420. Do or die

421. Do unto others shat you would have them do unto you

422. Doctor Livingston I presume

423. Does a leopard change his spots

424. Doesn't have a leg to stand on

425. Doesn't have two nickels to rub together

426. Dog days of summer

427. Dogs that don't kill sheep don't run

428. Done in by a city slicker

429. Don't aim at talent you don't have

430. Don't beat a dead dog

431. Don't beat around the bush

432. Don't bite off more that you can chew

433. Don't bite the hand that feeds you

434. Don't burn your bridges

435. Don't change horses in the middle of the stream

436. Don't count your chickens before they hatch

437. Don't criticize a man till you have walked a mile in his shoes

438. Don't cry over spilled milk

439. Don't cry your heart out

440. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth

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441. Don't mess in your nest

442. Don't muddy the waters

443. Don't open Pandora's box

444. Don't open that can of worms

445. Don't play with fire and you won't get burned

446. Don't pull the wool over my eyes

447. Don't put all of your eggs in one basket

448. Don't put any stock in it

449. Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today

450. Don't sweat the small stuff

451. Don't take any wooden nickels

452. Don't throw the baby out with the bath water

453. Don't upset the apple cart

454. Double bind and still a going

455. Double dog dare

456. Double Dutch

457. Double ugly

458. Double whammy

459. Drank till he was plum tipsy

460. Dressed fit to kill

461. Dressed up in his Sunday go to meeting clothes

462. Dressed up to the nines

463. Drinks like a fish

464. Drummed out of the Army

465. Drunk as a skunk

466. Dumb as a box of rocks

467. Dumb as a fox

468. Dumb as a log

469. Dumb as a post

470. Dumb as a stump

471. Dynamite comes in small packages

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472. Early to bed early to rise makes a man wealthy and wise

473. Ears that look like a taxi cab with both doors open

474. Easier said than done

475. Easy as falling off a log

476. Easy as pie

477. Easy come easy go

478. Eat crow

479. Eat drink and be merry

480. Eat your heart out

481. Eaten out of house and home

482. Eats like a bird

483. Eats like a horse

484. Eats like a pig

485. Education is capital invested for the future

486. Either sink or swim

487. Elementary my dear Watson

488. End of one's rope

489. End of the story

490. Enough is enough

491. Enthusiasm conquers the impossible

492. Even at the turning tide

493. Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven

494. Every dog has his day

495. Evil returns to evil doers

496. Excuse my French

497. Experience is the best teacher

498. Eyes like a hawk

499. Eyes see everything but themselves

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500. Face the music

501. Fact is stranger than fiction

502. Failure is the stepping stone to success

503. Failure may be the stepping stone to success

504. Faint heart never won fair maiden

505. Fair and square

506. Fair to middling

507. Fair weather friend

508. Faith can move mountains

509. Fall from Grace

510. Fall on your sword

511. Falling apart like a cheap suit

512. Familiarity breeds contempt

513. Fancy free

514. Far be it from me

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515. Faster than greased lightening

516. Fat as a hog

517. Fear can hold you prisoner, hope can set you free

518. Feed that corn to the chickens

519. Feel it in my bones

520. Fell like a ton of bricks

521. Feuding like the Hatfields and McCoys

522. Few and for between

523. Fifth wheel

524. Find a penny, pick it up - all the day you'll have good luck

525. Finders keepers losers weepers

526. Finer than frog hair

527. Fire answers fire

528. First come, first served

529. Fish or cut bait

530. Fit as a fiddle

531. Fit to be tied

532. Fits him to a T

533. Flash in the pan

534. Flat as a fritter

535. Flat as a pancake

536. Flat footed as a duck

537. Flesh and blood

538. Fly by night

539. Fly by the seat of your pants

540. Fly in the ointment

541. Fly off the handle

542. Fly on the wall

543. Foam at the mouth

544. Follow the golden rule

545. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me

546. Fools gold

547. Fool's names and fool's faces always show up in public places

548. Fools rush in where Angel's fear to tread

549. For crying out loud

550. For from the madding crowd

551. For love nor money

552. For the birds

553. For the life of me

554. For the umpteenth time

555. For what it is worth

556. Forbidden fruit

557. Forever and a day

558. Forewarned is forearmed

559. Forgive and forget

560. Forgive and you will be forgiven

561. Fork it over

562. Fought like a tiger

563. Four aces short of a deck

564. Four corners of the earth

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565. Free as a bird

566. Fresh as a daisy

567. Friends are the flowers in the garden of life

568. Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ear

569. Frog in your throat

570. From bad to worst

571. From here to Kalamazoo

572. From here to ten buck two

573. From pillar to post

574. From stem to stern

575. From the horses mouth

576. From the word go

577. From your lips to God's ears

578. Full as a tick

579. Full of beans

580. Funny farm

581. Further than the outhouse

582. Fuzzy wuzzy

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583. Gag a maggot

584. Gather rosebuds while you may

585. Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent

586. Get off your high horse

587. Get use to it

588. Get while the getting's good

589. Get your ears lowered

590. Getting the short end of the stick

591. Getting your goat

592. Give him an inch and he will take a mile

593. Give him an offer he can't refuse

594. Give the devil his dues

595. Giving someone the cold shoulder

596. Go ahead gourd head

597. Go fly a kite

598. Go for broke

599. Go off half cocked

600. Go whole hog wild

601. Go with the flow

602. God helps those who help themselves

603. God moves in mysterious ways

604. Goes up like a puff of smoke

605. Going to be a cold day in hell

606. Going to come a frog floater

607. Going to come a gully washer

608. Going to come a toad strangler

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609. Going to hell in a hand basket

610. Gone but not forgotten

611. Gone South

612. Gone to bed with the chickens

613. Gone to pot

614. Gone to the dogs

615. Good always wins over evil

616. Good as gold

617. Good beginnings make for good endings

618. Good fences make good neighbors

619. Good lord willing and the creeks don't rise

620. Good luck comes to the man that earns it

621. Good riddance to bad rubbish

622. Goodie two shoes

623. Goofy as a road lizard

624. Got a bird nest on the ground

625. Got a frog in your throat

626. Got enough money to burn a wet mule

627. Got more money than Ben Gump

628. Got my mojo working

629. Got the blues

630. Got the reds

631. Got up on the wrong side of the bed

632. Grass doesn't grow on a busy street

633. Grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

634. Great minds think alike

635. Great oaks from little acorns grow

636. Greek to me

637. Green as a gourd

638. Green as grass

639. Green eyed monster

640. Green with envy

641. Grin and bare it

642. Grind to a halt

643. Grinning like a mule chewing briars

644. Growing like a weed

645. Guilty as sin

646. Gung ho

647. Gut reaction

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648. Had me stumped

649. Hair of the dog

650. Half a loaf is better than none

651. Half the battle

652. Hand over fist

653. Handy as a flashlight with no batteries

654. Handy as pockets on a shirt

655. Hang in there

656. Hang loose

657. Hang tight

658. Happiness is a state of mind

659. Happy as a dead pig in the sunshine

660. Happy as a pig in slop

661. Hard as a rock

662. Hard fight with a short stick

663. Hard row to hoe

664. Hard to hold as a greased pig

665. Harder than nails

666. Harvest moon

667. Has a skeleton in the closet

668. Hasn't got the sense God gave a goose

669. Hasn't got the sense of a Betsy bug

670. Have a nice day

671. He ain't got a leg to stand on

672. He can't see the forest for the tees

673. He cast a large shadow

674. He couldn't see the point of a nail

675. He got his neck rung twice and he's still a-floppin

676. He got pulled before he was ripe

677. He has a ace in the hole

678. He has a hollow leg

679. He has a stomach made out of cast iron

680. He has deep pockets

681. He has his own ax to grind

682. He has his tail over his back

683. He has lost his marbles

684. He has run the gauntlet

685. He is a dark horse

686. He is a rake

687. He is a ring leader

688. He is a ring tailed tooter

689. He is a straight shooter

690. He is a wise old owl

691. He is afraid of his own shadow

692. He is as dependable as a fox in a hen house

693. He is as honest as the day is long

694. He is as stubborn as a lop-eared mule

695. He is dealing from the bottom of the deck

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696. He is going to the dogs

697. He is Hell on wheels

698. He is hen pecked

699. He is over his head

700. He kicked the bucket

701. He looks like death warmed over

702. He needs a tight rein

703. He rules with an iron hand

704. He stumped his toe

705. He takes one steps forward and two steps back

706. He thinks it is gospel if he says it

707. He who can does, he who cannot doesn't

708. He who gets angry gets old fast

709. He who hesitates is lost

710. He who laughs first cries hardest at the last

711. He who will not work shall not eat

712. He will argue with a fence post

713. He would complain if he was hung with a new rope

714. He/she could go bear hunting with a switch

715. He/she has a charmed life

716. He/she has bats in the belfry

717. He/she has the world by the tail

718. He/she is a day late and a dollar short

719. He/she is a pack rat

720. He/she is feeling their oats

721. He/she is going to have to bear the brunt

722. He/she is tough as nails

723. He/she is wiser than an old owl

724. He/she who hesitates is lost

725. He/she would take the quarters off a corpse's eyes

726. He/she's just like an apple rotten to the core

727. Head as hard as a rock

728. Head is harder than a brick

729. Healthy as a horse

730. Hear hear

731. Hear no evil-see no evil-speak no evil

732. Heard that lip flop

733. Heart as big as all outdoors

734. Heart of a lion

735. Heavens to Betsy

736. Heavy as a tub of lard

737. He'll argue with a fence post

738. Hell hath no furry like a woman scorned

739. Hem and Haw

740. Here today gone tomorrow

741. He's an odd duck

742. He's got ants in his pants

743. He's got ants in his pockets

744. He's really bull headed

745. He's rough as a cob

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746. He's slow, but he's old

747. Hibernate like a bear

748. Hide and seek

749. High and dry

750. High and mighty

751. High on the hog

752. Higher than a cats back

753. Higher than a Georgia pine

754. Higher than a kite

755. Hind site is 20/20

756. His beard is white as snow

757. His belly shakes like Jell-O

758. His head is as thick as an anvil

759. His mind is a steel trap

760. His/her elevator doesn't go all the way to the top

761. His/her light's on, but nobody's home

762. Hit below the belt

763. Hit by a ugly stick

764. Hit the sack

765. Ho-Ho-Ho- and a bottle of Rum

766. Hoist by your own petard

767. Hold a candle

768. Hold a torch

769. Hold your horses

770. Holy cow

771. Holy Smoke

772. Home is where the heart is

773. Home is where you hang your hat

774. Honest as the day is long

775. Honesty is the best policy

776. Hook line and sinker

777. Hook or crook

778. Hoot and Holler

779. Hope is a waking dream

780. Hope is hearing the melody of the future, Faith is to dance it

781. Hope is like the sun which as we walk toward it, cast a shadow of

782. Horse and cart

783. Hotter than a firecracker, but never hotter than a pistol

784. Hotter than a pistol

785. Hotter than a pot of collards

786. Hotter than Hell

787. How low can you go

788. How now brown cow

789. How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child

790. Hung up, but not stress out

791. Hung, drawn and quartered

792. Hunters moon

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794. I ain't never

795. I am a simple man with simple taste

796. I am as lonesome as a polecat

797. I am going to jerk a knot in your tail

798. I am going to paint the town red

799. I am going to slap you to the back side of no where

800. I am just needling you

801. I am off like a old dirty shirt

802. I came, I saw and I conquered

803. I can't make head or tails of it

804. I could take a cotton to you

805. I cried because I had no shoes until I saw the man who had no feet

806. I did not fall off a turnip truck

807. I didn't like the color of his money

808. I didn't pull your chain

809. I don't care if it harelips Georgia

810. I don't give a tinkers damn

811. I don't know him from Adam

812. I double dog dare you

813. I feel for you but I just can't reach you

814. I feel it in my bones

815. I feel like a rung out old rag thrown out with the wash water

816. I feel like giving up the ghost

817. I feel like warmed over death

818. I had rather see them shake than rattle

819. I have not slept one wink

820. I have nothing to offer but blood toil tears and sweat

821. I have other fish to fry

822. I laughed till I cried

823. I may be tall but I sure am short

824. I might as well I can't dance

825. I need that like a hole in the head

826. I shall return

827. I spy with my little eyes

828. I wasn't born on a Christmas tree

829. I wasn't born yesterday

830. I will wear my heart upon my sleeve

831. I won it fair and square

832. I won't take no for an answer

833. I would rather see them shake than rattle

834. I would rather take a beating

835. I wouldn't give you a plug nickel

836. I wouldn't give you two bits for his opinion

837. I wouldn't touch that with a 10' pole

838. I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him

839. I wouldn't want to be in his shoes

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840. Idle hands are the Devil's workshop

841. Idle mind is the Devil's playground

842. If a black cat crosses your path you will have bad luck

843. If a man tells you he can grow corn look in his crib

844. If a wolf came to my house to eat he would have to bring a sack

845. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again

846. If brains were lard, they couldn't grease up a good size skillet

847. If he accidentally told you the truth, he would come back and

848. If I (he/she) had a brain, I (he/she) would be dangerous

849. If I had my druthers

850. If I had told you once I have told you a thousand times

851. If I was on my way to hell with a car load of ice it would come a

852. If it ain't broke, don't fix it

853. If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck,

854. If life gives you lemons, make lemonade

855. If music was food of love, play on

856. If she had one more freckle she would have to carry it in the palm

857. If she would screw her head back on straight she might not have to

858. If syrup was a nickel a sop I wouldn't have a biscuit

859. If that don't beat the band

860. If that kid don't leave home I'm going to break his plate

861. If the Lord's willing, and the creek don't rise

862. If the shoe fits, wear it

863. If wishes were fishes, we'd all have a fry

864. If wishes were for certain we would all be rich

865. If wishes were horses beggars would ride

866. If worse comes to worst

867. If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem

868. If you can't beat them join them

869. If you can't say anything nice don't say anything

870. If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen

871. If you cast your net too wide beware that you don't get snared in

872. If you don't bend you are going to break

873. If you don't milk everyday, the cow will dry up

874. If you have seen one you have seen them all

875. If you play with trash it will get in your eyes

876. If you think you are talking to a backward person you might

877. If you want to dance you must pay the fiddler

878. Ignorance is bliss

879. I'll be a monkey's uncle

880. Ill gotten gains

881. I'll meet you last winter

lunch

apologize

freeze

it's a duck

of her hand

walk sideways

your own webbing

consider facing them

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882. I'm a bit under the weather today

883. I'm all ears

884. I'm getting nowhere fast

885. I'm going to carry you to the back of the wood shed

886. I'm going to clean your plow

887. I'm going to knock you into the middle of the week

888. I'm going to nail him

889. I'm in a nine line bind

890. I'm not just blowing smoke at you

891. In a coon's age

892. In a nutshell

893. In a pigs eye

894. In a quandary

895. In a rut

896. In an interesting condition

897. In cold blood

898. In for a penny

899. In for a pound

900. In hot water

901. In my mind's eye

902. In one ear and out the other

903. In one fell swoop

904. In the Autumn of your life

905. In the bag

906. In the buff

907. In the cart

908. In the doghouse

909. In the limelight

910. In the offing

911. In the pink

912. In the red

913. In the twinkling of an eye

914. In trouble

915. In your dreams

916. In your face

917. Indian giver

918. Is the Pope Catholic

919. Is you fall to the ground you get lost in the flood

920. It ain't fit for man or beast

921. It ain't over till the fat lady sings

922. It goes against the grain

923. It goes in one ear and out the other

924. It is a dirty job but someone has to do it

925. It is a dog eat dog world

926. It is as clear as the handwriting on the wall

927. It is as easy as falling off a log

928. It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness

929. It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness

930. It is dark as a tomb

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931. It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of an needle, than for

932. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is

933. It is pea pickin' good

934. It is two hole seater

935. It never rains it pours

936. It rolls off like water off of a duck's back

937. It takes one to know one

938. It takes people like you to make people like me

939. It takes two to tango

940. It will jar your memory like standing at South end of a North

941. It'll all come out in the wash

942. It'll be a cold day in July

943. It'll be okay if the Lord's willing and the creek don't rise

944. It's a catch 22 situation

945. It's a far cry

946. It's a long worm that never turns

947. It's a piece of cake

948. It's a real hum dinger

949. It's a sorry dog that won't wag his own tail

950. It's a two-dog night

951. It's all in the eye of the beholder

952. Its always darkest before dawn

953. It's an ill wind that blows no good

954. It's better to be safe than sorry

955. It's cold as blue blazes

956. It's going to rain little children

957. It's is raining on my parade

958. It's later than it has ever been before

959. It's like opening a can of worms

960. It's not over till the fat lady sings

961. It's not the end of the world

962. It's not whether you win or loose, it's how you play the game

963. It's not worth the paper it's written on

964. It's raining cats and dogs

965. It's raining on my parade

966. It's snowing down South

967. It's the pits

968. It's too little, too late

969. It's your pipe full

bound mule

invisible to the eye

a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God

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J

970. Jack of all trades and a master of none

971. Jackpot

972. Jerkwater town

973. Jig is up

974. Johnny come lately

975. Johnny come lately

976. Jump out of the frying pan into the fire

977. Jump to conclusions

978. Jumping the gun

979. Jumpy as a cat on a hot tin roof

980. Junk

981. Jury rig

982. Just a hop, skip and a jump away

983. Just a stone throw away

984. Just barking in the wind

985. Just bear with me

986. Just between you and me and the post

987. Just bide your time

988. Just deserts

989. Just had a brain storm

990. Just hunkey dory

991. Just in time

K

992. Katy bar the door

993. Keep a stiff upper lip

994. Keep body and soul together

995. Keep it simple stupid

996. Keep out of my hair

997. Keep the ball rolling

998. Keep those card and letters coming

999. Keep two hands above high water

1000. Keep your eyes peeled

1001. Keep your eyes wide open before marriage and half shut

1002. Keep your fingers crossed

1003. Keep your head above water

1004. Keep your nose clean

1005. Keep your nose to the grind stone

1006. Keep your powder dry

1007. Keep your shirt on

1008. Keeping up with the Joneses

1009. Keeps me on pins and needles

1010. Kelly is under that hat because his legs are hanging out

1011. Kick a man when he is down

afterwards

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1012. Kick the bucket

1013. Kicking up his heels like a cow going to pasture

1014. Kill the goose that laid the golden egg

1015. Kill them with kindness

1016. Kill two birds with one stone

1017. Kilroy was here

1018. Kiss and tell

1019. Kiss my grits

1020. Kit and caboodle

1021. Knee high by the fourth of July

1022. Knee high to a grasshopper

1023. Knee jerk reaction

1024. Knee knocking scared

1025. Knock back

1026. Knock off work

1027. Knock on wood

1028. Know the ropes

1029. Know which side your bread is buttered on

1030. Know which way the wind blows

1031. Knuckle down

L

1032. Labor of love

1033. Lamb to the slaughter

1034. Land of hope and glory

1035. Land of milk and honey

1036. Last but not least

1037. Last ditch effort

1038. Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone

1039. Lead by example

1040. Learn the ropes

1041. Learning is wealth to the poor

1042. Left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing

1043. Left holding the bag

1044. Left in a lurch

1045. Legs so bowed he couldn't herd a hog in a narrow lane

1046. Lend a kindly light

1047. Lend me your ear

1048. Less is more

1049. Lesser of two evils

1050. Let bygones be bygones

1051. Let not the sun go down on your wrath

1052. Let one thousand flowers bloom

1053. Let sleeping dogs lie

1054. Let the cat out of the bag

1055. Let them eat cake

1056. Let there be light

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1057. Let your hair down

1058. Let your light shine before men that they may see your good works

1059. Level playing field

1060. Liar, Liar pants on fire

1061. Life is a stairway some are going up and others are going down

1062. Life is not a dress rehearsal

1063. Life is what you make it

1064. Life of Riley

1065. Light at the end of the tunnel

1066. Like a bat out of hell

1067. Like a chicken with its head cut off

1068. Like a duck on a June bug

1069. Like a man grasping for straws

1070. Like a moth to a flame

1071. Like a snowball on its way hell

1072. Like being at a cake walk with no money

1073. Like being in a candy store with no money

1074. Like breaking a new pair of boots

1075. Like grabbing hold of a dead fish

1076. Like it or lump it

1077. Like stink on a skunk

1078. Like the pot calling the kettle black

1079. Like two peas in a pod

1080. Like walking a board sidewalk in high heels

1081. Like water off a ducks back

1082. Like white on rice

1083. Limber as a peach tree switch

1084. Little Miss Priss

1085. Little pictures have big ears

1086. Live and learn

1087. Live by the sword die by the sword

1088. Live fast and die hard

1089. Loaded to the gills

1090. Lonesome as a polecat

1091. Long as a country mile

1092. Long as a well rope

1093. Long as the river

1094. Long in the tooth

1095. Longer than a row of cotton

1096. Look before you leap

1097. Look what the dogs have dragged in and cats won't eat

1098. Looks good enough to eat

1099. Loony as a goon

1100. Loose as a goose

1101. Loose lips sink ships

1102. Lord love a duck

1103. Lord willing and the creeks don't rise

1104. Lots faster than a race horse

1105. Love is the master key which open the gates of happiness

1106. Love your neighbor as thyself

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1107. Lower than a snake's belly

1108. Lower than a worm

1109. Luck of the draw

1110. Lucky as a rabbits foot

1111. Lying is like being pregnant, sooner or later everyone will know

1112. Lying like a dog

M

1113. Mad as a hatter

1114. Mad as an old wet hen

1115. Main chance

1116. Maintain the status quo

1117. Make a beeline for it

1118. Make a clean breast of it

1119. Make a long story short

1120. Make a mountain out of a molehill

1121. Make haste not waste

1122. Make hay while the sun shines

1123. Make it a bakers dozen and I'll take it

1124. Make no bones about it

1125. Make ones blood boil

1126. Make the fur fly

1127. Makes me mad enough to chew nails and spit out BBs

1128. Makes your hair stand straight on end

1129. Man after his own heart

1130. Man does not live by bread alone

1131. Man of few words

1132. Man's inhumanity to man

1133. Many a slip from the cup to the lip

1134. Many are called but few are chosen

1135. Many hands make light work

1136. Mark my words

1137. Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations

1138. May as well, I can't dance

1139. Mean as a junkyard dog

1140. Meaner than a piney woods rooter

1141. Meaner than a rattlesnake

1142. Meet your maker

1143. Meet your waterloo

1144. Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water

1145. Mess with fire and you will get burned

1146. Mickey Finn

1147. Middle of the road

1148. Mighty oaks from little acorns grow

1149. Milk of human kindness

1150. Mind over matter

1151. Mind your own beeswax

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1152. Mind your Ps and Qs

1153. Mischievous as a cat

1154. Misery loves company

1155. Money burns a hole in your pocket

1156. Money can't by happiness

1157. Money doesn't grow on trees

1158. Money follows money

1159. Money is the root of all evil

1160. Monkey see, monkey do

1161. Monkey's uncle

1162. More or less

1163. More problems than Carter has little liver pills

1164. More stubborn than a mule

1165. More than I bargained for

1166. More trouble than it's worth

1167. Morning - Glory

1168. Moving at a snail's pace

1169. Moving like dead lice are falling off of you

1170. Much ado about nothing

1171. Muddier that a pig sty

1172. Mum's the word

1173. Must have a hole in the head

1174. My crow is the blackest

N

1175. Name your poison

1176. Neat as a pin

1177. Needle in a haystack

1178. Needless to say

1179. Neither a borrower nor a lender be

1180. Neither here nor there

1181. Nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs

1182. Never a borrower or a lender be

1183. Never bite the hand that feeds you

1184. Never give a sucker a break

1185. Never mix business with pleasure

1186. Never say die

1187. Never say never

1188. Never the twains shall meet

1189. Never to old to learn

1190. New beginnings - old endings

1191. Nice as pie

1192. Nip and tuck

1193. Nip it in the bud

1194. No common horse sense

1195. No dice

1196. No man can lounge into success

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1197. No man is an island

1198. No matter how far you go, there you are

1199. No monkey business

1200. No need to reinvent the wheel

1201. No news is good news

1202. No one can make you feel inferior without your consent

1203. No one is so blind as those that don't want to see

1204. No pain no gain

1205. No rest for the wicked

1206. No rhyme or reason

1207. No skin off my nose

1208. No use beating a dead horse

1209. No use closing the barn door when the horse is already out

1210. Noisy as a new saddle

1211. Nose running off my face

1212. Nose runs like a spring branch

1213. Not a hair out of place

1214. Not fit to hold a candle

1215. Not overdrawn, just under deposited

1216. Not right now my mind is tuned out

1217. Not the ill wind which blows no man to good

1218. Nothing can need a lie

1219. Nothing is certain but death and taxes

1220. Nothing ventured, nothing gained

1221. Now honey that is to much sugar for a dime

1222. Now is the winter of discontent

1223. Now that's a knee slapper

1224. Nutty as a fruitcake

1225. Nutty as a peach orchard boar

1226. Nutty as a squirrel

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O

1227. O ye, of little faith

1228. Odd and ends

1229. Odd man out

1230. Of the first order

1231. Off his rocker

1232. Off the record

1233. Off the wall

1234. Off with his head

1235. Oh how time fly's when you are having fun

1236. Oh that way madness lies

1237. Oh what tangle web we weave, when first we practice to deceive

1238. Oh, your grandmother was most particular

1239. Oil and water don't mix

1240. Okay

1241. Okey dokey

1242. Old as Methuselah

1243. Old habits die hard

1244. Old hat

1245. Old so n' so kicked the bucket

1246. Old stamping ground

1247. Older than dirt

1248. Older than father time

1249. Older than the creek

1250. On a wing and a prayer

1251. On him/her like white on rice

1252. On the ball

1253. On the QT's

1254. On the rocks

1255. On the shoulders of a giant

1256. On the skids

1257. On the spur of the moment

1258. On tinderhooks

1259. Once bitten twice shy

1260. Once in a blue moon

1261. Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more

1262. One bad apple don't spoil the whole bunch

1263. One brick short of a load

1264. One bubble short of plum

1265. One foot in the grave

1266. One for the road

1267. One man's meat is another man's poison

1268. One man's trash is another man's treasure

1269. One sandwich short of a picnic

1270. Only the good die young

1271. Open mouth, insert foot

1272. Out behind the wood shed

1273. Out like a light

1274. Out of sight out of mind

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1275. Out of sorts

1276. Out of the coals and into the fire

1277. Out of the jaws of death

1278. Out of the mouths of babes come all wise sayings

1279. Out on a limb

1280. Out with the old and in with the new

1281. Over the hill

1282. Over the top

1283. Oysters are not good in months that have not and R in them

P

1284. Pack it in

1285. Paddle your own canoe

1286. Pain in the neck

1287. Paint the town red

1288. Pale as a ghost

1289. Paper tiger

1290. Pat on the back

1291. Patience of Jobe

1292. Pearls of wisdom

1293. Peeping Tom

1294. Penny for your thoughts

1295. Penny wise, dollar foolish

1296. People are dying today that have never died before

1297. People in hell want ice-water too

1298. Perseverance moves mountains or tunnels them

1299. Peter Out

1300. Physician heal thyself

1301. Pig headed as a mule

1302. Pigs ear

1303. Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered

1304. Pin money

1305. Pink Elephant

1306. Pipe down

1307. Pipe dream

1308. Piping hot

1309. Play by ear

1310. Play it again Sam

1311. Play the race card

1312. Play with matches and you will get burned

1313. Plum tuckered out

1314. Poor as a church house mouse

1315. Poor baby, cry me a hand full of tears

1316. Poorer than dirt

1317. Potty mouth

1318. Practice makes perfect

1319. Practice what you preach

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1320. Pretty as a calico cat

1321. Pretty as a new wagon

1322. Pretty as a peach

1323. Pretty as a picture

1324. Pretty as a speckled pup under a red wagon

1325. Pretty is as pretty does

1326. Pride goeth before a fall

1327. Principles are useless, unless embodied in action

1328. Proof is in the pudding

1329. Protective as a mother hen

1330. Proud as a peacock

1331. Pull the wool over your eyes

1332. Pulled on like an old sock

1333. Pure as mother's milk

1334. Put any stock in it

1335. Put up your dukes

1336. Put your mouth where your money is

Q

1337. Quality of mercy is not strained

1338. Quality time

1339. Queer as a three-dollar bill

1340. Quick as a banty rooster

1341. Quick as a bumblebee

1342. Quick as a wink

1343. Quick as lighting

1344. Quick on the draw

1345. Quicker than a New York minute

1346. Quicker than a rabbit

1347. Quicker than a striped lizard on hot asphalt

1348. Quicker than greased lightening

1349. Quid pro quo

1350. Quiet as a mouse

1351. Quit your bellyaching

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R

1352. Rack and ruin

1353. Rack my brain

1354. Rack of bones

1355. Rain on you

1356. Raining cats and dogs

1357. Raise his hackles

1358. Raising cain

1359. Ran like a scalded dog

1360. Rank and file

1361. Rat race

1362. Read something into it

1363. Read the riot act

1364. Real McCoys

1365. Red as a beet

1366. Red as a rooster's comb

1367. Red as a turkey's snout

1368. Red letter day

1369. Red skies at night, a sailor's delight - Red skies in the morning

1370. Red tape

1371. Rest in peace

1372. Rest on your laurels

1373. Resting on a bed of hot coals

1374. Revenge is best served cold

1375. Revenge is sweet

1376. Right as rain

1377. Ring around the moon, storm coming soon

1378. Ring down the curtain

1379. Rise and shine

1380. Roars like a lion

1381. Robbing Peter to pay Paul

1382. Rode hard and put away wet

1383. Rode hard and put out to pasture

1384. Roger dogger

1385. Roll with the punches

1386. Rolled off his tongue and went across town

1387. Rolling stone gathers no moss

1388. Root hog or die

1389. Rotten to the core

1390. Rough as a cob

1391. Rule of thumb

1392. Rules are made to be broken

1393. Run like a scalded dog

1394. Run like a spotted ape

1395. Run like the wind

1396. Run of the mill

1397. Running after a shadow is a wearisome race

1398. Running around like a chicken with its head cut off

sailors warning

1399. Running like the hound of Hades was on him

1400. Ryme nor reason

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S

1401. Sadder but wiser

1402. Safe rather than sorry

1403. Salt of the earth

1404. Save for a rainy day

1405. Saved by the bell

1406. Saving face or losing face

1407. Say what you mean and mean what you say

1408. Scarce as hen's teeth

1409. Scared as a rabbit

1410. Scared as a rabbit in a fox hole

1411. Scared out of my wits

1412. Scott free

1413. Screaming like a banshee

1414. Screaming your lungs out

1415. Secure as a house of cards

1416. Seeing is believing

1417. Seek and you shall find

1418. Seize the day

1419. Seize the moment

1420. Selling a pig in a poke

1421. Serious as a heart attack

1422. Sets ones teeth on edge

1423. Sew a stitch on Sunday and when you get to Heaven you'll have to

1424. Sew wild oats all week long - pray for a bad crop on Sunday

1425. Shake a leg

1426. Shake his hand and count your fingers

1427. Share and share alike

1428. Sharp as a razor

1429. Sharp as a tack

1430. Sharp as a tic

1431. She can't help being ugly but she could have stayed home

1432. She don't know any better

1433. She is 2 ax handles wide

1434. She is a clinging vine

1435. She is a cutie pie

1436. She is a diddy-wah-dossey

1437. She is a ring tail tooter

1438. She is gonna have a hissie fit

1439. She is just a weeping willow

1440. She looks like a unmade bed

1441. She paints with a wide brush

take the stitches out with your nose

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1442. She was so ugly they had to tie a pork chop around her neck to get

1443. She will talk to a wooden Indian

1444. She'll do she just won't do right

1445. She's my sunshine

1446. She's not working with a full deck

1447. Ship shape

1448. Shut my jaws

1449. Sick as a dog

1450. Sight for sore eyes

1451. Sign of the times

1452. Sign your John Henry

1453. Silence is golden

1454. Silver tongue Devil

1455. Sink or swim

1456. Sit down and take the load off you feet

1457. Sit down and talk a spell

1458. Sit tight

1459. Sitting duck

1460. Six of one and Half a dozen of the other

1461. Skill, not luck, leads to fortune

1462. Skinny as a rail

1463. Sleep like a log

1464. Sleeps sound as a log

1465. Sleepy as a bear

1466. Slick as a bucket of snot

1467. Slick as a cow pie on a flat rock

1468. Slick as a mink

1469. Slick as a whistle, or clean as a whistle

1470. Slicker than a gut

1471. Slicker than a sycamore sapling

1472. Slicker than sin

1473. Slippery as an eel

1474. Sloth is the key of poverty

1475. Slow as a broke clock

1476. Slow as a snail

1477. Slow as Christmas

1478. Slow as dead lice

1479. Slow as dripping syrup

1480. Slower than Christmas

1481. Slower than molasses in January

1482. Sly as fox

1483. Slyer than a fox in a chicken coop

1484. Small as a mustard-seed

1485. Smart as a tack

1486. Smart as a whip

1487. Smile and the world smiles with you

1488. Smoke that in your pipe

1489. Smooth as glass

1490. Smooth as silk,

the dog to play with her

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1491. Snug as a bug in a rug

1492. So broke that if it took a quarter to leave town, you couldn't cross

1493. So country he still has cordwood on his breath

1494. So sweet honey was dripping off of her tongue

1495. So tight he squeaks

1496. Soars like an eagle

1497. Sober as a judge

1498. Someone needs a spring tonic

1499. Son of a gun

1500. Sooner get blood out of a stone

1501. Sooner get blood out of a turnip

1502. Sour as a lemon gargle

1503. Sow the wind reap the whirlwind

1504. Sowing his wild oats

1505. Spare the rod and spoil the child

1506. Speak little -- hear much

1507. Speak of the devil and he will appear

1508. Spinning another long cord of yarns

1509. Spoon full of sugar makes the medicine go down

1510. Spring cleaning

1511. Squeaky as a rat

1512. Squeal like a stuck pig

1513. Squirt blossom

1514. Steady as a rock

1515. Steeping my life in beauty brings color to my days and a song to

1516. Step on a crack break your mama's back

1517. Stick like glue

1518. Stick like tar

1519. Sticks out like a sore thumb

1520. Stiff as a board

1521. Still water runs deep

1522. Stone cold

1523. Straight as an arrow

1524. Strike while the iron is hot

1525. Strong as an ox

1526. Stronger than a bear's breath

1527. Stronger than an acre of garlic

1528. Stubborn as a mule

1529. Stuck in a rut

1530. Study long study wrong

1531. Success comes through a clear, strong purpose

1532. Sure as night follows day

1533. Sweet tooth

1534. Sweeter than honey

the street

my heart

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T

1535. Tacky tongued

1536. Tail between your legs

1537. Take a back seat

1538. Take a chill pill

1539. Take a hike

1540. Take a load off your feet

1541. Take a rain check

1542. Take a shine to

1543. Take him down a peg

1544. Take the bit between your teeth

1545. Take the bitter with the sweet

1546. Take the bull by the horn

1547. Take the wind out of your sails

1548. Take with a pinch of salt

1549. Taken back

1550. Takes one to know one

1551. Talk is cheap

1552. Talking to the walls

1553. Talks in circles

1554. Tall as a tree

1555. Taller than a tall pine

1556. Tattle - tell, tattle - tell you're going to grow a big ol' tail

1557. Tender as a mother's love

1558. That boy is shy a few cards of a full deck

1559. That is a hair brain idea

1560. That is a horse of a different color

1561. That is music to my ears

1562. That is my cross to bear

1563. That is par for the course

1564. That is the day we part company

1565. That is the last straw

1566. That is the long and short of it

1567. That is the way the cookie crumbles

1568. That is water under the bridge

1569. That just slipped off your tongue

1570. That makes me want to puke

1571. That makes me whopping mad

1572. That meal was larrupin good

1573. That old dog don't hunt

1574. That probably stuck in his craw

1575. That road leads to nowhere

1576. That takes the cake

1577. That's a bitter pill to swallow

1578. That's a new wrinkle on my old horn

1579. That's about as stupid as a screen door on a submarine

1580. That's all folks

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1581. That's it in a nutshell

1582. That's the best thing since sliced bread

1583. That's your ball of wax

1584. The back of beyond

1585. The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or

1586. The best things come in small packages

1587. The best things in life are free

1588. The bigger the better

1589. The blind leading the blind

1590. The boss isn't always right, but he's always the boss

1591. The buck stops here

1592. The building that needs props is sure to fall

1593. The call of the wild

1594. The cats meow

1595. The chance of anything happening today is nare to nothing

1596. The course of true love never runs smooth

1597. The cupboard is as bare as old mother Hubbard's cupboard

1598. The cure is worst than the disease

1599. The devil is in the detail

1600. The devil take the hindmost

1601. The die is cast

1602. The difference between men and boys are the size of their toys

1603. The early bird catches the worm

1604. The exception of which proves the rule

1605. The face that launch a thousand ships

1606. The fat is in the fire

1607. The female of the species is more deadly than the male

1608. The first hen to cackle is the one that laid the egg

1609. The game is afoot

1610. The game is up

1611. The good die young

1612. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

1613. The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

1614. The hurrier I go the behinder I get

1615. The kid can tear up an anvil with a rubber hammer

1616. The left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing

1617. The light was on, but nobody was home

1618. The live-long day

1619. The long and short of it

1620. The more the merrier

1621. The more things change the more they stay the same

1622. The night is far gone, the day is at hand

1623. The only sure thing is death and taxes

1624. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself

1625. The only way to have a friend is to be one

1626. The ox is in the ditch

1627. The palest ink is stronger than the strongest memory

1628. The path of darkness may not reach the light

1629. The path of light is easiest found by looking up

even touched, They must be felt by the heart

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1630. The pen is mightier than the sword

1631. The perfect age is somewhere between old enough to know better

1632. The road is going to be a slick as a jar full of eels

1633. The road is going to be as greasy as a greased pig in the sunshine

1634. The road to Hell is paved with good intentions

1635. The secret of success is constancy of purpose

1636. The sky is the limit

1637. The squeaky wheel gets the grease

1638. The straw that broke the camel's back

1639. The snow is falling

1640. The sun is going down

1641. The truth shall set you free

1642. The way to a man's heart is through his stomach

1643. The wolf is at the front door

1644. The worm has turned

1645. Their family tree don't branch

1646. There ain't going to be any hanky panky going on around here

1647. There is a hunters moon tonight

1648. There is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow

1649. There is a silver lining in behind every cloud

1650. There is always room upstairs

1651. There is blood on the moon

1652. There is more than one way to skin a cat

1653. There is no failure for the good and the wise

1654. There is no place like home

1655. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved

1656. There is something rotten in Denmark

1657. There may be snow on the roof, but there is still fire in the furnace

1658. There will be frost on the pumpkin tonight

1659. They are double trouble

1660. They are thick as thieves

1661. They fought a good fight

1662. They just go hog wild

1663. They will fight tooth and nail

1664. Thicker than a bull's hide

1665. Thicker than fleas on a dogs back

1666. Thicker than thieves

1667. Things started on Friday are never finished

1668. This place looks like a pig's sty

1669. Those we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry

1670. Those who laugh a lot live longer

1671. Thought is the oil of the mind - worry is the acid that destroys it

1672. Three sheets to the wind

1673. Throw another log on the fire

1674. Throw the key in the water bucket and keep on going

1675. Tie the knot

1676. Tight as a tick

1677. Tight as bark on a tree

and young enough not to care

it with us, or we find it not

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1678. Tighter than old Dick's hatband

1679. Till the chickens come home to roost

1680. Till the cows come home

1681. Time for the bullwhip

1682. Time has run out

1683. Time heals all wounds

1684. Time in a bottle

1685. Time is passing me by

1686. Time is the enemy of men

1687. Time is ticking

1688. Time to bite the bullet

1689. Time to hit the sack

1690. Time to hit the saddle

1691. Time to meet your maker

1692. Time to put him out to pasture

1693. Time to rest my dogs

1694. Time to slap leather

1695. Time to turn over a new leaf

1696. Time's a wasting

1697. Tit for tat

1698. To everything there is a season

1699. To hot to tango and to old to stroll

1700. To live without loving is not really to live

1701. To pooped to pop and to old to stroll

1702. Too big for your britches

1703. Too many cooks spoil the broth

1704. Toot your own horn

1705. Touched in the head

1706. Tough as an old boot

1707. Tough as old leather

1708. Tough row to hoe

1709. True blue

1710. Truth is stranger than fiction

1711. Turn a blind eye

1712. Turn away the weary trader and your heart will turn to stone

1713. Twenty [or Forty) miles of bad road

1714. Twisted like a pretzel

1715. Two are better than one - If one falls down, his friend can help him

1716. Two bits short of a dollar

1717. Two heads are better than one

1718. Two left feet

1719. Two of a kind

1720. Two plus two equals two - Two plus two should equal four

1721. Two's company; three's a crowd

up

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U

1722. Ugly as a mud fence

1723. Ugly as sin

1724. Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown

1725. Up a blind alley

1726. Up the creek without a paddle

1727. Upper crust

1728. Use it or loose it

1729. Use it up, make do or do without

1730. Useless as a bucket with no bottom

1731. Useless as a dry milk cow

1732. Useless as a dry well

1733. Useless as teats on a bore hog

V

1734. Vanished into thin air

1735. Variety is the spice of life

1736. Vent your anger

1737. Vicious Circle

1738. Virtue is its own reward

W

1739. Wait broke the bridge

1740. Wait with bated breath

1741. Waiting for the other shoe to drop

1742. Wake up and smell the coffee

1743. Walk a mile in his shoes

1744. Walk on eggs

1745. Walk the plank

1746. Walk the shadows is to leave the light

1747. Walk the walk and talk the talk

1748. Want what you have and you will have what you want

1749. Warm as toast

1750. Waste not, want not

1751. Watch pot never boils

1752. Watch the pennies, the dollars will take care of themselves

1753. Water over the dam

1754. Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink

1755. We are all in the same boat

1756. We are going to have a knee slapping good time

1757. We are going to have a mess of fish

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1758. We are not amused

1759. We have seen better days

1760. We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope

1761. We will cross that bridge when we get there

1762. Weak as water

1763. Weak in the knees

1764. Wear your heart on your sleeve

1765. Welcome as the plaque

1766. Welcome with open arms

1767. Well healed

1768. Well I swear

1769. Well now if that don't beat all

1770. Well slap me naked and hide my clothes

1771. Well that sinks the duck

1772. Were you born in a barn

1773. Wet behind the ears

1774. Wet blanket

1775. Wet your whistle

1776. Wetter than a drowned rat

1777. Wetter than a wharf rat

1778. What a tangled web we weave, when we practice to deceive

1779. What blows in on a ill wind

1780. What goes around comes around

1781. What goes up must come down

1782. What in the compound cat hair do you want me to do

1783. What is the rigmarole about

1784. What the cat dragged in and the kittens wouldn't have

1785. What will be, will be

1786. What you don't know can't hurt you

1787. What's done is done

1788. What's good for the goose is good for the gander

1789. What's up doc

1790. When all is said and done

1791. When elephants fly

1792. When God handed out brains you must have been out to lunch

1793. When Hell freezes over

1794. When it rains it pours

1795. When pigs fly

1796. When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions

1797. When the cat is away the mice will play

1798. When the cows come home

1799. When the creek runs dry

1800. When the fox preaches watch your geese

1801. When the going gets tough the tough get going

1802. When they were passing out brains, he was out plowing the south

1803. When they were passing out brains, he/she hid behind the door

1804. When they were passing out brains, he/she thought they said pains

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and didn't take any

42

1805. When they were passing the brains out, he thought they said

1806. When you chase a shadow you run from the light

1807. When you got it, flaunt it

1808. When you lie down with dogs, you are going to get fleas

1809. Where there is a will there is a way

1810. Where there is life there is hope

1811. Where there is much there is brass

1812. Where there is no vision, the people perish'

1813. Where there is smoke , there is fire

1814. Whether you think you can or think you can't - You are right

1815. While you live, tell truth and shame the devil

1816. Whippersnapper

1817. Whipping boy

1818. Whistling children and cackling hen leave no room for gentlemen

1819. Whistling woman and crowing hen never come to a good end

1820. White as a sheet

1821. White elephant

1822. Who's hauling those logs

1823. Why don't you just cry me a hand full of tears

1824. Wide birth

1825. Wider than a barn

1826. Wider than the Mississippi

1827. Wild goose chase

1828. Willy Nilly

1829. Win one for the Gipper

1830. Win the battle and lose the war

1831. Winners never quit and quitters never win

1832. Wins hand down

1833. Wise old owl

1834. Wish in one hand and spit in the other and see which one fills up

1835. With age comes wisdom

1836. With bells on

1837. With flying colors

1838. Wolf in sheep's clothing

1839. Work and thou shalt have

1840. Worn to a frazzel

1841. Worry wart

1842. Worst than a cloudy mind

1843. Worst than stink on a skunk

1844. Wreak Havoc

1845. Wrinkled like a prune

TRAINS

first

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X

1846. X- Marks the spot

1847. X that out

1848. X-mas

Y

1849. Yankee Dime

1850. You ain't just whistlin dixie

1851. You are a dead duck

1852. You are a dirty double dealing no good low down skunk

1853. You are a sour pickle

1854. You are a thorn in my side

1855. You are acting like a child

1856. You are adding insult to injury

1857. You are as good as the best and better than the rest

1858. You are full of piss and vinegar

1859. You are going to be pushing up daisies

1860. You are going to bite off more than you can chew

1861. You are going to get my dander up

1862. You are going to have to eat crow

1863. You are going to have to eat humble pie

1864. You are in way over your head

1865. You are only as good as your word

1866. You are right it gets in your blood

1867. You are what you eat

1868. You are your brother's keeper

1869. You aren't getting up until you say uncle

1870. You can buy it for a song

1871. You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar

1872. You can lead a horse to pasture but you can't make him eat

1873. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink

1874. You can stand up or waller in your own self pity

1875. You can tell a tree by the fruit it bears

1876. You can't get water out of a rock

1877. You can't help anyone till you help yourself

1878. You can't judge a book by its cover

1879. You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear

1880. You can't mend a broken heart with a silver thread

1881. You can't teach an old dog new tricks

1882. You can't trust him as far as you can throw him

1883. You don't give me the right of time

1884. You don't know diddly squat

1885. You don't stop laughing because you grow old, you grow old

1886. You drive a hard bargain

1887. You got that right

because you stop laughing

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1888. You have a real tear jerker there

1889. You have to give before you can get

1890. You have to sow before you can reap

1891. You have won half the battle

1892. You have your glad shoe and mad shoe

1893. You just hit the nail on the head

1894. You just spun your own web

1895. You keep me in suspenders

1896. You live in a fools paradise

1897. You look as you've been dragged through a hedge backwards

1898. You look like someone who just shot your dog

1899. You reap what you sow

1900. You silly goose

1901. You wouldn't be happy is you were hung with a new rope

1902. Young Whippersnapper

1903. Your name is mud

1904. You're dirtier than the Mississippi and twice as crooked

1905. You're eyes are bigger than your stomach

1906. You're not just a tooting

1907. You're nothing but a snake in the grass

1908. You're number is up and time to cash in the chips

1909. You're still wet behind the ears

1910. You're treading deep water

1911. Youth looks ahead, old age looks back and middle age looks tired

1912. You've got till sundown

1913. You've never had it so good

Z

1914. Zero tolerance

1915. Zigger Zigger

1916. Zip your mouth shut

1917. Zip your zipper

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