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Scotch lovage Scotch rose Sea of Azov Sea of Galilee Sea of Marmara Sea of Okhotsk Simon Magus Sir Bedivere Sir Frederick Sir Galahad Sir Kay So what? Socratic elenchus Soke of Peterborough Southern Ireland States of the Federation of Malaya Stepford wife Strait of Canso Strait of Dover Strait of Gibraltar Strait of Juan de Fuca Strait of Magellan Strait of Tiran Straits of Florida Taiwan Take a chill pill! Tasmanian wolf Territoire de Belfort Territory of Papua Territory of the Afars and the Issas The Arabian Nights' Entertainments The Gambia The Hague The Redeemer To horse! Treaty of Paris Treaty of Verdun Treaty of Versailles Trias Trust Territory of New Guinea Vale of Tempe Vancouver Island Victoria Nyanza Virginian stock Vistula Lagoon Walter Mitty Wardour Street English West Indian Satinwood Western Dvina Wilcoxon Mann-Whitney test Writer to the Signet a Chinaman's chance a Roland for an Oliver a bad lot a bad patch a bad penny a bag of bones a bag of cats a beam in one's eye a bed of roses a big ask a big fish in a small pond a bird in the hand a bit a bit much a bit of a bit of all right a bit of crumpet a bit of slap and tickle a bit of stuff a bit of tail a bit thick a bolt from the blue a breath of fresh air a broken reed a bull in a china shop a chip off the old block a closed book a couple of a cut above a dime a dozen a dog's breakfast a dog's chance a dog's dinner a dog's life a dose of one's own medicine a drop in the bucket a drop in the ocean a dusty answer a fair crack of the whip a fair go a fair shake of the dice a far cry a far cry (from) a fast buck a fat chance a fat lot a feather in one's cap a fine kettle of fish a flea in one's ear a foot in the door a free hand a frog in one's throat a good few a good one a hand's turn a hard nut to crack a hard row to hoe a heavy hand a high hand a hollow leg a home from home a horse of a different colour a horse of another colour a king's ransom a law unto himself a law unto itself a leap in the dark a lick and a promise a little bird a load of a lump in one's throat a matter of life and death a matter of opinion a mite a monkey on one's back a month of Sundays a mountain to climb a mug's game a nail in one's coffin a name to conjure with a new lease on life a number of a pat on the back a piece of cake a piece of crumpet a piece of goods a pig in a poke a pop a pox on someone a pretty penny a roll in the hay a run for one's money a shingle short a shot across someone's bows a shoulder to cry on a sight a sight for sore eyes a slap in the face a slap on the back a slap on the wrist a soda a sop to Cerberus a stab in the back a sticky end a stout heart a stroke a stroke of work a tad a tall order a taste of one's own medicine a thick ear a throw a tough ask a voice crying in the wilderness a voice in the wilderness a whale of a a year and a day abandon ship abide by about to above all above and beyond above ground above oneself above reproach above suspicion above the line above the water above water abstract away from abuse oneself accessible to according to Cocker according to Hoyle ace it ace up one's sleeve across country across the board act funny act of indemnity act on / upon act one's age act out act the fool act the giddy goat act the goat act up add insult to injury add up add up to adopt out affirming the consequent after / in a fashion after a fashion after a sort after all after one's own heart after the fact after the fashion of after you again and again against nature against one's better judgment against the / one's grain against the 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a yard wide all year round all-right allow for along with alpine bearberry alpine chough ambassador extraordinary ambassador plenipotentiary ambassador-at-large an ace in the hole an ace up one's sleeve an arm and a leg an axe to grind an eye for an eye an iron fist an open book and all and all that and co and how! and no mistake and shit and so forth and so on and that and the same to you with brass knobs on and the same to you with knobs on another place answer back answer the helm any number of any which way anybody's guess anyone's guess anything but anything goes anywhere from apart from appeal to the country apple of one's eye approbate and reprobate apropos of argue the toss argument from design arm in arm arms akimbo around / round the bend around the clock arrest judgment arrive at art up artificial crown arum lily as a matter of course as a matter of fact as a rule as a whole as against as alike as chalk and cheese as all get-out as all that as best one can as best one may as 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push at a rate of knots at a single cast at a stretch at a tangent at a venture at a word at all at all costs at all events at an end at anchor at any cost at any price at any rate at arm's length at bar at bat at bay at best at bottom at close quarters at cross-purposes at daggers drawn at death's door at discretion at ease at every turn at fault at first blush at first hand at first sight at full / top speed at full blast at full throttle at full tilt at grade at gunpoint at hand at hazard at heart at home at home in at home on at home with at intervals at issue at knife-point at knifepoint at large at last at law at least at leisure at length at liberty at livery at loggerheads at long last at loose ends at market at most at odds at once at one at one blow at one time at one's back at one's elbow at one's fingertips at one's heels at one's leisure at one's wit's end at one's wits' end at par at peace at present at random at rest at right angles at risk at sea at second hand at short 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one's cork blow / throw a kiss blow / toot one's own horn blow / toot one's own horn blow a fuse blow a gasket blow a kiss blow away blow chunks blow down blow hot and cold blow in blow kisses blow off blow off steam blow one's brains out blow one's cool blow one's cover blow one's horn blow one's lid blow one's mind blow one's own trumpet blow one's stack blow one's top blow out blow over blow sky-high blow someone's mind blow the gaff blow the lid off blow the whistle blow the whistle on blow up blow wild blue in the face blue moon blue streak bob up bog in bog whortleberry boil down boil down to boil off boil over bolt from the blue bolt upright bone up bone wax book in book it book out book up boots on the ground booze it up bore the pants off born in / to the purple born on the wrong side of the blanket born out of wedlock born with a silver spoon in one's mouth born yesterday borrow trouble bottle up bottom out bottoms up bounce back bound up in / with bound up with bow and scrape bow out bow the knee bowed down bowl over box clever box out box the compass boys will be boys brace in brace up branch out brazen out / through bread and circuses bread-and-butter break a leg break away break back break bread break bulk break camp break cover break down break even break ground break in break in on / upon break into break it down break loose break new ground break off break one's back break one's heart break one's neck break out break ranks break service break sheer break someone's back break someone's heart break step break the back of break the bank break the fourth wall break the ice break the internet break the mould break the sound barrier break up break water break wind break with breast in breast off breathe again breathe down someone's neck breathe easily breathe freely breathe one's last breeze in breeze up bridge a gap bridge the gap bright and early bright spark bright-eyed and bushy-tailed bring (someone) to reason bring / come / get into line bring 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call bullshit call down call for call for margin call forth call in call in / into question call in question call in sick call in. call into being call into play call into question call it a day call it quits call names call of nature call off call on / upon call one's shots call out. call shotgun call someone's bluff call the shots call the tune call to account call to mind call to order call to the colors call up calm before the storm camomile tea camp it up can do with can of worms can you beat it? can you beat that? can't get arrested can't take a trick can't tell chalk from cheese cane it cannot / can't help but cannot but cannot choose but cannot help but cannot/can't compete with cap in hand capable of capitation grant caraway seed cardinal grosbeak care / give a tinker's damn care of carrot and stick carry a torch for carry a tune carry all before one carry away carry back carry conviction carry forward carry it off carry off carry off one's feet carry on carry one's bat carry out carry over carry the / a torch for carry the ball carry the can carry the day carry through carry too far carry weight cart off / away case in point cash in cash in on cash in one's chips cassia bark cast (in) one's lot with cast / put someone in / into the shade cast / throw in someone's teeth cast a laggen-gird cast a stone at cast about cast anchor cast away cast back cast down cast in one's lot with cast loose cast off. cast on cast one's bread upon the waters cast out cast pearls before swine cast the first stone cast up cat around catch (on) fire catch / clutch / grasp at a straw / straws / any straw(s) catch / take cold catch a cold catch a crab catch a few zeds catch a turn catch at catch fire catch it catch lightning in a bottle catch on catch one flatfooted catch one's breath catch one's death catch one's death of cold catch oneself on catch one’s death (of cold) catch out catch sight of catch someone's eye catch the sun catch up caught short cavalier King Charles spaniel cave in chafe at the bit chain feed chalk up champ at the bit chance on chance on / upon chance one's arm chance upon chances are… change color change face change feet change front change hands change of heart change off change one's mind change one's spots change one's tune change the subject chapter and verse chapter of accidents charge off charge up chase a / the unicorn chase the dragon chat up chattel personal chattel real cheap as chips cheap at twice the price check in check on / up on check out check over check the helm cheek by jowl chew one's / the cud chew out chew someone's ear chew the cud chew the fat chew the rag chew the scenery chickaree chicken out chickweed wintergreen chief cook and bottlewasher chime in chink in one's armour chip in chip off the old block chip on one's shoulder choke off choke up choose up chop / cut down to size chop logic chow down chuck it chuck off at churn out circle the wagons civvy street clam up clamp down clamp down on clap back clap eyes on clap hold of class up claw back. clean (someone's) clock clean bill of health clean bowled clean full clean hands clean house clean out clean slate clean sweep clean up clean up one's act clear as mud clear away / off clear out clear the air clear the decks clear up clerk to the justices clever dick clew down clew up climb (the) walls climb down climb on the bandwagon climb the walls. cling like a leech clip someone's wings clock in clock out close / seal the deal close a gap close combat close down close in on / upon close one's eyes close one's eyes to close out close ranks close shave close the book on close the books close to one's heart close to the bone close to the wind close up clouded leopard clue in coals to Newcastle cock a snook cockles of one's heart cognate object coin money cold comfort cold steel collect on delivery come a cropper come a gutser come a stumer come about come across come again come again? come along come along! come and come and go come around / round come at come back come back to earth come back to someone come between come by come clean come down come down on / upon come down on the side of come down to earth come down with come forward come full circle come good come hell or high water come home come home to come home to roost come in come in clutch come in for come into come into one's own come into the open come into the world come it come off come off it come off it! come off second best come off worst come on come on strong come on to come on! come one's way come out come out for come out in the wash come out of one's shell come out of the woodwork come out smelling like a rose come out with come over come rain or shine come round come the raw prawn come through come to come to a head come to an end come to anchor come to blows come to grief come to grips come to grips with come to hand come to life come to light come to light with come to naught come to no good come to one's knowledge come to one's senses come to oneself come to pass come to play come to rest come to terms come to the party come to the surface come true come under come under the hammer come unglued come unstuck come up come up against come up roses come up smiling come up to come up with come upon. come what may come with the first four ships coming up! commit suicide commit to memory common gallinule common or garden compare and contrast compare apples and / with / to oranges compare apples to / with / and apples compare notes compassionate leave con sordini con sordino confession of faith conservative extension contract out control for cook off cook one's goose cook someone's goose cook the books cook up cool as a cucumber cool beans cool down. cool it cool off cool one's heels cool out cop a feel cop a plea cop it sweet cop off with cop out copy the mail corridors of power cost out cost the earth cotton (on) to cough up could do with couldn't care less counsel of perfection count / say / tell one's beads count coup count down count in count noses count off count on / upon count one's beads count one's chickens before they are hatched count out courtesy of cover ground cover one's / someone's ass cover one's ass cover up cozy up (to) crack a book crack a smile crack down crack hardy crack hearty crack of dawn crack of doom crack off crack on crack the whip crack up crack wise cracked up to be cramp someone's style crank down crank in / into crank out crank up crap around crap on crap out crap up crash and burn crash-and-burn cream of the crop cream sherry credit to / with creep out creeping myrtle crip up crooked on crool someone's pitch crop out crop up cross / pass the Rubicon cross a bridge when one comes to it cross my heart and hope to die! cross my heart! cross one's fingers cross one's heart cross one's mind cross one's path cross over cross someone's palm cross someone's palm (with silver) cross someone's path cross swords cross the Rubicon cross the line cross up crowd on sail crunch numbers crush it crush on cry blue murder cry craven cry down cry for the moon cry havoc cry mercy cry off cry on someone's shoulder cry one's eyes / heart out cry one's eyes out cry one's heart out cry over spilled / spilt milk cry over spilt milk cry poor mouth cry quits cry up cry wolf cudgel one's brains cue (someone) in curdle someone's blood curdle the / one's blood curl one's / the hair curl one's lip curl up curry favour cut (someone) off at the knees cut a caper cut a caper / figure cut a dash cut a deal cut a figure cut a good figure cut a long story short cut a melon cut a person dead cut a person down to size cut a poor figure cut a rug cut a swath cut across cut and dried cut and run cut back cut both ways cut capers cut corners cut down cut down to size cut fine cut in cut it cut it fine cut it out cut loose cut lunch cut no ice cut of one's jib cut of someone's jib cut off cut off one's nose to spite one's face cut one's eye after someone cut one's eye at someone cut one's eye on someone cut one's eyeteeth cut one's losses cut one's own throat cut one's teeth on cut one's throat cut one's wisdom teeth cut out cut out for cut short cut someone to the quick cut the Gordian knot cut the cackle cut the cheese cut the ground from under cut the ground from under someone's feet cut the mustard cut to the chase cut to the quick cut up cut up rough daddy of all dado in dame's rocket damn all damn well damn with faint praise damned well damp off damp squib dance attendance dance attendance on someone dance on air dance to another tune dare say. darken someone's door dash off day after day day and night day by day day in, day out day of rest dead as a doornail dead from the neck up dead in the water dead marine dead on dead to rights dead to the world deal off deal someone in dearie me! deary me! death camass deathwatch beetle declare an interest deep down deep in the past degree of frost degrees of frost deliver oneself of deliver the goods dental orthopaedics deny oneself denying the antecedent desert lynx devil of devil of a devil's bit scabious dial down dial up diamond in the rough die Brücke die Stem die away die down die game die hard die in harness die off die out die standing up die with one's boots on dig in dig into dig one's heels in dig out dig up dim out dine out dinkum oil dip one's lid dip one's toe in dip one's toes in dirt cheap dirty dog dirty linen dirty pool dirty word dirty work dish it out dish out dish the dirt dispense with dispose of ditchwater divorce from bed and board do do (someone) a solid do (someone) dirt do (someone) dirty do / find one's own thing do / turn the trick do a do a Melba do a Skase do a job on do a line do a number on do a number on (someone) do a number on someone do a perish do a runner do away with do battle do by do duty do duty for do for do honor to do honour to do in do it up brown do justice do justice to do like a dinner do one proud do one's (own) thing do one's bit do one's block do one's business do one's cruet do one's level best do one's lolly do one's nana do one's number do one's nut do one's stuff do oneself justice do or die do out of do over do someone credit do someone dirt do someone proud do someone's bidding do someone's heart good do the business do the dirty on do the honors do the honours do the lolly do the necessary do the needful do the trick do time do to death do up do violence to do well for oneself do with do without do wonders do's and don'ts doesn't know chalk from cheese dog eat dog dog it doll up don the baggy green don't make me laugh done for done in done up doozy up dope out dos and don'ts dot one's i's and cross one's t's dot the i's and cross the t's double down. double in brass double or nothing double up dovekie down and out down at heel down at the heels down at the mouth down cold / pat down in / at the mouth down in / at the mouth down in the mouth down on down on one's luck down one's alley down the drain down the hatch down the line down the rathole down the road down the tube / tubes down to down to the ground down to the wire down with down with! drag anchor drag one's feet drag one's feet / heels drag one's heels drag someone's name in the mud drag the chain draw / cast lots draw / get a bead on draw / pull in one's horns draw / pull in one's horns draw a bead on draw a blank draw a line in the sand draw ahead draw and quarter draw away draw down draw in draw in one's horns draw off draw on draw oneself up draw out draw rein draw someone's fire draw straws draw stumps draw the color line draw the crabs draw the curtain on / over draw the line draw the longbow draw the short straw draw the shot draw to an inside straight draw trumps draw up dream up dredge up dree one's weird dress down dress ship dress the house dress up dressed to the nines dressed up to the nines drift off drift with the stream drill down drink like a fish drink someone under the table drink the Kool-Aid drink the health of drink with the flies drive / push to the wall drive at drive home drive to the wall drive up the wall drop a brick drop a clanger drop a stitch drop an f-bomb drop anchor drop astern drop behind drop dead drop dead! drop in someone's lap drop in the bucket drop off drop one's bundle drop out drop the ball drop the bucket on drop the mic drop the mike drop the other shoe drown in drug on the market drug up drum out drum up dry out dry up dub bright dub out dude up due to duke it out dull as dishwater / ditchwater dull as ditchwater dumb down dummy up dump on (someone) dust and ashes dust off dyed in the wool each way early days early doors early on earn one's daily bread ease nature ease oneself ease out ease the helm easy aces easy as pie easy does it easy on the eye eat away / into eat clean eat crow eat dirt eat high off the hog eat humble pie eat in eat like a bird eat one's heart out eat one's terms eat one's words eat out eat out of one's hand eat out of someone's hand eat someone out of house and home eat someone's lunch eat the wind out of eat up edge in edge out eff and blind eff off egg on one's face eke out elephant in the room en papillote end for end end it all end on end one's days end to end end up in smoke enjoy oneself enter into enter the lists err on the side of caution essence of bergamot even as even money even out even so ever and again ever and anon ever so every bit every dog has his day every inch every man jack every now and again every now and then every other every so often every which way every whipstitch everything but the kitchen sink except for except that excuse / pardon one's French excuse / pardon one's French excuse me! experience religion explain away expose oneself express oneself external relation eyeball to eyeball eyes out face as long as a fiddle face down face off face the music face to face face to face with face up to fact of life factor in / into facts of life fair and square fair dinkum fair do's fair enough! fair go! fair off / up fair to middling fair-haired boy fairy armadillo fairy bluebird fake out fall / come short fall / land on one's feet fall all over oneself fall away fall back fall back on / upon fall behind fall between two stools fall by the wayside fall down fall flat fall flat on one's face fall for fall foul / afoul of fall foul of fall from grace fall in fall in love fall off fall off the roof fall on / upon fall on deaf ears fall on one's feet fall out fall out of bed fall over backward(s) fall over backwards fall over oneself fall prey (to) fall short fall through fall through the cracks fall to fall to the ground fall under false acacia false gavial false saffron false scorpion false topaz fancy up far and away far and wide far be it from me far from far gone far out farm out farm the long acre fart about fart around fast beside fast by fast worker feast one's eyes feather in one's cap feather into feather one's nest fed to death fed to the back teeth fed to the teeth fed up fed up to the back teeth fed up to the teeth feel for feel free feel in one's bones feel like feel like oneself feel no pain feel one's oats feel oneself feel out feel quite oneself feel small feel the draught feel up feel up to feet of clay fess up fetch about fetch and carry fetch up few and far between fiddlesticks! fight fire with fire fight it out fight like Kilkenny cats fight shy of fight with windmills figure in figure on figure out figure up fill a gap fill and stand on fill away fill her tins fill in fill out fill someone's shoes fill the bill fill up filthy rich final arrangements find fault find favor with find favour with find one's (own) level find one's feet find one's level find one's tongue find oneself find out finders keepers fine as a fiddle finish with fink out fire away fire off firing on all cylinders first and last first cab off the rank first off first thing first things first fish in troubled waters fish or cut bait fish out fish out of water fisher of men fit as a fiddle fit out / up fit the bill fit to be tied fit to kill five wits fix on / upon fix one's wagon fix someone's hash fix someone's wagon fix up flame out flash in the pan flash on flat a flat aft flat in flat on one's back flat out flat spin flatten in flatten out flatten the curve flavour of the month flea in one's ear flesh and blood flesh out flex on flip (someone) the bird flip one's lid flip one's lid / wig flip one's wig flog a dead horse flog to death flow of spirits flunk out flutter the dovecotes fly a kite fly blind fly high fly in amber fly in the face of fly in the ointment fly off the handle fly on the wall fly out fly the beam fly the coop fly the flag foam at the mouth fob off fold in fold up follow in someone's footsteps follow one's nose follow out follow suit follow the crowd follow the hounds follow the sea follow through follow up fool along fool around fool away fool with for / in fun for / of a certainty for a certainty for a giggle for a kickoff for a season for a song for a start for a wonder for all for all (that) for all I care for all one is worth for all that for all the world for better for worse for certain for crying out loud for dear life for example for fear lest for fear of for fear of / that for fear that for free for good for good and all for good measure for hire for instance for it for keeps for love for love or money for nothing for now for once for one's money for one's part for openers for real for rent for sale for shame! for short for show for someone's benefit for starters for sure for that matter for the best for the better for the birds for the hell of it for the life of one for the love of for the main for the most part for the present for the record for the time being for the win for the world for the worse for toffee for what it’s worth for words forbid the banns force a smile force down force one's hand force someone's hand force something down someone's throat force the issue force the pace fore and aft forever and a day forfeit bail forget it! forget oneself fork over / out / up form the fool forty acres and a mule foul one's nest foul out foul up frame of mind freak out free and clear free and easy free up freeze on / onto freeze out freeze over fresh out of freshen up frig around / about fritz out from A to Z from Dan to Beersheba from Day 1 from Day One from Missouri from afar from away from cold from day to day from first to last from hand to hand from hand to mouth from hell from hunger from nature from one's heart from pillar to post from pole to pole from rags to riches from scratch from soup to nuts from strength to strength from the bottom of one's heart from the cradle to the grave from the get-go from the ground up from the horse's mouth from the housetops from the wood from the word go from the word “go” from the year one from thin air from time to time fuck around fuck off fuck over. fuck up fulfil oneself full and by full as a goog full blast full bottle full of beans full of oneself full out full tilt full to the gunwales full up fun and games funeral honours furl in a body furl in the bunt futz (around) with gain ground gain time gall and wormwood gamboge tree game as Ned Kelly gang up on garden heliotrope gas up gear down gear up gee up get (something) off one's chest get / be on someone's case get / catch hell get / catch hell get / give the hook get / grab some rays get / have a handle on get / have one's act together get / have one's blood up get / have one's shit together get / have someone's number get / have someone’s back get / have someone’s six get / have the best of get / have the better of get / have the drop on get / have the jump on get / have / a / one's foot in the door get / have someone's number get / put one's skates on get / take one's lumps get a bang out of get a boot get a guernsey get a life get a line on get a load of get a move on get a rise out of get a wiggle on get a word in edgeways get a word in edgewise get about get across get ahead get ahead of get ahold of get along get along. get any good of get anywhere get around get at get away get away with get away with murder get back get by get cracking get down get down on something get down to business get even get even with get going get hold of get hot get ideas get in get in on the act get in on the ground floor get in someone's hair get in under the wire get in with get in wrong get in wrong with get it get it in the neck get it into one's head get it made get it off get it on get it together get it up get jiggy with get knotted! get laid get lost get next to (someone) get no change out of someone get nowhere get nowhere fast get off get off on get off on the right / wrong foot get off on. get off one's back get off one's bike get off someone's back get off someone's case get off the grass get off the ground get off with get on / along get on one's high horse get on one's nerves get on someone's wick get on the bandwagon get on the wrong side of get one's Irish up get one's P45 get one's act together get one's arse into gear get one's back up get one's blood up get one's cards get one's dander up get one's end away get one's eye in get one's feet wet get one's finger out get one's head together get one's knickers in a twist get one's oats get one's own back get one's rocks off get one's skates on get one's teeth into get one's wires crossed get out get out of bed on the wrong side get out of jail get out of jail free get out of someone's face get over get pinned get ready get ready! get religion get results get rid of get rooted! get round get shot of get shut of get some air get some good of get someone's back up get someone's dander up get someone's goat get someone's measure get someone's number get something down to a fine art get something off one's chest get somewhere get stuck in get stuck into get stuffed! get the air get the best of get the better of get the bird get the bounce get the brush get the chair get the gate get the hang of get the hook get the lead out get the measure of someone get the message get the needle get the nod get the picture get the pip get the shaft get the wind up get the worst of get the worst of it get there get through get to get to first base get to grips get to the bottom of get together get under one's skin get up get up on the wrong side of the bed get up someone's nose get up steam get upsides with get weaving get wise get with child get with it get wrong get/have one's bell rung giant eland gift of the gab gild the lily gippy tummy gird (up) one's loins give (someone) a bit of curry give (someone) the air give (someone) the eye give (someone) the finger give (someone) the gate give (someone) the hairy eyeball give / do battle give a bad account of oneself give a damn give a darn give a free rein give a fuck give a good / bad account of give a good account of oneself give a horse its head give a monkey's give a person a fit give a person five give a person his due give a person some skin give a person what for give a shit give a toss give a wide berth to give and take give as good as one gets give away give back give battle give birth give birth to give birth to. give chase give ear give free rein give ground give guard give head give hostages to fortune give in give it heaps give it hot give it the herbs give it the old college try give it to give it to someone hot give it up for someone give me give me a break give odds give of give off give offence give offence to someone give one's eyeteeth give one's eyeteeth for give one's hand on / upon give one's right arm give or take give out give over give pause give pause to give place to give place to someone give rein to give rise to give someone a dose / taste of his / her own medicine give someone a leg up give someone a piece of one's mind give someone a row give someone curry give someone enough rope give someone enough rope to hang himself give someone hell give someone his / her due give someone his / her head give someone his head give someone one give someone the air give someone the benefit of the doubt give someone the best give someone the bird give someone the business give someone the cold shoulder give someone the dingbats give someone the flick give someone the slip give something a miss give something a whirl give something houseroom give suck to give the bounce give the brush give the devil his due give the elbow give the game away give the gun give the guy to give the lie to give the nod give them heaps give to the world give tongue give up give up the ghost give vent to give way give way to give zero fucks glad rags globigerina ooze glom onto glory days / years go (someone) one better go / make pee-pee go / run to seed go / stand bail for go / turn belly up go AWOL go Dutch go a bundle on go a-begging go abegging go about go after go against go ahead go all out go all the way go along go and go ape go ape over go ape over / for go around go astray go at go at it go back on go back on. go back to the mat go back to the pa go bad go bail go ballistic go bananas go bang go begging go belly up go broke go bung go bush go bust go by go by the board go by the wayside go bye-bye go cahoots go cold go cold turkey go commando go critical go crook go crook at go crook on go dark go down go down / in the toilet go down like a lead balloon go down on go down the drain go down the wrong way go downhill go easy on go far go fifty-fifty (on) go figure go fly a kite go for go for a burton go for broke go for it go for the doctor go for the jugular go for your life go from bad to worse go gangbusters go gold go great guns go halves go hard go hard with go in / into the tank go in for go in one ear and out the other go in with go into go into detail go it go it alone go kaput go like a dream go like hot cakes go like the clappers go missing go much on go nap go native go night-night go off go off at half-cock go off crook go off half-cocked go off the deep end go on go on record go on the stage go on the swag go one better go one-on-one with go oppo go out go out of one's way go out of style go over go over / through with a fine-tooth comb go over the hill go over the wall go over with a fine-tooth comb go over with a fine-toothed comb go overboard go pear-shaped go phut go places go postal go public go round in circles go shares go short go snack / snacks go sour go steady go straight go the distance go the rounds go the route go the whole hog go there go through go through fire and water go through the hoop go through the motions go through the roof go through with go through with a fine-tooth comb go through with a fine-toothed comb go to / meet one's Maker go to / use the bathroom go to Canossa go to any length / lengths go to bat for go to bed go to bed with go to blazes! go to court go to glory go to grass go to ground go to hell in a handbasket go to it go to law go to meet one's Maker go to one's head go to pieces go to pot go to press go to sea go to seed go to someone's head go to the bad go to the country go to the devil go to the dogs go to the mat go to the pack go to the wall go to town go to waste go to! go together go too far go under go under the hammer go up go up / end in smoke go up in one's lines go up in smoke go up the wall go viral go walkabout go west go with go with a swing go with the stream go with the turf go without saying go wrong going away going on going, going, gone! golden alexanders golden mole golden potto golden samphire gone a million gone on gone out good and good and proper good egg good faith good for good for you good full good grief good housekeeper good old days good on you good riddance good self good selves goods and chattels goof on gopher snake grade up grasp the nettle grease someone's palm grease the hand of grease the palm of great with child greater pichiciego green / white around the gills green about the gills green around the gills green plover green with envy grin and bear it grin like a Cheshire cat grind out grist for / to one's mill grist for one's mill grist for the mill grist to one's mill grist to the mill grit one's teeth gross out ground out groundsel tree grow a pair grow into grow on / upon grow out of grow out of one's knowledge grow up gum acacia gum up gum up the works gun for hack around hack it hack to bits had best had better had better / best had rather had sooner hail from hair of the dog hair of the dog that bit one hairy willowherb halcyon days half again as much / many half an eye half in two half seas over half two half-hose halve together hammer and tongs hand and foot hand and glove hand down hand in hand in glove hand in hand hand in one's checks hand it to hand it to someone hand off hand on hand out hand over hand over fist hand to hand hand's turn hand-to-hand combat handba' handle with kid gloves hands down hands off hands off! hands up! handwriting on the wall hang / stay loose hang a left / right hang around / about hang back hang fire hang five hang in hang in the balance hang it up hang loose hang on hang on the lips of hang one on hang one's head hang out one's shingle hang out. hang over hang ten hang tight hang together hang tough hang up happy as Larry happy as a clam happy as a sandboy happy little vegemite hard / long row to hoe hard as nails hard at it hard by hard doer hard done by hard nut to crack hard of hearing hard put hard put to it hard up hare off hark back harp on / upon has / have got hash over hat in hand hate a person's guts hate on haud your wheesht! haul / shag ass haul around haul in with haul off haul someone over the coals haul up have (got) someone or something pegged have / be a shingle short have / get a buzz on have / keep one's ear to the ground have / take pity have / take someone's measure have / take a shot at have / take pity have a bash have a bash (at) have a bee in one's bonnet have a big mouth have a bone to pick have a bone to pick with someone have a bun in the oven have a canary have a case on have a chip on one's shoulder have a cow have a crow to pick / pluck with someone have a derry on have a down on have a few have a few too many have a finger in the pie have a fit have a good mind to have a hand in have a heart have a heart! have a lash have a load on have a mad on have a monkey on one's back have a record have a reputation have a roving eye have a screw loose have a short fuse have a shot at have a slate loose have a smack at have a stomack have a strong stomach have a thick skin have a thin skin have a tiger by the tail have a way with have a word have all one's buttons have all one's eggs in one basket have an ax to grind have an edge on have an eye for have ants in one's pants have at have at heart have bats in one's belfry have bats in the belfry have bought it have by the throat have carnal knowledge of have done have done with have eyes for have eyes only for have feelings for have got have got it bad have got it badly have got it in for have got nothing on have got the wood on have got tickets on oneself have gotten have had a drop too much have had it have had one's chips have half a mind to have hard ears have in the wind have it have it away have it both ways have it coming have it coming to one have it in / out for have it in for have it in one have it knocked have it made have it off have it out have it so good have itchy feet have kittens have legs have nerves of steel have no business have no time for have no use for have no words for have nothing on have nothing to do with have on have on one's back have on one's plate have one foot in the grave have one over the eight have one's back to the wall have one's blood up have one's cake and eat it have one's ear to the ground have one's ears on have one's feet on the ground have one's finger in the pie have one's hand in the cookie jar have one's hands full have one's hands tied have one's head screwed on have one's head screwed on the right way have one's heart in it have one's heart in one's boots have one's heart in one's mouth have one's heart in one's throat have one's heart in the right place have one's knife in someone have one's meat and one's manners have one's nose to the grindstone have one's way with have one's work cut out have oneself to thank have one’s head screwed on right / straight have one’s head screwed on right/straight have other fish to fry have pity on have several irons in the fire have someone by the short and curlies have someone's blood on one's head / hands have someone's guts for garters have someone's number have someone's number on it have something on one's conscience have something on the brain have something up one's sleeve have the advantage of have the ball at one's feet have the best of have the bit between one's teeth have the bit in one's teeth have the courage of one's convictions have the drop on someone have the ear of have the edge on have the edge over have the grace to have the heart have the last laugh have the needle have the pip have the wind up have the wood on have tickets on oneself have to do with have two strikes against one having an eye to he couldn't raffle a chook in a pub he's no oil painting he's your man head and shoulders head and shoulders above head like a sieve head off head over heels head sherang head them head to head heap coals of fire on someone's head heaps hear tell hear! hear! heart and soul heart of hearts heart of oak heart of stone heat up heave down heave ho heave in sight heave out heave the lead heave the log heave to heavy on heel in hell around hell for leather hell of a hell on wheels hell or high water hell to pay helluva help a person off with help a person on with help oneself to help out hem and haw here and now here and there here goes here today, gone tomorrow here we go again here's hoping here's how! here's mud in your eye here's to hey presto hide one's light under a bushel hide out hiding place high and dry high and low high and mighty high as a kite high on high opinion high spot highly strung hightail it hire on hire out his and hers his bark is worse than his bite his heels his nibs hit a nerve hit a raw nerve hit bottom hit for the cycle hit it hit it off hit off hit on hit one's straps hit one's stride hit or miss hit out hit pay dirt hit skins hit the books hit the bottle hit the bricks hit the buffers hit the ceiling hit the deck hit the fan hit the hay hit the headlines hit the high spots hit the jackpot hit the nail on the head hit the panic button hit the road hit the roof hit the sack hit the silk hit the spot hit the wall hit up hitch one's wagon to a star hitch up hither and thither hither and yon hive off hoist / show / wave the white flag hoist by / with one's own petard hoist by / with one's own petard hoist with one's own petard hold / keep one's peace hold / stand one's ground hold a brief for hold a candle to hold a pistol to a person's head hold all the aces hold back hold court hold down hold for hold forth hold good for hold hands hold harmless hold in hold it! hold off hold on hold on like grim death hold one's breath hold one's hand hold one's head high hold one's horses hold one's nose hold one's own hold one's peace hold one's tongue hold out hold out for hold out on hold over hold someone's hand hold sway hold the field hold the fort hold the line hold the purse strings hold the stage hold to account hold to ransom hold up hold up one's hands hold up one's head hold water hold with holding thumbs hole in the wall hole out hole up holier-than-thou hollow legs holly oak holy terror home and dry home free home in (on) honest Injun honest broker honest to God honest to goodness honey badger honour bright hoof it hook it hook up hook, line, and sinker hop garden hop it hop off hop to it hop up hope against hope hopping mad horn in horned asp hornet's nest horse around horse of another color horses for courses hot and bothered hot and heavy hot on hot potato hot under the collar house and home how about? how are you keeping? how are you? how come? how do you do? how far how far? how now? how so? how the land lies how the wind blows how the wind blows / lies how the wind lies how's that for…? how's that? how's tricks? huffing and puffing hum and haw hump bluey hump one's bluey hump one's swag hung over hung up hung up on hunker down. ice it ice the puck icing on the cake if looks could kill if need be if only if the cap fits if the worst comes to the worst if worst comes to worst if you please ifs, ands, or buts ill at ease impatient of impose on / upon in (the) light of in / into high gear in / into the bargain in / on behalf of in / on the cards in / on someone's behalf in / out of play in / with a whole skin in / with relation to in / within reason in Dutch in a (bad) spot in a / some measure in a / the family way in a / the hole in a / the hole in a bad way in a body in a brown study in a class by oneself in a class of its own in a cleft stick in a family way in a fashion in a fix in a good / bad light in a good seam in a hurry in a manner in a manner of speaking in a nutshell in a pig's eye in a position in a row in a sense in a state of nature in a way in a word in action in addition in addition to in advance in advance of in aid of in all in all conscience in all one's born days in all probability in alt in altissimo in an interesting condition in any case in any event in arms in arrear in arrears in articles in at in at the death in at the kill in back of in bad in bad circumstances in balk in ballast in banc in baulk in bed in bed with in between in black and white in bond in brief in bud in bulk in cahoot / cahoots in cahoots in calf in camera in care in case in case of in chambers in chancery in character in charge in charge of in check in chief in chorus in circulation in clover in cold blood in commission in common in concert in conclusion in confidence in conscience in consequence in consequence of in consideration of in contrast in course of in danger of in deep in deep shit in deep water in default of in defiance of in demand in depth in despite of in detail in disgust in dispute in distress in double harness in doubt in due course in duplicate in earnest in easy stages in effect in effigy in escrow in essence in evidence in excess of in face of in fact in faith in favor of in favour of in fawn in fee in fine in fine / high feather in fits and starts in for in for it in force in from the cold in front in front of in full in full cry in full swing in future in gear in general in good circumstances in good hands in good nick in good part in good season in good time in half in hand in harness in heat in high dudgeon in hock in holes in holy orders in honour bound in honour of in hot water in irons in isolation in it in kind in large in leaf in league in lieu of in light of in line in line for in line with in liquor in little in lockstep with in love in love with in luck in lure in mid-flight in miniature in mint condition in moderation in mothballs in motion in mourning in my book in no case in no circumstances in no time in no uncertain terms in no way in nothing flat in numbers in office in on in one in one ear and out the other in one's bad books in one's blood in one's book in one's cups in one's face in one's favor in one's good books in one's heart in one's heart of hearts in one's mind's eye in one's own back yard in one's own right in one's own time in one's pocket in one's power in one's right mind in one's shirt sleeves in one's shirtsleeves in one's stocking feet in one's stockinged feet in one's tracks in one’s wheelhouse in opposition in order in order that in order to in orders in ordinary in other words in our / your / their midst in our midst in overdrive in parallel in parenthesis in part in particular in passing in perpetuity in person in phase in place in place of in plain sight in plenty in pocket in point in point of in point of fact in principle in print 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background in the bag in the balance in the ballpark in the bargain in the black in the box seat in the bud in the can in the chains in the chair in the chips in the clear in the clouds in the club in the clutch in the cold in the dark in the doghouse in the driver's seat in the end in the event of in the event that in the eye of the wind in the face of in the family way in the field in the final analysis in the flesh in the frame in the groove in the hay in the heat of the moment in the hole in the hopper in the hunt in the interest(s) of in the know in the lap of the gods in the large in the last analysis in the least in the light of in the line of duty in the long haul in the long run in the loop in the main in the majority in the making in the market for in the mass in the midst of in the money in the mood in the name of in the nature of in the negative in the neighborhood of in the neighbourhood of in the nick of time in the nuddy in the offing in the order of in the palm of one's hand in the picture in the pink in the pipeline in the pocket in the press in the public domain in the public eye in the raw in the rear in the red in the right in the rough in the round in the running in the saddle in the same boat in the same breath in the same canoe in the same wheelhouse in the secret in the shed in the shit in the short run in the soup in the swim in the tank in the teeth of in the teeth of the wind in the throes of in the ultimate analysis in the wars in the white in the wild in the wilderness in the wind in the wings in the works in the world in the worst way in the wrong in the zone in theory in there pitching in this day and age in this regard in time in token of in tow in training in transit in triplicate in trouble in trust in truth in turn in two in two minds in unison in vain in venter in view in view of in virtue of in voice in waiting in with in words of one syllable in your face incapable of inch by inch incline one's ear inclusive of independent of inform on inquire after ins and outs inside of inside out instead of interfere with internal relation into care into one's barrow into overdrive into question into the bargain into the blue into the ground into the wind into thin air iron out irons in the fire irrespective of is he ever! island grey fox it does exactly what it says on the tin it never rains but it pours it stands to reason it's London to a brick it's early days itching palm it’s all relative jack of jack off jack up jam today jazz up jerk off jerk someone's chain jewel in the crown jobs for the boys join battle join duty join forces join hands join issue join the (great) majority joking apart jolly as a sandboy judgment by default juice up jump / get into bed with jump aboard / on board jump all over jump bail jump down someone's throat jump in / into with both feet jump on jump on the bandwagon jump out of one's skin jump ship jump the gun jump the queue jump the shark jump to conclusions jump to it jumping plant louse just a minute just a moment just a second just about just as well just folks just leave well alone just leave well enough alone just now just on just quietly just round the corner just so just the job just the same justices in eyre keel over keep / have one's wits about one keep / hold one's end up keep / put one's nose to the grindstone keep a person guessing keep a stiff upper lip keep a tight rein on keep an eye on keep an eye open keep an eye out keep an eye out for keep at keep at a distance keep at arm's length keep back keep body and soul together keep books keep company keep count keep dark keep down keep house keep in with keep it one hundred keep it up keep kosher keep nit keep on keep on a string keep one's / a weather eye open keep one's chin up keep one's distance keep one's ear to the ground keep one's end up keep one's eye on the ball keep one's eyes open keep one's eyes peeled keep one's eyes skinned keep one's feet on the ground keep one's finger on the pulse keep one's fingers crossed keep one's hand in keep one's head keep one's head above water keep one's mouth shut keep one's nose clean keep one's nose to the grindstone keep one's options open keep one's own counsel keep one's peace keep one's shirt on keep one's weather eye open keep one's word keep oneself to oneself keep open house keep order keep out of keep pace with keep someone dangling keep someone sweet keep something under one's hat keep step keep tab / tabs on keep tabs / tab on keep tabs / tab on keep tabs on keep the ball rolling keep the books keep the field keep the peace keep the wolf from the door keep time keep to keep to oneself keep track keep track of keep under wraps keep up keep up appearances keep up with keep up with the Joneses keep wicket keep your hair on! keep your shirt on kept woman key in key on key up kick about kick against the pricks kick around kick ass kick back kick in kick in the ass kick in the pants kick in the teeth kick into touch kick off kick on kick one's heels kick out kick over kick over the traces kick the bucket kick the tin kick up kick up bobsy-die kick up one's heels kick upstairs kick with the wrong foot kill off kill oneself kill the clock kill the fatted calf kill the goose that lays the golden eggs kill time kill two birds with one stone kill with kindness kind of kindred spirit king it king of kings kiss ass kiss off kit and boodle kit and caboodle kit and caboodle / boodle knee-high to a grasshopper knock a person into the middle of next week knock around / about knock back knock down knock into a cocked hat knock off knock on the head knock on wood knock one's / the socks off knock one's / the socks off knock one's head against knock out knock out of the box knock over knock seven bells out of knock someone bandy knock someone for six knock spots off knock the / one's socks off knock the bottom out of knock the stuffing out of someone knock together knock up know / keep one's place know a hawk from a handsaw know backwards know better than to know by name know by sight know one's onions know one's own mind know one's place know something inside out know the ropes know what one is talking about know what's what know which side one's bread is buttered on knuckle down la Camargue labour of love lack in lacquer tree lady of the house land / fall on one's feet land on lap up larger than life last / final hurrah last but not least last but one last ditch last gasp last honours last licks last resort latch on latch onto late hours late in the day laugh all the way to the bank laugh at laugh in a person's face laugh it up laugh like a drain laugh off laugh on the other side of one's face laugh out of court laugh out of the other side of one's mouth laugh to scorn laugh up / in one's sleeve laugh up one's sleeve laughing jackass lawyer up lay / clap / set eyes on lay / put heads together lay / put one's finger on lay a course lay a finger on lay a trip on lay aboard lay about one lay an egg lay aside lay at someone's door lay away lay back lay bare lay by lay by the heels lay claim to lay close lay down lay down one's arms lay down the law lay eyes on lay for lay hands on lay hands upon lay hold of lay in lay into lay it on lay it on the line lay it on thick lay low lay odds lay off lay on lay on the line lay one's cards on the table lay one's finger on lay one's hands on lay oneself open lay oneself out lay open lay out lay over lay siege to lay store by lay to lay to rest lay up lay waste lead (around) by the nose lead a dog's life lead a person up the garden path lead astray lead by the nose lead off lead on lead out lead someone a chase / dance lead someone a dance lead someone by the nose lead the field lead the way lead to the altar lead up / down the garden path lead up to lean in lean on lean over backward(s) lean over backwards leap in the dark leap of faith leave / let well enough alone leave alone leave be leave for dead leave go leave hold of leave holding the bag / sack leave holding the sack leave it at that leave much to be desired leave no stone unturned leave off leave one in the dust leave one's options open leave out leave someone alone leave someone cold leave someone in the lurch leave someone or something in the dust leave someone to himself leave someone to his own devices leave the door open leave the field leave well alone leave well enough alone left out in the cold leg it leg up lend / give a hand lend a hand lend an ear lend itself lend oneself less of less than lesser panda lest we forget let alone let be let bygones be bygones let down let drive let fly let go let go with let in let in for let in on let it all hang out let loose let off let off steam let on let one's hair down let oneself go let out let rip let sleeping dogs lie let slide let slip let slip through one's fingers let someone have it let someone off with let the cat out of the bag let the devil take the hindmost let the grass grow under one's feet let up let up on let well alone let well enough alone letter of credit level off level up lick and a promise lick ass lick into shape lick one's chops lick one's lips lick one's wounds lick the boots of lick the dust lick up lie at someone's door lie by lie doggo lie down lie in lie in one's throat / teeth lie in state lie in wait lie low lie of the land lie over lie up lie with lift a hand lift the curtain on light at the end of the tunnel light into light on light out light the blue touchpaper light the touchpaper like a bat out of hell like a bird like a blue-arsed fly like a bomb like a book like a cat on a hot tin roof like a cat on hot bricks like a charm like a dog's dinner like a dose of salts like a fish out of water like a headless chicken like a hot damn like a house on fire like a house on fire / afire like a lamb to the slaughter like a log like a pakapoo ticket like a shag on a rock like a shot like a ton of bricks like anything like billyo like cat and dog like clockwork like crazy like death warmed up like fun like fury like gangbusters like grim death like hell like it ain't no thang like mad like magic like nobody's business like penny candy like sardines like shit like sixty like stink like taking candy from a baby like that like the devil like to like water like water off a duck's back line abreast line ahead line of least resistance line one's pockets line out line up lip off listen in listen to reason little auk little by little little cuttle little game little old little to choose between live and let live live by one's wits live down live high off / on the hog live high off the hog live high on the hog live in / out live in sin live it up live up to live well living on borrowed time load the dice loaded for bear local Derby local is lekker lock and load lock horns lock in lock off lock on lock out lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen lock the stable door after the horse has bolted lock up lock, stock, and barrel log in log off / out loggerhead shrike lone wolf long in the tooth look a gift horse in the mouth look a gift-horse in the mouth look after look alive look alive! look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth look back look daggers look daggers at look down on / upon look down one's nose at look for look forward to look here look in look into look like something the cat brought in look lively look on / upon look or feel (like) a million dollars look out look out for look over look sharp look sick look smart look someone in the eye look someone in the face look to look to one's laurels look up look up to loom large loosen / tighten the purse strings lord it lose count lose face lose ground lose heart lose it lose no time lose one's head lose one's heart to lose one's nerve lose one's rag lose one's shirt lose one's shirt on lose one's tongue lose one’s shit lose out lose out on lose something in translation lose the exchange lose the plot lose time lose track lose track of lost to louse up lousy with love up lower the flag lowsing time luck into / onto luck of the draw luck out luck upon lump in one's throat macadamia nut mad as a hatter mad as a meataxe made of money made to measure make (one) turn / turn over in one's grave make (so) bold make / do / go number one make / do / go number two make a bargain make a bed make a book make a clean breast of make a convenience of make a day of it make a dent make a dent in make a difference make a face make a federal case (out) of make a game of make a good thing of make a hames of make a hare of someone make a hash of make a hit with make a hole in make a horlicks make a long arm make a long story short make a lot of make a meal of make a monkey out of make a mountain out of a molehill make a move make a muck of make a night of it make a noise make a pig of oneself make a pig's ear of make a pitch for make a play for make a point of make a production of make a production out of make a show of make a spectacle of oneself make a thing of make a virtue of necessity make allowance make allowance / allowances (for) make allowances make amends make an appearance make an end of make an exhibition of oneself make an honest woman of make as if / as though make away with make believe make book make both ends meet make bricks without straw make capital of make capital out of make certain of make colors make common cause make common cause with make conversation make do make ducks and drakes of make ends meet make eyes make eyes at make fish of one and flesh of another make for make free with make friends make friends with make fun of make game of make good make haste make hay of make hay while the sun shines make head make head or tail of make heads roll make headway make heavy weather make heavy weather of something make it make it hot for make it snappy make it so make light of make like make little of make love make love to someone make merry make mincemeat of make money make much of make nice make no bones about make noises about make nothing of make off make off with make on make one's bed make one's blood boil make one's blood run cold make one's bow make one's flesh creep make one's gorge rise make one's hair stand on end make one's manners make one's marble good make one's mark make one's mouth water make one's move make one's peace with make one's way make oneself scarce make or break make out make out like a bandit make over make peace make points with make poo-poo make position make public make ready make sail make sense make sheep's eyes make short shrift of make short work of make someone a present of something make someone see stars make sure make the acquaintance of make the best of make the best of a bad job make the cut make the dust fly make the fur fly make the grade make the most of make the rounds make the running make the scene make time make time with make tracks make tracks for make up make up one's mind make up to make use of make water make waves make way make whoopee make with man and boy man in the street man of his word / woman of her word man of the world man up man's man many a one many a time many happy returns many happy returns of the day many-plumed moth map onto march to a different drummer mark down mark off mark time mark up massage someone's ego mastic tree mate rates max out meadow saffron mean business mean well measure one's length measure swords measure up measure up to meat and drink meet and greet meet cute meet halfway meet one's Maker meet someone on his own ground meet with meet-and-greet meeting of minds mellow out memory like a sieve mend one's fences mend sail mentioned in dispatches mesne profits mess around / about mess in / with mess of pottage mess up middle distance middle of nowhere milch cow miles miles from nowhere military honours mind one's own business mind one's p's and q's mind you miss a cue miss fire miss out miss out on miss stays miss the boat miss the bus miss the cut mistletoe cactus mix down mix it mix it up mix up mock up mole rat money for old rope money to burn monkey bread tree mop / wipe the floor with mop the floor with mop up more and more more honored in the breach (than the observance) more of more often than not more or less more so more than meets the eye more's the pity mother of all mount guard mount of Venus mountain avens mountain beaver mountain chinchilla mountain nyala mountain viscacha mouse-ear chickweed mouth off movable feast move heaven and earth move in move in on move like the clappers move on move out move over move the goalposts move up movers and shakers mow down much as much less much of a muchness muck about / around muddle through mum's the word munch out murder will out murderers' row music to one's ears muster in muster out mutton dressed as lamb my aunt! my bad my eye my eye! my foot! my giddy aunt my hat my heart is full my lady my lord my sainted aunt! my word! naff off nail down nail in someone's / something's coffin nail one's colours to the mast name and shame name names name of the game name the day nap hand narc out nark at someone nark it narrow squeak nasty piece of work native frangipani near / dear / close to one's heart near at hand near home near the bone near the knuckle near to near to one's heart neck and neck neck of the woods neither ... nor neither fish nor fowl neither fish, flesh, nor fowl neither here nor there neither more nor less than neither one thing nor the other nerd it up nerd out nerd up never a one never cease to amaze never look back never mind never say die new broom new wine in old bottles next door to next to nibble away at nice and nice as pie nick someone for nigger in the woodpile night and day nine days' wonder nine to five nip and tuck nip in the bud no better than one should be no can do no chicken no cigar no dice no doubt no end no end of no fear no fool no go no good no great shakes no holds barred no joke no less no little no longer no love lost no matter no mean no more than no object no other no picnic no problem no respecter of persons no risk no savvy no shit no skin off one's back / nose / teeth no skin off one's nose no smoke without fire no soap no sooner…than no spring chicken no such luck no sweat no sweat! no thanks to no way no wonder no worries no wukkas nod off nod out nodding acquaintance noises off none other none the none the worse for none too noodle around nose out nose to tail not a bit not a bit of it not a cat in hell's chance not a dickybird not a few not a happy bunny not a hope not a jot or tittle not a little not a patch on not a sausage not bad not bat an eye not bat an eyelid not be able to run a chook raffle not breathe a word / syllable not by a long chalk not by a long sight not by any means not care a fuck not counting not cricket not dry behind the ears not exactly not give / care a snap of one's fingers for not give / care a hoot not give a damn not give a fuck not give a hoot not half not half bad not have a bean not have a leg to stand on not have a penny to bless oneself with not have room to swing a cat not have the heart not having any not hold a candle to not in the least not in the race not knock a feather out of someone not know from Adam not know someone from Adam not know what has hit one not know where to put oneself not know whether one is Arthur or Martha not know whether one is coming or going not lift a finger not long for this world not look at not make head or tail of not mince words / matters not much chop not much of not much to look at not nearly not on speaking terms not on your life not one's idea of not put it past someone not raise a finger not really? not so bad not so dusty not so much not spare oneself not take a feather out of someone not take kindly to not take no for an answer not that not the faintest not the faintest idea not the faintest notion not the foggiest not the foggiest idea not the foggiest notion not the full quid not the half of not to get a thing out of not to go nap on not to have a clue not to mention not to mention something not to put too fine a point on it not to say not to worry not touch with a bargepole not true not turn a hair not up to much not with you not within an ass's roar of not worth a cracker not worth a crumpet not worth a whoop not worth the candle notch up / down nothing but nothing doing nothing for it nothing if not nothing in it nothing less than nothing less than / short of nothing loath nothing short of nothing to choose between nothing to write home about now and again now and then now now! now that now then now you're talking nowhere near nuisance value null and void odd man out of / in the nature of of a piece of a size of a sort of age of choice of color of course of even date of fashion of few words of foot of hers of his of kin of late of many parts of many words of mine of necessity of no use of note of one's own of one's own accord of one's word of ours of sorts of that ilk of the deepest / blackest dye of the essence of the first magnitude of the nature of of the order of of theirs of two minds of value of yours off and on off base off beam off camera off duty off grid off guard off limits off line off of off on / at a tangent off on one off one's beat off one's chump off one's feed off one's game off one's guard off one's hands off one's head off one's nana off one's nut off one's own bat off one's rocker off one's stroke off one's trolley off one’s game off soundings off stream off the / one's wagon off the air off the back of a lorry off the bat off the beam off the beaten track off the beaten track / path off the books off the chain off the charts off the cuff off the ground off the hook off the map off the peg off the rails off the record off the reel off the shears off the shelf off the top of one's head off the track off the wagon off the wall off the wind off to the races off with oil of wintergreen oil the wheels old and young old bag old habits die hard old hat on / by one's lonesome on / en pointe on / in the street on / upon condition that on / upon one's hands on / upon shares on / upon sight on / upon the heels of on / upon the whole on / upon / under pain of on / upon / under pain of on a / the fast track on a / the string on a bowline on a cloud on a dare on a jar on a lee shore on a level on a line on a long rein on a plate on a razor's edge on a razor-edge on a roll on a skite on a slant on a sticky wicket on a tangent on a tear on a wing and a prayer on account on account of on all accounts on all fours on all hands on an average on an easy bowline on an even keel on and off on and on on approval on at on automatic on automatic pilot on average on bail on balance on base on board on brand on call on camera on center on cloud nine on commission on condition that on consignment on cover on credit on cue on deck on demand on deposit on draft on draught on duty on earth on edge on end on entire on file on fire on foot on guard on hand on heat on her beam-ends on high on hire on hold on ice on impulse on its feet on its last legs on its merits on leave on line on loan on location on no account on no consideration on oath on occasion on offer on one side on one's / its knees on one's / its last legs on one's / the beam-ends on one's back on one's beam-ends on one's best behaviour on one's conscience on one's deathbed on one's doorstep on one's feet on one's game on one's guard on one's hands on one's head on one's heels on one's honour on one's hunkers on one's lane on one's lonesome on one's mettle on one's mind on one's own on one's own ground on one's own head on one's own hook on one's own initiative on one's own responsibility on one's own time on one's pat on one's plate on one's tod on one's toes on one's uppers on one’s game on order on pain of on paper on parade on parole on pins and needles on point on principle on probation on purpose on record on relief on remand on report on request on sale on schedule on seat on second thought on shipboard on sight on someone's back on someone's coat-tails on someone's coattails on someone's hammer on someone's wavelength on song on soundings on speaking terms on spec on stage on stand-by on standby on steroids on stream on strike on sufferance on suspicion on tap on target on tenterhooks on the / an average on the adjective side on the air on the alert on the arm on the average on the back burner on the back foot on the baker's list on the ball on the barrelhead on the bash on the beam on the beat on the bench on the bias on the blink on the block on the boards on the books on the bot on the bounce on the bow on the brain on the breadline on the bum on the button on the cadge on the cards on the carpet on the chance on the cheap on the club on the coat on the coattails of on the contrary on the couch on the cross on the cuff on the danger list on the defensive on the dole on the dot on the double on the down-low on the downgrade on the drawing board on the face of it on the far side of on the fence on the fiddle on the fly on the foundation on the fritz on the front foot on the go on the ground on the heavy side on the hoof on the hook on the hop on the horizon on the horns of a dilemma on the house on the improve on the increase on the instant on the jar on the job on the jump on the knocker on the lam on the level on the line on the loose on the make on the march on the market on the mend on the money on the move on the nail on the needle on the nod on the nose on the off chance on the order of on the other hand on the outer on the pad on the panel on the parish on the part of on the pig's back on the piss on the point of on the port bow on the prowl on the q.t. on the qui vive on the quiet on the ragged edge on the rampage on the razor's edge on the razz on the razzle on the rebound on the right foot on the road on the rocks on the ropes on the run on the safe side on the same page on the same wavelength on the scrapheap on the shady side of on the shelf on the sick list on the side on the skids on the skite on the slant on the slate on the sly on the spectrum on the spin on the spot on the spur of the moment on the square on the starboard bow on the stocks on the streets on the strength of on the stroke of on the stump on the sunny side of on the surface on the table on the take on the tapis on the tiles on the tip of one's / the tongue on the tip of one's tongue on the town on the track of on the trot on the turn on the understanding that on the up and up on the upgrade on the wagon on the wallaby on the wallaby track on the wane on the warpath on the watch on the water cart on the water wagon on the way out on the whole on the wind on the wing on the wrong / right side of the tracks on the wrong foot on the wrong tack on thin ice on time on tiptoe on to on top on top of on top of the world on trial on view on welfare on wings on your bike on your mark on your mark / marks! on your marks once and again once and away once and for all once bitten, twice shy once in a blue moon once in a while once or twice once upon a time one and all one and only one by one one fell swoop one foot in the grave one for his nob one for the book / books one for the road one of these days one or two one way and another one with another one's cup of tea one's ears are burning one's fill one's head off one's heart bleeds one's hour one's lane one's level best one's money's worth one's number is / was / will be up one's number is / was / will be up one's number is up only / just so many only / just so much only if only too ooh and aah open fire open one's big mouth open one's eyes open slather open up openside opt in opt out or else or other or so orange milkweed oriental topaz orra man orraman other fish to fry other than other things being equal our kid out and away out at elbow out at elbows out at the elbows out for out for the count out from under out front out in left field out in the cold out like a light out loud out of out of / beyond one's depth out of / off one's gourd out of / off plumb out of / off plumb out of a / the clear sky out of a hat out of action out of breath out of character out of commission out of conceit with out of countenance out of court out of doors out of favor out of gear out of hand out of humor out of humour out of it out of joint out of line out of luck out of office out of one's depth out of one's hands out of one's head out of one's head / mind out of one's mind out of one's skull out of order out of phase out of place out of pocket out of print out of season out of shape out of sight out of sorts out of spirits out of square out of step out of stock out of the ark out of the blue out of the box out of the chute out of the frying pan into the fire out of the loop out of the ordinary out of the question out of the running out of the way out of the window out of the wood out of the woods out of thin air out of this / the world out of time out of training out of trim out of turn out of voice out of whack out of whole cloth out of work out on a limb out on one's ear out to it out to lunch out with it outside in outside of outside the box outsmart oneself outstation movement outstay one's welcome over a barrel over again over against over and above over and over over one's head over someone's head over the counter over the fence over the hill over the hump over the long haul over the moon over the odds over the score over the top over there over with overdo it overdo things overplay one's hand overstay one's welcome owing to oxeye daisy pack in / up pack it in pack off / away pack one's bags paddle one's own canoe pain in the ass pain in the kazoo pain in the neck paint the town paint the town red pair of spectacles palm off pan out paper over par for the course part and parcel part company part of the furniture part with partial to pass along / through pass away pass for / as pass in one's marble pass muster pass off pass on pass out pass over pass the Rubicon pass the buck pass the hat pass the hat round pass the smell test pass the time of day pass the time of day with someone pass up pass water past it past one's / its sell-by date past one's sell-by date pat down pat on the back pat someone on the back patient of pave the way to / for pay a person back in his own coin pay as you go pay back. pay down pay for pay it forward pay off / settle a score pay off a score pay off. pay one's / its way pay one's dues pay one's respects pay one's way pay out. pay scot and lot pay someone back in his / her own coin pay the piper pay the piper and call the tune pay through the nose pay up peck at peel off pellitory of Spain pencil in penny-wise and pound-foolish pep up per saltire perish the thought perish the thought! pet day phase down phase in phase out pick a hole / holes in pick a hole / holes in pick and choose pick apart pick at pick it up pick of the litter pick off pick on pick one's way / steps pick out pick over pick someone's brain pick someone's brains pick the eyes out pick up pick up on pick up stompies pick up the pieces pie in the sky piece of cake piece of meat piece of piss piece of shit piece of the action piece of work pig it pig out piggy in the middle pigmy hippopotamus pile / heap Pelion on Ossa pile arms pile it on pile on pile on the agony pin clover pin down pin in pin someone's ears back pin something on someone pin up pinch pennies pine siskin pipe down pipe up piping hot piss all over piss away piss off pitch a tale pitch a yarn pitch in pitch into pitch on / upon place in the sun play God play a lone hand play a part play along play around play at play at ducks and drakes with play back play ball play both ends against the middle play by ear play cat and mouse play cat and mouse with play down play ducks and drakes with play fair play fair with someone play false play fast and loose play favourites play footsie / footsies with play for time play games play hardball play havoc play havoc with play hell with play hob play into someone's hands play into the hands of play it by ear play it close to the chest play it close to the vest play it safe play it straight play kneesies play merry hell with play off play on / upon play one's ace play one's cards play one's cards right play out play politics play possum play safe play second fiddle play silly buggers play someone false play the angles play the devil with play the field play the fool play the game play the giddy goat play the goat play the market play the race card play to the gallery play up play up to play with / have a full deck play with a full deck play with fire play with oneself played out plead guilty plead the Fifth please oneself pleased with plight one's troth plow under pluck up plug in plug into plug up plump for pluses and minuses poacher turned gamekeeper point of reference point the bone point the finger at point up poke borak at someone poke fun at poke mullock at poke one's nose into poles apart poles asunder polish off polish up polyanthus narcissus pony up poop out poor as Job's turkey poor as a church mouse poor man's something pop for pop in. pop off pop one's clogs pop out pop the question pop up possessed of post octavo pound of flesh pound the pavement pour cold water on pour oil on troubled waters pour out one's heart pour out vials of wrath power behind the throne power down power of the keys power up prairie marmot pray tell. preach to the choir pree the mouth of preparatory to presence of mind present arms present company excepted present oneself press charges press the flesh press the panic button previous to price out of the market prick up one's ears pride and joy pride of place prime the pump print in print out prior to proclaim from the housetops proper class proper inclusion proper subset psych out. psych up pull a fast one pull a fastie pull a rabbit out of the hat pull apart pull away pull down pull for pull in pull in one's horns pull off pull one's finger out pull one's head in pull one's punches pull one's socks up pull one's weight pull oneself together pull oneself up by one's bootstraps pull out pull out all the stops pull over pull punches pull rank pull rank (on) pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire pull someone's leg pull strings pull strings / wires pull the pin pull the plug on pull the rug out from under pull the strings pull the wool over someone's eyes pull through pull to pieces pull up pull up stakes pull wires pull your head in pump iron pump up punch above one's weight punch away punch in punch out punch the bundy punch up pure merino purple loosestrife push / hit / press the panic button push around push back push off push on push one's luck push the boat out push the envelope push to the wall push up daisies push up the daisies pushing up the daisies put / go on the block put / set someone wise put / set one's house in order put / stick one's bib in put a bug in someone's ear put a crimp in put a damper on put a fast one over on put a foot wrong put a sock in it put a spoke in someone's wheel put about put across put all one's eggs in one basket put an end to put aside / by put away put down put forth put forward put forward. put in put in / into the deep freeze put in a good word for put in a word for put in an appearance put in for put in mothballs put in one's oar put in the hard yards put in the shade put into words put it to put money into put money on put moves on put off put on put on a bold face put on airs put on one's thinking cap put on the acid put on the agony put on the auction block put on the dog put on the feed bag put on the line put on the map put on the ritz put one across put one in mind of put one over on put one's back into put one's best foot forward put one's bottom dollar on put one's cards on the table put one's feet up put one's finger on put one's foot down put one's foot in / into it put one's foot in it put one's hand to the plough put one's head in a noose put one's house in order put one's money where one's mouth is put one's oar in put one's shirt on put one's shoulder to the wheel put oneself upon the / one's country put out a contract on put out the welcome mat put out to grass put out to pasture put out to sea put out. put over put paid to put someone in his / her place put someone in his place put someone on put someone through his paces put someone's back up put someone's nose out of joint put something on the long finger put something over on put store by put teeth in / into put that in your pipe and smoke it put the arm on put the bee on put the bite on put the bite on someone put the boot in put the cart before the horse put the cat among the pigeons put the clock back put the fear of God in / into put the fear of God into put the finger on put the frighteners on put the hard word on put the kibosh on put the lid on put the make on put the mockers on put the moz on put the nips in put the question put the record straight put the screws on put the skids under put the touch on put the whammy on put the wind up put their heads together put through put through one's paces put to bed put to death put to flight put to it put to sea put to shame put to sleep put to the sword put to the torch put to use put two and two together put up put up the shutters put up to put up with put upon put wise put words into someone's mouth putter away puzzle out pygmy marmoset queen it queer someone's pitch queer the pitch question of fact question of law quick on the trigger quick on the uptake quick with child quids in quinacrine mustard quite a quite a few quite a little quite so quite something quote unquote rack one's brains rack out rack up rain cats and dogs rain on someone's parade rain or shine rain out rained off raise Cain raise an eyebrow raise hell raise hob raise one's consciousness raise one's glass to raise one's hackles raise one's hat raise the devil raise the roof raise the stakes raise the wind rake / haul / drag / call / take over the coals rake / haul / drag / call / take over the coals rake over the coals ram / force something down someone's throat ram something down someone's throat ramp along ramp up. range of significance rap over the knuckles rat out rattle one's dags rattle someone's cage reach for the moon read a lecture read a lesson read between the lines read for read in read lips read oneself in read out read out of read someone like a book read someone the riot act read the green read the riot act read the riot act to someone read up on reading of the Law reading the Law ready up rear its (ugly) head rearguard action rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic reasons of State reckon with red beet red panda red-backed squirrel monkey reed canary grass reel off refer to drawer refine on / upon refuse stays regardless of relieve oneself remember oneself repeat oneself rest on one's laurels rest on one's oars return thanks rev up reverse arms reverse the charge reverse the charges revert to type rhyme or reason ride a hobby ride again ride at anchor ride circuit ride down ride for a fall ride herd on ride out ride roughshod over ride shanks' mare ride shotgun ride the beam ride the wave ride to hounds riding high rig down rig up right and left right as rain right away / off right of search right off the bat right on right up one's street right, left, and centre right-hand man ring a bell ring down the curtain ring false ring in ring off ring out ring someone's bell ring the bell ring the changes ring true ring up ring up the curtain rip into rip off rip out rise above rise to the occasion risk one's neck river dolphin rizz up rob Peter to pay Paul rob the cradle rock back on one's heels rock the boat roll back roll in roll in the hay roll one's eyes roll out roll over roll up roll up one's sleeves roll with the punches rolling (in the aisles) rolling in (something) rolling in the aisles romp home romp in root and branch rope in rosebay willowherb rotten apple rough as bags rough as sacks rough corners rough diamond rough it rough on round off round out round the Wrekin round the bend round the clock round the corner round the twist round to round up rouse oneself rub down rub elbows with rub it in rub off on rub out rub salt in / into someone's wounds rub salt into someone's wounds rub shoulders with rub someone's nose in rub someone's nose in it rub the wrong way rub up rub up the wrong way ruffle feathers ruffle someone's feathers rule out rule the roast rule the roost run / come / fall afoul of run / go amok run / go amuck run a bath run a risk run a tight ship run across run afoul of run after run along run amok run around run away run away with run close run counter to run down run for it run foul / afoul of run in run in place run in with run interference run into run its course run like the clappers run of the mill run off run off at the mouth run off with run on run one's eye over run out run out of run out of gas run out on run over run rings around run riot run round in circles run scared run short run something up the flagpole run the gauntlet run the show run through run to earth run to seed run up run wild run with run with the ball run with the hare and hunt with the hounds rush one's fences rust out rust through rust together rustle up sack out sackcloth and ashes safe as houses sage Derby sail close to the wind sail in / into sail near to the wind salt away salt of the earth salt out sam hold of same shit, different day save face save one's bacon save one's breath save one's neck save one's skin save shoe leather save someone's bacon save someone's neck saved by the bell saving your reverence saw wood say / cry uncle say Kaddish say a few words say amen to say no more say one's beads say the unsayable say when scaly anteater scarce as hen's teeth scare the pants off scare up scentless mayweed school of hard knocks school of thought scope out score a hit with score points off scrape the barrel screw around screw off screw up scrounge around scrub in / up sea rocket seal / close the deal. seal off seal the deal search me second string see / hear things see about see after see daylight see eye to eye see fit see how the land lies see no further than one's nose see no further than the end of one's nose see off see one's way see one's way clear see out see red see someone damned first see someone hanged first see someone right see stars see the back of see the light see the light of day see the wood for the trees see through see through rose-coloured glasses see through rose-coloured spectacles see through rose-tinted glasses see through rose-tinted spectacles see to see with half an eye see you see you later seek / plant / sow gapeseed sell / go like hot cakes sell down the river sell like hot cakes sell off sell oneself sell out sell short sell someone a bill of goods sell someone a pup sell up seller's market send down send for send forth send in send off send out send packing send round send someone about his business send someone packing send the hat round send to Coventry send to the showers send up senna leaf senna pods senza sordini senza sordino separate the men from the boys separate the sheep from the goats serve a person right serve one right set / cast in concrete set / lay store by set / put on a pedestal set / put one's teeth on edge set about set against set ahead set apart set aside set at naught set back set by set by the ears set down set eyes on set fire to set foot in / on set forth set forward set free set in set in stone set off set on set on fire set on foot set on one's ear / ears set one's cap at set one's cap for set one's face against set one's hand to set one's heart against set one's heart at rest set one's heart on set one's seal on set one's seal to set one's sights on set one's teeth set one's teeth on edge set out set out one's stall set sail set someone's mind at rest set someone's teeth on edge set store by set the Thames on fire set the ball rolling set the heather on fire set the pace set the record straight set the world on fire set to set up set up shop settle a score settle accounts with settle down settle for settle into settle someone's hash seven out sew up sex up shack up shade up shake a leg shake down shake hands shake in one's shoes shake off shake on it shake one's head shake the dust from one's feet shake the dust off one's feet shake up shape up she is no spring chicken she'll be right she's apples she's jake shea butter shed / throw light on shed light on shed light upon shell out shift / switch gears shift gears shift ground shine up to ship out shipshape and Bristol fashion shit happens shit hits the fan shit on shit oneself shit out of luck shocking pink shoot / bat the breeze shoot a line shoot craps shoot down shoot for / at shoot from the hip shoot off one's mouth / face shoot one's bolt shoot one's load shoot one's mouth off shoot one's wad shoot oneself in the foot shoot the breeze shoot the bull shoot the shit shoot the sun shoot the works shoot up short / dirty end of the stick short / dirty end of the stick short and sweet short for short of shorten the reins shot in the arm shot in the dark shoulder arms shoulder to shoulder shout from the rooftops shove it shove it up your / one's ass shove off show a clean pair of heels show a leg show in show off show one's cards show one's face show one's hand show one's teeth show out show someone the door show the flag show the white feather show up shrike thrush shrike tit shrinking violet shrug off shuffle off shut down shut in shut of shut off shut one's eyes to shut one's face shut out shut the door on shut up shut up shop sick and tired sick as a parrot sick at one's stomach sick to one's stomach side by side side with / against sight for sore eyes sight unseen sign away / over sign in sign of the times sign off sign on sign on the dotted line sign one's death warrant sign one's own death warrant sign the pledge sign up signature on the dotted line silkworm moth silver bream silver quandong simmer down sing a different tune sing another a different tune sing another tune sing for one's supper sing out sing someone's praises single combat sink one's teeth into sink or swim sink tidy sit / ride bitch sit at the feet of sit down sit in sit in judgment sit in on sit on / upon sit on one's hands sit on the fence sit out sit pretty sit shiva sit shivah sit tight sit up sit up like Jackie sitting pretty six and two threes six of one and half a dozen of the other six of the best size up skate on thin ice skeleton at the feast skeleton in the closet skeleton in the closet / cupboard skeleton in the cupboard skin alive skin and bone skip it! skip out on sky up slap and tickle slap down slap on the back slap on the wrist slay the day sleep around sleep in sleep like a top sleep on sleep on it sleep out sleep over sleep rough sleep tight sleep together sleep with slim down sling hash sling mud at sling one's hook slip a cog slip away slip between the cracks slip of the tongue slip one over on slip someone's mind slip something over on slip through one's fingers slip up slippery slope slope off slough over slow on the uptake slug it out smack down smack in the eye smack one's lips small alison small ermine small fortune small magpie small wonder smarten up smash someone's face in smell a rat smell of the lamp smell out smell up smile at smite hip and thigh smoke out smooth one's ruffled / rumpled feathers smooth over snap / bite someone's head off snap one's fingers (at) snap one's fingers at snap out of snap out of it snap someone's head off snap to snatch one's time sneeze at snow under snuff it snuff out so as so be it so far so far so good so far, so good so help me so long as so much so much as so much for so there so to speak so what! so what? soak up sock away sock in sock it to socked in sod all sod it sod off soft about soft on soft spot sold on soldier on solid for some hope somehow or other someone's name is mud something else something like something or other something to be going on with something to go on something's up sooner or later sort of sort out sort out the men from the boys sound as a bell sound off soup up sour fig sow dragon's teeth sow one's oats sow one's wild oats space out spanner in the works speak by the book speak for speak for itself speak for yourself speak of the devil! speak one's mind speak one's piece speak out speak the same language speak to speak volumes speak well for spell a paddock spell down spell out spend a penny spike someone's guns spill / toss one's cookies spill one's guts spill the beans spill the tea spin a yarn spin off spin one's wheels spin out spiny anteater spit and image spit chips spit it out! spit up splash down. splice the main brace splice the mainbrace split hairs split one's sides split the difference spoken for sport one's oak spotted laurel spread a large clew spread one's wings spread oneself thin spring a leak spring for spud in spurge laurel square accounts with square around square away square of opposition square off square peg square peg in a round hole square the circle square up. squeak by / through stab (someone) in the back stab in the back stack the cards stack the deck stack up stake a claim to stake out stand a chance stand a chance / show stand bail stand by stand comparison stand down stand easy stand fast stand for stand guard stand guard over stand in a person's light stand in contrast to / with stand in good stead stand in with stand off stand on stand on ceremony stand on one's own feet stand on one's own two feet stand one's ground stand out stand over stand pat stand someone in good stead stand something on its head stand still stand surety stand the gaff stand the pace stand to stand to reason stand to someone stand up stand up for stand up to stare (something) in the face stare down stare one in the face staring down the barrel of start from the ground floor start the ball rolling starve the bardies! state of affairs state of emergency state of mind state of play stave off stay put stay the course stay the pace steal a march on steal someone's thunder steal the show steer clear of step / tread on someone's toes step by step step down step in step on it step on the gas step out step out of line step out with step up step up to the plate stew in one's own juice stick / tend to one's knitting stick around stick at nothing stick by / to stick in one's craw stick in one's throat stick one's bib in stick one's neck out stick one's nose into stick out stick out a mile stick out for stick out like a sore thumb stick to one's guns stick to someone's fingers stick to the ribs stick up stick up for stiff upper lip stiff with still and all still less sting in the tail stink out stir one's stumps stir the pot stone mint stone the crows stop a gap stop at nothing stop down stop in stop off stop out stop over stop the clock stop the show storm in a teacup stow away straight from the shoulder straight off straight up strain / stretch a point strain at a gnat and swallow a camel straining at the leash strange to say straw in the wind streets ahead of streets apart stretch a point stretch one's legs stretch one's wings strict counterpoint strict inclusion strictly for the birds strike a balance strike a bargain strike a blow strike a blow for strike a false note strike a light strike a nerve strike a raw nerve strike camp strike hands strike home strike in strike it lucky strike it rich strike lucky strike off strike off / from the rolls strike off the roll strike off the rolls strike oil strike out strike pay dirt strike the flag strike the right note strike up strike while the iron is hot string along string out strong suit strongest suit strut one's stuff stuck on subject to substitution instance such and such such as such that suck face suck in suck it and see suck up sucking diesel sue out suffer from suffice it to say that sugar off sugar the medicine sugar the pill suit down to the ground suit oneself suit up sum up summary jurisdiction sun in splendour sunflower seed oil sure enough surrender to bail suspension of disbelief swags of swallow one's words swear blind swear by swear in swear off swear out sweat blood sweat bullets sweat it sweat one's guts out sweat out sweep off one's feet sweep one off one's feet sweep something under the carpet sweep something under the rug sweep the board sweet alison sweet clover sweet nothings sweet on sweeten the pot swim against the stream swim against the tide swim with the stream swim with the tide swing both ways swing round the circle swing the lead swings and roundabouts sword of Damocles symmetric difference súgán chair tag up take / lay to heart take / put stock in take / run a risk take a backseat take a bath take a bow take a call take a chance take a chill pill take a dim view of take a hand in take a hike take a knee take a leaf from someone's book take a leaf out of / from someone's book take a leaf out of someone's book take a leak take a lot of beating take a lot out of take a meeting take a person to the cleaners take a piss take a poor view of take a powder take a prompt take a punt at take a rain check take a rise out of take a risk take a running jump take a shine to take a swing at take a tumble to take a walk take a whizz take account of take action take advantage of take after take aim take amiss take an oath take apart take arms take at one's word take away one's breath take back take by storm take by surprise take care take care of take chances take cognizance of take counsel take cover take down take down a peg take effect take exception take fire take five take flight take for take for a ride take for granted take fright take guard take heart take holy orders take in take in good part take in hand take in stride take into account take into consideration take issue take it take it easy take it into one's head take it on the chin take it out in take it out of take it out on take it to the wire take its course take leave take leave of one's senses take liberties take no notice of take no prisoners take note take notice take occasion take odds take off take off one's hat to take offence take on take on board take one's breath away take one's courage in both hands take one's hour take one's life in one's hands take one's medicine take one's place take one's time take one's way take orders take out take out on take over take part take part in take pity on take place take root take shape take sides take silk take some beating take someone at her word take someone at his word take someone at their word take someone out of himself take someone prisoner take someone's name in vain take someone's part take someone's word for it take something amiss take something as read take something in one's stride take something upon oneself take steps take stock take stock in take strike take ten take the air take the biscuit take the bit between one's teeth take the bit in / between one's teeth take the bit in one's teeth take the bloom off take the bread out of someone's mouth take the bull by the horns take the cake take the chair take the count take the cross take the fall take the field take the fifth take the fifth amendment take the floor take the gilt off the gingerbread take the ground take the high road take the king's shilling take the law into one's own hands take the liberty take the lid off take the mickey take the mickey out of someone take the piss take the place of take the pledge take the plunge take the queen's shilling take the rap take the road take the stand take the sun take the veil take the wind out of one's sails take the wind out of someone's sails take the words (right) out of one's mouth take the words out of someone's mouth take the wraps off take to take to flight take to heart take to one's bed take to one's heels take to something like a duck to water take to task take to the cleaners take to the road take to wife take turns take up take up a collection take up arms take up on take up the cudgels take up the gauntlet take up the gauntlet / glove take up the glove take up the hatchet take up the slack take up with take upon oneself take vows take wing taken aback taken short taken with talk a big / good game talk around talk at talk away talk back talk big talk down talk down to talk nineteen to the dozen talk of talk of the devil! talk out talk out of talk out of both sides of one's mouth talk over talk shop talk someone's head / ear off talk someone's head / ear off talk the hind leg(s) off a donkey talk the talk talk through one's hat talk to death talk turkey talk up tall poppy tan someone's hide tank up tap into tap off tap out taper off tar and feather target (in) on tarred with the same brush tart up taste blood tea and sympathy teach one's grandmother to suck eggs tear at tear down tear into tear off tear one's hair tear someone off a strip tear up tease out tee off tell a tale tell it / that to the marines! tell it like it is tell it to the marines tell its own tale tell off tell on tell one's beads tell someone where to get off tell someone's fortune tell tales tell the time tempest in a teacup tempest in a teacup / teapot tend on / upon terms of reference test the water than most thank God thank one's lucky stars thank you thanks to that that goes without saying that is that is to say that makes two of us that way that will be the day that's an idea that's as may be that's done it that's enough! that's more like it that's that that's the shot that's the stuff that's the way the cookie crumbles that's torn it the / to hell with the / to hell with the Admiralty Board the Adriatic the Age of Reason the Alamo the Algarve the All Blacks the All Whites the Alliance the Almighty the American Dream the Amish the Anglo-Irish the Annunciation the Antarctic the Anthropocene the Antilles the Antipodes Islands the Apple Isle the Archer the Arctic the Ardennes the Argentine the Argonne the Armada the Ashes the Atlantic the Atlantic Provinces the Authorized Version the Axis the Azores the Backs the Bahamas the Balance the Baltics the Baptist the Barbary Coast the Barbican the Bard the Barren Lands the Battle of Britain the Beeb the Bible the Bible Belt the Big Apple the Big Smoke the Bight the Black Caps the Black Country the Black Death the Black Ferns the Black Forest the Black Isle the Black Mountain the Black Prince the Black Watch the Black and Tans the Blitz the Block Parent Program of Canada the Bloodless Revolution the Blues the Boche the Bosporus the Bowery the British disease the Bronx the Buddha the Budget the Buffs the Bull the Burren the Cabal the Cambrian the Capitol the Capitoline the Carboniferous the Caribbean the Caribbees the Cariboo the Cenotaph the Cenozoic the Central Provinces the Centre the Channel the Channel Country the Common Market the Commons the Compassion Club the Comrades Marathon the Confederacy the Confederation 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of Four the Gault the Ghan the Gherkin the Goat the Godhead the Golden Triangle the Gorbals the Gower the Grand National the Grand Remonstrance the Grange the Great Bear the Great Dog the Great Glen the Great Leap Forward the Great Rebellion the Great Trek the Greater Antilles the Grenadines the Greys the Hebrides the Hermitage the High Renaissance the Himalayas the Holocene the Holy Family the Holy Land the Holy One the Honourable the Ice the Ice Blacks the Industrial Revolution the Interior the Internationale the Irish the Islands the Ivory Coast the Ivy League the Jewry the Joe Blakes the Jurassic the Kalahari the Kama Sutra the King Country the King James Version the Kirk the Kiwi Ferns the Kiwis the Klan the Koine the Labour and Socialist International the Lamb the Last Judgment the Last Supper the Law the Lebanon the Lesser Antilles the Levant the Levellers the Lion the Litany the Little Bear the Little Corporal the Little Dipper the Little Dog the Lizard the Lodge the Long March the Lord's Day the Lord's Prayer the Lord's Supper the Lords the Lords Temporal the Lothians the Lowlands the Mabinogion the Mafia the Mainland the Maple Leaf the Maritime Provinces the Marseillaise the Mayflower the Mearns the Med the Merse the Mesozoic the Midas touch the Midlands the Minch the Miocene the Mississippian the Moirai the Monument the Moonies the Mother of Parliaments the Mountain the National the Neogene the Netherlands Antilles the Netherlands East Indies the Netherlands West Indies the New Jerusalem the New Look the New Man the New Wave the New World the Niña the Norse the North the North Star the Northeast the Oaks the Ogaden the Old Bill the Old Dart the Oligocene the Omnipotent the One above the Oneida the Open College the Open University the Ordovician the Oval the Pacific the Palaeocene the Palaeogene the Palaeozoic the Palatinate the Pamirs the Paralympics the Parcae the Peloponnese the Peninsula the Pennsylvania Dutch the Pennsylvanian the Perigordian the 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Tempter the Ten Commandments the Territory the Tertiary the Third Age the Thousand Guineas the Titanic the Top End the Toronto Blessing the Tote the Triassic the Troubles the Twelve Tables the Twins the Two Sicilies the Tynwald the Unknowable the Vienna Union the Virgin the Virgin Mary the Virgin Queen the Wagon the Wash the Water Carrier the Weald the Welsh the West Bank the West Country the West End the Wheel Blacks the Wild Geese the Wilderness the Windies the Windy City the Wirral the Wisdom of Jesus, the Son of Sirach the Wolds the Wrekin the Writings the Yahwist the Yard the Yukon the above the absurd the accused the affirmative the amen corner the antipodes the antique the archenemy the archfiend the arts the atomic age the attack the axe the ba' the back of beyond the backfield the bag of tricks the ball is in your court the bass the battle lines are drawn the beautiful people the bee's knees the bejesus the bells the bench the best the best of both worlds the best part of the better the better of the better part of the beyond the big time the birch the bird has flown the birds and the bees the bitumen the black art the black belt the black stump the blessed the blood the bloom is off (the rose) the boards the boat race the body politic the bollocks the bomb the book the boot the boot is on the other foot the boot is on the other leg the bottle the bounce the box the boy the bright lights the briny the buck stops here the bush the bushveld the buskin the butterfat cheque the c-word the canvas the cash the cat's pyjamas the cat's whiskers the chair the chances are… the charts the chase the chattering classes the chop the chuck the cinema the circuit the clap the class struggle the classics the clock the cloth the coast is clear the cold shoulder the council the country the courage of one's convictions the course of nature the cratur the craythur the creeps the crescent the crowd the crud the crunch the cultural cringe the curse the curtain the daddy the daily round the death penalty the decencies the deep the defence the deuce the devil take the hindmost the devil to pay the devil! the devil's own the die is cast the dingbats the dinkum oil the discus the dismal science the distance the divine the divinity the dog's bollocks the dogs the dole the done thing the drink the drum the dry the east the electric chair the end the end of the road the ether the evil one the eye of the wind the f-word the fact of the matter the facts of life the fair sex the faithful the fancy the far side the fat is in the fire the fat of the land the father of the few the filth the first thing the five Ks the flag the flat the flicker the flicks the flop the flu the force the former the four corners of the earth the franchise the frosting on the cake the full monty the gallows the game is up the giggles the girls the globe the go-ahead the good oil the good people the goods the grape the grave the great unwashed the greatest the green-eyed monster the grid the grim reaper the grove of Academe the groves of Academe the guillotine the gutter the heads the heat the heathen the heaves the heavies the heebie-jeebies the hell the here and now the heretofore the high country the high ground the high jump the highveld the hills the holy the horse's mouth the hots the hounds the hour the human race the humanities the hump the hundreds the hut the hyperreal the ignition the inevitable the inferno the intelligentsia the interim the internet the jack the javelin the jaws the jazz age the jitters the joes the jury is (still) out the jury is still out the kinetic theory the king's evil the knives are out for someone the last the last laugh the last straw the last trump the last word the latest the law the least the letter the life and soul the life of Riley the like the like / likes of the like of the likes of the limelight the limit the lion's share the little woman the log of wood the long and the short of the long and the short of it the long paddock the loose the lost tribes the lot the lower regions the lowveld the lump the madam the main chance the mainland the majors the mallee the many the mark the market the masses the master the matter the middle passage the military the millennium the missing link the missus the moer in the moment the mopes the moral high ground the morn the morn's nicht the morning after the most the mother of all … the mujaheddin the multitude the munchies the n-word the narrative the naughty nineties the navy the nearside the necessary the needful the needle the new the news the next but one the night's a pup the nitty-gritty the noble art the nod the noes have it the northeast the northwest the novel the nth degree / power the offense the offensive the office the offside the old Adam the old gentleman the old one the one the only the open the opposite sex the opposition the order the ordnance the other the other day the other place the other side of the coin the other thing the others the outward man the paranormal the park the past the pen the penny dropped the people the pictures the pill the pinch the pipes the pit the pits the platteland the point of no return the poky the pole vault the police the powers that be the pox the present the press the price of someone the primrose path the principle of economy the prize ring the proprieties the provinces the pulpit the purple the push the rabble the races the rack the rains the raw the ready the real the real deal the real thing the renosterveld the reverse of the right the right side of the right track the ring the river the roaring days the rope the rough the rough side of one's tongue the rub the rule the runs the sack the same old story the sands are running out the scheduled territories the score the screen the scrub the sea the secondary the self the services the shades the shakes the shield the shit hits the fan the shit out of the shivers the shoe is on the other foot the skids the slammer the small the small hours the smit the sniffles the snuffles the soil the south the spiritual the spotlight the stage the states the status quo the still, small voice the story goes the strap the strings the struggle the supernatural the support the supreme sacrifice the surreal the sword the system the taal the tarmac the tarseal the tartan the theatre the thick the thing the three Rs the three magi the time of one's life the tomb the top of the morning the treatment the tropics the trots the tube the turf the turn the tussock the twist the unco guid the underground the undersigned the unwritten law the upper hand the upper regions the usual the usual suspects the vag the vapours the varletry the vast the veil the vernacular the very devil the very idea! the waves the way the weakest link the web the weed the welfare the west the wet the wharves the wheel the wherewithal the which the while the white the whole bag of tricks the whole boiling the whole kit the whole kit and caboodle the whole nine yards the whole shoot the wild the willies the wire the witching hour the woman the wop-wops the word the works the worried well the worse for wear the worst the wrong side of the tracks the wrong track the yakuza the year dot the yips theDominion then and there there and then there are no flies on him there is / are there is no holding him there is no knowing there it is there you are there's nothing for it there's nothing like there's nothing to it thick skin thin end of the wedge thin on the ground thin skin think again think better of think fit think less of think little of think more of think much of think nothing of think of think out / through think out of the box think outside the box think the world of think twice think up this and that this here thorn in one's side / flesh thrash out / over three cheers three sheets in the wind thresh out / over thrive on through and through through the mill through the wringer through thick and thin through with throw (someone or something) to the wolves / dogs throw (someone or something) under the bus throw (someone) a curve throw / cast something to the wind(s) throw / knock for a loop throw / toss one's hat in the ring throw / toss one's hat in the ring throw a fit throw a wobbly throw away throw back throw cold water on throw cold water on something throw down throw down the gauntlet throw down the gauntlet / glove throw down the glove throw dust in someone's eyes throw dust in the eyes of throw in throw in one's hand throw in one's lot with throw in the sponge throw in the towel throw light on throw light upon throw mud at throw off throw one's hand in throw one's hat at it throw one's hat in the ring throw one's weight about throw one's weight around throw one's weight around / about throw oneself at throw oneself at someone / someone's head throw oneself into throw oneself on throw oneself on / upon someone throw out throw out the baby with the bathwater throw over throw overboard throw shade throw someone in at the deep end throw someone to the dogs throw the baby out with the bath water throw the book at throw the bull throw to the wolves throw together throw up throw up one's hands thumb one's nose thumb one's nose at thumbs down thumbs up thus far tick all the boxes tick off ticker-tape parade ticker-tape reception tickle pink tickle to death tickled pink tide over tie down tie in tie off tie one on tie one's hands tie someone in knots tie the knot tie to someone's apron strings tie up tied to someone's apron strings tight spot tighten one's belt tighten the screw till / until the cows come home till all hours till the cows come home tilt at windmills time about time after time time and again time and time again time of life time of one's life time off time on time out of mind tip in tip of the iceberg tip off tip one's hand tip one's hat tip the scales tip the wink tired and emotional to / for all intents and purposes to a T to a degree to a fault to a frazzle to a hair to a man to a nicety to a tee to a turn to advantage to all appearances to all intents and purposes to and fro to apply for the Chiltern Hundreds to arms! to be brought to bed to be on / have / bat a sticky wicket to be on the naughty step to be reckoned with to be sure to beat the band to begin with to bits to blame to boot to cap it all to coin a phrase to date to death to die for to do with to excess to get dooced to get one's knickers in a twist to go to ground to hand to have and to hold to have had a good war to have sex to hawse to heel to horse! to know which side one's bread is buttered to make someone turn in his grave to make someone turn over in his grave to my knowledge to nourish a viper in one's bosom to one's credit to one's face to one's fingertips to one's heart's content to one's knowledge to one's name to one's taste to order to press to relieve oneself to rights to save one's life to say nothing of to say the least to someone's face to spare to speak of to speak with / have a forked tongue to start with to the bad to the bitter end to the bone to the contrary to the death to the fore to the full to the gills to the good to the ground to the hilt to the left to the letter to the life to the manner born to the max to the nth degree to the point to the prejudice of to the press to the purpose to the skies to the teeth to the tune of to the wide to the wire to windward to windward of to wit toe the line toe the line / mark toey as a Roman sandal together with tone (in) with tone down tone up tongue in cheek too bad too big for one's boots too big for one's breeches too close to call too much too much information too right too right! tool up tooth and nail top and tail top off top oneself top out tortoiseshell turtle toss / spill one's cookies toss off toss one's cookies toss one's hat in the ring toss up touch a nerve touch a raw nerve touch base touch bottom touch down touch ground touch of the sun touch off touch on / upon touch up tough it out tough shit tower of strength track down trade down trade in trade off trade on / upon trade up trail arms trail one's coat trailing myrtle tread lightly tread lightly / carefully / softly tread on someone's corns tread on someone's toes tread on someone's toes / corns tread the boards tread under foot tread water treat someone like dirt trench on / upon trick out trim one's sails trip a switch trip the light fantastic tropic of Cancer tropic of Capricorn trot out true to life trump up trust to try conclusions with try it / that on try it on try on try on for size try one's hand try one's hand (at) try one's luck try out try out for tuck into tune in tune out tune someone grief tune up turn / put one's hand to turn a blind eye turn a blind eye to turn a deaf ear turn a deaf ear to turn a trick turn an honest penny turn and turn about turn back turn down turn heads turn heel turn in turn in on oneself turn into turn king's evidence turn loose turn off turn on turn on the agony turn on the heat turn one's back on turn one's hand to turn out turn over turn over a new leaf turn queen's evidence turn someone's head turn something on its head turn sour turn state's evidence turn tail turn the corner turn the other cheek turn the screw turn the tables turn the tables on someone turn the tide turn to turn to account turn turtle turn up turn up one's nose turn up one's nose at turn up one's nose at something turn up one's toes turn up the heat turn up trumps tweak out twiddle one's thumbs twist / wrap around one's little finger twist around one's little finger twist one's arm twist someone's arm twist the knife twist the lion's tail two a penny two cents worth two shakes (of a lamb's tail) unbosom oneself uncrowned king uncrowned queen under a cloud under a gooseberry bush under a spell under arms under arrest under bare poles under canvas under consideration under cover under fire under foot under hatches under lock and key under no circumstances under oath under one's belt under one's breath under one's hat under one's nose under one's own steam under one's thumb under one's wing under par under protest under sail under separate cover under someone's nose under someone's thumb under starter's orders under suspicion under the circumstances under the counter under the gun under the hammer under the influence under the knife under the lee under the name of under the rose under the skin under the sun under the table under the weather under the wire under tow under way under weigh under wraps unknown country unknown quantity unprovided for until one is blue in the face up / down one's alley up / out the kazoo up / out the wazoo up a gumtree up a stump up a tree up against up against it up against the wall up and around up and doing up and down up and running up country up for up for grabs up for it up front up hill and down dale up in arms up in the air up one's alley up one's sleeve up one's street up oneself up shit / shit's creek (without a paddle) up the / a creek (without a paddle) up the ante up the boohai up the creek up the duff up the pole up the river up the spout up the wall up to up to a point up to date up to grade up to here with up to high doh up to one's ears up to one's elbows up to one's eyes up to one's neck in up to putty up to scratch up to snuff up to speed up to the elbows in up to the elbows with up to the minute up top up with up with the lark up your ass up yours upon condition that upon my soul! upon my word! upon oath upon one's honour upset the / someone's applecart upset the applecart upwards of use up used to velvet glove wade in / into wager of battle wager of law wait (on) table wait on wait table wait up wake up and smell the coffee walk (someone) through walk / go down the aisle walk / tread on air walk Matilda walk Spanish walk a fine line walk a person off his feet walk away with walk it walk off walk off with walk on air walk on eggs walk on eggshells walk out walk out on walk out with walk tall walk the plank walk the streets walk the talk walk the walk walk through walk up waltz Matilda want in want in / out want out warm down. warm the bench warm up. warts and all was not born yesterday wash down wash one's dirty linen in public wash one's hands wash one's hands of wash out wash up watch it! watch one's step watch oneself watch one’s back watch one’s six watch out watch over water caltrop water dropwort water horehound water off a duck's back water starwort water tortoise water under the bridge weak link weak spot wean on wear / put on a black hat wear down wear off wear one's heart on one's sleeve wear out one's welcome wear out. wear ship wear the baggy green wear the pants wear the trousers wear thin wear two / several hats weigh anchor weigh down weigh in weigh one's words weigh out weird out well and good well met well up in well-heeled wet behind the ears wet one's whistle wet out whack off whack out what a lark! what about what for what have you what if what is more what it takes what makes one tick what makes someone tick what matter what price something? what the doctor ordered what the hell what you will what's the odds? what's up? what's what what's your poison? what's yours? what…do with wheel and deal wheels within wheels when / if push comes to shove when one's ship comes in when one's ship comes in / home when push comes to shove when the balloon goes up when the chips are down where away? where it's at where one is coming from where one lives where someone is coming from where the shoe pinches whether or no whether…or whether…or whether which way the wind blows which way the wind lies whip in whip off whip up whistle for whistle in the dark whistle past the graveyard white ant white around the gills white bream white charlock white out whiter than white whiting pout whole ball of wax whole enchilada whomp up whoop it up whoop up wide of the mark wig out wild and woolly wild bergamot wild cabbage wild celery wild horse wild radish wild service tree wile away will do wimp out win by a neck win one's spurs win one's way win out win the exchange win the internet wind down wind up wine and dine wing it wink at winner take(s) all wipe out wipe the floor with someone wipe the slate clean wipe up wire in wise to wise up wish on with / in regard to with a bad grace with a bang with a capital letter with a difference with a free hand with a good grace with a grain / pinch of salt with a grain of salt with a heavy hand with a high hand with a pinch of salt with a vengeance with a view to with a will with a … eye with all one's heart with an eye to with arms akimbo with bad grace with bated breath with bells on with child with egg on one's face with flying colors with good cheer with good grace with impunity with it with mirrors with one accord with one voice with one's back to the wall with one's bare hands with one's beer goggles on with one's eyes open with one's eyes shut with one's nose in the air with one's tail between one's legs with one's tongue in one's cheek with one's whole heart with open arms with reason with respect to with that with the best with the best will in the world with the gloves off with the sun with this with young with your leave within an ace of within an inch of within call within hail within limits within reason without book without cease without ceremony without doubt without fail without further ado without number without prejudice without price without recourse without reserve without striking a blow without tears without turning a hair woe betide someone wolf in sheep's clothing woman of easy virtue woman of the streets woman of the world won't have a bar of wood betony wooden spoon woolly indris woolly spider monkey word for word word of honour words fail me work in / into work it work off work on / upon work one's guts out work out work over work through work up work up to work wonders world of one's own world without end worry along / through worse luck! worse off worth one's salt worth one's weight in gold worth one's while worth the candle would like would not say boo to a goose would rather would sooner wouldn't be seen dead in wouldn't have a bar of wrap around one's little finger wrap up wrapped up wrapped up in wreak havoc wring one's withers wringing wet writ large write down write home about write in write off write out write the book write up writing on the wall wrong end of the stick yank someone's chain year and a day year in and year out year in, year out years of discretion yell / scream bloody murder yellow archangel yellow rocket yes please you bet you bet! you can keep it you can talk you can't talk you can't win you have the advantage of me you know you know what you know who you name it you never know you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours you see you wouldn't read about it you're telling me you've got another think coming your actual zap up zero in zero in on zone out zoom in (on) …forever!