hotdogger (dog man) hotfoot it (get cold feet) hotter than blazes (hotter than a pistol) hound someone down (hound some- one) house father (Father of the House, the) house husband (house man) house in the country (country house) house phone (home phone) house physician (family doctor) house warming (warm-house) house-boy (home boy) houseboat (boathouse) housecraft (homecraft) housekeeper (householder) housekeeping (home-keeping ) how do you do (how are you doing) how goes it (how comes it) however (how ever) how’s that for high (how’s that) I dare say (dare I say) I have seen worse (I have seen better) I hear what you say (I am listening ) ice maiden (ice man) ice palace (ice house) identify oneself with someone (iden- tify oneself to someone) if anything (if any) if at all (if any) if you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas (if you fly with the crows, you get shot with the crows) I’ll say (I say) I’m telling you (I say) immoral behavior (amoral behavior) impatient for something (impatient of something ) impatient with something (impatient of something ) impose oneself on someone (impose on someone) improve on something (improve in something ) in a black mood (in black) in a breeze (be in the wind) in a clap (at a clap) in a dead heat (at a white heat) in a few words (in a few well-chosen words) in a great way (in a big way) in a moment (at a moment) in a tick (on the tick) in a walk (at a walk) in a way (in the way) in a word (at a word) in all (all in all) in and in (out and away) in any event (at all events) in bits (in a bit) in bonds (in bond) in command (at command) in commission (on commission) in conclusion (at the conclusion) in conference (at the conference) in contempt of something (contemptu- ous of something ) in danger (at danger) in either event (at all events) in excess of something (in an excess of something ) in extremis (in extremes) in fact (au fait) in fashion (in a fashion) in favor with someone (in favor of someone) in fear of something (for fear of some- thing ) in fits and starts (in fits) in fog (in a fog ) in for it (in at it) in for something (in on something) in full play (at play) in full strength (at full strength) in good company (in company) in good faith (in faith) in good measure (for good measure) in good part (take a good part of some- thing ) in halves (in half ) in hand (at hand) in hard conditions (in hard condition) in heat (at a heat) in installments (by installments) in it (at it) in labor (at work) in large (at large) in large measure (on a large scale) in line with something (in line for something ) in little (in a little) in low water (in deep water) in need (at need) in no temper (in a temper) in no time (at no time) in numbers (in number) in one (at one) in one piece (in a single piece) in one’s dream (in a dream world) in one’s glory (in glory) in one’s haste (in haste) in one’s head (in one’s mind) in one’s lifetime (at one’s time of life) in one’s own good time (in good time) in one’s sights (in one’s sight) in one’s time (in one’s own time) in orders (in order) in pains (in pain) in parts (in part) in pickle (in a pickle) in places (in place) in play (at play) in position (in a position) in proportion to something (in pro- portion of something) in readiness (at the ready) in recession (in recess) in reward for something (as a reward for something) in season (in a season) in short (for short) in short hand (at short hand) in short order (for short) in sight (at sight) in smoke (in a fume) in someone’s books (in one’s book) in someone’s hands (in someone’s arms) in someone’s pocket (in each other’s pockets) in spate (in full spate) in spirits (in spirit) in spots (in a spot) in state (in a state) in stock (in the stocks) in strength (in force) in succession (by succession) in support of someone (for the support of someone) in the act of doing something (in act to do something ) in the afternoon (at noon) in the bag (in the bottom of the bag) in the black (in black) in the blue (in blue) in the book (in one’s book) in the bottom of something (at the bottom of something) in the bottom of the barrel (in the bottom of the bag) in the cart (on the bandwagon) in the case of something (in case of something ) in the charge of someone (in charge of someone) in the clear (in clear) in the cold light of day (in the broad light of day) in the corner (in a corner) in the deep freeze (in cold storage) in the depth of something (at the depth of something ) in the distance (at a distance) in the dock (in dock) in the doghouse (in a kennel) in the drink (in drink) in the dumps (in a dump) in the dusk (at dusk) in the employment (in employment) in the end (at an end) in the end of something (at the end of something ) in the extreme (in extremes) in the family way (in a family way) in the fashion (in a fashion) in the flesh (in flesh) in the foreseeable future (for the fore- seeable future) in the front of something (in front of something ) in the fullness of time (at full time) in the future (in future) in the grease (in grease) in the green (in green) in the heart of something (at the heart of something ) in the hole (in a hole) in the ice box (in the box) in the last resort (as a last resort) in the leaf (in leaf ) in the least (at the least) in the limelight (in the dark) in the manner of someone (after the manner of someone) in the market (at the market) in the meantime (for the meantime) in the milk (in milk) Phrase Index – 356 –