field; on the field; out in left field; out in the field) fifth (take the fifth) fight (cat fight; dog fight; fire fight) figure (head figure; lay figure; man of figure; man of figures) fill (have one’s fill of something) film (art film; artful film; arty film; black and white film; black film; strip film; stripping film) finger (have a finger in something; have one’s fingers in the till; lay a finger on someone; lay a finger on something; lay one’s finger on some- thing; not move a finger; pull one’s finger out; put the finger on some- one) fingertip (at one’s fingertips; to one’s fingertips) finish (photo finish) finishing (photo finishing) fire (build a fire under someone; dead fire; death-fire; fat is in the fire, the; irons in the fire; keep the home-fires burning; lay out the fire; light a fire under someone; liquid fire; on fire; on the fire; put out the fire; run like wild-fire; saint anthony’s fire; saint elmo’s fire; sea-fire; set the thames on fire; time fire; timed fire; water fire) firm (stand firm) first (at first; from the first; ladies first) fish (be a queer fish; big fish; blue devil fish; cold fish; cool fish; feed the fish; feed the fishes; flying fish; go fishing; gone fishing; have bigger fish to fry; have other fish to fry; neither fish nor fowl; sleep with the fishes; slice of fish; swim like a fish; swim with the fishes; there are other fish in the sea) fishbowl (live in a fishbowl) fisher (oyster fisher) fit (in fits; in fits and starts; running fit; running fits) five (five-by-five; give someone five; give someone high five; take five) fivepence (fine as fivepence) fix (be in a fix; get a fix of something; get a fix on something) flag (dip the flag; drop the flag; fly the flag; haul down the flag; hoist one’s flag; hoist the flag; keep the flag fly- ing; put out the flags; put the red flag out; show the flag; show the white flag; wave the flag; wave the red flag) flame (go down in flames; go up in flames; shoot someone down in flames) flat (go flat; go flat out) flesh (in flesh; in the flesh) flight (in flight; take a flight; take flight) floor (fall through the floor; first floor; from the floor; have the floor; on the floor; on the shop floor; take the floor; walk the floor) flower (language of flowers; tudor flower; yellow trumpet flower) flutter (be in a flutter; have a flutter) fly (break a fly upon the wheel; green- fly; greenbottle fly; let that fly stick to the wall; on the fly; send someone flying) fog (in a fog; in fog) food (academic junk food; bird food; fast food; health food; healthy food; junk food; slow food) fool (act the fool; make a fool of one- self ) foolishly (act foolishly) foot (at the feet of someone; at the foot of something; carry someone off his feet; catch someone on the wrong foot; crow’s feet; die on one’s feet; drag one’s feet; drag one’s foot; get a foot in; get cold feet; get one’s feet under the table; get one’s feet wet; get someone on his feet; give some- one a foot in the door; give someone a foot up; goat’s foot; goat-foot; have a foot in both camps; have both feet on the ground; have one’s feet on the ground; hold someone’s feet to the fire; keep one’s feet; keep one’s feet on the ground; keep someone’s feet to the fire; knock someone off his feet; on foot; on one’s feet; on the back foot; out on one’s feet; pad foot; pull foot; put a foot in; put a foot wrong; put one’s feet up; put one’s foot down; put one’s foot in it; put one’s foot on it; put one’s foot to the floor; put something on foot; put something on its feet; red-foot; run someone off his feet; rush someone off his feet; set someone back on his feet; set something on foot; set something on its feet; shoot oneself in the foot; stand on one’s feet; stand on one’s own feet; stand on one’s own two feet; sweep someone off his feet; take to one’s feet; trample someone under foot; walk someone off his feet; white foot) force (armed forces; armored forces; come in force; come into force; in force; join forces; join the forces) fore (come to the fore) forget (don’t you forget it) form (in form; on form) fortune (come into a fortune; cost someone a fortune; gentleman of fortune; have a fortune; have the for- tune; large fortune; lose a fortune; lose one’s fortune; make a fortune; make one’s fortune; man of fortune; push one’s fortune; run out of for- tune; small fortune; spend a fortune) four (be on all fours; four-by-four; hit on all four) fox (crazy like a fox; dumb as a fox; let the fox guard the henhouse; set the fox to keep the geese; silver fox) fraction (by a fraction; to a fraction) freddy (blind freddy) free (come free; go free; make free of something; make free with someone; make free with something; make someone free; make someone free of something) freedom (give someone freedom; give someone his freedom; give someone the freedom of the city; give some- one the freedom of the world) freeze (in the deep freeze; put the freeze on someone) friend (little friend; small friend; soci- ety of friends, the) frigate (stone frigate) frog (have a frog in one’s throat) front (at the front; at the front of something; come to the front; go to the front; in front of something; in the front of something; on the front; out front; put up a brave front; up front) fruit (land of fruit and nuts, the) fuel (add fuel to the fire) full (be full of oneself; in full; to the full) fume (in a fume) fun (have fun with someone; make fun of someone) funeral (it’s your funeral) fur (all fur coat and no knickers; make the fur fly) future (for the foreseeable future; for the future; in future; in the foresee- able future; in the future) gallery (play the gallery; play to the gallery) gamble (take a gamble on something) game (big game; child’s game; easy game; fair game; game is over, the; give the game away; great game; have the game in one’s hands; it is a game of two halves; it’s all part of the game; large game; little game; love game; make great game of something; off one’s game; off the game; on one’s game; on the game; out of the game; play a love game; play games; play games with some- one; play someone at his own game; play someone’s game; play the game; small game; that’s the ball game) gas (have a gas; run out of gas) general (armchair general) germany (cicero of germany, the) getaway (make one’s getaway) ghost (lay someone’s ghost to rest) gill (red in the gills; rosy about the gills) girdle (venus’s girdle) girl (bar girl; call girl; call-button girl; floor girl; good-time girl; nursery- girl; old girl; outdoor girl; party girl; run after girls; run the girls; sand- wich girl; sea girl; show girl; sporting girl; sports girl; street girl; tea girl; telephone girl; white girl; working girl) glance (at a glance; at first glance) – 383 – Key Word Index