Category:English idioms
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English phrases understood by subjective, as opposed to literal meanings.
- Category:English rhetorical questions: English questions posed only for dramatic or persuasive effect.
- Category:English snowclones: English clichés using old idioms with varying words in new contexts.
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- English set phrases (0 c, 8 e)
- English similes (0 c, 706 e)
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- English rhetorical questions (0 c, 108 e)
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- English snowclones (0 c, 73 e)
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- Abbot's Priory
- abound in one's own sense
- about time
- about to
- above board
- above one's bend
- above one's huckleberry
- above par
- above the curve
- above the fray
- above the law
- above the salt
- above water
- a bridge too far
- absence makes the heart grow fonder
- abuse of distress
- accident of birth
- accident waiting to happen
- according to Cocker
- according to Gunter
- according to Hoyle
- ace in the hole
- ace up one's sleeve
- acknowledge the corn
- a cold day in July
- acquired taste
- across the board
- activist judge
- activist justice
- act of Congress
- act one's age
- act one's age, not one's shoe size
- act out
- act the hypocrite
- act up
- Adam's ale
- Adam Tiler
- a day late and a dollar short
- add fuel to the fire
- add insult to injury
- Citations:addle plot
- add oil
- add up
- a dime a dozen
- adorn oneself with borrowed plumes
- adrenaline rush
- after all
- after one's own heart
- after the fact
- after the Lord Mayor's show
- against all odds
- against the clock
- against the collar
- against the grain
- against the run of play
- against the world
- age before beauty
- a good deal
- a great deal
- agree to disagree
- aha moment
- ahead of one's time
- ahead of the curve
- ahead of the game
- ahead of the pack
- a hundred and ten percent
- ain't what it used to was
- air one's dirty linen in public
- air out
- air rage
- alarums and excursions
- albatross around one's neck
- albatross round one's neck
- a little bird told me
- a little bit of bread and no cheese
- a little from column A, a little from column B
- a little of something goes a long way
- alive and kicking
- all along
- all-a-mort
- all and some
- all and sundry
- all at once
- all bark and no bite
- all bedlam breaks loose
- all bets are off
- all dressed up and nowhere to go
- all duck or no dinner
- all ears
- all ends up
- all eyes
- all eyes and ears
- all fur and no knickers
- all fur coat and no knickers
- all good
- all hat and no cattle
- all hat and no cowboy
- all heart
- all hell breaks loose
- all holiday
- all hollow
- all it's cracked up to be
- all kidding aside
- all mouth and no trousers
- all mouth and trousers
- all of a heap
- all one's life's worth
- all one's taste is in one's mouth
- all out
- all over
- all over bar the shouting
- all over but the shouting
- all over hell's half acre
- all over oneself
- all over the board
- all over the map
- all over the place
- all over with
- all points of the compass
- all rights reserved
- all roads lead to Rome
- all set
- all sixes and nines
- all sizzle and no steak
- all talk and no cider
- all that
- all that jazz
- all the gear and no idea
- all the marbles
- all the rage
- all there
- all the same
- all the tea in China
- all the way to Egery and back
- all the while
- all things considered
- all things to all people
- all thumbs
- all told
- all to smash
- all very well
- all-weather friend
- all wet
- almighty dollar
- along about
- amateur hour
- amber gambler
- amber light
- amber nectar
- American Dream
- anaconda mortgage
- an arm and a leg
- ancient history
- and all
- and all this
- and change
- and counting
- and crap
- and finally
- and his mother
- and how
- and I don't mean maybe
- and shit
- and so forth
- and so on
- and such
- and the like
- and then some
- and whatnot
- an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
- angel's advocate
- angle for farthings
- a notch above
- another day, another dollar
- another nail in someone's coffin
- another string to one's bow
- an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure
- answer on a postcard
- answer someone's prayers
- answer the call of nature
- answer to someone's prayers
- anybody who is anybody
- any more for any more
- any nook or cranny
- any old
- any old nook or cranny
- any old thing
- anyone's guess
- any port in a storm