A
A for effort
AA
Abide by (something)
Abide by a decision
Able to (do something) standing on one's head
Able to (do something) with one's eyes closed/shut
Able to breathe easily again
Able to breathe easily/freely again
Able to do (something) blindfolded
Able to take a joke
About time
About to (do something)
Above and beyond
Above average
Above board
Above par
Above reproach
Above suspicion
Absent-minded
According to Hoyle
Ace in the hole
Achilles' heel (of someone or something)
Aching heart
Acid test
Acquire a taste for (something)
Across the board
Act high and mighty
Act of God
Act one's age
Act up
AD
Add fuel to the fire
Add insult to injury
Add up
Add up (to something)
Adjourn a meeting
Advise against (something)
Afraid of one's own shadow
After a fashion
After all
After all is said and done
After hours
After one's own heart
After the fact
Against one's will
Against the clock
AGM
Ahead of one's time
Ahead of the game
Ahead of the pack
Ahead of time
AI
AIDS
Air (something) out
Air one's dirty laundry/linen in public
Air one's dirty linen in public
Air one's grievances
Albatross (around someone's neck)
Alive and well/kicking
All along
All at once
All day long
All ears
All eyes
All eyes are on (someone or something)
All for (someone or something)
All hands on deck
All in
All in (someone's) mind
All in a day's work
All in all
All in one breath
All in one piece
All manner of (someone or something)
All night long
All of a sudden
All over but the shouting
All over the place
All right
All rolled up in one
All set
All sweetness and light
All systems go
All talk (and no action)
All the rage
All the time
All thumbs
All to the good
All told
All-in-one
All-out-effort
Alley cat
Allow for (someone or something)
Almighty dollar
Along with (someone or something)
AM
Amount to (something)
Amount to the same thing
Answer to (someone)
Ante up
Any number of (someone or something)
AOB
AOK
APB
Appear out of nowhere
Apple of (one's) eye
Apple of (someone's) eye
Argue for the sake of arguing/argument
Arm and a leg
Arm in arm
Armed and dangerous
Armed to the teeth
Armpit of (somewhere)
Around the clock
Arrive on the scene
Arrow in one's quiver
As a duck takes to water
As a last resort
As a matter of fact
As a result of (something)
As a rule
As awkward as a cow on roller skates
As bald as a baby's backside
As bald as a coot
As black as a skillet
As black as a stack of black cats
As black as a sweep
As black as coal
As black as night
As black as pitch
As black as the ace of spades
As blind as a bat
As broad as a barn door
As busy as a beaver
As busy as a bee
As busy as a one-armed paperhanger
As busy as popcorn on a skillet
As calm as a toad in the sun
As clean as a hound's tooth
As conceited as a barber's cat
As cool as a cucumber
As crazy as a bedbug
As crazy as a loon
As crooked as a dog's hind leg
As dead as a dodo
As drunk as a skunk
As dry as a bone
As easy as ABC
As easy as apple pie
As easy as duck soup
As far as
As far as possible
As fat as a pig
As flat as a pancake
As free as a bird
As full/tight as a tick
As gaudy as a butterfly
As gentle as a lamb
As good as one's word
As graceful as a swan
As gruff as a bear
As happy as a clam
As happy as a lark
As hard as nails
As hoarse as a crow
As hungry as a bear
As innocent as a lamb
As long as
As luck would have it
As mad as a hornet
As mad as a wet hen
As meek as a lamb
As merry as a cricket
As naked as a jaybird
As nervous as a cat
As nutty as a fruitcake
As old as the hills
As one
As phony as a three-dollar bill
As plain as the nose on one's face
As poor as a church mouse
As proud as a peacock
As quiet as a mouse
As red as a cherry
As red as a lobster
As red as a poppy
As red as a rose
As red as a ruby
As red as blood
As scarce as hen's teeth
As scarce as hen's teeth/scarcer than hen's teeth
As scared as a rabbit
As sick as a dog
As silly as a goose
As slippery as an eel
As sly as a fox
As snug as a bug in a rug
As sober as a judge
As soft as a baby's bottom
As soft as down
As sound as a dollar
As sour as vinegar
As strong as a horse/lion/ox
As stubborn as a mule
As such
As sweet as honey/sugar
As the crow flies
As thick as pea soup
As ugly as a toad
As usual
As warm as toast
As weak as a kitten
As well as
As white as a ghost
As white as a sheet
As white as the driven snow
As wild as a tiger
As wise as an owl
As yet
ASAP
Ask (someone) out
Ask for someone's hand in marriage
Ask for the moon
Ask for trouble
Asleep at the switch
Assault and battery
Assault the ears
Assemble a case (against someone)
Assume liability
At (someone's) beck and call
At (someone's) earliest convenience
At (someone's) service
At a loss
At a loss (for words)
At a premium
At a sitting
At a stretch
At all costs
At any rate
At arm's length
At bay
At best
At cross-purposes
At death's door
At each other's throats
At ease
At every turn
At face value
At fault
At first
At first blush
At hand
At heart
At home
At it again
At large
At last
At least
At length
At loggerheads with (someone)
At loose ends
At odds (with someone)
At once
At one sitting
At one time
At one with (someone)
At one's fingertips
At one's heels
At one's wit's end
At peace
At random
At risk
At sea
At sea (about something)
At sixes and sevens
At stake
At the appointed time/hour
At the bottom of the hour
At the bottom of the ladder
At the crack of dawn
At the drop of a hat
At the eleventh hour
At the end of one's rope
At the end of the day
At the expense of (someone or something)
At the hands of (someone or something)
At the latest
At the mercy of (the court/someone)
At the present time
At the top of one's lungs
At the top of the hour
At this juncture
At this stage of the game
At times
At will
Attend to (someone or something)
Attract (someone's) attention
Attracted to (someone)
Augur well for (someone or something)
Avail oneself of (something)
Avenue of escape
Avoid (someone or something) like the plague
AWOL
B
B&B
B&E
BA
Back and forth
Back down
Back down (from someone or something)
Back in circulation
Back of beyond
Back on one's feet
Back out (of something)
Back the wrong horse
Back to basics
Back to square one
Back to the drawing board
Back to the salt mines
Back up (someone or something)
Back-to-back
Bad blood (between people)
Bad egg
Bad hair day
Bad-mouth (someone or something)
Bad/rotten apple
Badger (someone)
Bag of tricks
Bail (someone or something) out
Bail (someone) out
Bail a company out
Bail out (of something)
Balance the books/accounts
Ball is in (someone's) court
Ball of fire
Ball park figure/estimate
Ballpark estimate/figure
Balls of one's feet
Bang for the buck
Bang/beat one's head against the wall
Bank on (someone or something)
Banker's hours
Bankroll someone
Baptism of fire
Bare bones (of something)
Bargain for (something)
Bargain on (something)
Barge in on (someone or something)
Bark is worse than one's bite
Bark up the wrong tree
Base one's opinion on (something)
Bat a thousand
Bat out of hell
Bats in the belfry
Batten down the hatches
Bawl out (someone)
Be a new one on (someone)
Be all ears
Be all things to all people
Be at one's wit's end
Be cricket
Be curtains for (someone or something)
Be dealt a bad hand/deal someone a bad hand
Be game
Be hand in hand
Be into (something)
Be laid up
Be of the persuasion that (something) is so
Be off
Be off on the wrong foot
Be off to a bad start
Be that as it may
Be the case
Be the death of (someone)
Be to blame
Be/have something going for (one)
Bean counter
Bear (someone or something) in mind
Bear (something) out
Bear fruit
Bear in mind
Bear one's cross
Bear the brunt of (something)
Bear with (someone or something)
Bear witness (to something)
Bear/hold a grudge (against someone)
Beat (someone) to the punch/draw
Beat (something) into (someone's) head
Beat a hasty retreat
Beat a path to (someone's) door
Beat around the bush
Beat one's brains out
Beat one's head against the wall
Beat the clock
Beat the gun
Beat the living daylights out of (someone)
Beat the rap
Beat the tar out of (someone)
Beat up (someone)
Becoming on/to (someone)
Beef up (something)
Before long
Beg the question
Beg to differ with (someone)
Begin to see the light
Behind (someone's) back
Behind closed doors
Behind in/on (something)
Behind one's back
Behind schedule
Behind the eight ball
Behind the scenes
Behind the times
Belabor the point
Believe one's ears
Believe one's eyes
Below average
Below par
Belt (something) out
Bend (someone's) ear
Bend over backwards (to do something)
Bent on doing (something)
Beside oneself (with something)
Beside the point
Best bib and tucker
Best-laid plans of mice and men
Best/better part of (something)
Bet on the wrong horse
Bet one's boots
Bet one's bottom dollar
Better off
Between a rock and a hard place
Between the devil and the deep blue sea
Betwixt and between
Beyond a reasonable doubt
Beyond a shadow of a doubt
Beyond measure
Beyond one's depth
Beyond one's means
Beyond the pale
Beyond words
Bid adieu to (someone or something)
Bide one's time
Big cheese
Big cheese/gun/wheel
Big enchilada
Big fish in a small pond
Big frog/fish in a small pond
Big of (someone)
Big shot
Bigmouth
Bigwig
Binge and purge
Bird brain
Bird in hand is worth two in the bush
Bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
Birds and bees
Birds of a feather flock together
Birds-eye view
Birthday suit
Bite (someone's) head off
Bite off more than one can chew
Bite one's nails
Bite one's tongue
Bite the bullet
Bite the dust
Bite the hand that feeds (someone)
Bite the hand that feeds one
Bitten by (some kind of) bug
Bitter pill to swallow
Black and blue
Black and white
Black box
Black eye
Black market
Black out
Black sheep of the family
Black-tie event/affair
Blackball (someone)
Blacklist (someone)
Blackmail (someone)
Blackout
Blast off
Blaze a trail (in something)
Bleeding heart
Bleep (something) out
Blessing in disguise
Blind date
Blind leading the blind
Blood is thicker than water
Blood runs cold
Blood, sweat, and tears
Blow (someone or something) off
Blow (someone's) cover
Blow (someone's) mind
Blow (someone) away
Blow (something)
Blow (something) out of all proportion
Blow a fuse
Blow one's nose
Blow one's own horn
Blow one's stack/top
Blow one's top/stack
Blow over
Blow the lid off (something)
Blow the whistle on someone
Blow to smithereens
Blow up (at someone)
Blow up in (someone's) face
BLT
Blue blood
Blue in the face
Blue-ribbon
BO
Body blow
Bog down
Boggle one's mind
Boil down to (something)
Bona fide
Bone of contention
Bone up (on something)
Bonehead
Booked solid
Bookworm
Boot out
Bore (someone) stiff/to death
Bored out of one's mind/skull
Born out of wedlock
Born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
Bosom friend
Boss (someone) around
Bottle (something) up
Bottom dollar
Bottom drops/falls out of (something)
Bottom line
Bottom out
Bottoms up!
Bounce a check
Bounce something (an idea) off someone
Bound and determined
Bound for somewhere
Bound hand and foot
Bound to (do something)
Bow and scrape
Bow out
Bowl (someone) over
Boys in the backroom
Brain (someone)
Brain drain
Brain teaser
Brainchild
Brainless
Brains behind (something)
Brainstorm something
Brainwash (someone)
Brand-new
Breach of promise
Breach of the peace
Bread and butter
Bread and water
Break (someone's) fall
Break (someone's) heart
Break (something) down
Break (something) to (someone)
Break a habit
Break a law
Break a leg!
Break a record
Break camp
Break down
Break down (something)
Break even
Break fresh/new ground
Break ground for (something)
Break in (someone or something)
Break into a cold sweat (about something)
Break into tears
Break loose (from someone or something)
Break off
Break one's back/neck (to do something)
Break one's word
Break out in (something)
Break out in a cold sweat
Break out of (something)
Break the back of (something)
Break the bank
Break the ice
Break the law
Break the news (to someone)
Break through
Break up (with someone)
Breakthrough
Breath of fresh air
Breathe down (someone's) neck
Breathe easy
Breathe easy/easier
Breathe one's last
Brew a plot
Bright and early
Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
Brimming with (something)
Bring (someone or something) to its/their knees
Bring (someone) around
Bring (someone) into line
Bring (someone) to
Bring (someone) to heel
Bring (someone) to terms
Bring (something) home to (someone)
Bring (something) into question
Bring (something) off
Bring (something) on
Bring (something) to (someone's) attention
Bring (something) to a head
Bring about (something)
Bring down the house
Bring home the bacon
Bring home the importance of (something) to (someone)
Bring some new facts to light
Bring to mind
Bring up
Bring up (something)
Bring up the rear
Broad in the beam
Brown bag it
Brush up on (something)
Brush with the law
BS
BSc
Buck for (something)
Buckle down to (do something)
Budget crunch/squeeze
Bug (someone)
Bug-eyed
Build (something) to order
Build a case (against someone)
Build a fire under (someone)
Build castles in the air/in Spain
Build up (someone or something)
Build up to (something)
Bull in a china shop
Bump into (someone)
Bump off (someone)
Bundle of nerves
Burden of proof
Burn (oneself) out
Burn (someone) in effigy
Burn (something) to a crisp
Burn a hole in one's pocket
Burn down
Burn one's bridges behind one
Burn one's fingers
Burn the candle at both ends
Burn the midnight oil
Burn up
Burst at the seams
Burst in on (someone or something)
Burst into flames
Burst into tears
Burst onto the scene
Burst out laughing
Burst with joy
Burst with pride
Bury the hatchet
Bury/hide one's head in the sand
Business as usual
Busman's holiday
Bust a gut (to do something)
But for (someone or something)
Butt heads with (someone)
Butt in (on someone or something)
Butter (someone) up
Button one's lip
Buy (something) for a song
Buy (something) on credit
Buy (something) sight unseen
Buy a pig in a poke
Buy a stake in (something)
Buy off (someone)
Buy out (someone or something)
By a hair's breadth
By a long shot
By a mile
By a whisker
By a whisker/hair
By all accounts
By all appearances
By all means
By and by
By and large
By any means
By chance
By check
By fair means or foul
By far
By fits and starts
By hook or by crook
By leaps and bounds
By means of
By no means
By shank's mare
By the book
By the day
By the dozen
By the dozens
By the handful
By the hour
By the month
By the same token
By the seat of one's pants
By the skin of one's teeth
By the sweat of one's brow
By the way
By the week
By the year
By virtue of (something)
By way of (something or somewhere)
By way of (something)
By word of mouth
BYOB
C
C/O
CA
Calculated risk
Call (someone or something) into question
Call (someone) in
Call (someone) names
Call (someone) on the carpet
Call (something) in
Call a meeting
Call a meeting to order
Call a spade a spade
Call for (someone or something)
Call for (someone)
Call it a day/night
Call it quits
Call of nature
Call off (something)
Call on (someone)
Call out to (someone)
Call someone's bluff
Call the dogs off
Call the roll
Call the shots
Call up (someone)
Calm down
Can of worms
Can take (something) to the bank
Can't do anything with (someone or something)
Can't see beyond the end of one's nose
Can't see the forest for the trees
Can't stand (someone or something)
Can't stand/stomach (someone or something)
Can't stomach (someone or something)
Cancel (something) out
Cannot see one's hand in front of one's face
Cap and gown
Captain of industry
Card up one's sleeve
Cards are stacked against (someone)
Carried away
Carrot and stick
Carry (something) out
Carry a lot of weight with (someone or something)
Carry a motion
Carry coals to Newcastle
Carry on
Carry one's (own) weight
Carry over (something)
Carry over figures/numbers/costs
Carry the ball
Carry the day
Carry the torch
Carry the weight of the world on one's shoulders
Carry through with (something)
Carte blanche
Case in point
Case of mistaken identity
Cash cow
Cash in (something)
Cash in on (something)
Cash in one's chips
Cash on the barrelhead
Cash-and-carry
Cast a (critical/professional) eye over (someone or something)
Cast an eye over (something)
Cast around/about for (someone or something)
Cast aspersions on (someone)
Cast doubt on (someone or something)
Cast doubts on (someone or something)
Cast in the same mold
Cast one's lot in with (someone)
Cast one's vote
Cast pearls before swine
Cast the first stone
Castles in the air
Cat burglar
Cat gets one's tongue
Cat nap
Cat on a hot tin roof
Catch (someone's) eye
Catch (someone) in the act of (doing something)
Catch (someone) napping
Catch (someone) off balance
Catch (someone) off guard
Catch (someone) red-handed
Catch (someone) with their pants down
Catch a cold
Catch fire
Catch forty winks
Catch on
Catch one's breath
Catch one's death of cold
Catch sight of (someone or something)
Catch some Z's
Catch up to (someone or something)
Catch up with (someone or something)
Catch-22
Catch-as-catch-can
Caught in the middle/cross fire
Caught short
Caught unaware
Caught with one's hand in the cookie jar
Cause a stir
Cause eyebrows to raise
Cause tongues to wag
Causing a disturbance
Cave in
Cave in to (someone or something)
Caveat emptor
CD
CEO
Chalk (something) up to (something)
Chalk up (something)
Champ at the bit
Champ/chomp at the bit
Chance (something)
Chance upon (someone or something)
Change (someone's) mind
Change hands
Change horses in midstream
Change of heart
Change of pace
Change of scenery
Change one's tune
Change the subject
Charley horse
Chase rainbows
Cheapskate
Cheat on (someone)
Check-up
Cheek by jowl
Cheer (someone) on
Cheer (someone) up
Cheese (someone) off
Cheesed off
Chew (someone) out
Chew out (someone)
Chew the fat
Chew the fat with (someone)
Chew the fat/rag
Chicken and egg situation
Chicken feed
Chicken out of (doing something)
Chicken-livered
Chickens come home to roost
Chilled to the bone
Chime in
Chip in
Chip in (money)
Chip off the old block
Chips and dip
Chips are down
Chisel (someone) out of (something)
Choke (someone) up
Choke (something) off
CIA
Circle the wagons
Circulate the agenda
Circumstantial evidence
Citizen's arrest
Civil action
Civil law
Claim a life
Clam up
Clamp down on (someone or something)
Class action lawsuit
Clean bill of health
Clean slate
Clean up
Clean up one's act
Clear (someone's) name
Clear a hurdle
Clear of (something)
Clear out (of somewhere)
Clear out (something)
Clear sailing
Clear the air
Clear the decks
Clear the table
Clear up (something)
Cliffhanger
Climb the wall
Clip (someone's) wings
Clip joint
Cloak-and-dagger
Close a deal
Close at hand
Close call/shave
Close in on (someone or something)
Close one's eyes to (something)
Close out (something)
Close ranks
Close the books
Close the books (on someone or something)
Close to (someone)
Close to home
Close to the bone
Close up shop
Close/near to (someone's) heart
Closefisted (with money)
Cloud up
Clue (someone) in
Coast is clear
Cock of the walk
Cock-and-bull story
COD
Coffee break
Cog in the machine
Cold comfort
Cold fish
Cold hard cash
Cold snap/spell
Cold turkey
Collect one's wits
Come (someone's) way
Come a cropper
Come a long way
Come about
Come across (someone or something)
Come again.
Come alive
Come along
Come and get it!
Come around
Come as no surprise
Come away empty-handed
Come back
Come back (into fashion)
Come back to (someone)
Come back with an offer
Come between (two people)
Come by (something)
Come by (something) honestly
Come clean
Come clean (with someone/about something)
Come down hard on (someone)
Come down in price
Come down in the world
Come down to (something)
Come down to earth
Come down with (something)
Come face to face with (someone or something)
Come from (somewhere)
Come from far and wide
Come from nowhere
Come full circle
Come hell or high water
Come home to (someone)
Come in handy
Come in low
Come into (some money)
Come into fashion
Come into one's own
Come of age
Come off
Come on strong
Come on the scene
Come out ahead
Come out for (someone or something)
Come out in the wash
Come out of left field
Come out of nowhere
Come out of one's shell
Come out of the blue
Come out of the closet
Come out with (something)
Come over
Come through
Come to
Come to a bad end
Come to a dead end
Come to a head
Come to a pretty pass
Come to a standstill
Come to an end
Come to blows
Come to do/feel (something)
Come to grief
Come to grips with (something)
Come to life
Come to light
Come to mind
Come to nothing/naught
Come to one's senses
Come to pass
Come to terms
Come to terms with (someone or something)
Come to the fore
Come to the point
Come true
Come unglued
Come up
Come up in a discussion
Come up in the world
Come up smelling like roses
Come up with (something)
Come what may
Come with the territory
Come-down
Come/go away empty-handed
Come/turn up trumps
Commercial law
Commit (something) to memory
Common ground
Common law
Common property
Common touch
Community property
Company man
Company town
Comparative negligence
Compare apples and oranges
Con (someone) out of (something)
Conclusive evidence
Conditional sale
Confide in (someone)
Conk out
Consecutive sentences
Conspicuous by one's absence
Contemplate one's navel
Contempt of court
Continue down to the wire
Contradiction in terms
Contrary to (something)
Control (someone) with an iron fist
Control the purse strings
Cook (someone's) goose
Cook (something) to perfection
Cook (something) up
Cook one's goose
Cook the books
Cool as a cucumber
Cool off/down
Cool one's heels
Cop a plea
Cop out
Copycat
Cost a pretty penny
Cost an arm and a leg
Couch doctor
Couch potato
Cough (something) up
Cough up
Could do with (someone or something)
Count (someone) in
Count (someone) out
Count heads
Count noses
Count on (someone or something)
Count one's chickens before they're hatched
Course of action
Cover a lot of ground
Cover all of one's bases
Cover for (someone)
Cover ground
Cover one's back
Cover one's tracks
Cover up (something)
Cow college
Cozy up to (someone)
CPA
Crack a book
Crack a joke
Crack a smile
Crack down on (someone or something)
Crack of dawn
Crack the whip
Crack up
Crackpot
Cramp one's style
Crank (something) out
Crank out a paper
Crash and burn
Crash the gate
Crazy about (someone)
Cream of the crop
Cream puff
Create a stink
Create an uproar
Creature comforts
Credit to (someone or something)
Creep up on (someone or something)
Creeps
Crick in one's back/neck
Criminal law
Crocodile tears
Crop up
Cross (someone's) mind
Cross (someone's) palm with silver
Cross a bridge before one comes to it
Cross one's fingers
Cross one's heart and hope to die
Cross out (something)
Cross swords with (someone)
Cross the Rubicon
Cross-examine (someone)
Crunch numbers
Crux of the matter
Cry bloody murder
Cry one's eyes out
Cry out for (someone or something)
Cry over spilt milk
Cry uncle
Cry wolf
Cry/shed crocodile tears
Crying need for (someone or something)
Crying shame
Cue (someone) in
Curdle (someone's) blood
Curiosity killed the cat
Curl (someone's) hair
Curl up and die
Curry favor with (someone)
Cut (someone) a check
Cut (someone) down to size
Cut (someone) in
Cut (someone) off
Cut (someone) off without a penny
Cut (someone) to the quick
Cut a deal
Cut a fine figure
Cut a wide swath
Cut above (someone or something)
Cut across
Cut and dried
Cut and run
Cut back
Cut back on (something)
Cut both ways
Cut both/two ways
Cut class
Cut corners
Cut down on something
Cut from the same cloth
Cut no ice with (someone)
Cut off (someone or something)
Cut off one's nose to spite one's face
Cut one's (own) throat
Cut one's eyeteeth on (something)
Cut one's losses
Cut out (something)
Cut out for (something)
Cut out the deadwood
Cut the mustard
Cut to the chase
Cut-rate
Cut/pare (something) to the bone
Cut/slit one's (own) throat
D
Daily grind
Dance to a different tune
Dance with death
Dangerous offender
Dare (someone) to do (something)
Dark horse
Darken (someone's) door
Dash off
Dash off (something)
Date back to (a previous time)
Date someone
Davy Jone's locker
Dawn on (someone)
Day after day
Day and night
Day in and day out
Day-to-day
Daylight robbery
Days running
Dead ahead
Dead as a doornail
Dead center
Dead duck
Dead end
Dead from the neck up
Dead in one's/its tracks
Dead letter
Dead loss
Dead on one's feet
Dead set against (something)
Dead tired
Dead to the world
Dead wrong
Deadbeat
Deadpan
Deaf and dumb
Deal in (something)
Deal someone in
Decide in favor of (someone or something)
Decide in favor of (someone)
Decked out
Decked out in (something)
Deem it to be necessary
Deep water
Deep-six (someone or something)
Deep-six (something)
Defeat a motion
Deliver the goods
Desert a sinking ship
Devil of a job
Devil-may-care attitude
Diamond in the rough
Die down
Die in one's boots
Die is cast
Die laughing
Die of a broken heart
Die off
Die out
Die with one's boots on
Difficult to stomach (someone or something)
Dig (someone or something) up
Dig (something) out
Dig in
Dig in one's heels
Dig one's own grave
Dig some dirt up on (someone)
Dig someone
Dime a dozen
Dine out
Dip into (something)
Dip one's toe in the water
Dirt cheap
Dirty look
Dirty one's hands
Dirty work
Dish out (criticism)
Dish out (food)
Dismiss/reject (something) out of hand
Disorderly conduct
Disturbing the peace
Dive right into something
Divide (something) fifty-fifty
Divide and conquer
DIY
DJ
DNA
Do (someone's) bidding
Do (someone's) heart good
Do (someone) good
Do (someone) one better
Do (someone) out of (something)
Do (something) by hand
Do (something) in a heartbeat
Do a double take
Do a job on (someone or something)
Do a land-office business
Do a number on (someone or something)
Do a snow job on (someone)
Do an about-face
Do away with (something)
Do credit to (someone)
Do in (someone)
Do in (something)
Do justice to (something)
Do not have a leg to stand on
Do one's best
Do one's bit/part
Do one's duty
Do one's thing
Do or die
Do something by the book
Do something rash
Do the dishes
Do the honors
Do the trick
Do time
Do with (someone or something)
Do with (something)
Do without (something)
Do wonders
Dog and pony show
Dog in the manger
Dog-eat-dog
Doll (oneself) up
Dollar for dollar
Don't give up the ship
Don't hold your breath.
Done for
Done in
Done to a T
Done with (something)
Donkey's years
Doomed to failure
Dose/taste of one's own medicine
Double back
Double check (something)
Double date
Double up
Double-cross (someone)
Double-talk
Doubting Thomas
Down and dirty
Down for the count
Down in the dumps
Down in the mouth
Down on (someone)
Down on one's luck
Down one's alley
Down the drain
Down the hatch
Down the line
Down the tubes
Down to earth
Down to the bone
Down to the last detail
Down to the wire
Down with (an illness)
Down-and-out
Down-at-the-heels
Down/out for the count
Drag in (someone or something)
Drag on
Drag on (someone)
Drag one's feet/heels
Draw (someone) out
Draw a blank
Draw a line between two things
Draw blood
Draw fire
Draw first blood
Draw in one's horns
Draw interest
Draw lots/straws
Draw the line
Draw to a close
Draw up (something)
Draw up a contract
Draw up an agreement/contract
Dredge (something) up
Dress (someone) down
Dress up
Dressed to kill
Dressed to the nines
Dressed to the nines/teeth
Drink like a fish
Drive (someone) up a wall
Drive (something) home
Drive a hard bargain
Drive at (something)
Drive somebody nuts
Driving force behind (someone or something)
Drop (someone) a line
Drop (someone/something) like a hot potato
Drop a bombshell
Drop a hint
Drop around
Drop back
Drop by
Drop by the wayside
Drop dead
Drop everything
Drop in (on someone)
Drop in one's tracks
Drop in the bucket
Drop names
Drop out of school
Drop the ball
Drop the subject
Drop/dump (something) in (someone's) lap
Drown (someone) out
Drown one's sorrows
Drum (something) into (someone's) head
Drum up (something)
Dry run
Dry up
Duck soup
Due process (of law)
DUI
Dumb bunny
Dump someone
Dutch auction
Dutch courage
Dutch treat
Dutch uncle
Duty bound (to do something)
DVD
Dwell on (something)
Dyed-in-the-wool
Dying to (do something or go somewhere)
E
E.g.
Each and every
Eager beaver
Eagle eye
Ear to the ground
Earful
Early bird
Early bird catches the worm
Early on
Earn one's keep
Ears are burning
Ears are red
Ears are ringing
Ears become red
Ease off/up on (someone or something)
Easier said than done
Easy come, easy go
Easy does it
Easy money
Easy to come by
Easy-going
Eat (someone) for breakfast
Eat (someone) out of house and home
Eat (something) up
Eat and run
Eat away at (someone)
Eat away at (something)
Eat crow
Eat dirt
Eat high on/off the hog
Eat humble pie
Eat like a bird
Eat like a horse
Eat one's cake and have it too
Eat one's heart out
Eat one's words
Eat out
Eat out of (someone's) hand
Eat out of (someone's) hands
Eating someone
Ebb and flow
ECG
Edge (someone) out
Egg (someone) on
Either feast or famine
Eke out (a living)
Elbow (someone) out of (something)
Elbow (someone) out of (somewhere)
Elbow grease
Elbow room
Eleventh-hour decision
End in itself
End of one's rope
End up (doing something or going somewhere)
End up (somewhere)
Engage in small talk
Enough to go around
Enter (someone's) mind
Equal to (something)
ER
Escape (someone's) notice
ESL
ESP
ETA
Even so
Even-steven
Every cloud has a silver lining
Every dog has his day
Every inch a (something)
Every last one
Every living soul
Every minute counts
Every nook and cranny
Every once in a while
Every other
Every so often
Every time one turns around
Every Tom, Dick and Harry
Every which way
Everything but the kitchen sink
Everything from soup to nuts
Everything humanly possible
Everything one can lay/get his or her hands on
Evil eye
Examination for discovery
Exception that proves the rule
Excuse (someone)
Exercise one's brain
Expert witness
Explain (oneself)
Explain (something) away
Express (one's) anger
Extend credit to (someone)
Extend one's sympathy to (someone)
Extenuating circumstances
Eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
Eye of the storm
Eyeball-to-eyeball
Eyes are bigger than one's stomach
Eyes in the back of one's head
Eyes pop out
F
Face down (someone)
Face the music
Face up to (something)
Face value
Face value (of something)
Face-to-face
Facts of life
Fair and impartial
Fair and square
Fair game
Fair play
Fair shake
Fair to middling
Fair-weather friend
Fall apart
Fall apart at the seams
Fall asleep
Fall back
Fall back on (someone or something)
Fall behind
Fall by the wayside
Fall down on the job
Fall flat on one's face
Fall for (someone or something)
Fall for (someone)
Fall from grace
Fall head over heels
Fall head over heels in love with (someone)
Fall ill
Fall in love (with someone)
Fall in love with (someone or something)
Fall in with (a group of people)
Fall into a trap
Fall into line
Fall into place
Fall off
Fall off the wagon
Fall on deaf ears
Fall on hard times
Fall out of use
Fall out with (someone) over (something)
Fall over backwards (to do something)
Fall over oneself to do something
Fall short of (one's expectations)
Fall short of (something)
Fall through
Fall to (someone) to do (something)
Fall upon/on (someone or something)
Fall/drop into one's lap
Fall/get into the wrong hands
Falling-out (with someone)
False arrest
False pretenses
False witness
Familiar with (someone or something)
Fan the flames of (something)
Far and away the best
Far and wide
Far be it from (someone) to do (something)
Far cry from (something)
Far from it
Far into the night
Far out
Farm (something) out
Fast buck
Fast talker
Fat chance
Fat is in the fire
Fat of the land
Favor (someone) with (something)
Favorite son
FBI
Feast one's eyes on (someone or something)
Feather in one's cap
Feather one's nest
Fed up with (someone or something)
Fee simple
Feed (someone) a line
Feed one's face
Feed the kitty
Feel (something) in one's bones
Feel at home
Feel blue
Feel dragged out
Feel fit
Feel free to do (something)
Feel it beneath oneself to do (something)
Feel like a million dollars
Feel like a new person
Feel like doing (something)
Feel like going (somewhere)
Feel like having (something)
Feel on top of the world
Feel out (someone)
Feel out of place
Feel put upon
Feel sorry for (someone)
Feel the pinch
Feel up to (do something)
Feet of clay
Fence (someone) in
Ferret (information or something) out of (someone)
Few and far between
Fiddle around
Fiddle while Rome burns
Field questions
Fifty-fifty
Fight against time
Fight like cats and dogs
Fight tooth and nail
Fighting chance
Figure on (something)
Figure out (someone or something)
Figure out (something)
Fill (someone's) shoes
Fill (someone) in
Fill (something) in
Fill in the blanks
Fill out (something)
Fill the bill
Filled to the brim
Find (someone) guilty
Find (someone) innocent
Find fault with (someone or something)
Find it in one's heart to (do something)
Find Mr. Right
Find one's feet
Find one's own level
Find one's tongue
Find one's way
Find oneself
Find out (something)
Fine and dandy
Fine how-do-you-do
Fine kettle of fish
Fine state of affairs
Fine-tooth/toothed comb
Fine-toothed/tooth comb
Finger in the pie
Fire a gun
Fire away at (someone or something)
Firing on all cylinders
Firm hand
First and foremost
First come, first served
First hand
First love
First of all
First off
First out of the gate
First past the post
First things first
First-run
Firsthand
Fish for (something)
Fish for a compliment
Fish in troubled waters
Fish or cut bait
Fish out of water
Fishy
Fit (someone or something) in
Fit (someone) into a schedule
Fit (someone) out with (something)
Fit (someone) to a T
Fit and trim
Fit as a fiddle
Fit for a king
Fit in with (someone or something)
Fit like a glove
Fit the mold
Fit to be tied
Fit to kill
Fix (someone's) wagon
Fix (someone) up with (someone)
Fizzle out
Flare up
Flash in the pan
Flat broke
Flat out
Flea in (someone's) ear
Flea market
Flesh (something) out
Flex one's muscles
Flight of fancy
Flip one's lid
Flip out
Flirt with the idea of (doing something)
Float (someone) a loan
Float a loan
Flog/beat a dead horse
Flora and fauna
Flunk out
Flush with (something)
Fly by the seat of one's pants
Fly in the face of (something)
Fly in the ointment
Fly into the face of danger
Fly off the handle
Fly the coop
Fly-by-night
Flying high
FM
Foam at the mouth
Foist (something) off on (someone)
Fold (something) up
Fold one's hands
Follow (someone's) lead
Follow in (someone's) footsteps
Follow one's heart
Follow one's nose
Follow orders
Follow suit
Follow the crowd
Follow through on/with (something)
Follow up (something)
Fond of (someone or something)
Food for thought
Fool and his money are soon parted
Fool around
Foot in the door
Foot the bill
Footloose and fancy-free
For a song
For all (something)
For all I care
For all I know
For all intents and purposes
For all one is worth
For all practical purposes
For all the world
For better or worse
For cause
For certain
For crying out loud
For days/hours on end
For dear life
For fear of (something)
For free
For good
For good measure
For instance
For keeps
For kicks
For life
For my money
For once
For one thing
For one's (own) part
For one's (own) sake
For openers
For peanuts
For real
For safekeeping
For sale
For short
For sure
For that matter
For the asking
For the better
For the birds
For the duration (of something)
For the good of (someone or something)
For the heck/hell of it
For the life of (someone)
For the most part
For the record
For the sake of (someone or something)
For the time being
For the world
Forbidden fruit
Force (someone) to the wall
Force someone's hand
Force to be reckoned with
Foregone conclusion
Forever and a day
Forever and ever
Fork money out (for something)
Fork over (some money)
Fork over (something)
Form an opinion
Forty winks
Foul one's own nest
Foul up
Four eyes
Fraidy-cat
Fraught with danger
Freak out
Free and clear
Free and easy
Free as a bird
Free hand
Free translation
Free-for-all
Freeload
Freeze (someone) out
Fresh out of (something)
Frighten (someone) out of his or her wits
Frighten (someone) to death
Frighten the living daylights out of (someone)
Fritter (something) away
From A to Z
From cradle to grave
From dawn to dusk
From day to day
From door to door
From hand to hand
From head to toe
From near and far
From now on
From rags to riches
From scratch
From side to side
From start to finish
From stem to stern
From the bottom of one's heart
From the ground up
From the heart
From the old school
From the outset
From the top
From the word go