Idioms Flashcards
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
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A bone to pick
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A chip on your shoulder
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A far cry from (something)
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A fifth wheel
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A fool and his money are easily parted
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A little bird told me
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A memory like a sieve
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A penny for your thoughts
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A surefire way
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Achilles’s heel
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Acid test
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Actions speak louder than words
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Add insult to injury
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All bark and no bite
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All bets are off
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All in the same boat
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All over the map
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An old soul
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Armchair quarterback
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As easy as pie
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As genuine as a three-dollar bill
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As the crow flies
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At the bottom of the totem pole
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At the end of your rope
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Back to square one
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Back to the drawing board
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Backhanded compliment
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Beat around the bush
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Behind the eight ball
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Bet the ranch
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Big cheese
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Bigwig
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Bite off more than you can chew
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Black market
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Black sheep
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Blackball someone
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Blowing smoke
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Boiling point
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Born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
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Bread and butter
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Bring home the bacon
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Bull in a china shop
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Burn bridges
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Burn the candle at both ends
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Burn the midnight oil
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Bury the hatchet
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Bury your head in the sand
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Call a spade a spade
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Call the shots
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Can't hold a candle to something or someone
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Can't see the forest for the trees
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Cast pearls before swine
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Catch-22
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Caught with your hand in the cookie jar
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Change horses midstream
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Change of heart
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Checkered past
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Chewing the fat
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Clear as mud
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Cold feet
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Come clean
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Come hell or high water
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Comparing apples to oranges
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Cool as a cucumber
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Couldn't care less
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Cream of the crop
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Cross that bridge when you come to it
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Curve ball
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Cut someone off at the knees
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Cut to the chase
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Dark horse
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Dawned on me
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Dead in the water
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Dead ringer
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Diamond in the rought
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Different strokes for different folks
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Doesn't hold water
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Dog and pony show
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Dog days of summer
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Dog-eat-dog
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Don't beat a dead horse
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Don't cry over spilt milk
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Don't give up your day job
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Don't hold your breath
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Don't throw the baby out with the bath water
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Down to the wire
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Drastic times call for drastic measures
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Drop in the bucket
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Eager beaver
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Eat your heart out
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Elevator pitch
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Every dog has his day
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Everything but the kitchen sink
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Face the music
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Fair-weather friend
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Fall on deaf ears
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Familiarity breeds contempt
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Fight an uphill battle
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Fight tooth and nail
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Finger lickin' good
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Fish out of water
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Fit as a fiddle
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Flavor of the month
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Flesh and blood
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Fly in the face of something
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Fly in the ointment
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Fly the coop
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Foam at the mouth
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Follow the money
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Food for thought
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Foot in the door
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Fortune favors the bold
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From rags to riches
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Full steam ahead
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Get a second wind
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Get a taste of your own medicine
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Get down to brass tacks
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Get down to the nuts and bolts
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Get into deep water
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Get off on the wrong foot
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Get off your high horse
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Get the green light
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Get to the point
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Get wind of something
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Give a run for one's money
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Give someone a piece of my mind
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Give someone the benefit of the doubt
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Give someone the cold shoulder
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Give them the slip
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Go against the grain
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Go down in flames
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Go fly a kite
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Go out on a limb
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Go postal
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Go to hell in a handbasket
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Goes without saying
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Golden age
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Good things come to those who wait
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Good to know
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Grasping at straws
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Gravy train
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Great minds think alike
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Green thumb
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Green with envy
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Hair of the dog
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Hair's breath
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Half the bottle
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Happy-go-lucky
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Hard sell
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Hard pill to swallow
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Have an axe to grind
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Hell to pay
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Have two left feet
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Have your head in the clouds
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He who laughs last laughs loudest
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Head in the clouds
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Hear something straight from the horse's mouth
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He's not playing with a full deck
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Hit someone below the belt
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Hit the nail on the head
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Hit the sack
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Hold down the fort
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Hold your tongue
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Horse of a different color
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Hot under the color
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How do you like them apples
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