idioms from a-z

Ace up your sleeve

Add fuel to the fire

Afraid of your own shadow

Air you dirty laundry

All that glitters is not gold

Ants in your pants

At the end of your rope

Back to square one

Beat around the bush

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

Beggars can’t be choosers

Bite your tongue

Blood is thicker than

water

Bright-eyed and bushy-

tailed

Bury your head in the

sand

Calm before the storm

Cat got your tongue

C’est la vie

Couch potato

Cross that bridge when

you come to it

Cry over spilled milk

Dose of one’s own medicine

Dressed to kill

Early bird catches the

worm

Eat your heart out

Elbow grease

Food for thought

Full of hot air

Get this show on the road

Get your feet wet

Gift of gab

Go over with a fine-tooth

comb

Grasp at straws

Hands are tied

Have a bone to pick with

you

Have a screw loose

Have your cake and eat

it too

Head over heels

Hold your horses

If the shoe fits

Ignorance is bliss

In one ear and out the other

In the limelight

In the nick of time

It takes two to tango

Jump down my throat

Kill two birds with one stone

Knock on wood

Knock your socks off

Lend an ear

Light at the end of the

tunnel

Like pulling teeth

Make ends meet

Midas touch

Monkey business

Necessity is the mother of

invention

Nothing ventured, nothing gained

Off the top of your head

On cloud nine

On the double

Open a can of worms

Over the hill

Pass the buck

Put your best foot forward

Put your foot in your mouth

Quick on the draw

Rain check

Read between the lines

Real McCoy

Rock the boat

Rolling stone gathers no

moss

Shake a leg

Shoe is on the other foot

Spitting image

Throw caution to the wind

Turn the other cheek

Under the weather

Up against the wall

Wash your hands of

something

Wet behind the ears

Where there’s smoke,

there’s fire

Wild-goose chase

Wolf in sheep’s clothing

You can lead a horse to

water, but you can’t make him drink

I wasn’t born yesterday

Zip your lips