a alter itty 
a an life air of quiet desperation 
a daniel come to judg e ment 
a darby and joan 
a babe in arms 
a back number 
a back seat 
a back seat driver 
a bad business 
a bad egg lot 
a bad patch 
a bag bundle of nerves 
a bag of bones 
a baker s dozen 
a banana republic 
a bare outline 
a bargain basement counter 
a bargain s a bargain 
a bargaining counter 
a batting average 
a battle of wits 
a battle royal 
a bawling slanging match 
a bear garden 
a beauty spot 
a bedside manner 
a beef baron 
a besetting sin 
a big bug 
a big cheese 
a big fish in a little pond 
a big hit 
a big name 
a big night out 
a big shot 
a bird in a gilded cage 
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush 
a bird of passage 
a bird s eye view of 
a bit much 
a bit of a coward 
a bit of a nuisance 
a bit of all right 
a bit thick 
a bite to eat 
a bitter pill for to swallow 
a bitter pill to swallow 
a black comedy 
a black day for sb 
a black look 
a black mood 
a black spot 
a blessing in disguise 
a blind alley 
a blind fury rage 
a blind spot 
a blood bath 
a bloodless revolution 
a bloodless victory 
a bloody fool 
a bloody shovel 
a blot on s escutcheon 
a blot on the escutcheon 
a blot on the landscape 
a blue film 
a blue fit 
a body blow 
a bogey man 
a bold brave front 
a bolt from the blue 
a bone of contention 
a boon and a blessing 
a boon companion 
a bosom friend pal 
a bottle party 
a brand plucked from the burning 
a brass farthing 
a brave new world 
a brave show of sth 
a breaking point 
a breath of fresh air 
a breath of wind 
a bright spark 
a broken home 
a broken marriage 
a broken reed 
a bronx cheer 
a brute fact necessity 
a bucket shop 
a buffer state zone 
a burnt offering 
a busman s holiday 
a calamity jane 
a callow youth 
a capital offence 
a captain of industry 
a captive audience 
a captive market 
a card carrying member 
a cardinal error 
a caretaker government 
a casual remark 
a cat may look at a king 
a chain is only as strong as its weakest link 
a chance acquaintance companion 
a chance encounter meeting 
a change for the better worse 
a change of face front 
a change of heart 
a chapter of accidents 
a chequered career history 
a child in such these matters 
a chink crack in one s armour 
a chinless wonder 
a chip of off the old block 
a chosen instrument vessel 
a city slicker 
a clarion call 
a clash of wills 
a clean sheet 
a clear case of 
a clever dick 
a close call 
a close friend 
a close narrow shave squeak 
a close relation relative 
a close season 
a close second 
a close thing 
a closed sealed book 
a closed shop 
a cloud in the sky 
a cloud no bigger than the size of a man s hand 
a cloud on the horizon 
a cock and bull story 
a coffee table book 
a cog in the machine 
a cold fish 
a cold fury 
a cold snap 
a confidence trick 
a confirmed bachelor 
a consolation prize 
a contradiction in terms 
a conversation piece 
a cool customer 
a cool hand on a fevered brow 
a counsel for of perfection 
a country cousin 
a course of action 
a cover address 
a crash course programme 
a crashing bore 
a crazy mixed up kid 
a credibility gap 
a credit to sb 
a creeping jesus 
a creeping paralysis 
a cross between sth and sth 
a crumb of comfort 
a crying evil 
a cuckoo in the nest 
a cultural desert 
a culture vulture 
a curtain lecture 
a cushy number 
a custard pie 
a cut throat price 
a damp squib 
a damsel in distress 
a dark horse 
a day dream 
a day off 
a day or two 
a day to day arrangement 
a dead cert certainty 
a dead duck 
a dead end 
a dead heat 
a dead letter 
a dead loss 
a dead weight 
a death blow 
a death rattle 
a death warrant 
a decent good sort 
a den of iniquity 
a den of thieves 
a devil with the men women 
a diamond of the first water 
a difference in kind 
a difference of opinion 
a different matter 
a ding dong battleetc 
a dirty dog 
a dirty great bill 
a dirty old man 
a dirty pig 
a dirty trick 
a dirty word 
a disappearing act 
a disaster area 
a dish for the gods 
a dismal failure 
a disorderly house 
a displaced person 
a distressed area 
a dog in the manger 
a dog s breakfast dinner 
a dog s life 
a double agent 
a double bind 
a double chin 
a double cross 
a double think 
a doubtful proposition 
a doubting thomas 
a down payment 
a drop in the bucket ocean 
a drug on the market 
a dry dummy run 
a duty call 
a dyed in the wool reactionary 
a fair cop 
a fair question 
a fairy godmother 
a fairy story tale 
a fall guy 
a false alarm 
a false dawn 
a family favourite 
a family feud 
a family joke 
a family likeness 
a family man 
a family tree 
a famous victory 
a fancy man 
a far cry from sth 
a fast buck 
a fast worker 
a fat lot of 
a fat lot of good 
a fat price 
a fate worse than death 
a father figure 
a feast for the eyes 
a feast of talent 
a feather in one s cap 
a fellow feeling 
a fellow traveller 
a few home truths 
a field day 
a figment of one s imagination 
a figment of the imagination 
a figure of fun 
a fine body of men 
a fine figure of a man 
a fine kettle of fish 
a fine thing 
a fine time to do sth 
a finishing school 
a firm offer 
a first charge on upon sth sb 
a fish out of water 
a fisherman s story 
a fit of laughter 
a fixed idea 
a flash arry 
a flash in the pan 
a flat voice 
a flea pit 
a flight of fancy 
a florencenightingale 
a flying lightning visit 
a flying start 
a flying tackle 
a fool s errand 
a fool s paradise 
a force to be reckoned with 
a foregone conclusion 
a foreign body 
a forlorn hope 
a founding father 
a four leaved clover 
a freak of nature 
a free fight 
a free loader 
a friend in need is a friend indeed 
a fully paid up member etc 
a game that two can play 
a gammy leg 
a garden plaster gnome 
a gay dog 
a gentleman s agreement 
a gift from the gods 
a gin palace 
a ginger group 
a gleam in sb s eye 
a glutton for work punishment 
a going concern 
a gold mine 
a golden handshake 
a golden opportunity 
a good address 
a good samaritan 
a good bad listener 
a good bad loser 
a good few of sb sth 
a good great deal 
a good great deal healthier 
a good great deal of sth 
a good job well done 
a good many of sb sth 
a good mixer 
a good not a bad thing 
a good show 
a good square meal 
a good wine needs no bush 
a grandoldman of sth 
a grass widow 
a great white hope 
a grey eminence 
a grown man woman 
a guardian angel 
a guiding light star 
a guinea pig 
a halfway house 
a hanging judge 
a happy choice 
a happy ending 
a happy hunting ground for of sb 
a hard case 
a hard day at the office 
a hard day s night 
a hard day s work 
a hard life 
a heaven on earth 
a hen party 
a high profile 
a hole and corner businessetc 
a hole in the wall 
a hollow laugh 
a holy terror 
a holy war 
a home bird 
a home from home 
a horn of plenty 
a hornet s nest 
a horse of another colour 
a hot line 
a hot spot 
a house of cards 
a houseetc divided against itself 
a houseetc divided against itself cannot stand 
a household name word 
a howl storm of protestetc 
a howling success 
a howling wilderness 
a hue and cry 
a king charles head 
a jack in office 
a jaundiced eyeetc 
a job lot 
a job of work 
a johnny come lately 
a jot or title 
a journey s end 
a judg e ment of solomon 
a kindred spirit 
a king s ransom 
a kitchen sink drama play 
a knight in shining armour 
a knocking shop 
a labour of love 
a lame duck 
a land fit for heroes to live in 
a land flowing with milk and honey 
a law unto oneself 
a lay figure 
a leading light luminary 
a leading question remark 
a leap shot in the dark 
a left handed back handed compliment 
a lesser light luminary 
a lick of paint 
a likely story 
a lion in the path way 
a litter lout 
a little bird told me that 
a little goes a long way 
a little learning knowledge is a dangerous thing 
a little of what you fancy does you good 
a little sth goes a long way 
a little tin god 
a live wire 
a lone wolf bird 
a long haul 
a long line of teachersetc 
a long shot 
a lost cause 
a lost soul 
a lot of water has runetc under the bridge 
a lot to ask of sb 
a loved one 
a low profile 
a lucky dip 
a lucky dip 
a mad dog 
a maidetc of all work 
a male chauvinist 
a male chauvinist pig swine 
a man about town 
a man of action 
a man of letters 
a man of od 
a man s life 
a man s man 
a man woman of his her word 
a man woman of the world 
a manetc after one s own heart 
a manetc in his position 
a manetc of few words 
a manetc of many parts 
a manetc of substance 
a mare s nest 
a marked man 
a marriage of convenience 
a matter of e g concern fact moment opinion timeetc 
a matteretc of academic interest concern 
a matteretc of life and or death 
a mile off 
a mine of information 
a ministering angel 
a miss is as good as a mile 
a mixed bag 
a mixed blessing 
a moonlight flit flitting 
a moot point question 
a mother s boy 
a mrs mop 
a mug s game 
a mutual congratulation s society 
a nail in s coffin 
a nail in sb sth s coffin 
a name to conjure with 
a narrow escape 
a nasty piece of work 
a near miss 
a necessary evil 
a nervous wreck 
a new boy girl 
a new broom sweeps clean 
a new deal 
a new look 
a nine day s wonder 
a no go area district 
a ob s comforter 
a don juan 
a one horse townetc 
a one man bandetc 
a one night stand 
a one rayetc of hope 
a one s line of thought 
a one s party piece 
a one s point of view 
a one s second childhoodetc 
a pack of lies 
a pain in the neck 
a paper tiger 
a paragon of virtue 
a parthian parting shot shaft 
a paul pry 
a pearl of great price 
a pecking order 
a peeping tom 
a peg to hang sth on upon 
a pen portrait 
a penny for your thoughts 
a period piece 
a peter pan 
a piece of cake 
a pillar of societyetc 
a pillar tower of strengthetc 
a pipe dream 
a plague pox on both your houses 
a plain jane 
a poison pen letter 
a poker face 
a port of call 
a power in the land 
a practical joke 
a pregnant silence pause 
a private eye 
a prize ass etc 
a proper right charley charlie 
a prophet is without honour in his own country 
a prophet of doom 
a prophet without honour in his own country 
a pub crawl 
a puffing billy 
a purple patch passage 
a pyrrhic victory 
a queer fish 
a quick change artist 
a quick one 
a quidproquo 
a dr jekyll and mr hyde 
a race fight against time 
a rare bird 
a raving beauty 
a ray of sunshine 
a red herring across sb s path track 
a red letter day 
a redeeming feature 
a french letter 
a rift in the lute 
a ringside seat 
a rod stick to beat sb with 
a rogues gallery 
a rolling stone gathers no moss 
a roman holiday 
a rose by any other name would smell as sweet 
a rough and tumble 
a rough diamond 
a rough house 
a round robin 
a rule of thumb 
a rum go 
a running battle fight 
a sacred cow 
a sad sack 
a safe bet 
a safe job 
a saving grace 
a scarlet woman 
a school of thought 
a scorched earth policy 
a second etc opinion 
a set piece 
a shining example of sb sth 
a shining light 
a short cut to sth 
a short life and a merry one 
a shrinking violet 
a sign of the times 
a silly billy 
a sitting duck target 
a skeleton in the cupboard 
a skeleton staff 
a slap up mealetc 
a slice of life 
a slice off a cut cake is never missed 
a slip of a boyetc 
a slip of the tongue pen 
a smart alec k 
a smoke screen 
a smooth operator etc 
a snap vote etc 
a snare and a delusion 
a soap opera 
a sob story stuff 
a sobering thought 
a soft answer turneth away wrath 
a soft easy touch 
a soft job 
a soft option 
a son of a bitch 
a son of a gun 
a son of the soil 
a song and dance actetc 
a sore point with sb 
a sorry state etc 
a split second 
a spot check 
a sprat to catch a mackerel whale 
a square peg in a round hole 
a stage party 
a state of affairs 
a state of grace 
a stately home 
a stay of execution 
a step forwardetc 
a stepping stone from sth to sth 
a stickler for sth 
a stiff drink etc 
a stiff letter 
a stiff upper lip 
a stitch in time saves nine 
a stone s throw away from sth 
a storm in a tea cup 
a stout fellow feller 
a straight answer 
a straight man 
a stranger in a strange land 
a straw in the wind 
a straw man 
a stroke of good bad lucketc 
a strong man 
a strong point 
a stuffed shirt 
a stumbling block 
a sucker for sb sth 
a sudden death finish play off 
a sugar daddy 
a sure fire methodetc 
a sure thing 
a surprise packet 
a sweeping statement 
a tail end charlie 
a tale of woe 
a talking head 
a talking point 
a tall order 
a tall story tale 
a the awkward squad 
a the bed to end all beds 
a the bed to end them all 
a the devil of a fellow 
a the division of labour 
a the dumb blonde 
a the hair of the dog that bit one 
a the happy medium 
a the hell of a sth 
a the means to an end 
a the parting of the ways 
a the policeman s lot is not a happy one 
a the promised land 
a the rag and bone manetc 
a the slippery slope 
a the world of difference 
a thieves kitchen 
a thin excuse 
a thing of beauty is a joy forever 
a thing of the past 
a think tank 
a thorn in the flesh side of sb sth 
a thumbnail portrait sketch of sb sth 
a tidy sum 
a tight spot 
a tough guy cookie 
a tower of strength 
a tract for the our times 
a traveller s tale 
a treasure trove 
a trip down memory lane 
a trojan horse 
a trojan horse 
a turn of phrase 
a turn of speed 
a turn of the screw 
a turning point 
a twopenny halfpenny tuppenny ha penny affairetc 
a dutch treat 
a value judgement 
a very different kettle of fish 
a vicious circle spiral 
a voice crying in the wilderness 
a walking dictionary 
a wandering jew 
a war battle of nerves 
a watched kettle pot never boils 
a watching brief 
a way of life 
a way out of sth 
a weak moment 
a weaker vessel 
a welfare state 
a wet blanket 
a wet nurse 
a whiff of grape shot 
a whipping boy 
a white blue collar job 
a white christmas 
a white elephant 
a white lie 
a white night 
a white slave 
a whited sepulchre 
a whiter shade of pale 
a wide boy 
a widow s peak 
a wild goose chase 
a wild man 
a wildcat scheme 
a wildcat strike 
a will o the wisp 
a willing horse 
a winter of discontent 
a wise foolish virgin 
a wise guy 
a wolf in sheep s clothing 
a woman s touch 
a woman wife s place is in the home 
a word in season 
a word of warning to sb 
a word to the wise 
a world away from sth 
a wrong un 
a young hopeful 
abide by 
abound in 
about time 
above all 
above all else 
above one s station 
above par 
above value 
abscond from 
abscond with 
absent self 
absent self from 
absolve from 
absorbed in 
abstain from 
abut on 
accede to 
accidents can happen 
accidents will happen 
accidents will happen in the best regulated families 
accord with 
according to 
according to one s lights 
according to plan 
account for 
account to for 
accuse of 
accustom self to 
accustomed to 
aches and pains 
acquaint with 
acquiesce in 
acquit of 
across the board 
act for 
act on 
act out 
act the fool 
act the giddy goat 
act the part 
act the part of sb 
act the role 
act the role of sb 
act up 
act upon 
action stations 
action stations 
active service 
adapt for 
adapt from 
adapt oneself to 
adapt to 
add in 
add on 
add put the finishing touches to sth 
add to 
add to the gaiety of nations 
add up 
add up to 
addicted to 
address self to 
adhere to 
adjourn to 
adjust self to 
adjust to 
admit of 
adorn with 
advance on 
advance towards 
advance upon 
advertise for 
advise on 
affiliate to 
affix to 
afflict with 
after a fashion 
after all 
after all s efforts 
after hours 
after s fashion 
against a rainy day 
against all odds 
against all the odds 
against old age 
against our old age 
against s better judgement 
against s grain 
against s inclination 
against s will 
against the day 
against the grain 
against the hard winter 
against the odds 
against the tide 
against the time 
against the time when 
against with the tide 
against with the tide of 
agitate for 
agree on 
agree to 
agree to differ 
agree upon 
agree with 
ahead of s time 
ahead of schedule 
aid and abet 
aim at 
air one s views 
air parade one s knowledge 
airs and graces 
alarm and despondency 
alarms and excursions 
alienate from 
alight from 
alight on 
align self with 
align with 
alive and kicking well 
alive to 
all agog 
all along 
all along the line 
all and sundry 
all at once 
all being well 
all boys together 
all but 
all cats are grey in the dark 
all clear 
all day and every day 
all dressedup and with nowhere to go 
all ears eyes 
all good men and true 
all important 
all in all 
all is fair in love and war 
all is gas and gaiters 
all is not gold that glitters 
all is not lost 
all is not well with 
all is well 
all kinds sorts of 
all manner of 
all men are created equal 
all of a sudden 
all of one hour 
all of one metre 
all one needs 
all or nothing 
all over 
all right 
all right by with sb 
all right for sb 
all right on the night day 
all roads lead to rome 
all s well that ends well 
all sb s geese are swans 
all set 
all square with sb 
all talk 
all talk and no action 
all the best 
all the days of one s life 
all the fun of the fair 
all the king s horses and all the king s men can t could n t do 
all the more reason 
all the same 
all the same to 
all the time 
all the time that 
all the world and his wife 
all the year round 
all things considered 
all things to all men 
all this and heaven too 
all thumbs 
all to no little avail 
all to the good 
all together told 
all too brief 
all too briefly 
all very fine well for sb 
all well and good 
all work and no play 
all work and no play makes jack a dull boy 
allied to 
allocate to 
allot to 
allow for 
allow of 
allude to 
ally self with 
along familiar lines 
along the following lines 
along the lines of 
along the same lines 
along these lines 
alternate with 
always supposing that 
am to understand 
amalgamate with 
amount to 
an acquired taste 
an act of god 
an agonizing reappraisal 
an all time high low 
an angel of light 
an angel of mercy 
an angry young man 
an apology for 
an apple for the teacher 
an awful lot 
an awful lot of 
an awkward customer 
an awkward silence 
an achilles heel 
an eager beaver 
an early bird 
an easy rider 
an elder statesman 
an embarrassment of riches 
an end in itself 
an englishman s home is his castle 
an error of judgement 
an exception to the rule 
an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth 
an aladdin s cave 
an the apple of discord 
an ugly duckling becomesetc a swan 
an ugly looking customer 
an unknown quantity 
an aunt sally 
an unwritten law 
an uphill tasketc 
ancient and honourable 
ancient and modern 
ancient past history 
and a half 
and about time 
and about time too 
and all 
and all that 
and all that jazz 
and how 
and i don t know what all 
and no mistake error 
and one knows it 
and one s like 
and or what have you 
and so on forth 
and that s a fact 
and that s fact 
and the like 
and then some 
and there you we are 
and thereby hangs a tale 
angle for 
animadvert on 
animadvert upon 
annex to 
another cup of tea 
answer back 
answer for 
answer obey the call of duty 
answer pat 
answer to 
answer to for 
answer to the description 
answer to the description of 
answer to the name of 
any and every 
any day 
any day of the week 
any man s money 
any moment 
any old how 
any old place where 
any old time 
any time now 
anybody s guess 
anything but 
anything for a quiet life 
anything goes 
anything up to 
apologize for 
apologize to 
apologize to for 
appeal for 
appeal to 
appeal to for 
appear for 
append to 
appertain to 
apply for 
apply oneself to 
apply to 
apply to for 
appoint to 
apprise of 
approach about 
appropriate for 
appropriate to one s own use 
appropriate to self 
approve of 
approximate to 
arbitrate between and 
arch over 
are we down hearted 
aren t we all 
argue about 
argue against 
argue the toss 
argue with 
arise from 
arm against 
arm against with 
arm in arm 
arm oneself against 
armed to the teeth 
around the clock 
arouse from 
arrange for 
arrive at 
arse over tip 
art for art s sake 
arts and crafts 
as a matter of course 
as a matter of fact 
as a matter of form 
as a matter of last resort 
as a matter of principle 
as a rule 
as a whole 
as alike as two peas in a pod 
as artful as a wagonload of monkeys 
as bad as ever 
as badly as ever 
as bald as a coot 
as best can 
as big as they come 
as big round as saucers 
as birds go 
as black as coal 
as black as ink 
as blind as a bat 
as bold as brass 
as bold brave as a lion 
as bright as a button 
as broad as it is long 
as brown as a berry 
as busy as a bee 
as chance will have it 
as changeable as a weathercock 
as cheap as dirt 
as clean as a new pin 
as clean as a whistle 
as clear as a bell 
as clear as crystal 
as clear as day daylight 
as clear as mud 
as clever as paint 
as clever as they can make them 
as close as an oyster 
as cold as charity 
as cold as ice 
as common as dirt muck 
as cool as a cucumber 
as coolly as you like 
as crooked as a dog s hind leg 
as cross as a bear with a sore head 
as cross as two sticks 
as cunning as a fox 
as dead as a doornail 
as dead as mutton 
as dead as the dodo 
as deaf as a post 
as deep as a well 
as different as chalk from cheese 
as drunk as a lord 
as dry as a bone 
as dry as dust 
as dry as paper 
as dull as ditch water 
as easy simple as abc 
as far as be concerned 
as far as can see 
as fast as s legs can carry 
as fat as a pig 
as fat as a young thrush 
as fit as a fiddle 
as fit as a flea 
as flat as a board 
as flat as a flounder 
as flat as a fluke 
as flat as a pancake 
as for 
as free as a bird 
as free as air 
as fresh as a daisy 
as fresh as a rose 
as gay as a lark 
as gentle as a lamb 
as god is my witness 
as good as a play 
as good as gold 
as good as new 
as good as s word 
as good as the next man 
as good luck would have it 
as green as grass 
as happy as a king 
as happy as the day is long 
as hard as flint 
as hard as iron 
as hard as nails 
as hard as steel 
as hard as stone 
as helpless as a new born babe 
as hoarse as an old crow 
as ill luck would have it 
as innocent as a new born babe 
as it happens happened 
as it things turn out 
as it was 
as it were 
as keen as mustard 
as large as a cabbage 
as large as life 
as lean as an alley cat 
as light as a feather 
as light as air 
as light as an thistle down 
as like as not 
as lively as a cricket 
as long as 
as long as s arm 
as mad as a march hare 
as meek as a lamb 
as miserable as sin 
as much as s life be worth 
as much as to say 
as near as dammit kissyourhand 
as near to ing as to make no difference 
as nervous as a kitten 
as nutty as a fruitcake 
as of now 
as of old 
as of right more by good luck than by good management judgement 
as often as not 
as old as methuselah 
as old as the hills 
as old as time 
as one makes one s bed so one must lie on it 
as one man 
as one man to another 
as one might say 
as pale as death 
as patient as job 
as per usual 
as pissed as a newt 
as plain as a pike staff 
as plain as the nose on your face 
as pleased as anything 
as poor as a church mouse 
as pretty as a picture 
as proud as a peacock 
as proud as lucifer 
as pure as the driven snow 
as quick as lightning 
as quiet as a mouse 
as quiet as the grave 
as red as a turkey cock 
as regular as a clock work 
as rich as croesus 
as right as rain 
as safe as houses 
as sharp as a needle 
as sick as a dog 
as smart as paint 
as smooth as a baby s bottom 
as smooth as a billiard table 
as smooth as a mill pond 
as smooth as glass 
as smooth as silk 
as smooth as velvet 
as snug as a bug in a rug 
as sober as a judge 
as solemn as an owl 
as soon as look at 
as sound as a bell 
as sour as a crab 
as sour as vinegar 
as steady as a ram rod 
as steady as a rock 
as stiff as a poker 
as still as a statue 
as still as death 
as still as the grave 
as straight as a die 
as straight as an arrow 
as strong as a horse 
as strong as an ox 
as stubborn as a mule 
as sure as death 
as sure as eggs is eggs 
as sweet as honey 
as the case may be 
as the crow flies 
as the spirit moves 
as thick as thieves 
as thick as two short planks 
as thin as a rake 
as things stand 
as tight as a tick 
as tight as a trivet 
as timid as a mouse 
as to manner borne 
as touchy as hell 
as tough as old boots 
as true as god made little apples 
as true as i am sitting here 
as true as steel 
as ugly as sin 
as vain as a peacock 
as warm as toast 
as we have seen 
as weak as water 
as welcome as the flowers in spring 
as well as the next man 
as well it may be do 
as white as a sheet 
as white as chalk 
as white as snow 
as wise as an owl 
as wise as solomon 
as yellow as a guinea 
as you were 
ascribe to 
asif like there was no tomorrow 
asif though it mattered 
asif though owned the place 
asif though s life depended on it 
asif though to 
asif though were was not enough 
asif to the manner born 
ask after 
ask for 
ask for it 
ask for trouble 
ask me another 
ask of 
ask out 
ask out to 
aspire to 
assail with 
assault and battery 
assent to 
assess at 
assess at 
assign to 
assimilate into 
assimilate with 
associate with 
assure of 
ast is ast and est is est and never the twain shall meet 
ast or est home s best 
at a blow 
at a crawl 
at a glance 
at a guess 
at a moment s notice 
at a one single blow 
at a pinch 
at a price 
at a rough wild guess 
at a run 
at a single blow 
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circumstantial evidence 
civil disobedience 
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clear of 
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clear one s conscience 
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clear one s throat 
clear one sb s character 
clear one sb s head 
clear out 
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coin a phrase word 
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common decency 
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confusion reigns 
confusion worse confounded 
congratulate on 
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contemplate gazed at one s own navel 
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cool calm and collected 
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cool one s heels 
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coop up in 
cop it 
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cops and robbers 
copy down 
copy out 
cordon off 
cork up 
corner the market 
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cost sb his life 
cotton on 
cotton on to 
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cough up 
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could swear that 
could would cheerfully murder sb 
couldn t agree more 
couldn t care less 
count against 
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count one s blessings 
count one s chickens before they are hatched 
count oneself fortunate lucky 
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count sheep 
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count the house out 
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count to 
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course through 
court death 
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cow into submission 
crack a bottle 
crack a joke 
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cram into 
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cramp s style 
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crime does n t pay 
cringe away 
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crisp up 
crock up 
crook one s finger 
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cross in 
cross my heart and hope to die 
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cross one s bridges when one comes to them 
cross one s mind 
cross one s rubicon 
cross out 
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cross sb s palm with silver 
cross swords 
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crumbs that fall from the rich man s table 
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cry down 
cry for 
cry for the moon 
cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war 
cry laugh all the way to the bank 
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cry one s eyes out 
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cry oneself to sleep 
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cry over 
cry over spilt milk 
cry wolf 
crystal clear 
cuddle up 
cuddle up to 
cull from 
culminate in 
cupboard love 
cure of 
curiosity killed the cat 
curl one s lip s 
curl the lip s 
curl up 
curry favour 
curry favour with 
cursed with 
curtain off 
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cut a dash 
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cut no ice with 
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cut off one s nose to spite one s face 
cut off with a shilling 
cut one another s throats 
cut one s cables 
cut one s coat according to one s cloth 
cut one s eye teeth 
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cut one s own throat 
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cut prices to the bone 
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cut the red tape 
cut throat competition rivalry 
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dab off 
dab on 
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damn all 
damn and blast sb sth 
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damn with faint praise 
damp down 
damp off 
dance across 
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dance attendance 
dance attendance on 
dance away 
danger dirty money 
dangle before 
dangle in front of 
darkest africa 
dart a glance at 
dart a look at 
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dash away one s tears 
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dash one sb s brains out 
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dash shatter sb s hopes 
date back to 
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daub on 
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dawn day breaks 
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daylight robbery 
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dead drunk 
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dead to the wide 
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dear od in heaven 
dear to sb s heart 
death comes to us all 
death or glory 
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deep in thought 
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delusions of grandeur power 
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desperate diseases call for desperate measures remedies 
desperate diseases require desperate measures remedies 
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diamond cut diamond 
diamonds are a girl s best friend 
dictate to 
did he fall or was he pushed 
didn t he do well 
die a natural death 
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die back 
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die in a ditch 
die in harness 
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die laughing 
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dig one s heels toes in 
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dig up 
dim and distant 
din in 
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din into 
dine in 
dine off 
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dirty work 
dirty work at the crossroads 
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distance lends enchantment to the view 
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do it yourself 
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do sb oneself a mischief 
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do with 
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do wonders miracles for with sb sth 
do you know 
do you mind 
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doesn t one know it 
dog eat dog 
dog one sb s foot steps 
dole out 
doll oneself up 
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don t call us we ll call you 
don t call us we ll call you 
don t do anything wouldn t do 
don t give me that 
don t just sit there do something 
don t just stand there do something 
don t look now but 
don t make me laugh 
don t mention it 
don t mind me 
don t nownorah me 
don t shoot the pianist he s doing his best 
don t talk daft 
don t tell me 
done in 
done to a turn 
doomed to 
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dot and carry one 
dot the i s and cross the t s 
dote on 
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double or quits 
double quick 
double talk 
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double up on 
double dutch 
doubt of 
dovetail into 
down to sb sth 
down tools 
down under 
down with 
doze off 
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drag in 
drag into 
drag off 
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drag on 
drag one s feet 
drag out 
drag the chain 
drag through the mire 
drag through the mud 
drag up 
dragoon into 
drain away 
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drain of 
drain off 
drape over 
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draw oneself up 
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draw sb sth s teeth fangs 
draw take a breath 
draw take one s breath 
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draw up sharply 
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dream up 
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dress down 
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dressed to kill 
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drink drain the cup of sorrow 
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drink like a fish 
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drink oneself to death 
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drive in 
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drive out of its mind 
drive out of its wits 
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drive to desperation 
drive to drink 
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drone on 
drool over 
drop a brick clanger 
drop a hint 
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drop behind 
drop by 
drop dead 
drop in 
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drop names 
drop off 
drop one s aitches 
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drop sb a line 
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drown one s sorrows 
drown out 
drum in 
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drum on 
drum out of 
drum up 
dry out 
dry out 
dry up 
duck out 
duck out of 
dust and ashes 
dust down 
dutch courage 
duty calls 
dwell on 
dwell upon 
each according to his taste s 
each and every 
each every man for himself and the devil take the hindmost 
each one according to his taste s 
each way 
early days yet 
early on 
early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy wealthy and wise 
earmark for 
earn a living 
earn one s its keep 
earn one s living 
earn turn an honest penny 
earth up 
ease across 
ease across 
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ease along 
ease away 
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ease of 
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ease sb s conscience mind 
ease up 
easier said than done 
easy come easy go 
easy game 
easy gently does it 
easy in one s mind 
easy money 
easy on sb s pocket 
easy on the eye 
easy on the eyes 
easy on the pocket 
easy terms 
eat a peck of dirt dust before one dies 
eat away 
eat away at 
eat drink sth till until it comes out of one s ears 
eat humble pie 
eat into 
eat like a horse 
eat one s head off 
eat one s heart out 
eat one s words 
eat oneself sick on sth 
eat out 
eat out of house and home 
eat out of sb s hand 
eat sb alive 
eat sb for breakfast 
eat up 
eavesdrop on 
ebb and flow 
ebb away 
economize on 
edge across 
edge along 
edge back 
edge one s way across 
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edge one s way back 
edge with 
edit out 
edit out of 
eff off 
egg on 
either way 
eject from 
eke out 
elbow one s way across 
elbow one s way along 
elbow one s way back 
elect to 
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elope with 
emanate from 
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empty into 
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engrave on 
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engrossed in 
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enlighten about 
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enlist in 
enmeshed in 
enough is as good as a feast 
enough is enough 
enough nough said 
enough of a fool to do sth 
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enough to go on with 
enough to make one weep 
enrol in 
enrol in 
ensconce in 
ensconce oneself in 
enshrined in 
entangle in 
entangle with 
enter for 
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enter into the spirit 
enter into the spirit of 
enter join the fray 
enter sb one s head mind 
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enter upon 
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entitle to 
entrap into 
entrust to 
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enveloped in 
equate to 
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equip for 
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escape from 
escape sb s attention notice 
escort from 
escort to 
estimate at 
estranged from 
etch in 
etch in 
evacuate from to 
even as 
even money 
even now then 
even odds 
even out 
even so 
even though 
even though i say it so myself 
even up 
ever and anon 
ever more 
ever so 
every any tom dick or harry 
every bit as bad as 
every cloud has a silver lining 
every day and in every way one is getting better and better 
every dog has his its day 
every last single one 
every little helps 
every man has his price 
every man jack of them 
every man woman and child 
every now and again then 
every other second man 
every picture tells a story 
every schoolboy knows 
every so often 
every time 
everyone according to his taste s 
everything all that the heart of a man could desire 
everything but the kitchen sink 
everything in the garden is lovely rosy 
everything is going coming one s way 
everything under the sun 
evict from 
evolve out of 
evolve out of 
exact from 
examine in 
examine on 
excel in 
exchange more than a few words 
exchange more than a few words with 
exchange more than a half a dozen words 
exchange with 
exchange words with 
excuse for 
excuse from 
exempt from 
exercise due proper care and attention 
exercise in 
exercise one s right s prerogative 
exercise over 
exile from 
exile from to 
exile to 
exonerate from 
expand into 
expatiate upon 
expect of 
expel from 
expend energy on 
expense money is no object 
expense money no object 
experiment on 
experiment upon 
experiment with 
explain away 
explain to 
explode a myth 
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explore every avenue 
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extort from 
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extremes meet 
extricate from 
exult at 
exult in 
exult over 
face away 
face away from 
face down up 
face the facts 
face the music 
face to face with sb sth 
face up to 
fact truth and or fiction fantasy 
facts and figures 
fade away 
fade out 
fade up 
fag out 
faint heart never won fair lady 
fair and square 
fair enough 
fair fat and forty 
fair game 
fair play 
fair s fair 
fair to middling 
fall about laughing 
fall about one s ears 
fall about with laughter 
fall apart 
fall away 
fall back 
fall back on 
fall behind 
fall behind with 
fall below 
fall between two stools 
fall by the wayside 
fall down 
fall down on the job 
fall flat 
fall flat on one s face 
fall for 
fall for hook line and sinker 
fall for in a big way 
fall foul of sb sth 
fall from favour 
fall from favour with 
fall from grace 
fall from power 
fall ill sick 
fall in 
fall in alongside 
fall in beside 
fall in with 
fall into 
fall into a decline 
fall into a deep depression 
fall into a depression 
fall into decay 
fall into disfavour 
fall into disgrace 
fall into disrepair 
fall into disrepute 
fall into disuse 
fall into line 
fall into line with 
fall into place 
fall into sb s hands 
fall into step 
fall into step with 
fall into the right hands 
fall off 
fall on 
fall on deaf ears 
fall on one s feet 
fall on one s knees 
fall on to one s knees 
fall on upon evil days 
fall on upon hard times 
fall on upon sb s ears 
fall out 
fall out of 
fall out of favour 
fall out of favour with 
fall out of love 
fall out of love with 
fall out with 
fall outside 
fall over 
fall over 
fall over backwards to do sth 
fall over board 
fall over oneself to do sth 
fall quiet 
fall short of sth 
fall through 
fall to 
fall to one s knees 
fall to pieces 
fall to the ground 
fall under 
fall under sb s spell 
fall under the spell 
fall upon 
fall within 
false modesty 
fame and fortune 
familiarity breeds contempt 
family planning 
family pride 
famous last words 
fan out 
fan the flames of sth 
fancy oneself 
fancy oneself as 
far afield 
far and near 
far and wide 
far be it from me to interfere but yet 
far from doing sth 
far from it 
far from sth 
far gone in sth 
far miles away 
far out and away 
farm out 
fast and furious 
fast bind fast find 
fast sound asleep 
fasten on 
fasten upon 
father on 
father upon 
fathom out 
fatten on 
fatten up 
fatten upon 
fawn on 
fear for 
fear the reeks bearing gifts 
feather one s own nest 
fed up 
fed up with 
feed a cold and starve a fever 
feed back 
feed back into 
feed back to 
feed off 
feed off 
feed on 
feed up 
feel all the better for having done sth 
feel for 
feel good 
feel in one s bones 
feel in one s bones that 
feel like 
feel like a new man woman 
feel like doing sth 
feel look like a million dollars 
feel look like nothing on earth 
feel on top of the world 
feel one s age 
feel one s oats 
feel one s way 
feel out of it 
feel out of place 
feel out of things 
feel small 
feel the draught 
feel the pinch 
feel up to 
feelings run high 
fence in 
fence off 
fence off from 
fend for oneself 
fend off 
ferret out 
festoon with 
fetch up 
few and far between 
fiddle while rome burns 
fight a losing battle 
fight back 
fight back to 
fight down 
fight it out 
fight like a tiger 
fight like kilkenny cats 
fight off 
fight one s way back 
fight one s way back to 
fight the good fight 
fight tooth and nail 
fighting fit 
fighting talk words 
figure in 
figure out 
file across 
file along 
file away 
fill fit the bill 
fill in 
fill in on 
fill in time 
fill out 
fill sb s shoes 
fill up 
filthy lucre 
find a better hole 
find a solution 
find a solution to 
find against 
find an answer 
find an answer to 
find favour with 
find for 
find one s bearings 
find one s feet 
find one s tongue 
find one s vocation 
find one s way to sth 
find out 
find sb sth wanting 
finding is keeping 
fine and dandy 
fine feathers make fine birds 
fine words butter no parsnips 
finish off 
finish off with 
finish up 
finish up with 
finish with 
finish with 
fire ahead 
fire and brimstone 
fire away 
fire off 
fire the first opening shot 
first among equals 
first and foremost 
first and last 
first come first served 
first cousin to sth 
first of all 
first principles 
first thing in the morning 
fish for 
fish out 
fish out of 
fit and proper 
fit for human consumption 
fit in 
fit in with 
fit into 
fit out 
fit sb like a glove 
fit up 
fit up with 
fix it up 
fix it up with 
fix on 
fix onto 
fix things up 
fix things up with 
fix up 
fix up with 
fix upon 
fix with 
fizzle out 
flag down 
flags fly at half mast 
flake away 
flake off 
flake out 
flare up 
flash across 
flash at 
flash into 
flash on 
flash out 
flat out 
flay skin sb alive 
flecked with 
flee from the wrath to come 
fleet of foot 
flesh and blood 
flex one s muscles 
flick from 
flick off 
flick out 
flick through 
flicker out 
flinch from 
fling at 
fling down a challenge 
fling one s arms up in horror 
fling one s head back 
fling out 
fling out of 
flip over 
flip through 
flirt with 
flock in 
flock into 
flock together 
flog a dead horse 
flog to death 
flood in 
flood into 
flood out 
flood the market 
flood with 
flop about 
flop around 
flop down 
flora and fauna 
flotsam and jetsam 
flounder about 
flounder around 
flourish like the green bay tree 
flow across 
flow along 
flow away 
flow from 
flow over 
flower children people 
flower power 
fluff out 
fluff up 
flutter about 
flutter down 
flutter the dovecotes 
fly flags at half mast 
fly high 
fly in 
fly in the face of 
fly into 
fly off the handle 
fly over 
fly past 
fly the coop 
fly the flag 
foam at the mouth 
fob off 
fob off onto 
fob off with 
focus on 
foist off on 
foist on 
fold back 
fold in 
fold into 
fold up 
follow in sb s footsteps 
follow on 
follow one s own bent 
follow one s own nose 
follow sb s example 
follow sb s lead 
follow suit 
follow through 
follow up 
food for the gods 
food for thought 
food meat and drink to sb 
fool about 
fool around 
fools rush in where angels fear to tread 
foot the bill for sth 
footloose and fancy free 
for a bit 
for a change 
for a consideration 
for a giggle 
for a handful of silver 
for a laugh 
for a moment 
for a start 
for a while 
for ages and ages 
for all cares 
for all is worth 
for all it is worth 
for all knows 
for all one cares 
for all one it is worth 
for all one knows 
for all practical purposes 
for all s efforts 
for all that 
for all the difference it makes 
for all the difference it makes 
for all the world asif 
for all the world like 
for all the world like 
for all the world to see 
for all this ghastly interlude 
for all time 
for all to see 
for all to see 
for and or against 
for appearances s sake 
for better or for worse 
for better or worse 
for convenience s sake 
for crying out loud 
for days at a time 
for days at a time 
for days on end 
for dear life 
for donkey s years 
for ever 
for example 
for fear of 
for free 
for full measure 
for fun 
for good 
for good and all 
for good measure 
for goodness sake 
for hours on end 
for instance 
for keeps 
for kicks 
for lack of 
for lack want of sth 
for life 
for love 
for luck 
for months at a time 
for months on end 
for my money 
for nothing 
for old times sake 
for once 
for once in a way 
for one reason or another 
for one thing and for another thing 
for practical purposes 
for real 
for reasons best known to self 
for reasons best only known to oneself 
for reasons known only to self 
for s benefit 
for s health 
for s own good 
for s own part 
for s own sake 
for s pains 
for sale 
for sb sth s own good 
for sb sth s sake 
for seconds at a time 
for shame 
for some reason 
for some reason 
for some reason best known to self 
for some reason best known to self 
for some reason best only known to oneself 
for some reason only known to self 
for some reason only known to self 
for some reason or other 
for some reason or other 
for some reason or other 
for some time 
for some time 
for that matter 
for the best 
for the best better part of an hour 
for the first time 
for the good of s health 
for the hell of it 
for the love of 
for the love of od 
for the moment 
for the most part 
for the nonce 
for the nth time 
for the price of 
for the record 
for the rest 
for the sake of appearances 
for the sake of argument 
for the simple reason that 
for thirty pieces of silver 
for this relief much thanks 
for two pins 
for want of 
for want of a better name term wordetc 
for weeks at a time 
for weeks on end 
for what sth is worth 
for years to come 
forbear from 
forbidden fruit is sweetest 
forbidden ground territory 
force down sb s throat 
force of circumstances 
force on 
force sb s hand 
force up 
force upon 
foredoomed to failure 
foreign parts 
forewarned is forearmed 
forget about 
forget more about sth than sb ever knew 
forgive and forget 
forgive sb his trespasses 
fork out 
form a part of 
form from 
form into 
form part of 
form up 
fortify against 
fortune favours the brave 
fortune smile upon 
foul one s own nest 
foul play 
foul up 
four letter ed words 
frame up 
freak out 
free and easy 
free association 
free from 
free from sth 
free love 
free of 
free speech 
free with one s hands 
free with one s money 
freeze off 
freeze out 
freeze over 
freeze to death 
french without tears 
freshen up 
fret and fume 
friend and or foe 
friends and relations 
frighten away 
frighten into 
frighten off 
frighten to death 
frills and furbelows 
fritter away 
from a child 
from afar 
from all accounts 
from beginning to end 
from dawn morning to till dusk night 
from force of habit 
from head to tail 
from headetc to footetc 
from here to eternity 
from china to peru 
from jobetc to jobetc 
from log cabin to white house 
from nowetc on 
from on eg that day childhood 
from one month s end to another 
from one week s end to another 
from one year s end to another 
from pillar to post 
from rags to riches 
from since time immemorial 
from that day to this 
from the bottom of s heart 
from the cradle to the grave 
from the look of 
from the money point of view 
from the point of view eg money 
from the president down downward s 
from the start 
from the sublime to the ridiculous 
from the way 
from the word go 
from the year dot 
from time to time 
from top to bottom 
from where be standing 
frost over 
frosted over 
frozen music 
frozen over 
frozen stiff 
fuck about 
fuck around 
fuck off 
fuck up 
full face 
full frontal 
full in s face 
full in the face 
full of beans 
full of life 
full of one s own importance 
full of oneself 
full of the joys of spring 
full steam ahead 
full stop 
fully stretched 
fulminate against 
fume at 
fun and games 
funny business 
funny peculiar or funny ha ha 
fur up 
furnish to 
furnish with 
fuss about 
fuss and bother 
fuss over 
gabble away 
gad about 
gain ground 
gain in 
gain on 
gain upon 
gales of laughter mirth 
gall and wormwood to for sb 
gallivant about 
galvanize into action 
galvanize into activity 
gamble away 
gamble on 
gamekeeper turned poacher 
gang up against 
gang up on 
gape at 
garner up 
garnish with 
gasp at 
gasp for breath 
gasp out 
gather dust 
gather from 
gather in 
gather momentum 
gather round 
gather together 
gather ye rosebuds while ye may 
gathered to one s fathers 
gawk at 
gawp at 
gaze around 
gaze at 
gaze on 
gaze round 
gaze upon 
gear down 
gear up 
gee up 
gen up 
gen up about 
gen up on 
generate contribute more heat than light 
genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains 
gentlemen prefer blondes 
get a bad name 
get a blow in 
get a chill on the liver 
get a dose taste of one s own medicine 
get a dose taste of the same medicine 
get a dusty answer 
get a fair share 
get a fair square deal 
get a free hand 
get a good bad press 
get a grandstand view of sth 
get a grip on 
get a hunch that 
get a kick doing sth 
get a kick out of 
get a leg up 
get a load of this 
get a move on 
get a move on 
get a punch in 
get a raw deal 
get a shot in the arm 
get a slap in the face 
get a slice share of the cake 
get a standing ovation 
get a word in 
get a word in edgeways 
get about 
get above oneself 
get abreast of 
get abroad 
get access to 
get across 
get across to 
get ahead 
get ahead of 
get along 
get along with 
get along with you 
get along without 
get an airing 
get an earful eyeful of this 
get an old fashioned look 
get around 
get around to 
get at 
get away 
get away clean as a whistle 
get away from 
get away from it all 
get away with 
get away with murder 
get away with you 
get back at 
get back into circulation 
get back into harness 
get back to 
get back to the grindstone 
get be too big for one s boots 
get behind 
get behind with 
get blood out of a stone 
get busy 
get by 
get by on 
get by upon 
get cold feet 
get cracking 
get down 
get down from 
get down in the dumps 
get down in the mouth 
get down to 
get down to a fine art 
get down to brass tacks 
get down to business 
get even with sb 
get give sb the bird 
get give sb the chop chopper 
get give sb the sack 
get going 
get going 
get going 
get have sb where one wants him 
get hell 
get hold of 
get hold of the wrong end of the stick 
get home 
get home to 
get in 
get in contact with 
get in on 
get in one s twopence fourpence worth 
get in touch with 
get in touch with sb 
get in with 
get into 
get into a fix 
get into a rut 
get into deep water 
get into hot water 
get into one s head 
get into one s stride 
get into sb s black books 
get into the act 
get it in the neck 
get it together 
get it where the chicken gets the chopper 
get knotted 
get lost 
get moral support 
get no change out of 
get notice 
get nowhere 
get off 
get off on the right foot 
get off on the wrong foot 
get off one s chest 
get off to a good start 
get off to sleep 
get off with 
get on for 
get on his feet 
get on one s feet 
get on sb s back 
get on sb s nerves 
get on sb s wick 
get on the move 
get on the wrong side of 
get on to 
get on with 
get on without 
get one s eye in 
get one s fair share 
get one s hand in 
get one s hands on 
get one s hooks into 
get one s hooks on 
get one s lines crossed 
get one s money s worth 
get one s own back 
get one s own way 
get one s priorities right 
get one s rage out 
get one s second wind 
get one s skates on 
get one s slice share of the cake 
get one s teeth into 
get one s tongue round 
get one sb s monkey up 
get onto 
get out 
get out of 
get out of bed on the wrong side 
get out of hand 
get out of it 
get out of one s depth 
get out of one s head 
get out of one s mind 
get out of one s system 
get out of sb s sight 
get out of sb s way 
get out of the groove 
get out of the rut 
get out of the way 
get over 
get over and done with 
get over to 
get over with 
get rich quick 
get round 
get round 
get round the table 
get round to 
get sb nowhere 
get sb s back up 
get sb s blood up 
get sb s goat 
get sb where he lives 
get sb wrong 
get sth going 
get sth right wrong 
get sth straight 
get stuffed 
get take what s coming to one 
get the best out of 
get the better of 
get the fright of one s life 
get the glad eye 
get the hang of 
get the idea 
get the last laugh 
get the message 
get the most out of 
get the old one two 
get the once over 
get the priorities right 
get the push 
get the upper hand of sb 
get the utmost out of 
get the weight off one s feet 
get the weight off one s legs 
get the wind up 
get the worst of 
get there first 
get there in the end 
get through 
get through to 
get through with 
get to 
get to first base with 
get to grips with 
get to the bottom of 
get to the top of 
get to the top of the ladder 
get to the top of the tree 
get to work on 
get together 
get under 
get under control 
get under sb s skin 
get up 
get up a thirst 
get up against 
get up an appetite 
get up on one s hind legs 
get up one s appetite 
get up one s thirst 
get up steam 
get up to 
get up to date 
get up to date with 
get uptight about sth 
get well 
get what for 
get wind of 
get wise to sb sth 
get with child 
get within 
gibe at 
gild sugar the pill 
gild the lily 
gilded youth 
ginger up 
gird on 
gird up one s loins 
girdle about 
girdle around 
give a dog a bad ill name and hang him 
give a free play to sth 
give a good account of oneself 
give a man enough rope and he ll hang himself 
give a the whale of a good time 
give an ear to 
give an eye to 
give and take 
give away 
give back 
give back to 
give back to with interest 
give back with interest 
give birth to 
give cause for 
give credence to 
give credit for 
give credit to for 
give credit where credit is due 
give currency to 
give evidence of 
give for 
give forth 
give in 
give in to 
give it sb a try 
give lose ground to sb sth 
give of one s best 
give off 
give on to 
give oneself airs 
give or take ten years 
give out 
give over 
give over to 
give place to 
give rise to 
give sb a bad time of it 
give sb a big hand 
give sb a blank cheque 
give sb a blank look 
give sb a break 
give sb a broad grin smile 
give sb a civil answer to a civil question 
give sb a cold reception 
give sb a good hiding 
give sb a hard time 
give sb a helping hand 
give sb a high old time 
give sb a kick 
give sb a lead 
give sb a leg up 
give sb a lift 
give sb a piece of one s mind 
give sb a ring tinkle 
give sb a rough ride 
give sb a thick ear 
give sb a warm welcome reception 
give sb an inch and he ll take a mile 
give sb an old fashioned look 
give sb carte blanche 
give sb full marks for sth 
give sb furiously to think 
give sb ground s for complaint 
give sb hell 
give sb his due 
give sb his freedom 
give sb his head 
give sb his marching orders 
give sb kittens 
give sb notice 
give sb one s word of honour that 
give sb some rope 
give sb something to complain about 
give sb something to think talk about 
give sb sth a good run for his its money 
give sb sth a miss 
give sb sth a new lease of life 
give sb sth a rough passage 
give sb sth a trial 
give sb sth a wide berth 
give sb sth full play 
give sb sth half a chance 
give sb sth one s blessing 
give sb sth short shrift 
give sb sth the all clear 
give sb sth the full works 
give sb sth the once over 
give sb sth the slip 
give sb sth the thumbs down 
give sb sth the thumbs up 
give sb the benefit of one s advice 
give sb the benefit of the doubt 
give sb the boot 
give sb the bum s rush 
give sb the cold shoulder 
give sb the creeps 
give sb the freedom of the city 
give sb the fright of his life 
give sb the glad eye 
give sb the green red light 
give sb the impression of being 
give sb the impression that 
give sb the old one two 
give sb the pip 
give sb the push 
give sb the raspberry 
give sb the rough edge of one s tongue 
give sb the run of the house 
give sb the time of his life 
give sb the time of s life 
give sb the tip 
give sb three guesses 
give sb to understand that 
give sb warning 
give sb what for 
give scope for 
give sth a local habitation and a name 
give sth a whirl 
give sth all one s got 
give sth sb a trial run 
give teeth to 
give the alarm alert 
give the devil his due 
give the game away 
give the lie direct to 
give the lie to 
give the show away 
give thought to 
give tit for tat 
give tongue to 
give up 
give up all hope 
give up for dead 
give up for lost 
give up hope 
give up the fight 
give up the struggle 
give up the unequal struggle 
give voice to 
give way 
give way to 
give weight to 
given over to 
given to 
glad rags 
glad to meet you 
gladden sb s heart 
glamp up 
glance at 
glance off 
glance over 
glance round 
glance through 
glare at 
glare contempt at 
glare defiance at 
glare hate at 
glass in 
glaze in 
glaze over 
glean from 
glide across 
glide along 
glide away 
glisten in 
glisten on 
glisten with 
glitter in 
glitter on 
glitter with 
gloat over 
glory in 
gloss over 
glow with 
glower at 
glue to 
glued to 
glut with 
gnashing of teeth 
gnaw at 
gnaw away 
gnaw away at 
go a long way to do sth 
go a long way towards doing sth 
go aboard 
go about 
go about one s business 
go about with 
go abroad 
go across to 
go after 
go against 
go against the grain 
go aground 
go aground on 
go ahead 
go ahead of 
go all out for 
go along 
go along with 
go along with you 
go and chew bricks 
go and do sth 
go around 
go around with 
go as so far as to do sth that 
go aside 
go astray 
go at 
go away 
go back 
go back on 
go back to 
go be broke 
go be haywire 
go before 
go behind sb s back 
go below 
go below decks 
go berserk 
go between 
go beyond 
go beyond a joke 
go beyond one s duty 
go blue in the face 
go by 
go by the book 
go by the name of 
go by the rules 
go cold on the deal 
go come a long way 
go crackers 
go crackers about over sb sth 
go dead on sb 
go down 
go down like ninepins 
go down on one s knees 
go down on one s knees to 
go down to 
go down to history 
go down to posterity 
go down with 
go easy on sth 
go far 
go far to do sth 
go far towards doing sth 
go farther further and fare worse 
go for 
go for a song 
go for a burton 
go for nothing 
go for very little 
go for your life 
go for your life 
go forward with 
go from bad to worse 
go from one extreme to another 
go from one extreme to the other 
go get far 
go great guns 
go green about the gills in the face 
go grumps on sth sb 
go home 
go in 
go in and out 
go in and out of 
go in and win 
go in at one ear and out at the other 
go in fear of one s life 
go in for 
go in one ear and out of the other 
go in one ear and out the other 
go in sb s favour 
go into 
go into a flat spin 
go into a huddle 
go into a spin 
go into abeyance 
go into action 
go into one s act 
go into one s routine 
go into service 
go into use 
go it alone 
go like a bomb 
go like the wind 
go near 
go near to 
go no farther further 
go off 
go off 
go off at a tangent 
go off at half cock 
go off into 
go off the boil 
go off the deep end 
go off the rails 
go off with 
go on 
go on about 
go on at 
go on before 
go on for 
go on the stage 
go on the streets 
go on to 
go on tour 
go on with 
go on with you 
go one better than sb sth 
go one s own way 
go out 
go out and about 
go out for 
go out of 
go out of action 
go out of business 
go out of fashion 
go out of focus 
go out of one s mind 
go out of one s way to 
go out of play 
go out of sb s mind 
go out of service 
go out of sight 
go out of view 
go out to 
go over 
go over the wall 
go over to 
go overboard 
go overboard about 
go overboard for 
go phut 
go places 
go places and see people 
go purple in the face 
go red in the face 
go report sick 
go round 
go round to 
go round with 
go run like clockwork 
go scot free 
go slow 
go slumming 
go steady with sb 
go straight 
go the pace 
go the right wrong way 
go the way of all flesh 
go the way of sb sth 
go the whole hog 
go their different ways 
go through 
go through proper channels 
go through sb s hands 
go through the mill 
go through the motions 
go through the proper channels 
go through with 
go to 
go to bed 
go to bits 
go to earth 
go to extremes 
go to ground 
go to it 
go to pieces 
go to pot 
go to press 
go to rack and ruin 
go to sb s head 
go to sea 
go to seed 
go to show 
go to the country 
go to the dogs 
go to the funeral just for the ride 
go to the heart of 
go to the other extreme 
go to the police 
go to the polls 
go to the wall 
go to town 
go to trial 
go to war 
go to waste 
go to work 
go to work on 
go together 
go too far 
go turn sour 
go under 
go under the hammer 
go under to 
go underground 
go up 
go up in the world 
go up the wall 
go up to 
go west 
go west young man 
go while the going is good 
go with 
go with a bang 
go with a swing 
go with the tide 
go without 
go wrong 
go wrong with sth 
goad into 
goad on 
gobble up 
god bless my soul 
god bless you 
god damn it 
god damn sb s eyes 
god forbid 
god help sb 
god helps those who help themselves 
god knows 
god knows that 
god moves in a mysterious way his wonders to perform 
god rest him 
god rest his soul 
god s chosen people 
god s gift to sb sth 
god save the mark 
god speed sb sth 
god willing 
goggle at 
going going gone 
gone on 
good and evil 
good and proper 
good and ready 
good clean fun 
good for a laugh 
good for nothing 
good for sb 
good for sth 
good going 
good grief 
good heavens 
good luck to sb 
good money 
good old sb sth 
good riddance to bad rubbish 
good works 
goods and chattels 
goose up 
gore to death 
gorge on 
gorge oneself on 
gorged with 
gouge out 
grab at 
grace and favour 
gracious living 
graduate from 
graduate from in 
graduate in 
graft in 
graft in to 
graft on 
graft on to 
graph out 
grapple with 
grasp at 
grasp at a straw 
grasp seize the nettle 
grass on 
grate on 
gravitate to 
gravitate towards 
grease sb s palm 
great and small 
green with envy 
greet with 
grey matter 
grieve for 
grieve over 
grievous bodily harm 
grin and bear it 
grin from ear to ear 
grin like a cheshire cat 
grind away 
grind away at 
grind down 
grind into 
grind on 
grind one s teeth 
grind out 
grind the faces of the poor in the dust 
grind to 
grind to 
grind to a halt 
gripe at 
grist to for sb s mill 
grit one s teeth 
groan out 
groan with 
grope after 
grope for 
ground on 
group around 
group round 
group together 
grouse about 
grovel before 
grow away from 
grow from 
grow grey in the service of sth 
grow in 
grow into 
grow old gracefully 
grow on 
grow out of 
grow over 
grow up 
grow up into 
growing pains 
grown over with 
grub about 
grub up 
grumble about 
grumble at about 
grumble at over 
grumble over 
guard against 
guess at 
guide across 
guide along 
guide away 
gull out of 
gulp down 
gum down 
gum up the works 
gun down 
gun for 
guns or butter 
gush from 
gush out of 
gush over 
habituate to 
hack down 
hack off 
haggle over 
hail and farewell 
hail from 
hale and hearty 
half a loaf is better than no bread 
half a mo 
half and half 
half cut 
half seas over 
half the fun of doing sth 
half the time 
half the trouble with sb sth 
ham up 
hammer down 
hammer in 
hammer into 
hammer on 
hammer onto 
hammer out 
hand back 
hand back to 
hand down 
hand in 
hand in glove with sb 
hand in hand 
hand it out 
hand it to 
hand off 
hand on 
hand out 
hand over 
hand over fist 
hand over heart 
hand the punishment out 
hand to hand fighting 
hands off sb sth 
handsome is as handsome does 
hang about 
hang around 
hang back 
hang back from 
hang behind 
hang fire 
hang in the balance 
hang on 
hang on to 
hang out 
hang over 
hang together 
hang up 
hang up on 
hang upon 
hanged hung drawn and quartered 
hanging concentrates the mind wonderfully 
hanging is too good for sb 
hanker after 
hanker for 
happen along 
happen on 
happen upon 
happy days 
happy landings 
happy the bride the sun shines on 
hard and fast 
hard by 
hard cases make bad law s 
hard cash 
hard cheese 
hard done by 
hard fact s 
hard on sb s pocket 
hard on the eyes 
hard on the pocket 
hark at 
hark back 
hark back to 
harmonize with 
harness to 
harp on 
hatch out 
hate loathe the sight of sb sth 
hate sb sth like poison 
haul over the coals 
haul up 
haul up before 
have a bad time of it 
have a basinful of sb sth 
have a bearing on 
have a bearing upon 
have a bee in one s bonnet 
have a black eye 
have a black mark against one 
have a brain wave 
have a bun in the oven 
have a chip on one s shoulder 
have a clear conscience 
have a clear head 
have a clear idea of sth 
have a closed mind 
have a crush on 
have a face lift 
have a fair crack of the whip 
have a familiar ring about to it 
have a fifty fifty chance of doing sth 
have a finger in the pie 
have a fit 
have a fit of the giggles 
have a flair for 
have a flea in one s ear 
have a fling 
have a friend at court 
have a frog in one s throat 
have a gift for 
have a good head for figures 
have a good head for heights 
have a good head of hair 
have a good innings 
have a good time 
have a great future 
have a grudge against 
have a hand in 
have a hard row to hoe 
have a hard time 
have a hard tough job doing sth 
have a hard tough job to do sth 
have a head of steam 
have a head start 
have a healthy respect for sb sth 
have a heart 
have a heart of gold stone 
have a heavy light heart 
have a hide skin like a rhinoceros 
have a high old time 
have a hold over 
have a home of one s own to go to 
have a hunch that 
have a kick like a mule 
have a local habitation and a name 
have a long face 
have a long way to go 
have a lot to be grateful thankful for 
have a lot to learn 
have a lot to put up with 
have a lump in one s throat 
have a memory like a sponge sieve 
have a method in one sb s madness 
have a mind of one s own 
have a mind to do sth 
have a mouth like the bottom of a parrot s cage 
have a mouth to feed 
have a natural bent for 
have a natural bent for sth 
have a nerve 
have a nodding bowing acquaintance with sb sth 
have a nose for 
have a nuisance value 
have a one s bellyful of sb sth 
have a one track mind 
have a part in 
have a pash on 
have a place in 
have a place in the sun 
have a right to do sth 
have a right to sth 
have a say in 
have a soft spot for 
have a stake in 
have a the constitution like of a horse an ox 
have a the feeling that 
have a the knack of doing sth 
have a the whale of a good time 
have a thing about 
have a voice in 
have a way of doing sth 
have a way with one 
have a weak spot for 
have a whale of a good time 
have a word with 
have about 
have about one 
have access to 
have all day 
have all one s marbles 
have all the marks of sb sth 
have all the money in the world 
have an affair 
have an affair with 
have an ear for 
have an edge over 
have an edge to one s voice 
have an effect on 
have an effect upon 
have an enquiring turn of mind 
have an even chance of doing sth 
have an eye for 
have an eye for the main chance 
have an eye to doing sth 
have an idea of sth 
have an idea that 
have an impact on 
have an impact upon 
have an old head on young shoulders 
have an open mind 
have an the air of sb sth 
have another think guess coming 
have ants in one s pants 
have around 
have at 
have back 
have bags under one s eyes 
have bats in the belfry 
have blue blood in one s veins 
have both feet on the ground 
have by 
have clean hands 
have compassion on 
have confidence 
have confidence in 
have control of 
have control over 
have designs on 
have done 
have done it this time 
have doubts about 
have elbow room 
have enough and to spare 
have enough luggage to sink a battleship 
have everything but sth 
have eyes in at the back of one s head neck 
have eyes in one s head 
have faith 
have faith in 
have feelings about 
have feelings on 
have feet of clay 
have for 
have form 
have get two bites at the cherry 
have give sb s best 
have got 
have got a clear head 
have got a good head for figures 
have got a good head for heights 
have got a good head of hair 
have got a hard tough job to do sth 
have got a heart of gold stone 
have got a hunch that 
have got a kick like a mule 
have got a lot to learn 
have got a lot to put up with 
have got a memory like a sponge sieve 
have got a nerve 
have got a one track mind 
have got a point 
have got a the knack of doing sth 
have got all one s marbles 
have got all the marks of sb sth 
have got an eye for the main chance 
have got an eye to doing sth 
have got another think guess coming 
have got bats in the belfry 
have got form 
have got high hopes 
have got hollow legs 
have got it badly 
have got it good 
have got it made 
have got its one s moments 
have got more money than sense 
have got no business doing sth 
have got no business to do sth 
have got no call to do sth 
have got nothing something to hide 
have got one foot in the grave 
have got one s hands full 
have got only oneself to blame thank for sth 
have got other bigger fish to fry 
have got sb fooled 
have got sb sth taped 
have got sb where one wants him 
have got something there 
have got sth to do with sb sth 
have got the devil s own luck 
have got the heart to do sth 
have got the midas touch 
have got the idea 
have got the last laugh 
have got the message 
have got the nerve to do sth 
have got to be seen to be believed 
have got what it takes to do sth 
have green fingers 
have guts 
have had enough 
have had it 
have had one s chips 
have had one s day time 
have high hopes 
have hollow legs 
have in 
have in hand 
have in mind 
have in one s spell 
have it away 
have it away with 
have it good 
have it in for 
have it in mind to do sth 
have it in one 
have it in one to do sth 
have it made 
have it off 
have it off with 
have it that 
have it things both ways 
have it things one s own way 
have kittens 
have lead a cat and dog life 
have mixed feelings 
have mixed motives 
have more goodness in one s little finger than sb 
have more money than sense 
have more than a one s fair share of sth 
have neither rhyme n or reason 
have no an inkling of sth 
have no business doing sth 
have no business to do sth 
have no call to do sth 
have no eye on 
have no fears for 
have no good reason for doing sth 
have no good reason for sth 
have no hard feelings 
have no more nonsense 
have no remedy but to do sth 
have no terrors for 
have no time for 
have no time to lose 
have no truck with 
have no use for 
have none nothing to speak of 
have not seenetc sth s like 
have not seenetc the like of sth 
have nothing better to do than 
have nothing much to shout about 
have nothing much to write home about 
have nothing something between one s ears 
have nothing something to hide 
have hobson s choice 
have occasion to do sth 
have of 
have on 
have on one 
have on one s hands 
have on one s mind 
have on one s person 
have on the brain 
have one foot in the grave 
have one law for the rich and another for the poor 
have one of one s good days 
have one over the eight 
have one s cake and eat it too 
have one s day 
have one s eye on 
have one s feet on the ground 
have one s fling 
have one s fun 
have one s hands full 
have one s innings 
have one s its moments 
have one s wits about one 
have oneself a ball 
have only oneself to blame thank for sth 
have other bigger fish to fry 
have out 
have out with 
have outside interests 
have over 
have pins and needles 
have pity on 
have recourse to 
have round 
have sb fooled 
have sb s ear 
have sb s number 
have sb sth covered 
have second thoughts 
have seenetc it all 
have something to think talk about 
have sth in one s blood 
have sth in one s favour 
have sth on the go 
have sth to do with sb sth 
have taken forty winks 
have the best of 
have the brains to do sth 
have the courage of 
have the devil s own luck 
have the edge over 
have the first refusal 
have the fortune misfortune to do sth 
have the gift of the gab 
have the gift of tongues 
have the gift power s of total recall 
have the grace to do sth 
have the guts to 
have the midas touch 
have the jitters 
have the knack of it 
have the last laugh 
have the last word 
have the nerve to do sth 
have the patience of ob a saint 
have the time of one s life 
have the wind up 
have the worst of 
have their tails down 
have their tails up 
have this thing about 
have time on one s hands 
have to be seen to be believed 
have to go and see a man about a horse dog 
have to thank for sth 
have up 
have up for 
have well in hand 
have words 
have words with 
haveetc a nastyetc turn 
haveetc a red face 
haveetc a right to 
haveetc a right to 
haveetc a roof over one s head 
haveetc a rude awakening 
haveetc a second string 
haveetc a sixth sense 
haveetc a sneaking suspicionetc 
haveetc a sporting chance of 
haveetc a that sinking feeling 
haveetc a thick head 
haveetc a thick thin skin 
haveetc a vested interest in sth 
haveetc second sight 
haveetc second thoughts 
haveetc teething troubles 
haveetc too much moneyetc for one s own good 
haven t got a prayer 
hawks and doves 
he who hesitates is lost 
head over heels ears 
head to tail 
heads i win tails you lose 
heads i win tails you lose 
heads or tails 
heart and soul 
heart to heart 
hearth and home 
heaven only knows 
heavy necking petting 
heavyetc going 
hell bent on doing sth 
hell for leather 
hell has knows no fury like a woman scorned 
hell s angels 
here and now 
here and now 
here and there 
here and there 
here below 
here there and everywhere 
here there and everywhere 
here there we go again 
here today and gone tomorrow 
het up 
hewers of wood and drawers of water 
hide and seek 
high and dry 
high and low 
high and mighty 
high days and holidays 
high spirits 
high summer 
high wide and handsome 
hire and fire 
history repeats itself 
hit and miss 
hit and run 
hither and thither 
holier than thou 
home and dry 
home in one 
home in one 
honest to god goodness 
honesty is the best policy 
hook line and sinker 
hope and trust that 
hope deferred 
hope deferred maketh the heart sick 
hope springs eternal in the human breast 
hopping mad about over 
hot air 
hot at 
hot on 
hot under the collar 
how are you doing 
how come that 
how crazy can you get 
how dare you do 
how do you do 
how has the world been treating you 
how is it going 
how make that out 
how many times do i have to 
how on earth 
how right you are 
how the helletc 
how would you be 
huff and puff 
hum and ha w 
humanly possible 
hunger is the best sauce 
huntin shootin fishin 
husband and wife 
hustle and bustle 
hustle and bustle 
i am the greatest 
i ask you 
i beg to differ 
i beg your pardon 
i can t couldn t say that 
i can t telletc you 
i can telletc you 
i dare say 
i don t know that 
i don t know what the world is s coming to 
i don t mind if i do 
i don t think 
i for one 
i have to fly 
i know a when i see one 
i like that 
i ll be bound 
i ll be damnedetc if 
i ll be seeing you 
i ll believe it that when see it 
i ll bet 
i ll bet you that 
i ll eat my hat 
i ll live survive 
i ll say it is 
i ll see you in hell first 
i ll tell you what 
i m afraid 
i m alright jack 
i m glad to meet you 
i m sorry but 
i m sorry but 
i may might say add 
i mean to say 
i must fly 
i must say 
i must say 
i promise you 
i say 
i see what you mean 
i should n t wonder 
i should say soetc 
i should think soetc 
i should worry 
i won t say no to sth 
i would if i could but i can t 
if anything happens to 
if at first you don t succeed 
if ever there was one 
if god did not exist it would be necessary to invent him 
if has done once has done a hundred times 
if he is a day 
if i am any judge of that kind of thing 
if it was n t for 
if knows what is good for 
if my memory serves me rightly 
if one dies in the attempt 
if one values one s life 
if the cap fits wear it 
if the mountain will not come to mahommet mahommet must come to the mountain 
if the worst comes to the worst 
if there is one thing i hate it is 
if when it comes to that 
if when it comes to the crunch 
if when it comes to the push 
if you ask me 
if you believe that you will believe anything 
if you can t beat them join them 
if you can t stand the heat get out of the kitchen 
if you don t mind 
if you know what i mean 
if you like 
if you like that kind of thing 
if you must know 
if you please 
if you will 
if you will pardon excuse the liberty 
ifs and buts 
ill at ease 
in a big small way 
in a body 
in a few well chosen words 
in a flash 
in a good cause 
in a hurry 
in a jiffy 
in a manner of speaking 
in a matter of minutes eg hours weeks 
in a measure 
in a minute 
in a moment 
in a nutshell 
in a pig s ear 
in a row 
in a s time eg year s two hour s 
in a sense 
in a similar vein 
in a tick 
in a towering passion 
in a towering rage 
in a trice 
in a voice eg loud soft cold 
in a way 
in a whisper 
in a word 
in accordance with 
in addition 
in addition to 
in advance 
in advance of s time 
in aggregate 
in agreement 
in agreement with 
in all 
in all but name 
in all conscience 
in all honesty 
in all likelihood 
in all probability 
in all s born days 
in all s glory 
in all s majesty 
in all shapes and sizes 
in all sincerity 
in all weathers 
in an a capacity eg advisory menial private 
in answer to 
in any case 
in any event 
in any shape or form 
in as much as 
in bad faith 
in bed 
in between times whiles 
in black and white 
in brief 
in broad daylight 
in bygone days 
in clover 
in cold blood 
in common with 
in common with 
in comparison 
in comparison with 
in confidence 
in confusion 
in conjunction with 
in connection with 
in contrast 
in contrast to 
in contrast with 
in days gone by 
in days of old 
in days of yore 
in dead of winter 
in depth 
in detail 
in dribs and drabs 
in drink 
in droves 
in due course 
in duty bound to do sth 
in earnest 
in effect 
in everything but name 
in excess 
in excess of 
in face of 
in fact 
in fair weather and or foul 
in favour of 
in fear and trembling 
in fear of s life 
in fits and starts 
in for a penny in for a pound 
in full 
in full strength 
in full view of 
in fun 
in future 
in general 
in good faith 
in good part 
in good time 
in half a mo 
in half the time 
in high places 
in christendom 
in kind 
in leaps and bounds 
in lieu 
in lieu of 
in living memory 
in measure eg full good 
in mind s eye 
in name only 
in no time 
in no time at all 
in no uncertain eg terms fashion 
in one piece 
in opposition 
in opposition to 
in order that 
in order to 
in other words 
in parlance eg common nautical vulgar 
in particular 
in passing 
in peace 
in person 
in place of 
in plain english 
in point of fact 
in principle 
in private 
in public 
in question 
in reality 
in regard to 
in reply to 
in respect of 
in response 
in response to 
in return 
in return for 
in s book 
in s case 
in s fancy 
in s favour 
in s heart 
in s heart of hearts 
in s honour 
in s imagination 
in s mind 
in s mind s eye 
in s more sober moments 
in s neck of the woods 
in s opinion 
in s own right 
in s self 
in s time 
in s turn eg its his 
in s view 
in s wake 
in s way 
in search of 
in secret 
in self defence 
in short 
in silence 
in spite of 
in spite of self 
in strength 
in style 
in succession 
in sympathy 
in sympathy with 
in ten flat eg seconds minutes weeks 
in terms of 
in that case 
in the absence of 
in the abstract 
in the aggregate 
in the best of all possible worlds 
in the best of taste 
in the cause of 
in the circumstances 
in the course of 
in the course of eg normal ordinary 
in the dead of the night 
in the dead of winter 
in the end 
in the event 
in the event of 
in the extreme 
in the face of 
in the final analysis 
in the first full flush of youth 
in the first instance 
in the first place 
in the flesh 
in the fond hope 
in the form of 
in the fullness of time 
in the future 
in the grand manner 
in the grand style 
in the great style 
in the heat of the moment 
in the heyday of 
in the hope of 
in the hope that 
in the land of the blind 
in the last analysis 
in the last resort 
in the light of 
in the long run 
in the long term 
in the main 
in the making 
in the manner to which be accustomed 
in the meantime 
in the middle of 
in the midst of 
in the name of eg god religion 
in the nature of 
in the nature of things 
in the nick of time 
in the ordinary way 
in the past 
in the person eg first third 
in the place 
in the raw 
in the round 
in the same way 
in the shape of 
in the short run 
in the short term 
in the small hours 
in the space of 
in the spirit eg right wrong proper 
in the teeth of 
in the twinkling of an eye 
in the way of 
in the wee small hours 
in the womb of time 
in the worst of taste 
in their eg hundreds dozens 
in theory 
in this day and age 
in this respect 
in thought word and or deed 
in through the watches of the night 
in time 
in time of eg war peace trouble 
in time to 
in time with 
in total 
in true fashion 
in true style eg naval boy story book 
in tum 
in two shakes 
in two shakes of a lamb s tail 
in two ticks 
in two twos 
in under the circumstances 
in unison 
in unison with 
in view of 
in word and deed 
in word and in deed 
industrial action 
inflict upon 
inform against 
inform on 
infuse into 
infuse with 
ingratiate oneself 
ingratiate oneself with 
inhibit from 
initiate into 
inject into 
inject with 
injured innocence 
inlay with 
innocent of sth 
inoculate against 
inquire about 
inquire after 
inquire for 
inquire into 
inquire of 
inscribe in 
inscribe on 
inscribe with 
insert between 
insert in 
insert into 
inside every fat man there is a thin man trying to get out 
insinuate oneself into 
insist on 
insist upon 
inspire in 
inspire with 
install in 
instil in 
instil with 
instruct in 
insulate from with 
insure against 
integrate with 
intend for 
inter in 
intercede with 
interest in 
interfere in 
interfere with 
interlard with 
interleave with 
intermarry with 
intermingle with 
intern in 
intersperse among 
intersperse between 
intersperse with 
intervene between 
intervene in 
intimidate into 
into the bargain 
into the fray 
intoxicated by 
intoxicated with 
intrigue against 
introduce into 
introduce to 
intrude into 
intrude oneself into 
intrude upon 
inundate with 
inure oneself to 
inure to 
invalid out 
invalid out of 
inveigh against 
inveigle into 
inverted snobbery 
invest in 
invest with 
invite in 
invite over 
invite round 
involve in 
iron out 
iron rations 
is dead but won t lie down 
is king 
isolate from 
issue from 
it be no secret that 
it beats me 
it can t be helped 
it can t happen here 
it does not do to 
it fall on upon sb to do sth 
it fall out that 
it fall to sb s lot to do sth 
it has just gone 
it has to be 
it ill becomes sb to do sth 
it is a good job thing that 
it is a long road that has no turning 
it is a question of 
it is a small world 
it is a woman s privilege to change her mind 
it is about time that 
it is all in a day s work 
it is all in the mind 
it is all one can do to 
it is an ill wind that blows nobody any good 
it is high time that 
it is idle to deny 
it is just as feared 
it is just one of those things 
it is later than you think 
it is love that makes the world go round 
it is more than s job be worth 
it is never too late to 
it is no use crying over spilt milk 
it is no wonder that 
it is not for 
it is not to be 
it is now or never 
it is on the tip of my tongue 
it is only a little one 
it is quite like to 
it is quite really something 
it is the gipsy in 
it is the thought that counts 
it never rains but it pours 
it pays to 
it s the same all the world over 
it s the same the whole world over 
it should n t happen to a dog 
it so happens that 
it stand to reason 
it takes all s time to 
it takes all sorts to make a world 
it takes two to 
it that all depends 
it that figures 
it that goes without saying 
it that is just as well 
it that is just s luck 
it that remains to be seen 
it that will never do 
it that won t do 
itch for 
civvy street 
jab at 
jab out 
jack in 
jack is as good as his master 
jack of all trades 
jack of all trades and a master of none 
jack up 
jam in 
jam into 
jam the brakes on 
jam tomorrow 
jangle on 
jangle upon 
jar on 
jar upon 
jar with 
jazz up 
jeer at 
jib at 
jibe with 
jobs for the boys 
jockey for 
jog along 
jog nudge s arm elbow to 
jog on 
jog one sb s memory 
join battle with 
join forces with 
join in 
join on 
join onto 
join the club 
join the club 
join the fray 
join together 
join up 
join up with 
joke about 
jolly along 
jolly good 
jolly hockey sticks 
jolly well 
jot down 
judge by 
judge from 
judge with 
juggle with 
jumble up 
jumble up with 
jump at 
jump down sb s throat 
jump off 
jump on 
jump the gun 
jump the queue 
jump to conclusions 
jump to it 
jump to the conclusion 
jump up 
just a minute 
just about 
just about 
just all the luck of the game 
just another game 
just anybodyetc 
just as one it is 
just as you likeetc 
just for a giggle 
just for argument s sake 
just for fun 
just for kicks 
just for love of sth sb 
just for luck 
just for the hell of it 
just for the love of sth sb 
just for the nonce 
just for the record 
just like that 
just now 
just on midnightetc 
just round the next corner 
just s little joke 
just so 
just the job ticket 
just the thing 
just what the doctor ordered 
just what the doctor ordered 
justice must not only be done it must be seen to be done 
justify to 
jut out 
keel over 
keen on doing sth 
keen on sb sth 
keen to 
keep a close watch on 
keep a cool head 
keep a dog and bark oneself 
keep a firm grip on 
keep a firm hold on 
keep a safe distance 
keep a secret 
keep a straight face 
keep a tab on 
keep a tag on 
keep a tight grip on 
keep a tight hold on 
keep abreast 
keep after 
keep ahead 
keep ahead of 
keep an ear close to the ground 
keep an ear to the ground 
keep an eye on 
keep at 
keep at a distance 
keep at arm s length 
keep at bay 
keep away 
keep away from 
keep back 
keep back from 
keep badetc company 
keep bear sb s company 
keep body and soul together 
keep down 
keep earlyetc hours 
keep faith with 
keep from 
keep guessing 
keep in 
keep in 
keep in a state of suspense 
keep in check 
keep in his place 
keep in ignorance 
keep in kind 
keep in line 
keep in order 
keep in sight 
keep in sight of 
keep in step 
keep in step with 
keep in suspense 
keep in the dark 
keep in touch 
keep in touch with 
keep in track of 
keep in training 
keep in with 
keep indoors 
keep it up 
keep mum 
keep off 
keep on 
keep on about 
keep on at 
keep on doing sth 
keep on his toes 
keep on in 
keep on its feet 
keep on one s feet 
keep on one s toes 
keep on the rails 
keep on the right side 
keep on the right side of the law 
keep on top 
keep on top of 
keep one eye on 
keep one s chin up 
keep one s cool 
keep one s distance 
keep one s ear s close to the ground 
keep one s ear s to the ground 
keep one s ears eyes open 
keep one s end up 
keep one s eye in 
keep one s eyes off 
keep one s eyes peeled skinned for 
keep one s finger on the pulse of 
keep one s hair on 
keep one s hand in 
keep one s hands off 
keep one s head 
keep one s head above water 
keep one s its looks 
keep one s mind on 
keep one s mouth trap shut 
keep one s nose clean 
keep one s nose out of 
keep one s nose to the grindstone 
keep one s own company 
keep one s own counsel 
keep one s pecker up 
keep one s powder dry 
keep one s shirt on 
keep one s side of a the bargain 
keep one s temper cool 
keep one s word 
keep one step ahead 
keep one step ahead of 
keep oneself sb fit 
keep oneself to oneself 
keep oneselfetc going 
keep open house 
keep out 
keep out 
keep out of 
keep pace with 
keep sb guessing 
keep sb in the dark about 
keep sb s seatetc warm for him 
keep smiling 
keep tabs on 
keep the ball rolling 
keep the flag flying 
keep the home fires burning 
keep the peace 
keep the pot boiling 
keep the wolf from the door 
keep to 
keep to a minimum 
keep to oneself 
keep to the minimum 
keep to the straight and narrow 
keep together 
keep under 
keep under 
keep under control 
keep under one s hat 
keep under sb s feet 
keep up 
keep up appearances 
keep up to the mark 
keep up with 
keep up with the oneses 
keep up with the times 
keep watch 
keep within bounds 
keepetc a cool head 
keepetc oneself unspotted from the world 
keyed up 
kick against 
kick against the pricks 
kick around 
kick back 
kick downstairs 
kick in 
kick in the teeth 
kick off 
kick one s heels 
kick oneself 
kick out 
kick out of 
kick over the traces 
kick round 
kick the bucket 
kick the habitetc 
kick up 
kick up a row 
kick up s heels 
kick upstairs 
kicking and screaming 
kid on 
kid up 
kids stuff 
kill off 
kill oneself ing 
kill oneself to 
kill or cure 
kill stone dead 
kill the fatted calf 
kill the goose that lays the golden eggs 
kill timeetc 
kill two birds with one stone 
kill with kindness 
kind sort of 
kindle with 
kingdom come 
kip down 
kip out 
kiss away 
kiss it better 
kiss off 
kiss the blarney tone 
kissing cousins 
kit out 
kit up 
knee high to a grasshopper 
kneel down 
knit together 
knit up 
knock about 
knock about together 
knock about together with 
knock against 
knock at 
knock back 
knock cold 
knock down 
knock for six 
knock in 
knock into 
knock it off 
knock off 
knock on 
knock on the head 
knock on wood 
knock one s head against a brick wall 
knock one s pipe out 
knock out 
knock out of 
knock sb cold 
knock sb s block off 
knock sb s head off 
knock sense into 
knock some sense into 
knock spots off 
knock the bottom out of 
knock the hell out of 
knock the living daylights out of 
knock the spirit out of 
knock the stuffing out of 
knock their heads together 
knock them in the aisles 
knock through 
knock together 
knock up 
knot together 
know a good thingetc when one seesetc it 
know all the answers 
know all the dodges tricks 
know best 
know better than to 
know by sight 
know different 
know for sure certain 
know how many beans make five 
know keep one s place 
know no bounds 
know of 
know one s man opponent 
know one s onions stuff 
know one s own mind 
know one s way around about 
know sb and his kind 
know sth as well as i do 
know sth inside out 
know sth like the back palm of one s hand 
know sth veryetc well 
know tell a hawk from a handsaw 
know through and through 
know what it is to 
know what one be doing 
know what sb sth is 
know where one be going 
know where the shoe pinches 
know which what side one s bread be buttered on 
knowetc a thing or two about sth 
knowetc one s way about around 
knowetc the ropes 
knowetc the score 
knowetc what be what 
knowetc what loveetc is 
known to 
knuckle under 
knuckle under to 
kowtow to 
labour over 
labour the point 
labour under 
lace up 
lace with 
laden with 
ladies and gentlemen 
ladies first 
lag behind 
lam into 
land in 
land onto 
land up 
land with 
lap up 
lapse from 
lapse from grace 
lard with 
larger than life 
lash down 
lash out 
lash out at 
lash out on 
last one s time 
last out 
last thing at night 
latch on 
latch on to 
late in the day 
later on 
laugh and the world laughs with you 
laugh and the world laughs with you weep and you weep alone 
laugh at 
laugh away 
laugh in sb s face 
laugh like a drain 
laugh off 
laugh on the other side of one s face 
laugh one s head off 
laugh out of 
laugh out of court 
laugh till until one criesetc 
laugh up one s sleeve 
laughter and tears 
launch into 
launch out 
launch out into 
law and order 
lay a one s ghostetc 
lay about 
lay aside 
lay at sb s door 
lay bare 
lay before 
lay by 
lay claim to 
lay down 
lay down one s arms 
lay down one s life 
lay down one s life for 
lay down the law 
lay down to 
lay emphasis on 
lay eyes on 
lay low 
lay one s cards on the table 
lay one s hands on 
lay oneself sb wide open to 
lay out 
lay sth waste 
lay stress on 
lay the blame for on 
lay the blame on 
lay to rest 
lay up 
lay up for oneself 
lead astray 
lead in 
lead live a double life 
lead live two lives 
lead off 
lead on 
lead sb a dance 
lead sb to believe that 
lead up the garden path 
lead up to 
leaf through 
leak out 
lean on 
lean out 
lean out of 
lean over 
lean over backwards 
lean upon 
leap at 
learn a one s lesson 
learn from 
learn off 
learn off by heart 
learn off by rote 
lease back 
least said soonest mended forgotten 
leave about 
leave around 
leave aside 
leave behind 
leave down 
leave for 
leave for dead 
leave holding the baby 
leave in 
leave in 
leave it at that 
leave let alone 
leave let be 
leave let well alone 
leave much to be desired 
leave no stone unturned 
leave of absence 
leave off 
leave on 
leave one s its mark 
leave out 
leave out of 
leave over 
leave sb cold 
leave sb speechless 
leave sb sth standing 
leave speechless 
leave standing 
leave the room 
leave to 
leave to chance 
leave to his own devices 
leave to his own resources 
leave to hold the baby 
leave to it 
leave undone those things which that one ought to have done 
leave up 
leave up to 
leave word 
leave word with 
leaven the whole lump 
lecture at 
lecture to 
leech onto 
leer at 
left and or right 
left right and centre 
lend an one s ear 
lend itself to 
lend to 
let alone 
let bygones be bygones 
let down 
let em all come 
let fly at sb with sth 
let get on with it 
let go 
let go 
let go hang 
let go of 
let go of 
let her rip 
let in 
let in for 
let in on 
let into 
let into a secret 
let into the secret 
let it be said 
let it go at that 
let it ride 
let me see 
let me tell you 
let off 
let off steam 
let off the hook 
let off with 
let on 
let on about 
let one s back hair down 
let one s hair down 
let oneself go 
let out 
let out of 
let rip 
let sb get on with it 
let sb have s head 
let sleeping dogs lie 
let slide 
let slip 
let take s course 
let the cat out of the bag 
let the clutch in 
let the dead bury their dead 
let the dog see the rabbit 
let the side down 
let them eat cake 
let through 
let up 
let us s face it 
let us say 
level down 
level off 
level out 
level up 
lick into shape 
lick off 
lick one s wounds 
lick sb s boots arse 
lick smack one s lips chops 
lick up 
lie ahead 
lie ahead of 
lie at anchor 
lie at death s door 
lie at its moorings 
lie at sb s door 
lie awake 
lie back 
lie before 
lie behind 
lie doggo 
lie down 
lie down on the job 
lie in 
lie in 
lie in ruins 
lie in store 
lie in store for 
lie low 
lie to 
lie under 
lie up 
life and or death 
life and or limb 
life begins at fortyetc 
life is hell 
life is not a bed of roses 
life is not worth living 
life is too short for sth to 
life it is one damn ed thing after another 
life pass by 
lift down 
lift down from 
lift off 
lift up 
light on 
light out 
light out of 
light relief 
light up 
light upon 
lightning never strikes in the same place twice 
like a bad penny 
like a bat out of hell 
like a bear with a sore head 
like a bull at a gate 
like a bull in a china shop 
like a bull in a chinashop 
like a bullet from a gun 
like a cat on hot bricks 
like a cat with nine lives 
like a dog with two tails 
like a fishwife 
like a fly in amber 
like a hot knife through butter 
like a lamb 
like a mad thing 
like a new man woman 
like a red rag to a bull 
like a sack of potatoes 
like a scalded cat 
like a ship without a rudder 
like a shot 
like a stuck pig 
like a ton of bricks 
like anything 
like as a thief in the night 
like as one of the family 
like attracts like 
like billy o h 
like blazes hell 
like caesar s wife 
like calls to like 
like greased lightning 
like hell it is 
like it or lump it 
like it or not 
like mad crazy 
like nobody s business 
like ripvanwinkle 
like sheep to the slaughter 
like ships that pass in the night 
like the cat that stole the cream 
like the clappers 
like the curate s egg 
like the look of 
like the sound of 
like the sound of one s own voice 
like water off a duck s back 
like wildfire 
liken to 
limber up 
limit to 
line one sb s own pocket s 
line up 
line up against 
line up alongside 
line up behind 
line up in one s sights 
line up with 
linger on 
linger over 
link together 
link up 
link up with 
link with 
listen in 
listen in to 
lit up 
litter about 
litter around 
little green men 
little pitchers pigs have long ears 
live above beyond one s income means 
live and let live 
live apart 
live apart from 
live down 
live for 
live happily ever after 
live in 
live in hope 
live in hope of 
live in sin 
live in the past 
live in the present 
live it up 
live off 
live off the country 
live off the fat of the land 
live on 
live on one s own 
live on the fat of the land 
live out 
live out of 
live out of cans 
live out of tins 
live out one s days 
live out one s life 
live over again 
live through 
live to a ripe old age 
live to fight another day 
live to see the day 
live to the ripe old age of 
live together 
live together with 
live under 
live under the same roof 
live under the same roof as 
live up to 
live with 
lived in 
liveetc the life of riley 
liveetc to tell the tale 
liven up 
load down 
load down with 
load up 
load up with 
load with 
loaf about 
loaf around 
lock away 
lock away in 
lock in 
lock in 
lock out 
lock out of 
lock stock and barrel 
lock up 
lock up in 
locketc the stable door after the horse has boltedetc 
lodge against 
lodge in 
lodge with 
log up 
loiter about 
loiter around 
long drawn out 
long for 
long in the tooth 
long live the ingetc 
long live the king 
long time no see 
look after 
look ahead 
look ahead to 
look around 
look asif asthough butter would not melt in one s mouth 
look asif asthough has been dragged through a hedge backwards 
look asif asthough has been stirred with a stick 
look asif asthough has slept in that suit for a week 
look asif asthough one has been dragged through a hedge backwards 
look asif asthough one has seen a ghost 
look asif asthough one has stepped out of a bandbox 
look away 
look back on 
look back upon 
look bad 
look badetc for sb 
look before one leaps 
look beyond 
look black 
look daggers at 
look down 
look down on 
look down one s nose 
look down one s nose at 
look down upon 
look feel the part 
look for 
look for a needle in a haystack 
look for trouble 
look forward to 
look here 
look in on 
look into 
look no hands 
look on 
look on as 
look on with 
look one s its best 
look onto 
look out 
look out for 
look out of 
look out on 
look over 
look round 
look sb s way 
look sharp 
look the other way 
look the part 
look through 
look to 
look to one s laurels 
look towards 
look up 
look up 
look up and down 
look up to 
look upon 
look upon as 
look upon with 
loom ahead 
loom up 
loose talk 
loosen up 
lop off 
lord it over 
lose all trace of 
lose by 
lose contact 
lose contact with 
lose count 
lose count of 
lose face 
lose ground 
lose ground to 
lose heart 
lose in 
lose on 
lose one s grip 
lose one s head 
lose one s hold on over 
lose one s its looks 
lose one s life 
lose one s marbles 
lose one s nerve 
lose one s rag 
lose one s shirt 
lose one s temper 
lose one s temper cool 
lose one s tongue 
lose one s touch 
lose oneself in 
lose out 
lose out to 
lose sight of 
lose the thread of 
lose the use of 
lose touch 
lose touch with 
lose trace of 
lose track of 
lose waste no time in 
lost in 
lost on 
lost without 
loud and long 
loud ly and clear ly 
lounge about 
lounge around 
louse up 
love at first sight 
love is blind 
love me love my dog friends 
love not wisely but too well 
love s young dream 
love sb and leave sb 
lower one s sights 
lucky at cards unlucky in love 
lull to sleep 
lumber with 
lump together 
lunch in 
lunch out 
lunge at 
lure away 
lure away from 
lust after 
mad on 
madetc about 
madetc at with 
make a beeline for 
make a beginning start 
make a bigetc splash 
make a bolt for 
make a break for it 
make a cat laugh 
make a change 
make a clean breast of it 
make a clean breast of the whole thing 
make a dash for 
make a deal 
make a deal with 
make a dent in 
make a difference 
make a difference to 
make a false move 
make a fool of 
make a fool of oneself 
make a fresh start 
make a friend of 
make a fuss 
make a fuss about 
make a fuss over 
make a go of 
make a good death end 
make a goodetc showing 
make a grab 
make a grab at 
make a habit of 
make a hash of 
make a hit 
make a hit with 
make a job of 
make a laughing stock of sb 
make a long arm for 
make a loss 
make a man of 
make a match 
make a meal of it 
make a mental note of 
make a mess of 
make a mockery of 
make a mountain out of a molehill 
make a move 
make a name for oneself 
make a night of it 
make a note 
make a note of 
make a nuisance of oneself 
make a one s fortune 
make a one s living 
make a one s pile 
make a pass 
make a pass at 
make a peace 
make a peace with 
make a play for 
make a point of 
make a practice of 
make a profit 
make a scene 
make a secret of 
make a song and dance 
make a song and dance about 
make a song and dance over 
make a start 
make a start on 
make a success of 
make a virtue of necessity 
make a weekend of it 
make advances 
make advances to 
make after 
make allowances 
make allowances for 
make amends 
make amends for 
make amends to 
make amends to for 
make an appearance 
make an attempt on 
make an attempt on sb s life 
make an effort to 
make an evening of it 
make an example of 
make an exhibition of oneself 
make an honest woman of 
make an impression 
make an impression on 
make an one s appearance 
make answer reply 
make application 
make application to 
make at 
make away 
make away with 
make away with oneself 
make bold to 
make both ends meet 
make both ends meet 
make bricks without straw 
make capital of 
make capital out of 
make cause trouble 
make certain sure 
make clear plain to sb 
make confusion worse confounded 
make create mischief 
make demands of 
make demands on 
make effective use of 
make eyes at 
make for 
make free with 
make friends 
make friends with 
make from 
make fun of 
make good 
make good 
make good one s escape flight 
make good use of 
make goodetc time 
make greatetc strides 
make haste 
make hay of 
make hay while the sun shines 
make head or tail of 
make headway 
make heavy weather of 
make history 
make inroads 
make inroads into 
make into 
make it 
make it fast snappy 
make it up 
make it up to 
make it up with 
make itself felt 
make light of 
make like new 
make look seem like new 
make love to 
make matters things worse 
make mention of 
make merry 
make mincemeat of 
make money 
make much of 
make no bones about 
make no mistake about 
make no odds 
make no secret of the fact that 
make nonsense of 
make nothing of 
make of 
make off 
make off with 
make old bones 
make one s bow 
make one s d but 
make one s farewells 
make one s flesh creep crawl 
make one s fortune pile 
make one s hair stand on end 
make one s mark 
make one s mind up 
make one s name 
make one s peace with 
make one s play for 
make one s point 
make one s presence felt 
make one s voice heard 
make one s way across 
make one s way along 
make one s way back 
make one s way in the world 
make oneself sb looketc a fooletc 
make oneself scarce 
make oneself useful 
make or break etc 
make out 
make out 
make out a case 
make over 
make over to 
make pass water 
make peace 
make peace with 
make play with 
make progress 
make pull a face 
make ripe for 
make room 
make room for 
make sb free of 
make sb one s life a misery 
make sb s day 
make sb s heart bleed 
make sb see red 
make sb sth a laughing stock 
make sb tired 
make sense 
make sense of 
make shift 
make shift with 
make sth fast 
make stick 
make take a stand 
make the best of 
make the best of a bad job 
make the best of both worlds 
make the grade 
make the most of 
make the punishment fit the crime 
make the running 
make the worst of 
make the worst of both worlds 
make this up to 
make tracks 
make tracks for 
make tracks for home 
make up 
make up a four 
make up for 
make up for lost time 
make up from 
make up into 
make up to 
make use of 
make win friends and influence people 
make with 
make work 
makeetc a decision 
makeetc a speech 
man and beast 
man and boy 
man bites dog 
man proposes but god disposes 
man s inhumanity to man 
many a mickle makes a muckle 
many a time 
many are called but few are chosen 
many hands make light work 
many happy returns of the day 
many moons ago 
many s the time 
many s the time 
map out 
march on 
march on 
march past 
mark down 
mark for life 
mark in 
mark mind you 
mark off 
mark out 
mark out for 
mark time 
mark up 
marry above 
marry beneath 
marry in 
marry in haste repent at leisure 
marry in haste repent at leisure 
marry into 
marry money 
marry off 
marry out 
marry out of 
marry up 
marvel at 
mask out 
master in one s own house 
match against 
match up 
match with 
may might i ask 
may might just as well as 
may od forgive me 
may very well 
may very well 
mean business 
mean itetc 
mean well 
meanwhile back at the ranch 
measure one s length 
measure up 
measure up to 
meddle in 
meddle with 
mediate between 
meet one s waterloo 
meet one s end 
meet one s maker 
meet one s match 
meet sb half way 
meet with 
meetetc sth head on 
melt away 
melt down 
melt in sb s mouth 
melt in the mouth 
men may come and men may go but i go on for ever 
mend one s manners 
mess about 
mess about with 
mess together 
mess together with 
mess up 
met up 
met up with 
mete out 
might is makes right 
milk and water 
milk suck sb sth dry 
mill about 
mill around 
mind one s manners 
mind one s own business 
mind out 
mind over matter 
mind watch one s p s and q s 
mind your own business 
miss one s vocation 
miss out 
miss out on 
miss the boat bus 
miss the point of sth 
mist over 
mist up 
mistake for 
mistress in one s own house 
mix one s drinks 
mix up 
mix up with 
mixed company 
mixed up 
mixed up in 
mixed up with 
moan and groan 
money can t buy everything 
money for jam 
money for old rope 
money is n t everything 
money talks 
money well spent 
monkey about 
monkey around 
moon about 
moon around 
moon round 
mop up 
mope about 
mope around 
mope round 
moral support 
more beautiful than ever 
more beautifully than ever 
more by good luck than by good management judgement 
more dead than alive 
more in sorrow than in anger 
more in than meets the eye 
more is the pity 
more means worse 
more often than has had hot dinners 
more often than you have had hot dinners 
more or less 
more power to sb s elbow 
more sinned against than sinning 
more than a bit 
more than anything in the world 
more than can say 
more than can say for 
more than enough 
more than ever 
more than likely 
more than once 
more than welcome 
more to a point 
more to the point 
more trouble than be worth 
more trouble than be worth 
morning noon and night 
motion aside 
motion away 
mount up 
move about 
move along 
move around 
move heaven and earth to 
move house 
move in 
move in on 
move into 
move on 
move out 
move over 
move right down 
move towards 
move up 
mow down 
much good may it do 
much less 
much mistaken 
much of a muchness 
much to one s relief etc 
much water has runetc under the bridge 
muck about 
muck about with 
muck around 
muck in 
muck in with 
muck out 
muck up 
mud sticks 
muddle through 
muddle up 
muddle up with 
mug up 
mull over 
mum s the word 
muscle in 
muscle in on 
muse on 
muse over 
muse upon 
muss up 
must be seen to be believed 
must needs 
mutton dressed as lamb 
my country right or wrong 
my foot 
my god 
my ladybountiful 
nag at 
nail back 
nail down 
nail on 
nail one s colours to the mast 
nail onto 
nail up 
name after 
name no names 
narrow down 
narrow down to 
nature abhors a vacuum 
nature red in tooth and claw 
near and dear 
near close to the bone knuckle 
near miss 
near the bone 
near the knuckle 
near to the bone 
near to the knuckle 
necessity is the mother of invention 
neck and crop 
neck and neck with sb sth 
neck or nothing 
need a firm hand 
need a long spoon to sup eat with the devil 
need require no introduction 
need sth like a hole in the head 
need sth like one needs a hole in the head 
needetc one s head examined etc 
needless to say 
needs must when the devil drives 
negotiate with 
neither fish nor flesh nor good fresh meat 
neither fish nor flesh nor good red herring 
neither hide nor hair of sb sth 
nest in 
nestle down 
nestle up 
nestle up against 
nestle up to 
never a word etc 
never cease to wonder at 
never cease to wonderetc at sth sb 
never clap eyes on 
never come to anything 
never come to much 
never have etc a dull moment 
never in all one s born days 
never lay a finger hand on 
never leave till tomorrow what you can do today 
never let it be said that 
never look back 
never mind 
never mind 
never miss a trick move 
never put off till tomorrow what you can do today 
never say die 
never to be forgotten 
never to be forgotten 
new fresh blood 
news from nowhere 
next door thing to sth 
next to nothing 
nibble at 
nice and quiet quietly 
nice lovely weather for ducks 
nice work if you can get it 
niggle over 
nigh starvation 
nine times out of ten 
nip across 
nip along 
nip and tuck 
nip away 
nip in the bud 
nip off 
no can do 
no chance 
no end of fuss 
no exception 
no fear 
no fewer than 
no fuss 
no good 
no half measures 
no idle jest 
no joke 
no lack of 
no laughing matter 
no less a person than 
no longer 
no man is an island 
no man s land 
no matter that 
no mean small feat 
no more 
no names no packdrill 
no news is good news 
no room to swing a cat 
no sloutch 
no such thing 
no way 
no way of ing 
nobody anybody in his their right mind could would do sth 
nod off 
noise abroad 
nooks and crannies 
nose about 
nose around 
nose out 
not a bit of it 
not a dry eye in the house 
not a little 
not a little bit 
not a living soul 
not a moment too soon 
not a one little bit 
not a patch on 
not a patch on sb sth 
not a sausage 
not a word 
not account for preferences 
not account for tastes 
not altogether 
not always be what one it might be 
not at any price 
not bad 
not be a blind bit of use 
not be all beer and skittles 
not be all that one it might be 
not be as black as be painted 
not be happy about 
not be just a pretty face 
not be on 
not be s doing 
not be s idea of 
not be sure where one s next meal penny is coming from 
not be take all day 
not be the marrying kind 
not be the one to 
not be the only pebble on the beach 
not be the whole etc story 
not be up to 
not bear repeating repetition 
not bear sb any malice 
not bear stand close examination inspection 
not before time 
not believe a word of 
not believe credit the evidence of one s ears eyes 
not bloody likely 
not by a long chalk shot 
not care give a damn 
not come amiss 
not come to anything 
not come to much 
not contain oneself 
not contain oneself for 
not darken sb s door s again 
not demean oneself 
not do a hand s turn 
not do a stroke of work 
not do any harm 
not do anything by halves 
not doubt sb s word 
not dream of 
not dry behind the ears 
not exchange more than a few words 
not exchange more than a half a dozen words not find it in oneself to not find it in one s heart to 
not far removed from sth 
not far to seek 
not fit to wash sb s feet 
not for a one moment instant 
not for all the tea in china 
not for nothing 
not for the first time 
not for the world 
not for want of trying 
not for worlds 
not give sb sth a thought 
not give sb sth house room 
not giveetc sb sth the time of day 
not go any farther further 
not grow get any younger thinner 
not half 
not half bad badly 
not hardly bat an eyelid 
not hardly haveetc the foggiestetc ideaetc 
not hardly sleep a wink 
not hardly suffer fools gladly 
not harm hurt a fly 
not have a care in the world 
not have a cat in hell s chance of doing sth 
not have a chance in hell of doing sth 
not have a dog s chance of doing sth 
not have a ghost of a chance of doing sth 
not have a leg to stand on 
not have enough imagination intelligence sense to come in out of the rain 
not have etc a bean 
not have one penny to rub against another 
not have the heart to do sth 
not have two pennies to rub together 
not haveetc a thing to do 
not haveetc a word of truth in sth 
not hear of 
not hold a candle to 
not hold with 
not if though one lives to be a hundred 
not in the least 
not just for the good of one s health 
not know about 
not know anything about sth but know what one likes 
not know from 
not know if whether one is coming or going 
not know if whether one is on one s head or one s heels 
not know one is born 
not know one s arse from one s elbow 
not know sb from adam 
not know the meaning of the word 
not know to speak to 
not know what is at 
not know what one is missing 
not know what to do with 
not know what to do with oneself 
not know what to do with oneself 
not know where one s next meal penny is coming from 
not know where to look 
not know where to turn 
not know which way to look 
not know which way to turn 
not know which way to turn one s eyes 
not lay a finger hand on 
not let the sun go down up on one s anger wrath 
not lift a finger to help 
not long for this world 
not look a gift horse in the mouth 
not look at 
not look back 
not look good 
not look in the eye face 
not lose any sleep about over 
not matter a damnetc 
not mince matters words 
not mince one s words 
not much 
not much chop 
not much of a sth 
not much of a thing 
not need any telling 
not need to say 
not need to tell sb 
not never for a one single minute moment 
not never in a hundredetc years 
not on your nelly 
not on your sweet life 
not one s place to do sth 
not one s scene 
not one whit etc 
not put it past 
not right in the head 
not say boo to a goose 
not see it that happening 
not see the joke 
not see the wood for the trees 
not seeetc sb sth s like s again 
not sneeze at 
not sniff at 
not so too hot 
not speak ill of the dead 
not the one etc to do sth 
not think of 
not think twice about 
not to be outdone 
not to be outdone 
not to mention 
not to mention sth sb 
not to put too fine a point on it 
not to speak of sth sb 
not to worry 
not to worry 
not tonight josephine 
not trust an inch 
not trust as far as i could kick 
not turn a hair 
not unduly worried etc 
not want any part of sth 
not want for 
not want to know 
not waste words 
not waving but drowning 
not with a bang but a whimper 
not worth a row of beans 
notch up 
note down 
nothing can be farther from one s mind thoughts than sth nothing is farther from one s mind thoughts than 
nothing doing 
nothing in particular 
nothing is sacred 
nothing more or less than 
nothing of the sort 
nothing short of 
nothing succeeds like success 
nothing ventured nothing gained won 
now and again then 
now i come to think of it 
now i have seen everything 
now i ve seen everything 
now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party 
now it can be told 
now it can be told 
now you are talking 
now you see it now you do not 
nowhere near 
null and void 
number off 
nurse a grievance etc 
ob s your uncle 
object to 
oblige by 
oblige with 
obtrude upon 
occur to 
odd jobs 
odds and bobs sods 
odds and ends 
of a an eg morning afternoon evening sunday 
of a kind 
of a sort 
of all eg people places things 
of all shapes and sizes 
of all the nerve 
of all time 
of course not 
of every shape and size 
of late 
of little avail 
of necessity 
of no avail 
of note 
of old 
of s choice 
of s own accord 
of s own free will 
of standing 
of standing eg good no particular 
of that ilk 
of the first magnitude 
of the old school 
of the order of eg degrees 
of the same stripe 
of yore 
off and on 
off one s own bat 
off s own back 
off s own bat 
off the cuff 
off the record 
offend against 
offer up 
officiate at 
ogle at 
oil and water do not mix 
old age comes to us all 
old before one s time 
old boy etc 
old enough to be one s father 
old hat 
old soldiers never die they only fade away 
old stuff 
old uncletomcobbleigh and all 
old unhappy far off things 
olde worlde 
oldetc beyond one s years 
colonel limp 
homer sometimes nods 
omit from 
on a footing 
on a full stomach 
on a scale 
on a shoestring 
on account of 
on all fours 
on all sides 
on an empty stomach 
on an even keel 
on an impulse 
on an note 
on an the average 
on approval 
on average 
on balance 
on business 
on condition that 
on counts eg both two all 
on credit 
on different lines 
on either hand 
on every hand 
on every side 
on familiar lines 
on foot 
on form 
on grounds eg moral health religious compassionate 
on grounds of 
on impulse 
on no account 
on occasion 
on one s bended knees 
on one s death bed 
on pain of eg being dumped 
on pain of eg death 
on paper 
on present form 
on principle 
on purpose 
on recent form 
on reflection 
on s behalf 
on s hands and knees 
on s head be it 
on s merits 
on s own 
on s own account 
on s own admission 
on s own terms 
on s part 
on s tod 
on sight 
on similar lines 
on spec 
on suspension 
on the basis of 
on the chance of 
on the cheap 
on the condition that 
on the contrary 
on the dot 
on the dot of eg noon 
on the face of it 
on the following lines 
on the front eg home wages city 
on the ground of 
on the ground s that 
on the grounds of 
on the hour 
on the lines of 
on the off chance 
on the one hand 
on the other hand 
on the principle of 
on the quiet 
on the same right lines 
on the side 
on the sly 
on the spot 
on the spur of the moment 
on the strength of 
on the surface 
on the understanding that 
on the whole 
on these lines 
on these terms 
on tick 
on time 
on top of 
on under false pretences 
once a gentleman always a gentleman 
once again more 
once and for all 
once bitten twice shy 
once in a blue moon 
once in a lifetime 
once in a while way 
once seenetc never not forgotten 
once too often 
once upon a time 
one after another 
one and all 
one and only 
one big happy family 
one day 
one eyed man 
one for the road 
one good turn deserves another 
one hell of a row 
one lives and learns 
one man s loss is another s gain 
one man s meatetc is another man s poisonetc 
one may might as well be hanged hung for a sheep as a lamb 
one may well ask 
one s allotted span 
one s beauty sleep 
one s bedside manner 
one s besetting sin 
one s best bib and tucker 
one s best friend 
one s better half 
one s birthday suit 
one s blood be up 
one s blood boils 
one s blood runs cold 
one s brother s keeper 
one s callow youth 
one s chances are slim 
one s achilles heel 
one s conscience pricks one 
one s crowning glory 
one s cup is full 
one s daily bread 
one s daily dozen 
one s dancing days are done 
one s day off 
one s death agony throes 
one s declining years 
one s disappearing act 
one s ears eyes deceive one 
one s ears eyes do not deceive one 
one s eyes stand out of one s head 
one s face cloud over 
one s face falls 
one s faithful hound 
one s feet are killing one 
one s finer feelings 
one s finest hour 
one s first impression 
one s good deed for the day 
one s gorge rises 
one s guardian angel 
one s hand be up 
one s head rules governs one s heart 
one s head swells 
one s heart and soul 
one s heart bleeds for 
one s heart missesetc a beat 
one s heart sinks 
one s its lastetc state is worse than the first 
one s jaw drops 
one s kith and kin 
one s knees knock together 
one s last pennyetc 
one s last state be worse than its first 
one s last will and testament 
one s left hand does not know what one s right hand is doing 
one s life and times 
one s likes and dislikes 
one s lips are sealed 
one s luck be in 
one s luck holds 
one s mother s apron strings 
one s mouth waters 
one s name is mud 
one s native heath 
one s nearest and dearest 
one s old man etc 
one s opposite number 
one s own flesh and blood 
one s own line of country 
one s own man woman 
one s own master mistress 
one s own peace of mind 
one s own worst enemy 
one s pet aversion hate 
one s private life 
one s ruling passion 
one s salad days 
one s sin s will find one out 
one s slip is showing 
one s spirits rise 
one s spirits sink 
one s spiritual home 
one s springs of action 
one s stock in trade 
one s stocks be high 
one s strong suit 
one s sunday best etc 
one s the mind goes blank 
one s the springs of action 
one s time is one s own 
one s train of thought 
one s vital statistics 
one s voice breaks 
one s walk of life 
one s withers are unwrung 
one sb s better nature 
one sb s ears burn 
one sb s entrances and exits 
one sb s every move 
one sb s eyes are bigger than one s his belly stomach 
one sb s good lady 
one sb s stamping ground 
one sb s stock is high low 
one sb s strong suit 
one swallow does not make a summer 
one thing and another 
one thing and another 
one way and the other 
one way or the other 
one with sb sth 
only connect 
only connect 
only fair etc 
only once removed from 
only the other day 
only the tip of the iceberg 
only to find 
only too clearly 
only too glad 
only too well 
ooh and ahh 
ooze out 
ooze out of 
open fire 
open fire on 
open one s big mouth 
open onto 
open out 
open out 
open pandora s box 
open season for sth 
open the ball 
open the floodgates of sth 
open to question 
open to sb 
open up 
open up 
operate on 
opposed to 
opt for 
opt in favour of 
opt out 
opt out of 
or else 
or i am a dutchman 
or so 
or so it seems 
or something 
or the nearest offer 
or whatever 
ordeal by fire water 
order about 
order around 
order off 
order off the field 
order out 
order out of 
order up 
other things being equal 
other times etc other manners etc 
our furred four footed and feathered friends 
our man in paris etc 
oust from 
out herod herod 
out loud 
out of hand 
out of hours 
out of sight out of mind 
out of the corner of one s eye 
out of the corner of s eye 
out of the mouth s of babes and sucklings 
outstay one s welcome 
over again 
over and above 
over and over 
over and over again 
over here 
over here there 
over my dead body 
over s dead body 
over s head 
over there 
over to you 
overshoot the mark 
overstep the mark 
owe it to 
owe sb a debt of gratitude 
owe to 
own up to 
pace off 
pace out 
pace up and down 
pack a punch 
pack away 
pack down 
pack in 
pack it in 
pack it up 
pack off 
pack off to 
pack one s bags 
pack out 
pack sb like sardines 
pack the house 
pack up 
pad out 
paddle one s own canoe 
paint a gloomy etc picture of sth 
paint in 
paint on 
paint onto 
paint out 
paint the town red 
pair off 
pair off with 
pal up 
pal up with 
pale at 
pall on 
pall upon 
palm off 
palm off on 
palm off with 
pan off 
pan out 
pander to 
panic stations 
pant for 
pant out 
paper over 
par excellence 
parcel out 
parcel up 
pardon for 
pare down 
pare off 
parity of esteem 
parley with 
part and parcel of sth 
part company 
part company with 
part from 
part of the furniture furnishings 
part with 
partake of 
participate in 
partition off 
partner off 
partner off with 
pass all understanding 
pass along 
pass an opinion 
pass an opinion on 
pass away 
pass between 
pass by 
pass by on the other side 
pass by the name of 
pass down 
pass for 
pass forward 
pass in review 
pass into 
pass muster 
pass off 
pass off as 
pass on 
pass on 
pass on to 
pass one s eye over 
pass out 
pass over 
pass sb s comprehension etc 
pass sentence 
pass sentence on 
pass the ball forward 
pass the buck 
pass the hat round 
pass the time 
pass the time of day with sb 
pass through 
pass under the name of 
pass up 
paste up 
pat down 
patch up 
patience is a virtue 
patriotism is not enough 
patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel 
patter about 
patter around 
patter round 
pave with 
paw about 
paw around 
pay a dividend 
pay a the price for sth 
pay attention to 
pay back 
pay back for 
pay back to 
pay court to 
pay for 
pay heed to 
pay in 
pay into 
pay lip service to 
pay off 
pay one s its way 
pay out 
pay out for 
pay sb a compliment 
pay the penalty 
pay tribute to 
pay up 
peace and good will 
peace and plenty 
peace and quiet 
peace in our time 
peace with honour 
peal out 
peck at 
peek at 
peel off 
peep at 
peep out 
peer at 
peg away 
peg away at 
peg down 
peg down at 
peg down to 
peg out 
peg out 
peg out a claim 
pelt with 
pen in 
pennies from heaven 
penny dreadful 
penny plain or tuppence coloured 
penny plain or twopence tuppence coloured 
penny wise and pound foolish 
penny wise pound foolish 
pension off 
people who live in glass houses should n t throw stones 
people with 
pep up 
pepper with 
perch on 
perfidious albion 
perish the thought that 
perk up 
permit of 
persist in 
persuade of 
pertain to 
pester the life out of 
peter out 
petition for 
phase out 
phone in 
physician heal thyself 
pick and choose 
pick and shovel 
pick at 
pick holes in 
pick off 
pick on 
pick one s nose etc 
pick oneself up 
pick out 
pick over 
pick sb s brain s 
pick sb s pocket 
pick up 
pick up speed 
pick up the threads 
pick up with 
pick with 
picture to oneself 
pie in the sky 
piece out 
piece together 
pig in the middle 
pigs may might fly 
pile in 
pile into 
pile it on 
pile on 
pile on runs 
pile on the agony 
pile onto 
pile out 
pile out of 
pile the pressure on 
pile up 
pile with 
pilot through 
pin against 
pin down 
pin money 
pin one s faith on to 
pin up 
pine away 
pine for 
pipe down 
pipe up 
piping hot 
piss about 
piss around 
piss off 
pit against 
pitch and toss 
pitch in 
pitch in with 
pitch into 
pitch up 
place a construction on 
place a finger to one s lips 
place a match to 
place a premium on 
place a strain on 
place a strain upon 
place above 
place at a premium 
place before 
place in inverted commas 
place in jeopardy 
place on one side 
place one s cards on the table 
place one s finger to one s lips 
place one s trust in 
place pressure on 
place pressure upon 
place sb in an awkward position 
plague with 
plain clothes 
plain living and high thinking 
plain speaking 
plan ahead 
plane away 
plane down 
plane off 
plash about 
plash about in 
plaster one s hair down 
plaster over 
plaster up 
play a lone hand 
play a one s trump card 
play a one s winning card 
play a part in 
play a role in 
play about 
play about with 
play all one s cards 
play along 
play along with 
play around 
play around with 
play at 
play back 
play box and cox 
play catch as catch can 
play down 
play fair with sb 
play for time 
play forward 
play hard to get 
play hell with 
play into sb s hands 
play it by the book 
play it cool 
play it straight 
play it things right 
play it things safe 
play off 
play off against 
play on 
play one s cards well etc 
play one s last card 
play oneself in 
play onto 
play out 
play out time 
play possum 
play sb s game 
play sb sth false 
play second fiddle 
play second fiddle to sb 
play straight with sb 
play the devil with 
play the new year in 
play the game 
play the old year out 
play the same game 
play truant hook e y 
play up 
play up to 
play upon 
play with 
play with fire 
plead for 
plead guilty to sth 
plead with 
plead with for 
please god 
plenty to be getting going on with 
plight one s troth 
plod away 
plod away at 
plonk down 
plough a lone lonely furrow 
plough back 
plough back into 
plough in 
plough through 
plough up 
pluck out 
pluck out of 
pluck up courage 
plug away 
plug away at 
plug in 
plug up 
plump down 
plump for 
plump up 
plunge in 
plunge into 
ply a one s trade 
ply between 
ply with 
poacher turned gamekeeper 
poets are born not made possession is nine partsetc of the law 
point out 
point to 
point up 
poke about 
poke around 
poke fun at 
poke one s nose in into 
poke up 
polesetc apart 
polish off 
polish up 
pomp and circumstance 
ponder on 
ponder over 
poor little rich girl 
poor old sb sth 
poor relations 
pop across 
pop along 
pop around 
pop away 
pop down 
pop in 
pop off 
pop out 
pop out of 
pop over 
pop round 
pop the question 
pop up 
pore over 
portion out 
positive thinking 
post away 
post to 
postpone the evil hour day 
potter about 
potter around 
pounce on 
pounce upon 
pound at 
pound away 
pound away at 
pound on 
pound the beat 
pour across 
pour along 
pour away 
pour down 
pour forth 
pour in 
pour into 
pour off 
pour on 
pour out 
pour with 
practice makes perfect 
practise what one preaches 
praise be to god 
praise the lord and pass the ammunition 
prance about 
prance around 
pray for 
pray to god 
pray to god for 
preach at 
precious few little 
preclude from 
predispose to 
predispose towards 
preface with 
prepare for 
present company excepted 
present to 
present with 
preside over 
press across 
press ahead 
press ahead with 
press along 
press away 
press for 
press forward 
press forward with 
press home 
press home an advantage 
press home one s advantage 
press on 
press on with 
press out 
press out of 
press push the point 
press upon 
presume on 
presume upon 
pretend to 
pretty up 
pretty well etc 
prevail on 
prevail upon 
prevention is better than cure 
prey on 
prey upon 
price out of the market 
prick one s ears up 
prick out 
prick the bubble of sth 
pride goes before a fall 
pride oneself on 
pride oneself upon 
prink up 
print off 
print out 
prise off 
prise out 
prise out of 
proceed against 
proceed from 
proceed to 
procrastination is the thief of time 
profit by 
profit from 
prohibit from 
prolong the agony 
promise sb the earth moon 
prone to sth 
pronounce on 
pronounce upon 
prop up 
prospect for 
protect against 
protect from 
protest against 
protest too much 
proud of sth sb 
prove one s the case point 
provide for 
provoke into 
prowl about 
prowl around 
prunes and prism s 
pry into 
pseud s corner 
public property 
publish and be damned 
pucker up 
puff across 
puff along 
puff and blow 
puff at 
puff away 
puff on 
puff one s chest out 
puff out 
puff up 
pull about 
pull ahead 
pull ahead of 
pull alongside 
pull apart 
pull around 
pull aside 
pull at 
pull away 
pull away from 
pull back 
pull down 
pull in 
pull into 
pull off 
pull on 
pull one s finger out 
pull one s punches 
pull one s socks up 
pull one s weight 
pull oneself together 
pull oneself up by one s own bootlaces bootstraps 
pull out 
pull out all the stops 
pull out of 
pull over 
pull rank on sb 
pull round 
pull sb s leg 
pull the strings wires 
pull the wool over sb s eyes 
pull through 
pull to pieces 
pull together 
pull under 
pull up 
pump in 
pump into 
pump out 
pump out of 
pump up 
punch down 
punch in 
punch out 
punch out of 
punch up 
pure plain and simple 
purge of 
purse one s lips 
purse up 
push about 
push ahead 
push ahead with 
push along 
push and shove 
push around 
push aside 
push back 
push by 
push forward 
push forward with 
push home 
push off 
push on 
push on with 
push over 
push past 
push press one s luck 
push the boat out 
push through 
push up 
push up daisies 
pushing forty etc 
put a bold face on 
put a brake on 
put a brave face on 
put a call through 
put a call through to 
put a construction on 
put a finger to one s lips 
put a good face on 
put a good word in 
put a match to 
put a name to 
put a premium on 
put a sock in it 
put a sock in it 
put a spoke in sb s wheel 
put a stop to 
put a strain on 
put a strain upon 
put a word in 
put about 
put above 
put across 
put all one s eggs in one basket 
put an end to 
put aside 
put at 
put at a premium 
put at his ease 
put away 
put back 
put before 
put behind bars 
put behind one 
put by 
put down 
put down as 
put down for 
put down roots 
put down to 
put first 
put first things first 
put forth 
put forward 
put ideas into sb s head 
put in 
put in 
put in a nutshell 
put in an appearance 
put in an awkward position 
put in for 
put in for 
put in inverted commas 
put in jeopardy 
put in mind of 
put in one s appearance 
put in order 
put in the picture 
put in the shade 
put in the wrong 
put in their place 
put in touch 
put in touch with 
put inside 
put into 
put into effect 
put into force 
put into power 
put into words 
put itetc differentlyetc 
put off 
put off 
put off his stride stroke 
put off the evil hour day 
put off the scent 
put off the track 
put off the trail 
put on 
put on feet 
put on ice 
put on one side 
put on the map 
put on their guard 
put on their honour 
put on to 
put one foot before the other 
put one foot in front of the other 
put one s best foot forward 
put one s cards on the table 
put one s feet up 
put one s finger on 
put one s finger to one s lips 
put one s foot down 
put one s foot in it 
put one s hand up 
put one s heart and soul into 
put one s mind to 
put one s money on 
put one s own house in order 
put one s shirt on 
put one s thinking cap on 
put one s trust in 
put oneself in sb s place shoes 
put out 
put out feelers 
put out of action 
put out of business 
put out to 
put over 
put over on 
put over to 
put paid to 
put pen to paper 
put pressure on 
put pressure upon 
put right straight 
put right straight aboutetc sth 
put s heads together 
put sb s back up 
put sb s nose out of joint 
put that in one s pipe and smoke it 
put the blame on 
put the brake on 
put the cart before the horse 
put the cat among the canaries 
put the cat among the pigeons 
put the clock back 
put the fear of death in 
put the fear of death into 
put the fear of death up 
put the fear of god in 
put the fear of god into 
put the fear of god up 
put the final touches to 
put the finger on 
put the finishing touches to 
put the idea thought into sb s head 
put the lid on it 
put the lid on things 
put the tin lid on it 
put the tin lid on things 
put the wind up 
put through 
put through 
put through the mill 
put through to 
put to 
put to bed 
put to death 
put to effective use 
put to flight 
put to good use 
put to rights 
put to rout 
put to shame 
put to sleep 
put to the test 
put together 
put towards 
put two and two together 
put up 
put up for 
put up for auction 
put up for sale 
put up to 
put up with 
put words into sb s mouth 
put years on 
puzzle out 
puzzle over 
quail at 
qualify as 
qualify for 
quarrel with 
quarrel with about 
quarrel with over 
queen anne is dead 
queen it over 
query with 
quest for 
queue up 
queue up for 
quibble about 
quibble over 
quick slow in on the uptake 
quicken up 
quiet en down 
quite so 
quiver with 
quote from 
race around 
race round 
race up 
race up into 
race up to 
rack one s brains memory 
radiate from 
rage against 
rage at 
rage through 
rags and tatters 
rail against 
rail at 
rail in 
rail off 
rail off from 
railroad into 
railroad through 
rain down 
rain down on 
rain down upon 
rain pour cats and dogs 
rain upon 
raise a dust 
raise a glass to 
raise a laugh smile 
raise a question 
raise an objection 
raise an objection to 
raise cain 
raise from the dead 
raise merry hell 
raise one s glass to 
raise one s hat to 
raise one s sights 
raise one s voice against 
raise one sb s eyebrows 
raise one sb s spirits 
raise rear its ugly head 
raise s hopes 
raise sb s hackles 
raise the money etc 
raise the question etc of sth 
raise the roof 
raise to the peerage 
raise to the surface 
raise with 
rake about 
rake about for 
rake around 
rake around for 
rake in 
rake muck 
rake over old ashes 
rake round 
rake round for 
rake through 
rake up 
rally round 
rally to the support of 
ram down 
ram down sb s throat 
ram home 
ram into 
ramble on 
range against 
range from to 
range in 
range in on 
range over 
rank among 
rank as 
rank with 
rant and rave roar 
rap at 
rap on 
rap on the knuckles 
rap out 
rap over the knuckles 
raring rearing to go etc 
rat on 
rate among 
rate as 
rate at 
rate with 
ration out 
rats desertetc a sinking ship 
ratsetc and snails and puppy dogs tails 
rattle away 
rattle away at 
rattle away on 
rattle off 
rattle on 
rave about 
rave against 
rave at 
rave over 
raze to the ground 
reach down 
reach for 
reach out 
reach out for 
reach out to 
reach the top of sth 
reach to 
reachetc rock bottom 
react against 
react on 
react to 
react upon 
read about 
read around the subject 
read around the topic 
read back 
read between the lines 
read for 
read from 
read into 
read like a book 
read off 
read oneself to sleep 
read out 
read over 
read round the class 
read round the room 
read round the subject 
read round the topic 
read sb s mind thoughts 
read the riot act 
read through 
read up 
read up on 
ready for anything 
realize from 
realize on 
really and truly 
reap from 
reap the benefit s of sth 
reap what where one has not sown 
rear up 
reason into 
reason out 
reason out of 
reason with 
rebel against 
rebound from 
rebound upon 
recall from 
recall to 
recall to mind 
recede from 
receive back into the fold 
receive from 
receive into 
received opinion s etc 
reckon among 
reckon as 
reckon in 
reckon on 
reckon up 
reckon upon 
reckon with 
reckon without 
reclaim from 
recognize as 
recoil from 
recoil on 
recoil upon 
recommend to 
recompense for 
reconcile to 
reconcile with 
reconcile with 
record from 
record on 
record onto 
recover from 
recruit from 
recruit into 
recur to 
redeem from 
redound to 
reds under the bed 
reduce from 
reduce to 
reduce to from 
reduce to order 
reduce to silence 
reduce to tears 
reduce to the rank of 
reduce to the ranks 
reef in 
reek of 
reel back 
reel in 
reel off 
refer back 
refer back to 
refer to 
refer to 
reflect credit on 
reflect credit upon 
reflect on 
reflect upon 
refrain from 
refund to 
regain from 
regale with 
regard as 
regard with 
regardless of sth sb 
register with 
reign over 
reign supreme 
reimburse for 
rein in 
reissue to 
reissue with 
rejoice at 
rejoice in 
rejoice over 
relapse into 
relate to 
relate to 
relate with 
related to 
relax one s grip hold 
relax one s grip hold on 
relay to 
release from 
relegate to 
relieve of 
relieve one sb s feelings 
relieve the monotony 
rely on 
rely upon 
remain behind 
remand in custody 
remark upon 
remember in one s will 
remember to 
remember to 
remind of 
remit to 
remonstrate with 
remove from 
rend to 
render down 
render into 
render sb a service 
render to 
render up to 
repay by 
repay for 
repay with 
repel from 
repent of 
replace by 
replace with 
reply to 
report for duty 
report for work 
report on 
report to 
report to 
report upon 
repose in 
represent as 
reproach for 
reproach with 
reprove for 
repulse from 
request from 
require from 
require of 
requisition for 
requisition from 
rescue from 
research into 
reserve for 
reside in 
resign from 
resign oneself to 
resolve into 
resolve on 
resolve upon 
resort to 
resound in 
resound through 
resound with 
respect for 
respond to 
rest assured 
rest on one s laurels 
rest upon 
rest with 
restore in 
restore to 
restrain from 
restrict to 
result from 
result in 
retail at 
retail to 
retail to at 
retain on 
retain over 
retain upon 
retaliate against 
retire from 
retire from to 
retire to bed 
retreat from 
retrieve from 
return to 
return to 
rev up 
reveal to 
revel in 
revenge is sweet 
revenge oneself on 
revert to 
revolt against 
revolt from 
revolve about 
revolve around 
reward for 
rhyme with 
rich and poor 
rich or poor 
rid of 
riddle with 
riddled with 
ride a tiger 
ride down 
ride for a fall 
ride high 
ride out 
ride the crest of the wave 
ride to hounds 
rideetc a one s high horse 
rideetc a one s hobby horse 
rig out 
rig up 
right and proper 
right and wrong 
right from the start etc 
right now 
right off the reel 
right or proper 
right or wrong 
right royal 
right straight away 
right then 
right true enough 
right you are 
righteous anger indignation 
ring a bell 
ring about 
ring around 
ring around 
ring back 
ring for 
ring in 
ring in the new and ring out the old 
ring in the new year 
ring in the new year and ring out the old year 
ring off 
ring out 
ring out the old year 
ring round 
ring round 
ring the changes 
ring the changes on 
ring the curtain down 
ring the curtain up 
ring true 
ring up 
ring with 
rinse out 
rinse out of 
rip across 
rip apart 
rip away 
rip away from 
rip down 
rip in half 
rip in two 
rip into 
rip off 
rip out 
rip out of 
rip to 
rip up 
rise above 
rise and fall 
rise and fall 
rise arise and shine 
rise from the ashes 
rise from the dead 
rise from the grave 
rise from the ranks 
rise in the world 
rise to a bait 
rise to one s feet 
rise to the bait 
rise to the challenge 
rise to the occasion 
rise to the surface 
rising twentyetc 
risk one s neck 
rivet on 
rivet to the ground 
rivet to the spot 
roam about 
roam around 
roar at 
rob of 
robinhood and his merry men 
rock n roll 
rock to sleep 
roll about 
roll away 
roll back 
roll by 
roll in 
roll off 
roll on 
roll one s eyes at 
roll one s sleeves up 
roll out 
roll over 
roll up 
rome was not built in a day 
romp home 
romp through 
roof over 
room to spare for 
root and branch 
root for 
root out 
root to the ground 
root to the spot 
root up 
rope in 
rope into 
rope off 
rope up 
rose coloured rose tinted spectacles etc 
rot away 
rot off 
rough and ready 
rough down 
rough in 
rough it 
rough justice 
rough out 
rough up 
round every corner 
round off 
round off with 
round on 
round out 
round out 
round out of 
round the clock 
round the fire 
round the next corner 
round up 
round upon 
rub along 
rub along together 
rub away 
rub down 
rub in 
rub into 
rub off 
rub off on to 
rub off onto 
rub out 
rub sb s nose in it 
rub shoulders 
rub shoulders with 
rub up 
rub up the right way 
rub up the wrong way 
rude health 
rue the day that 
ruffle one sb s feathers 
ruffle up 
rule against 
rule off 
rule out 
rule over 
rule the roost 
rule with a rod of iron 
rules and regulations 
rumour about 
rumour abroad 
run a comb through s hair 
run a mile 
run a mile from 
run a mile from sb sth 
run a risk of sth 
run about 
run across 
run after 
run aground 
run aground on 
run along 
run amok 
run an eye over 
run around 
run at 
run away 
run away from 
run away with 
run away with the idea 
run away with the notion 
run back 
run back over 
run behind 
run counter to 
run down 
run down to 
run for 
run for dear life 
run for it 
run for one s life 
run in 
run in the family 
run into 
run into the ground 
run its course 
run of the mill 
run off 
run off s feet 
run off the rails 
run off with 
run on 
run one s eye over 
run one s fingers hand through one s hair 
run one s head against into a brick wall 
run out 
run out at 
run out of 
run out of steam 
run out on 
run over 
run over 
run over with 
run rings around 
run rings round 
run riot 
run sb sth close 
run short of sth 
run that by me again 
run that by me again 
run the gamut from sth 
run the gamut of sth 
run the gauntlet of sb sth 
run through 
run through 
run through with 
run to 
run to earth 
run to fat 
run to ground 
run to seed 
run together 
run true to form 
run up 
run up against 
run wild 
run with the hare and hunt with the hounds 
running repairs 
rush into 
rush into print 
rush one s fences 
rush through 
rush through 
rush to conclusions 
rush to hospital 
rustle up 
s bark is worse than s bite 
s better half 
s better half 
s blue eyed boy 
s bottom drawer 
s bounden duty 
s brain child 
s cup of tea 
s head rolls 
s memory is green 
s pride and joy 
s right arm 
s righthand man 
s word is as good as s bond 
sackcloth and ashes 
saddle up 
saddle with 
safe and sound 
safe and sure 
safe bind safe find 
safety first 
safety in numbers 
sail in 
sail into 
sally forth 
sally out 
salt away 
salvage from 
same here 
sand down 
saturate with 
save face 
save from 
save one s breath to cool one s porridge 
save one s own bacon 
save one sb s soul 
save sb one s lifeetc 
save sb s bacon 
save the day 
save the situation 
save up for 
savour of 
saw down 
saw into 
saw off 
saw up 
say a mouthful 
say about 
say aye 
say be one s last word 
say cheese 
say one s piece 
say the right wrong thing 
says sez you 
sb can could do the other thing 
sb never said a truer word 
sb s good name 
sb s keeper 
sb s word is law 
scale down 
scale up 
scar over 
scare away 
scare off 
scare out of s wits 
scareetc sb stiff 
scatter about 
scatter around 
scatter round 
scheme for 
school in 
scissors and paste 
scoop out 
scoop the pool 
scoop up 
score a bull s eye 
score for 
score off 
score out 
scorn delights and live laborious days 
scour off 
scour out 
scout about 
scout about for 
scout around 
scout around for 
scrabble about 
scrabble about for 
scramble for 
scrape along 
scrape along on 
scrape by 
scrape by on 
scrape in 
scrape into 
scrape off 
scrape out 
scrape the bottom of the barrel 
scrape through 
scrape together 
scrape up 
scrape up an acquaintance 
scrape up an acquaintance with 
scratch a living 
scratch about 
scratch about for 
scratch and you find 
scratch from 
scratch one s head 
scratch out 
scratch sb s eyes out 
scratch the surface of sth 
screametc blue murder 
screen from 
screen off 
screw down 
screw on 
screw onto 
screw out of 
screw up 
screw up one s courage 
scrub it that 
scrub off 
scrub out 
scrub round 
scuffle with 
scurry for 
seal off 
seal sb s fate 
seal up 
search for 
search me 
search one s heart soul 
search out 
search through 
secede from 
second nature 
second to 
second to none 
secure against 
seduce from 
see about 
see across 
see an end of 
see an end to 
see beyond 
see beyond the end of one s nose 
see both sides of the questionetc 
see day light 
see eye to eye 
see eye to eye about 
see eye to eye on 
see eye to eye with 
see eye to eye with about 
see eye to eye with on 
see in a light 
see life 
see life steadily and see it whole 
see life whole 
see of 
see off 
see one s way clear to do sth 
see ourselves as others see us 
see out 
see out of 
see over 
see pictures in the fire 
see pink elephants 
see reason 
see round 
see sb all right 
see sb hung before doing sth 
see sb hung first 
see sb in hell before doing sth 
see sb in hell first 
see sense 
see service 
see something nasty in the woodshed 
see stars 
see the colour of sb s money 
see the funny side of sth 
see the light 
see the sights 
see the world 
see them come and see them go 
see think fit to do sth 
see through 
see to 
see to it 
see to it that 
seeetc how the land lies 
seeetc how the other half lives 
seeetc which way the cat jumps 
seeetc which way the wind is blowing 
seeing is believing 
seek for 
seek out 
seethe with 
seize on 
seize up 
seize upon 
seize with both hands 
sell at 
sell down the river 
sell for 
sell like hot cakes 
sell off 
sell out 
sell out of 
sell out to 
sell sb a pup 
sell sth sb short 
sell the pass 
sell up 
send a boy on a man s errand 
send a boy to do a man s work 
send about their business 
send across 
send across to 
send after 
send ahead 
send ahead of 
send away 
send back 
send down 
send in 
send off 
send off for 
send off the field 
send on 
send out 
send out for 
send out of 
send sb crazy 
send sb packing 
send to bed 
send to sleep 
send to their death 
send up the wall 
sendetc word 
sentence to 
separate off 
separate off from 
serve as 
serve god and mammon 
serve on 
serve one s its turn 
serve sb right 
serve sb s turn 
serve under 
serve up 
serve with 
set a thief to catch a thief 
set about 
set against 
set apart 
set apart from 
set aside 
set aside for 
set back 
set down 
set eyes on 
set fair 
set fire to 
set foot in 
set forth 
set in 
set in motion 
set light to 
set off 
set off 
set off against 
set off on 
set on 
set on fire 
set on his its feet 
set one s cap at 
set one s heart on 
set one s mind to 
set one s own house in order 
set one s sights on 
set one sb s sights high 
set out 
set out 
set out on 
set put the record straight 
set sail for 
set sb a goodetc example 
set sb s mind at ease rest 
set sb s teeth on edge 
set start the ball rolling 
set store by 
set store on 
set the pace 
set the seal on 
set the stage for 
set the teeth on edge 
set the thames on fire 
set the tone for sth 
set the tone of sth 
set the world to rights 
set to 
set to 
set to work 
set up 
set up as 
set up house 
set up house together 
set up in 
set up shop 
settle back 
settle down 
settle down in 
settle for 
settle in 
settle into 
settle on 
settle up 
settle up with 
settle with 
sew down 
sew on 
sew onto 
sew up 
shack up 
shack up together 
shack up together with 
shackle with 
shade into 
shade off into 
shake a leg 
shake by the hand 
shake down 
shake off 
shake one s head 
shake one sb rigid 
shake out 
shake out of 
shake the dust off one s feet shoes 
shake up 
shakeetc like a jelly leaf 
shall be etc nameless 
shame into 
shank s pony mare 
shape up 
share and share alike 
share out 
share out among 
share with 
sharp practice 
sharpen one sb s brain wits 
shave off 
she ll be right 
shed light on 
shed tears over 
shed weep crocodile tears 
sheer away 
sheer away from 
sheet down 
shell out 
shelter from 
shelve down 
shelve down to 
shield from 
shift for oneself 
shift the blame onto 
shift the responsibility onto 
shin up 
shine like a good deed in a naughty world 
shine out 
ship off 
ship out 
shiver my me timbers 
shoot a glance at 
shoot a line 
shoot down 
shoot first and ask questions afterwards later 
shoot in 
shoot it out 
shoot one s bolt 
shoot one s mouth off 
shoot out 
shoot out of 
shoot up 
shop around 
shore up 
shorn of 
short and sweet 
short and to the point 
short back and sides 
short for sth 
short of sth 
shot up 
shoulder a burden of sth 
shoulder aside 
shout down 
shout out 
shove down sb s throat 
shove off 
show a leg 
show around 
show in 
show into 
show off 
show one s hand 
show one s paces 
show one s teeth 
show out 
show out of 
show over 
show promise 
show prove one s mettle 
show round 
show sb a clean pair of heels 
show sb who s boss 
show signs of sth 
show signs that 
show the flag 
show through 
show up 
show up as 
show up for 
show willing 
shower upon 
shrink back 
shrink back from 
shrink heads 
shrink up 
shrivel up 
shrug off 
shrug one s shoulders 
shudder to think 
shuffle off 
shuffle off onto 
shut away 
shut away in 
shut down 
shut in 
shut off 
shut one s eyes to 
shut one s mouthetc 
shut out 
shut out of 
shut up 
shut up in 
shy away 
shy away from 
sick and tired of sb sth 
sick at heart 
sick of the sight sound of sb sth 
sick to death of sb sth 
sick up 
sicken of 
side by side with sb sth 
side with 
sidle up 
sidle up to 
sign away 
sign in 
sign into 
sign off 
sign on 
sign on the dotted line 
sign out 
sign out of 
sign over 
sign sb s death warrant 
sign take the pledge 
sign up 
signed and sealed and delivered 
silence reigns 
silt up 
simmer down 
sin against 
sing a different song tune 
sing sb sth s praises 
sing to sleep 
sing up 
single blessedness 
single out 
sink in 
sink into 
sink into to one s boots 
sink like a stone 
sink one s differences 
sink or swim 
sinking sand s 
siphon off 
siphon off from into 
sit about 
sit around 
sit at the feet of 
sit back 
sit be bolt upright 
sit down under 
sit for 
sit in 
sit in judgement 
sit in judgement on 
sit in judgement over 
sit on 
sit on the fence 
sit out 
sit through 
sit tight and wait 
sit up 
sit up and take notice 
six of the best 
size up 
skate on thin ice 
skate over 
sketch out 
skim off 
skim through 
skin and bone 
skip off 
skirt around 
skirt round 
skittle out 
slacken off 
slam down 
slam the brakes on 
slam the door in sb s face 
slam to 
slap down 
slap on 
slap onto 
slave away 
sleep around 
sleep in 
sleep like a log top 
sleep off 
sleep on it 
sleep rough 
sleep tight 
sleep together 
sleep together with 
sleight of hand 
slew around 
slew round 
slice into 
slice off 
slice up 
slick down 
slide over 
sling one s hook 
slip away 
slip down 
slip in 
slip into 
slip on 
slip out 
slip out of 
slip over 
slip past 
slip sb one s memory mind 
slip through 
slip up 
slit up 
slobber over 
slog away 
slog away at 
slog it out 
slop about 
slop around 
slop out 
slop over 
slope down 
slope down to 
slope off 
slosh on 
slouch about 
slouch around 
slough off 
slow but sure 
slow down 
slow up 
slowly but surely 
sluice out 
smack of 
small beer potatotes 
smarten up 
smash in 
smash sb s face in 
smash up 
smear on 
smear with 
smell a rat 
smell of 
smell out 
smell to high heaven 
smoke like a chimney 
smoke out 
smoke out of 
smooth down 
smooth out 
smooth over 
smooth sb sth s pathetc 
smother in 
smother with 
smuggle in 
smuggle into 
smuggle out 
smuggle out of 
smuggle past 
snakes and ladders 
snap at 
snap into it 
snap one s fingers at 
snap out 
snap out of it 
snap sb s head off 
snap up 
snarl at 
snarl up 
snatch at 
snatch away 
snatch from 
snatch out of 
sneer at 
sniff out 
snip off 
snipe at 
snoop around 
snort at 
snowed off 
snowed under 
snowed under with 
snowed up 
snuff out 
snuggle down 
snuggle up 
snuggle up to 
so far 
so far so good 
so help me god 
so ignorant it isn t true 
so many words 
so much for 
so much nonsense 
so much the worse for 
so near and yet so far 
so sharp one will cut onesself 
so the story goes 
so to speak 
soak in 
soak off 
soak through 
soak to the skin 
soak up 
soap and water 
soap down 
sob one s heart out 
sob out 
sober down 
sober fact etc 
sober up 
sod off 
soft pedal on sth 
soft soap 
soft wrong in the head 
soften up 
softly softly catchee monkey 
soldier on 
sole and heel 
solicit for 
some men are born greatetc some achieve greatnessetc and some have greatnessetc thrust upon them 
some men are more equal than others 
some of one s best friends are englishetc 
someone or other 
something be up 
something doing 
something has got to give 
something has to give 
something like 
something of a 
something old something new something borrowed something blue 
something somewhat of a sth 
somethingetc out of the ordinary usual 
somewhere over the rainbow 
somewhereetc along the line 
sooner or later 
sooner you than me 
soothe the savage breast 
sop up 
sorely tempted to do sth 
sorry for oneself 
sort ill with 
sort oneself out 
sort out 
sort out from 
sort well with 
sought after 
sound in wind and limb 
sound off 
sound out 
sound the death knell of sb sth 
soup up 
sour grapes 
souse in 
sow one s wild oats 
sow the dragon s the dragons teeth 
sow the wind and reap the whirlwind 
sowetc the seeds of sth 
space out 
spare for 
spare no expenseetc 
spare sb s blushes 
spare the rod and spoil the child 
spark off 
sparkle with 
spatter on 
spatter onto 
spatter with 
speak about 
speak against 
speak for 
speak for itself 
speak for themselves 
speak for yourself 
speak for yourselves 
speak now or forever hold one s peace 
speak on 
speak one s mind 
speak out against 
speak talk the sameetc language 
speak the truth 
speak to 
speak up 
speak volumes for 
speaking for myself 
speaking for ourselves 
special pleading 
specialize in 
speculate about 
speculate in 
speech is silver but silence is golden 
speed the parting guest 
speed up 
spell for 
spell out 
spelt with a capital s etc 
spend money like a sailor 
spend money like it be going out of fashion 
spend money like water 
spend on 
spend one s its force 
spew out 
spice with 
spick and span 
spike sb s guns 
spill out 
spill out of 
spill over 
spill the beansetc 
spin out 
spin sb a yarn 
spiral up 
spirit away 
spirit off 
spit and polish 
spit at 
spit in sb s eye 
spit it out 
spit out 
splash down 
splash on 
splash onto 
splash out 
splash out on 
splash with 
splice the main brace 
split away from 
split hairs 
split hairs 
split off from 
split on 
split up 
split up into 
spoil the ship for a ha porth ha penny worth of tar 
sponge from 
sponge on 
spoon out 
spoon up 
spout from 
sprawl about 
sprawl out 
spray on 
spray onto 
spray with 
spread like a rash 
spread like wildfire 
spread on 
spread one s net 
spread out 
spread over 
spread to 
spread with 
spreadetc one s own wings 
spring a leak 
spring back 
spring clean 
spring from 
spring on 
spring out 
spring to attention 
spring to life 
spring to one s feet 
spring to sb s defence 
spring up 
sprinkle on 
sprinkle onto 
sprinkle with 
spruce up 
spur on 
spur on to 
spurt out 
spurt out from 
sputter out 
spy on 
spy out 
spy out the land 
spy upon 
squabble with 
square accounts with 
square off 
square one s account with 
square the circle 
square up to 
square up with 
square with 
squash in 
squash into 
squash up against 
squat down 
squeeze in 
squeeze into 
squeeze out 
squeeze out of 
squeeze through 
squeeze up against 
squint at 
squirm with 
squirt out 
squirt out of 
stab at 
stab in the back 
stack against 
stack up 
staff up 
stage a strike 
stage and screen 
stagger about 
stagger around 
stake off 
stake on 
stake out 
stake out a claim on 
stake out one s claim on 
stamp on 
stamp one s foot 
stamp onto 
stamp out 
stamp out of 
stamp with 
stand a chance of 
stand a chance of sth 
stand about 
stand and deliver 
stand apart 
stand apart from 
stand around 
stand as for 
stand aside 
stand back 
stand back from 
stand between 
stand by 
stand down 
stand easy 
stand firm 
stand for 
stand four square 
stand head and shoulders above 
stand in 
stand in better stead 
stand in for 
stand in good stead 
stand in sb s way 
stand in the way of sth 
stand in toward 
stand off 
stand on ceremony 
stand on its head 
stand on one s dignity 
stand on one s own two feet 
stand out 
stand out a mile 
stand out against 
stand out for 
stand out from 
stand out to sea 
stand outside 
stand over 
stand still 
stand the strain of sth 
stand the test of timeetc 
stand to 
stand to attention 
stand to gainetc 
stand to reason 
stand together 
stand up 
stand up 
stand up for 
stand up to 
stand well with 
standetc tall 
standing on one s head 
stare at 
stare down 
stare in the face 
stare out 
stark raving staring mad bonkers 
start for 
start from scratch 
start in on 
start off 
start off on 
start off on the right foot 
start off on the right foot with 
start off on the wrong foot 
start off on the wrong foot with 
start out 
start out of 
start the rot 
start up 
start up in 
startetc a hare 
starve into 
starve of 
starve out 
starve out of 
stash away 
stave in 
stave off 
stay abreast of 
stay ahead 
stay ahead of 
stay at 
stay at home 
stay away 
stay away from 
stay behind 
stay down 
stay for 
stay in 
stay indoors 
stay off 
stay on 
stay on at 
stay on top 
stay on top of 
stay out 
stay out of 
stay put 
stay to 
stay up 
stay with 
stayetc the course 
staying power 
steady on 
steal a glance at 
steal a march on 
steal away 
steal over 
steal sb s thunder 
steal the show scene 
steal up on 
steam across 
steam along 
steam away 
steam off 
steam radio 
steam up 
steel oneself against 
steel oneself for 
steep in 
steer a middleetc course 
steer clear of sb sth 
steer the ship of state 
stem from 
stem the flow of sth 
stem the tide of sth 
step aside 
step back 
step down 
step forward 
step in 
step inside 
step into sb else s shoes 
step into the breach 
step off 
step off on the wrong foot 
step on it 
step on sb s corns toes 
step on the gas 
step out 
step outside 
step over 
step up 
sterling stuff 
stew in one s own juice 
stick about 
stick around 
stick at 
stick at nothing 
stick by 
stick down 
stick em up 
stick in 
stick in sb s craw 
stick in sb s mind 
stick in the mind 
stick it out 
stick on 
stick one s heels in 
stick one s neck out 
stick out 
stick out a mile 
stick out for 
stick to 
stick to one s guns 
stick to one s last 
stick to sb s fingers 
stick together 
stick up 
stick up for 
stick with 
stick your hands up 
sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me 
still going strong 
still waters run deep 
sting for 
stink like a polecat 
stink the place out 
stink to high heaven 
stinking drunk 
stinking drunk rich 
stinking rich 
stint of 
stir in 
stir into 
stir the one s blood 
stir to the depths 
stir up 
stitch on 
stitch onto 
stitch up 
stock up 
stock up for 
stock up with 
stoke up 
stoke up with 
stolen sweets etc are sweeter 
stolen sweets etc are the sweetest 
stone cold sober 
stoop so low as to 
stoop to 
stop a bullet 
stop and start 
stop at 
stop at nothing 
stop away 
stop away from 
stop behind 
stop by 
stop dead in his tracks 
stop dead in one s tracks 
stop down 
stop for 
stop from 
stop in 
stop in one s tracks 
stop indoors 
stop off 
stop on 
stop on at 
stop one 
stop out 
stop out of 
stop over 
stop sb sth stone dead 
stop short at sth 
stop the rot 
stop the show 
stop up 
store away 
store in 
store up 
storm in 
storm into 
stow away 
straight from the shoulder 
straighten oneself up 
straighten out 
straighten up 
strain after an effect 
strain at 
strain at a gnat and swallow a camel 
strain at the leash 
strain away 
strain off 
strained relations 
strange etc bedfellows 
strap on 
strap onto 
strap up 
stray from 
stream down 
stream with 
streets ahead of 
strengthen sb s hand 
stress es and strain s 
stretch a point 
stretch away 
stretch oneself out 
stretch out 
stretch the long arm of coincidence 
strew on 
strew over 
strictly etc speaking 
strike a chord 
strike a light 
strike against 
strike an attitude pose 
strike as 
strike at 
strike down 
strike for 
strike gold 
strike home to 
strike into 
strike it lucky 
strike it rich 
strike off 
strike oil 
strike out 
strike out at 
strike out for 
strike out towards 
strike sb dumb speechless 
strike through 
strike up 
strike up with 
strike while the iron is hot 
strikeetc a bad patch 
strikeetc a falseetc note 
string along 
string along 
string along with 
string out 
string together 
string up 
strip away 
strip down 
strip down to 
strip of 
strip off 
strive after an effect 
strive against 
strive for 
strong language words 
strong meat 
struggle against 
struggle with 
struggle with for 
strung up 
strut about 
strut around 
strut round 
stub one s toe against on 
stub out 
stuck in 
stuck up 
stuck with 
study for 
stuff and nonsense 
stuff down sb s throat 
stuff into 
stuff sb s head with 
stuff up 
stuff with 
stumble across 
stumble on 
stumble over 
stumble upon 
stump across 
stump along 
stump away 
stump up 
subject to 
subject to sth 
subject to sth 
submit oneself to 
submit to 
subscribe to 
subsist on 
substitute for 
subsume under 
subtract from 
succeed in 
succeed to 
succumb to 
such and such 
such and such a 
such as it is 
such is life 
suck down 
suck under 
suck up 
suck up to 
sue for 
suffer from 
suffice it to say that 
sufficient unto oneself 
sufficient unto the day is the evil there of 
sugar and spice and all that s nice 
sugar and spice and all things nice 
suit down to the ground 
suit fit one sb s book 
suit one s actions to one s words 
suit the action to the word 
suit to 
suit to the ground 
sum up 
summon to 
summon up 
superimpose on 
superimpose upon 
supply to 
supply with 
sure enough 
sure of oneself 
sure thing 
surge up 
surprise surprise 
surrender to 
suspect of 
suspend from 
swab down 
swab out 
swallow pocket one s pride 
swallow the dictionary 
swallow up 
swamp with 
swap for 
swap over 
swap round 
swap with 
swarm over 
swarm through 
swarm with 
swathe in 
swear at 
swear black is white 
swear blind that 
swear by 
swear in 
swear in 
swear off 
swear on 
swear to 
swear to secrecy 
swear to silence 
sweat blood 
sweat it out 
sweat one s guts out 
sweat out 
sweated labour 
sweep aside 
sweep away 
sweep in 
sweep into 
sweep off their feet 
sweep out 
sweep out 
sweep out of 
sweep the board clean 
sweep under the carpet 
sweep up 
sweet airs noises that give delight and hurt not 
sweet fannyadams 
sweet sixteen and never been kissed 
sweetness and light 
swell up 
swerve from 
swill out 
swindle out of 
swing at 
swing round 
swing round to 
swing the lead 
swings and roundabouts 
swipe at 
swirl about 
swish off 
switch around 
switch off 
switch on 
switch over to 
switch round 
switch through to 
swoop down 
swoop down on 
swot for 
swot up 
tack down 
tack on 
tack onto 
tackle about 
tackle on 
tackle over 
tag along 
tag along after 
tag along behind 
tail off 
tailor to 
take a back seat 
take a beatingetc 
take a bow curtain 
take a chance on 
take a decision 
take a fancy to 
take a firm grip on oneself 
take a firm grip upon oneself 
take a firm hold on oneself 
take a firm hold upon oneself 
take a firm stand on 
take a firm stand over 
take a firmetc line 
take a grip on oneself 
take a hand in 
take a hint 
take a hold on oneself 
take a joke 
take a knock 
take a leaf out of sb s book 
take a leaf out of someone s book 
take a load weight off sb s mind 
take a look at 
take a lot of stick 
take a lot out of 
take a powder 
take a rise out of 
take a shine to 
take a stand on 
take a stand over 
take a step 
take a toll of 
take a tumble 
take a view of 
take aback 
take aboard 
take abroad with 
take account of 
take across 
take across to 
take action on 
take advantage of 
take after 
take aloft 
take an interest in 
take another course 
take apart 
take around 
take as you find 
take aside 
take at his its face value 
take at his word 
take away 
take away from 
take back 
take back to 
take be a turn for the better worse 
take before 
take below 
take by 
take care not to do sth 
take care of 
take chances a chance on sth 
take charge of 
take control of 
take credit for 
take down 
take down a peg 
take down a peg or two 
take effect 
take exception to 
take first second place 
take for 
take for a ride 
take for granted 
take fright alarm 
take from 
take get sb s drift meaning 
take grab a pew 
take have one s pick 
take heart 
take heart from 
take heed of 
take home 
take in 
take in hand 
take in one s stride 
take into 
take into account 
take into consideration 
take into one s confidence 
take it 
take it amiss 
take it as it comes 
take it easy 
take it from me 
take it from the top 
take it from us 
take it hard 
take it in turns to 
take it in turns to do sth 
take it into one s head that 
take it into one s head to 
take it or leave it 
take it out in 
take it out of 
take it that 
take its toll of 
take leave of one s senses 
take leave to doubtetc itetc 
take liberties with 
take life 
take matters into one s own hands 
take my tip 
take note of 
take notice of 
take occasion to 
take off 
take off sb s hands 
take off to 
take offence at 
take on 
take on at 
take on so 
take on trust 
take one look at sb sth 
take one s ease 
take one s eyes off 
take one s hat off to 
take one s leave of 
take one s life in one s hands 
take one s medicine 
take one s pick from of 
take one s time 
take one s time over 
take oneself off 
take out 
take out against 
take out for 
take out of 
take out of sb s hands 
take out on 
take out to 
take over 
take over from 
take over to 
take pains 
take pains over 
take part in 
take pity on 
take place 
take pot luck 
take pride in 
take refuge in 
take revenge for 
take revenge on for 
take right on the chin 
take risks 
take round 
take round with 
take sb out of himself 
take sb s breath away 
take sb s measure 
take sb s mind thoughts off 
take sb s point 
take sb s side 
take sb s word for it that 
take sb sth as he it is comes 
take sb sth as one finds him it 
take sb sth seriously lightly 
take sb sth to be sth 
take seriously 
take shape 
take sides 
take silk 
take some beating 
take some doing 
take steps to 
take steps to do sth 
take sth as for gospel 
take sth hard lightly 
take sth it amiss 
take sth sb or leave sth sb 
take stock of 
take strike root 
take the air 
take the biscuit cake 
take the bit between the teeth 
take the bull by the horns 
take the cash in hand and let the credit go 
take the chair 
take the consequences of sth 
take the count 
take the edge off 
take the floor 
take the gilt off the gingerbread 
take the hat round 
take the initiative 
take the king queen s shilling 
take the law into one s own hands 
take the long view 
take the mickey out of 
take the opportunity of 
take the piss out of 
take the plunge 
take the rap 
take the reins 
take the rise out of 
take the rough with the smooth 
take the smile off one sb s face 
take the sting out of 
take the strain 
take the trouble to 
take the view that 
take the way out 
take the way out of 
take the weight off one s feet 
take the wind out of sb s sails 
take this opportunity of 
take thought to 
take through 
take time doing sth 
take to 
take to be 
take to bed 
take to bits 
take to court 
take to heart 
take to one s bed 
take to one s bosom 
take to one s heart 
take to one s heels 
take to one side 
take to pieces 
take to task 
take trouble over 
take turns with 
take umbrage 
take umbrage at 
take under one s wing 
take up 
take up a position 
take up arms 
take up arms against 
take up on 
take up residence 
take up the challenge 
take up the slack 
take up with 
take up with 
take wing 
take years off 
talk a load of bull shit codswallop 
talk about 
talk above over sb s head 
talk at 
talk back 
talk businessetc 
talk down 
talk down to 
talk into 
talk like a dutch uncle 
talk of 
talk of the devil and he appears 
talk out of 
talk over 
talk over with 
talk poshetc 
talk round 
talk sb s head off 
talk sense 
talk shop 
talk the hind leg s off a donkey 
talk through 
talk till until one is black blue in the face 
talk to 
talk turkey 
tall dark and handsome 
talletc oaks from little acorns grow 
tally with 
tamp down 
tamper with 
tangle with 
tank up 
tap for 
tap off 
tap on 
tap out 
taper off 
tar and feather sb 
tart up 
taste of 
taunt with 
tax with 
teach one s grandmother to suck eggs 
teach sb to do sth 
team up 
team up together 
team up with 
tear a strip off sb 
tear across 
tear along 
tear apart 
tear at 
tear away 
tear away from 
tear down 
tear in half 
tear in two 
tear into 
tear off 
tear one s hair 
tear out 
tear out of 
tear s roll down 
tear sb off a strip 
tear strips off sb 
tear to pieces 
tear to shreds 
tear up 
tee off 
tee up 
teem in 
teem with 
telescope into 
tell a lie about sth 
tell about 
tell against 
tell all 
tell apart 
tell by 
tell from 
tell off 
tell off for 
tell on upon 
tell sb a lie about sth 
tell sb different 
tell sb the truth 
tell sb where he gets off 
tell sb where to get off 
tell tales 
tell the difference between 
tell the same story tale of sth 
tell the truth 
tell the truth and shame the devil 
tell the world that etc 
tell where gets off 
tell where to get off 
temper with 
tempt fate providence 
tempt into 
ten feet tall 
ten to one 
tend towards 
tender for 
tender loving care 
tense up 
terrify into 
test out 
testify to 
thank for 
thank goodness that 
thank one s lucky stars that 
thank you for 
thank you very much 
thanks to 
thanks to sb sth 
that does it 
that is as it may be 
that is his story and he s sticking to it 
that is more like it 
that is not saying much 
that is not to say 
that is not to say that 
that is to say 
that is to say 
that makes sb sth tick 
that s a good boy 
that s a good one 
that s about it 
that s all 
that s all i can say 
that s all you know about it 
that s done torn it 
that s for certain sure 
that s just it 
that s just the trouble 
that s life 
that s my boy girl 
that s rich 
that s the stuff to give the troops 
that s the way the cookie crumbles 
that s what i always say 
that s what i d like to know 
that s what i want 
that s what the man said 
that s what you think 
that s where you are wrong 
that there is gratitude etc for you 
that there s a good boy etc 
that was a close call 
that was a close call 
that will be the day 
that will do 
thaw out 
the a classic example 
the a classic example of 
the a triumph of hope over experience 
the a turn of events 
the acid test 
the age of chivalry is not dead 
the age of consent 
the age of miracles is not past 
the aim of the exercise 
the allotted span 
the alpha and omega 
the angel of death 
the answer is a lemon 
the answer is in the affirmative negative 
the answer to a maiden s prayer 
the apple of s eye 
the awkward age 
the ayes noes have it 
the back of beyond 
the backroom boys 
the balloon go up 
the bane of s existence life 
the bare bones of 
the battle of the bulge 
the be all and end all 
the be all and end all of 
the beam in one s own eye 
the beauty of it sth 
the best better part of 
the best by far 
the best laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agley 
the best man wins 
the best of it 
the best of british 
the best of british luck 
the best that money can buy 
the best things in life are free 
the best worst of it sth is 
the better the day the better the deed 
the better to see 
the big battalions 
the big guns 
the big stick 
the big time 
the bigger the better 
the bird has flown 
the birds and the bees 
the biter bit 
the black hole of calcutta 
the black sheep of the family 
the blind leading the blind 
the blow falls 
the blue eyed boy 
the bottom drop out of the market 
the bottom drop out of the price 
the box office 
the boys in blue 
the bravest of the brave 
the breath of life 
the bright lights 
the buck stops here 
the burden onus of proof 
the burning question 
the burnt child dreads fears the fire 
the bush telegraph 
the business end 
the business end of 
the business in hand 
the call of nature 
the call of the wild 
the calm before the storm 
the camera cannot lie 
the candid camera 
the carrot and the stick 
the cat s got sb s tongue 
the centre of attraction 
the centre of things 
the chances are slim 
the chances are that 
the change of life 
the child is the father of the man 
the chosen few people 
the climate of opinion 
the coast is clear 
the cobbler should stick to his last 
the cock of o the walk 
the cold war 
the colour bar 
the common general reader 
the common good 
the common herd 
the common man 
the common run of sb sth 
the common touch 
the company one keeps 
the compliments of the season 
the corridors of power 
the cost of living 
the course of justice 
the course of true love never did run smooth 
the crowning success 
the crusading spirit 
the crux of the matter 
the cup that cheers but not inebriates 
the cure remedy is worse than the disease 
the curse of ain 
the customer is always right 
the cut and thrust of 
the daddy of them all 
the daily dozen 
the daily round 
the damage is done 
the darkest hour comes before the dawn 
the darkest hour is that before the dawn 
the dawn chorus 
the day of days 
the day of is over finished 
the day of reckoning 
the day time is not so distant when 
the day time is not so far off when 
the days close in 
the days of are numbered 
the dead and the dying 
the dead hand of the past 
the dead very spit of sb sth 
the dead wood 
the deaf and dumb 
the dear only knows 
the demon drink 
the devil looks after his own 
the devil one knows is better than the devil one doesn t 
the devil s advocate 
the devil take sb sth 
the die is cast 
the dirty thick end of the stick 
the distaff side 
the divine right 
the dizzy heights of sth 
the dog days 
the dress rehearsal 
the dust of ages 
the dust settles 
the early bird catches the worm 
the early days 
the ebb and flow of sth 
the emperor has no clothes 
the end is not yet 
the end justifies the means 
the end of the road 
the end of the world 
the end product 
the enemy at the gate s 
the enemy traitor within the gate s 
the error of one sb s ways 
the eternal triangle 
the evil eye 
the evil that men do lives after them 
the exception proves the rule 
the expectation of life 
the eye of the storm 
the face of the earth 
the fact of the matter is 
the fact remains that 
the facts speak for themselves 
the fair sex 
the family fortune s 
the fat years and the lean 
the father and mother of a storm 
the fault is in ourselves not in our stars 
the female of the species is more deadly than the male 
the festive season 
the final solution 
the finer points of sth 
the finished product 
the first fine careless rapture 
the first next thing one knows 
the first one has heard of it sth 
the first step in towards sth 
the first thing that comes into one s head mind 
the first thing that enters one s head mind 
the flower of 
the fly in the ointment 
the four corners of the earth world 
the fourth estate 
the fruit s of one s labour s 
the funeral baked meats 
the funny thing is that 
the fur begins to fly 
the fur fly 
the game be up 
the game is not worth the candle 
the general rule 
the generation gap 
the genie in the bottle 
the genie of the lamp 
the genuine article 
the glad tidings 
the going rate for sth 
the golden age of sth 
the golden mean 
the golden rule 
the good bad old days 
the good book 
the good life 
the good things in of life 
the goodies and baddies 
the goodies and the baddies 
the grass is always greener in the other man s field 
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence 
the grass roots 
the gravy train 
the great wen 
the greatest thing since sliced bread 
the gutter press 
the hall of fame 
the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world 
the happiest days of one s life 
the happy couple pair 
the hard core of sth 
the haves and the have nots 
the head of the table 
the head of the thouse 
the heart root of the matter 
the heavens open 
the heavy father 
the height of follyetc 
the hell with sb sth 
the herd insinct 
the hidden persuaders 
the higher you climbetc the harder you fall 
the highways and byways of sth 
the hot seat 
the human predicament 
the hungry forties 
the ig op 
the illsetc that flesh is heir to 
the ins and outs of sth 
the iron curtain 
the iron enters into one sb s soul 
the iron enters one sb s soul 
the ivy league 
the jet set 
the jig be up 
the jobetc in hand 
the king of the castle 
the king queen s english 
the kiss of death 
the kiss of life 
the labourer is worthy of his hire 
the lady of the house 
the last ditch 
the last final straw 
the last lap 
the last rites sacrament 
the last thing that one wantsetc to do 
the last word on in 
the laughing academy 
the law is an ass 
the law of diminishing returns 
the law of the jungle 
the law of the medes and persians 
the law s of the land 
the length and breadth of 
the lesser of two evils 
the letter of the lawetc 
the life and soul of the party 
the light of day 
the lights are going out all over urope 
the likes of sb 
the line pathetc of least resistance 
the lion lies down with the lamb 
the lion s share of 
the little man 
the little woman 
the local rag 
the local talent 
the long and short of it 
the long and the short of it 
the long arm of the lawetc 
the loose ends 
the lord s of creation 
the love of money is the root of all evil 
the lower orders 
the luck of the draw 
the man at the top 
the man for the job 
the man in the street 
the man of the house 
the manetc one most loves to hate 
the marriage of true minds 
the mills of god grind slowly but they grind exceeding small 
the missing link 
the mixture as before 
the moment of truth 
the monstrous regiment of women 
the more fool you 
the more the merrier 
the more the merrier 
the morning after the night before 
the most that one can claim for be that 
the most unkindest cut 
the most unkindest cut of all 
the mountain labours and brings forth a ridiculous mouse 
the moving spirit 
the naked ape 
the naked eye 
the name of the game 
the nature of the beast 
the naughty nineties 
the net result 
the new school 
the next best thing 
the english dearly love a lord 
the nigger in the woodpile 
the nitty gritty of sth 
the noble savage 
the nuts and bolts of sth 
the object of one s affection s 
the odds are that 
the old adam 
the old boy etc 
the old brigade guard 
the old man 
the old school 
the oldest profession 
the one s last gasp 
the one s late lamented sb sth 
the one s lord and master 
the one s old man 
the one s son and heir 
the one s that got away 
the only begetter 
the only good indianetc is a dead indian 
the opiate of the masses 
the opium of the people 
the order of the day 
the other side 
the other way about a round 
the other woman 
the otheretc side of the coin 
the outside world 
the pace is etc too hot for sb 
the parish pump 
the patter of little tiny feet 
the pearly gate s 
the pen is mightier than the sword 
the penny drops 
the permissive society 
the pick best of the bunch 
the plot thickens 
the point of no return 
the poor are always with us 
the poor man s sb sth 
the pot calls the kettle black 
the power behind the throne 
the powers that be 
the pressure be on 
the primrose path 
the proof of the pudding is in the eating 
the pros and cons of 
the question of sth arises 
the question of the hour 
the quick and the dead 
the quickness of the hand deceives the eye 
the rag tag and bob tail of 
the rag tag and bob tail of sth 
the rag trade 
the rain falls on the just and the unjust 
the rank and file 
the rat race 
the real mackay mccoy 
the real thing 
the recording angel 
the red carpet 
the red light district 
the red meat of sth 
the reeks had a name word for it 
the right best people 
the rights and wrongs of 
the rights and wrongs of sth 
the road to hell is paved with good intentions 
the root of it the trouble 
the rot set in 
the run of the mill 
the salt of the earth 
the same old story 
the scum of the earth 
the seamy side of sth 
the second third time around round 
the seven deadly sins 
the seven year itch 
the seventh heaven 
the shape taste of things to come 
the silent majority 
the silly season 
the silver screen 
the simple life 
the sins of the fathers are visited upon the children 
the sixtyfourthousand dollar question 
the sky cloud over 
the sky s the limit 
the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune 
the slough of despond 
the small change of sth 
the small of one s back 
the small print 
the small print 
the small screen 
the soul of courtesy etc 
the sound and fury 
the sparks fly 
the spectatoretc sees more most of the game 
the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak 
the spit and image of 
the spit and image spitting of sb sth 
the sport of kings 
the staff of life 
the star turn 
the state of play 
the status quo 
the sticking point 
the still small voice of conscience 
the straight and narrow path way 
the stream of consciousness 
the streets are paved with gold 
the streets paved with gold 
the stuff that dreamsetc are made of 
the sum total 
the sum total of sth 
the sun be up 
the sun come up 
the sun glare down 
the survival of the fittest 
the suspension of disbelief 
the sweet smell of success 
the swing of the pendulum 
the tail wags the dog 
the talk of the town 
the thin red line 
the third degree 
the three rs 
the thrills and spills 
the tide turns 
the time has come for sb to do sth 
the time has come to do sth 
the timeetc is ripe for sth sb to do sth 
the times change 
the tools of the one s trade 
the top brass 
the top of the morning to you 
the tower of babel 
the treason of the clerks 
the tricks of the trade 
the trivial round the common task 
the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth 
the tumult and the shouting dies 
the unacceptable face of capitalism etc 
the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable 
the upper crust 
the ups and downs of sb sth 
the valley of the shadow of death 
the very idea 
the very ideal 
the very least can do 
the very least that one can do 
the very picture of healthetc 
the vexed question subject of sth 
the village idiot 
the villain of the piece 
the voice of conscience 
the wages of sin is death 
the war to end war s 
the warp and woof of 
the way of the world 
the way one s mind works 
the way to a man s heart is through his stomach 
the weather breaks holds 
the wheels of industry 
the while 
the white feather 
the white man s burden 
the white man s grave 
the whole caboodle 
the whole full bag of tricks 
the whole shooting match 
the whole world over 
the widow s crust 
the widow s mite 
the wild west 
the wilder shores of love 
the wind of change 
the wish is father to of the deed 
the witching hour time of night 
the word is that 
the world is one s parish 
the world is remains one s oyster 
the world is so full of a number of things 
the world the flesh and the devil 
the world will would be a poorer place 
the world will would be the poorer 
the worm turns 
the worse for wear 
the writing is on the wall 
the writing on the wall 
the wrong way round 
the yellow peril 
the yellow press 
the young idea 
the zero option 
them and us 
then and there 
then there again 
theorize about 
there and back 
there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy 
there are no flies on 
there are no two ways about it 
there are plenty more good fish in the sea 
there areetc fairies at the bottom of the one s garden 
there be no call to do sth 
there but for the grace of god go i 
there is a sucker born every minute 
there is a time and a place for everything 
there is always room at the top 
there is honour among thieves 
there is lies the rub 
there is life in the old boyetc yet 
there is no denying etc it etc 
there is no denying that 
there is no future for sb in sb 
there is no holding 
there is no holding stopping sb 
there is no knowingetc what 
there is no knowingetc what 
there is no law against itetc 
there is no looking back 
there is no looking back etc 
there is no mistaking sb sth 
there is no need for sb sth to do sth 
there is no need for sth sb to do sth 
there is no occasion for sb to do sth 
there is no occasion for sth 
there is no occasion for sth sb to do sth 
there is no question 
there is no room for doubtetc 
there is no smoke without fire 
there is no stopping 
there is no time like the present 
there is not any question 
there is not anything like sth for doing sth 
there is not anything like sth to do sth 
there is nothing doing 
there is nothing like sth for doing sth 
there is nothing like sth to do sth 
there is nothing to choose between and 
there is one born every minute 
there is room for improvement 
there is that 
there is the devil to pay for 
there isetc the devil and all hell to pay 
there isetc the devil and all to pay 
there isetc the devil to pay 
there s a first time for everything 
there s gold in them thar hills 
there s got to be a first time for everything 
there s is no denying 
there s many a slip twixt the cup and the lip 
there s method in his madness 
there s more to than meets the eye 
there s more to than that 
there s no business like show business 
there s no fool like an old fool 
there s no peace for the wicked 
there s no place like home 
there s none so blind as those who will not see 
there s nowt so queer funny as folk 
there should be a law against it etc 
there was a time when 
these days 
they don t makeetc them like that any more 
they order things better in france 
they shall not pass 
they that live by the sword shall perish die by the sword 
they that live by the sword shall perish die by the sword 
thin down 
thin out 
things fall apart the centre cannot hold 
things that go bump in the night 
things work themselves out 
think about 
think ahead 
think ahead to 
think back 
think back to 
think better of 
think bigetc 
think consider the world owes one a living 
think nothing of 
think nothing of it 
think of 
think out 
think over 
think straight 
think up 
thinketc the world well lost 
third time lucky 
third time lucky 
third time lucky 
thirst for 
this a vale of tears 
this and or that 
this and or that 
this be it 
this be where we came in 
this is it 
this is it 
this is where we came in 
this side idolatryetc 
this side of idolatryetc 
this side of the grave heaven 
this side the grave heaven 
this that and the other 
this that and the other 
this time last next yearetc 
this very minute etc 
this way and that 
this will hurt me more than it hurts you 
this will hurt me more than it will hurt you 
this year next year sometime never 
thoroughly modern sb sth 
those were the days 
those were the days 
those who can do those who cannot teach 
those whom the gods love die young 
thrash about 
thrash out 
thread one s way through 
threaten with 
three cheers for 
three cheers for sb sth 
threescore years and ten 
thrill to 
thrive on 
throttle down 
through and through 
through no fault of 
through no particularetc faultetc of one s own 
through thick and thin 
throw around round 
throw at 
throw away 
throw away on 
throw back 
throw back at 
throw back on 
throw caution discretion to the winds 
throw cold water on 
throw down the gauntlet 
throw give a party for sb sth 
throw in into 
throw in one s lot with 
throw in sb s face 
throw in the towel 
throw into relief 
throw light on 
throw off 
throw off balance 
throw off his balance 
throw off the scent the track 
throw one s hand in 
throw one s money about 
throw one s weight about 
throw oneself at 
throw oneself into 
throw oneself on upon sb s mercy 
throw out 
throw out of 
throw over 
throw overboard 
throw round 
throw the baby out with the 
throw the ball in 
throw the book of rules at 
throw together 
throw up 
throw up the sponge 
thrust across 
thrust along 
thrust and parry 
thrust at 
thrust away 
thrust upon 
thud into 
thumb through 
thump a the tub bible 
thump out 
thump out on 
thunder across 
thunder against 
thunder along 
thunder away 
thus far and no further 
tick away 
tick by 
tick off 
tick over 
tickle sb s ribs 
tickle to death 
tickled pink 
tickled pink 
tide over 
tidy away 
tidy out 
tidy up 
tie back 
tie down 
tie down to 
tie in with 
tie on 
tie sb s hands 
tie up 
tie up in 
tied up with 
tighten up 
tightenetc one s belt 
till until death us do part 
till until death us do part 
tilt at windmills 
time after time 
time alone will telletc 
time and again 
time and time again 
time flies 
time hangs lies heavy on one s hands 
time is a great healer 
time is on the side of sb 
tinker tailor soldier sailor 
tinker with 
tip into 
tip off 
tip out 
tip out of 
tip sb a wink 
tip sb the wink 
tip turn the balance scale s 
tip up 
tire of 
tire out 
tired of 
to a degree 
to a fault 
to a man 
to a man etc 
to a nicety 
to a t tee 
to a the day etc 
to advantage 
to all appearances 
to all intents 
to all intents and purposes 
to and fro 
to be exact 
to be honest 
to be sure 
to beat the band 
to begin with 
to boot 
to crown it all 
to cut a long story short 
to date 
to each according to his need 
to effect eg good little some 
to err is human to forgive divine 
to excess 
to eye eg trained untrained eastern 
to go to hell 
to goodetc effect 
to hell with sb sth 
to him that hath shall be given 
to him that hath shall more be given 
to little avail 
to my mind 
to name but a few 
to no avail 
to one s cost 
to one s heart s content 
to one s knowledge 
to one s the fingertips 
to one sb s disgust etc 
to order 
to put it no higher 
to s heart s content 
to s satisfaction 
to say nothing of 
to say the least of it 
to sb s credit 
to sb s face 
to sb s liking 
to sb s own satisfaction 
to sb s taste 
to sb s trained etc eye s 
to sb s way of thinking 
to some purpose 
to start with 
to tell you mildly 
to tell you the truth 
to that effect 
to that end 
to the bad good 
to the best of one s ability 
to the best of one s knowledge etc 
to the best of s ability 
to the best of s knowledge 
to the bitter end 
to the contrary 
to the eg day minute penny 
to the fingertips 
to the full 
to the last 
to the letter 
to the life 
to the manner born 
to the point 
to the pure all things are pure 
to the tune of 
to the tune of sth 
to this day 
to travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive 
to travel hopefully is better than to arrive 
to understand all is to forgive all 
to wit 
toddle along 
toe the line 
tog oneself up 
toil and oil 
toil over 
tommyatkins 
tomorrow is another day 
tomorrow will can look after itself 
tomorrow will can take care of itself 
tomtiddler s ground 
tone down 
tone up 
too many cooks spoil the broth 
too many cooks spoil the broth 
tool up 
top and tail 
top and tail 
top dog 
top of the pops 
top out 
top that end 
top the bill 
top up 
torn between 
toss and turn 
toss for 
toss off 
toss up 
tot up 
touch down 
touch etc one s forelock 
touch for 
touch in 
touch off 
touch on the raw 
touch on upon 
touch pitch and be defiled 
touch the ball down 
touch up 
touch wood 
tough etc to the point of brutality etc 
toughen up 
tout about around 
tower above over 
town and gown 
toy with 
trace back 
trace back to 
track down 
trade for 
trade in 
trade on upon 
traffic in 
trail across 
trail along 
trail away 
trail off 
trail one s coat 
train for 
train on upon 
train up 
train up to 
traipse across 
traipse along 
traipse away 
tramp across 
tramp along 
tramp away 
trample down 
trample on 
transfer from to 
transform into 
translate from into 
transliterate into 
transmit to 
trap into 
travel in 
travel light 
travel over 
tread down 
tread on 
tread on air 
tread on sb s corns toes 
tread the boards 
tread water 
treat for 
treat sb like dirt 
treat to 
treat with 
trespass on upon 
trick into 
trick out 
trickle in 
trickle into 
trickle out 
trickle out of 
tried and true 
trifle with 
trigger off 
trim down 
trim off 
trip across 
trip along 
trip away 
trip etc the light fantastic 
trip over 
trip up 
triumph over 
troop across 
troop along 
troop away 
trot across 
trot along 
trot away 
trot out 
trouble for 
trudge across 
trudge along 
trudge away 
true blue 
trump up 
truss up 
trust for that 
trust in 
trust to 
trust with 
try anything once 
try as one may 
try for 
try on 
try on with 
try one s luck 
try out 
try out on 
try sb s patience 
tuck away 
tuck in 
tuck in 
tuck into 
tuck up 
tuck up in bed 
tug across 
tug along 
tug away 
tumble across 
tumble along 
tumble back 
tumble to 
tune in 
tune in to 
tune up 
turf out 
turf out of 
turn a blind eye on to 
turn a deaf ear to 
turn about 
turn against 
turn around round 
turn away 
turn away from 
turn back 
turn down 
turn from 
turn in 
turn in one s grave 
turn in to 
turn in upon oneself 
turn inside out 
turn into 
turn it in 
turn it up 
turn king queen s evidence 
turn off 
turn on 
turn one s back 
turn one s back on 
turn one s hand to 
turn one s nose up 
turn one s nose up at 
turn one s stomach 
turn out 
turn out of 
turn out that 
turn out the guard 
turn out to be sb sth 
turn over 
turn over a new leaf 
turn over in one s mind 
turn over to 
turn round and do 
turn sb s head 
turn tail and flee 
turn the corner 
turn the key on 
turn the other cheek 
turn the tables on 
turn to 
turn to one s own advantage 
turn turtle 
turn up 
turn up trumps 
tussle with 
tweedledum and tweedledee 
twice over 
twiddle one s thumbs 
twiddle with 
twine around round 
twist and turn 
twist around round 
twist around round one s little finger 
twist off 
twist s and turn s 
twist sb s arm 
twist sb s tail 
twist up 
two and two makeetc four 
two blacks wrongs do not make a white right 
two can live as cheaply as one 
two heads are better than one that s the way the cookie crumbles 
two minds with but a single thought 
two s company three s a crowd 
type in 
type into 
type out 
type up 
u non u 
unaccounted for 
unbosom oneself 
unbosom oneself to 
unburden oneself 
unburden oneself to 
uncalled for 
uncared for 
under a cloud 
under cover of 
under cover of sth 
under foot 
under one s own etc name 
under one s own steam 
under par 
under protest 
under s breath 
under s name eg own present fake 
under s nose 
under s own steam 
under sb s nose 
under the aegis of 
under the aegis of sth sb 
under the circumstances 
under the guise of 
under the guise of sth 
undreamed of 
undreamt of 
unfit for 
unfold to 
unguessed at 
unheard of 
union unity is strength 
unite in 
unite with 
united we stand divided we fall 
unleash against 
unleash on 
unleash upon 
unload onto 
unlooked for 
unprovided for 
unthought of 
unwept unhonoured and unsung 
up and coming 
up and down the country land 
up and down the stairs 
up and leave 
up and leave etc 
up hill and down dale 
up stakes sticks 
up to a point 
up with sb sth 
up yours etc 
upon my soul word 
upset the sb s applecart 
use one s head loaf 
use up 
used to 
usher in 
usher into 
usher out 
usher out of 
vacillate between 
value at 
value for money 
vamp up 
vanish from 
variations on the theme of sth 
variety is the spice of life 
varnish over 
vary between 
vary from to 
vent on 
venture on 
venture upon 
verge on 
verge upon 
very good sir madam 
very well 
vest in 
vest with 
vie with 
vie with each other 
vie with one another 
virtue is its own reward 
visit with 
volunteer for 
vote against 
vote down 
vote for 
vote in 
vote into 
vote on 
vote onto 
vote out 
vote out of 
vote through 
vouch for 
wade in 
wade into 
wade through 
wage war against 
wage war on 
wager on 
waifs and strays 
wait about 
wait and see 
wait around 
wait at table s 
wait behind 
wait for 
wait for it 
wait on sb hand and foot 
wait on tables 
wait one s turn 
wait out 
wait till until the cows come home 
wait up 
wait up for 
wait upon sb hand and foot 
wake up 
wake up to 
walk a tightrope 
walk abroad 
walk all over 
walk away with 
walk before one can run 
walk in 
walk into 
walk off 
walk off their feet 
walk off with 
walk on 
walk out 
walk out of 
walk out on 
walk out with 
walk over the course 
walk the plank 
walk through 
walk up 
wall in 
wall to wall carpeting 
wall up 
wallow in 
walls have ears 
waltz off with 
wander about 
wander from 
wander off 
want out 
want out of 
war to the knife 
ward off 
warm the cockles of s heart 
warm to 
warm towards 
warm up 
warn about 
warn against 
warn off 
warrant be out 
warts and all 
wash away 
wash away sb s sin s 
wash down 
wash down with 
wash off 
wash one s hands of 
wash out 
wash out of 
wash overboard 
wash up 
waste away 
waste not want not 
waste one sb s time 
watch and pray 
watch every penny 
watch it 
watch mind one s language tongue 
watch mind one s step 
watch out 
watch out for 
watch over 
watch sb sth like a hawk 
watch the clock 
watch the rest of the world go by 
watch the world go by 
watch this space 
water down 
wave a magic wand and do sth 
wave away 
wave off 
wave the flag 
waver between 
wax and wane 
ways and means 
we are not amused 
we re only here for the beer 
we shall see what we shall see 
we was wuz robbed 
weak at the knees 
wean away from 
wear a legal hat 
wear and tear 
wear away 
wear down 
wear off 
wear on 
wear one s learning lightly 
wear one s legal hat 
wear out 
wear the trousers breeches 
wear thin 
weather ride the storm 
weave a spell 
weave in and out 
weave in and out of 
weave one s spell 
weave up from 
weave up into 
wed to 
weed out 
weep for joy 
weep over 
weigh a ton 
weigh anchor 
weigh down 
weigh in 
weigh in at 
weigh in with 
weigh on sb 
weigh on sb s mind 
weigh one s words 
weigh out 
weigh the consequences of sth 
weigh the evidence 
weigh up 
weigh with 
weight down 
weight of numbers 
welcome back 
welcome in 
welcome into 
weld together 
well and good 
well and truly 
well aware of sth 
well aware that 
well disposed towards 
well done 
well heeled 
well i am damned 
well i do declare 
well i ll be damned 
well i never did 
well met 
well up 
well worth doing etc 
well worth it etc 
welsh on 
wet behind the ears 
wet one s whistle 
wet or fine 
wet the baby s head 
what a hope 
what a life 
what a nerve 
what a pity 
what are we waiting for 
what be cooking 
what be done cannot be undone 
what be driving at 
what be in aid of 
what be playing at 
what be up 
what could be more natural than 
what d you call him 
what do you know 
what do you mean lazy 
what do you say we 
what do you take me for 
what do you think you re doing 
what does one do 
what has got that we haven t 
what is all this in aid of 
what is done cannot be undone 
what is eating sb 
what is in aid of 
what is it to sb 
what is one doing doing sth 
what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander 
what is so special about sb sth 
what is the matter 
what is the matter with sb sth 
what is the next step 
what is wrong 
what is wrong with sb sth 
what little money one has 
what makes sb sth tick 
what makes tick 
what manchester says thinks today london the world will say think tomorrow 
what manchester thinks today london will say tomorrow 
what more can one ask 
what price 
what s cooking 
what s cooking 
what s in a name 
what s the big idea 
what s the odds 
what s up 
what s with 
what that is sb s little game 
what the butler saw 
what the butler saw 
what the eye doesn t see the heart doesn t grieve for 
what the hell 
what the hell be 
what to think about 
what will they think of next 
what will they think of next 
what would do without 
whatever happened to 
whatever is is right 
whatever you do don t 
wheel in 
wheel into 
wheeling and dealing 
wheels within wheels 
when all is said and done 
when in rome do as the romans do 
when it comes down to 
when one s ship comes in 
when reek meets reek then 
when she is good she is very very good but when she is bad she is horrid 
when the crunch comes 
when while the cat s away 
where does go from here 
where does one go from here 
where in the world 
where is going to stop 
where is our wandering boy girl tonight 
where is our wandering boy girl tonight 
where is sb sth going to stop 
where on earth 
where the action is 
where there s a will there s a way 
where there s muck there s money 
where two or three are gathered together 
where while there s life there s hope 
where would be without 
which be not saying much 
which is not saying much 
which that is not saying much 
while away 
whip away 
whip back 
whip off 
whip on 
whip out 
whip out of 
whip round 
whip up to 
whisk away 
whisk away to 
whisk off to 
whisk up to 
whisper about 
whisper around 
whistle for 
whistle stop s 
white trash 
whittle away 
whittle down 
whiz z past 
who am i to argue etc 
who cares 
who does he think he is 
who does think he she is 
who the hell 
who the helletc 
who what is he that when sb sth s at home 
whoop it up 
why and wherefore 
why in the world 
why on earth 
why on earth 
why should the devil have all the best good tunes 
why the hell 
why the helletc 
wide awake 
wide of the mark 
widow s weeds 
wild and woolly 
wild horses could would n t drag apart 
will not eat you 
will would not wash 
win back 
win from 
win hands down 
win lose by a short neck 
win off 
win or lose 
win out 
win over 
win over to 
win the hand and heart of sb 
win the hand of sb 
win the heart of sb 
win through 
wind and weather 
wind around 
wind around round one s little finger 
wind back 
wind down 
wind in 
wind itself around 
wind itself round 
wind on 
wind round 
wind up 
wind up one s affairs 
wind up with 
wine and dine 
wine woman women and song 
wink at 
winkle out 
winkle out of 
winter s night 
wipe away 
wipe down 
wipe off 
wipe off s face 
wipe off the face of the earth 
wipe off the map 
wipe out 
wipe over 
wipe up 
wire for 
wise after the event 
wise up to 
wish away 
wish for 
wish hope to god that 
wish on 
wish one had a pound for every 
wish onto 
wish sb ill 
wish sb well 
wish that the ground would swallow up 
wish you were here 
wishful thinking 
wit and wisdom 
with a capital etc 
with a clear head 
with a difference 
with a good grace 
with a good head for figures 
with a good head for heights 
with a good head of hair 
with a heart of gold stone 
with a kick like a mule 
with a lot to learn 
with a lot to put up with 
with a memory like a sponge sieve 
with a nerve 
with a one track mind 
with a roving eye 
with a screw loose 
with a soft centre 
with a sweet tooth 
with a the knack of ing 
with a vengeance 
with a view to 
with a view to doing sth 
with a wickedetc tongue 
with a will 
with a will of one s own 
with all one s might 
with all s marbles 
with all s might 
with all the marks of 
with an eye for the main chance 
with an eye to doing sth 
with an eye to sth 
with bated breath 
with bats in the belfry 
with both hands tied behind one s back 
with flying colours 
with form 
with good grace 
with gusto 
with high hopes 
with hollow legs 
with knobs on 
with malice aforethought 
with malice and main 
with might and main 
with more money than sense 
with no strings attached 
with nothing something to hide 
with one accord 
with one foot in the grave 
with one hand both hands tied behind one s back 
with one hand tied behind one s back 
with one hand tied behind s back 
with one s eyes open 
with one s its points 
with one sb s own fair hand s 
with one voice 
with only oneself to blame thank for sth 
with other bigger fish to fry 
with regard to 
with respect to 
with respect to sb 
with respect to sth 
with s hands full 
with somebody to thank for 
with somethingetc to lose 
with somethingetc to offer 
with somethingetc to say for oneself 
with strings attached 
with the best of them 
with the best will in the world 
with the devil s own luck 
with the ease of hindsight 
with the idas touch 
with the knowledge and consent of 
with the knowledge and consent of sb 
with the nerve to do sth 
with the ring of truthetc 
with the tide 
with the wisdom ease of hindsight 
withdraw from 
wither away 
withetc no strings attached 
withetc no strings binding its use 
withhold from 
within in living memory 
within reason 
without a care in the world 
without a clue 
without a hitch 
without a word 
without a word of a lie 
without benefit of clergy etc 
without benefit of eg clergy law ress 
without fail 
without fear or favour 
without more further ado 
without one penny to rub against another 
without one word 
without prejudice to 
without prejudice to sth 
without the knowledge and consent of 
without the knowledge and consent of sb 
wobble about 
woe betide sb 
wolf down 
wolf whistle s 
women and children first 
wonder about 
wonder at 
wonders will never cease 
word for word 
word perfect 
words fail me 
words fail one sb 
words of wisdom 
work a miracle wonders 
work against 
work among 
work around to 
work at 
work away at 
work in 
work into 
work it things so thatetc 
work like a charm 
work like a trojanetc 
work like trojanetc 
work off 
work off against 
work off on 
work on 
work one s way across 
work one s way along 
work one s way back to 
work one s way back to 
work one s way through 
work one s way up 
work one s way up from 
work onto 
work or want 
work out 
work out at 
work over 
work round to 
work the oracle 
work things out 
work to 
work to rule 
work towards 
work under 
work up 
work up into 
work up to 
work without end 
worketc a treat 
worketc till until one drops 
world without end 
worldly wise 
worm one s way into 
worm oneself into 
worm out of 
worry about 
worry oneself about 
worry oneself over 
worry over 
worse luck 
worse than useless 
worse things happen at sea 
worship the ground sb walks treads on 
worth a try 
worth its one s weight in gold to sb 
worth one s salt 
worth sb s while 
worthwhile 
worthy of the name 
would as soon as 
would n t be seen dead in a ditch with sb 
would n t know recognize sth if one saw one 
would wake the dead 
would you believe bad news travels fast 
would you believe it 
would you believe it bad news travels fast 
wouldn t be seen dead in a ditch with in sb sth 
wouldn t know recognize sth if one saw one 
wrangle about 
wrangle over 
wrap around 
wrap in cotton wool 
wrap it up 
wrap round 
wrap up 
wrap up in 
wrap up in cotton wool 
wrapped in 
wreak havoc 
wreathe around 
wreathe itself around 
wreathe itself round 
wreathe round 
wreathed in 
wrench off 
wrest from 
wrestle with 
wriggle out of 
wring from 
wring one s hands 
wring out 
wring out of 
wring sb s neck 
writ large 
writ large small 
write about 
write against 
write away 
write away for 
write back 
write back to 
write down 
write in 
write in 
write in to 
write off 
write off as 
write off for 
write on 
write oneself out 
write out 
write out of 
write up 
wrought up 
x marks the spot 
yank off 
yank out 
yank out of 
yearn for 
yell out 
yield to 
yield up 
you ain t seen nothing yet 
you and the other ninety nine 
you and who else 
you and whose army 
you and your meetings 
you bet 
you can bet your sweet life 
you can bet your sweet life that 
you can can t take anywhere 
you can keep 
you can prove anything with by statistics figures 
you can say that again 
you can t fool all of the people all of the time 
you can t fool all the people all the time 
you can t teach an old dog new tricks 
you can t win 
you can take horse to water but you can t make it drink 
you can tell a man by the company he keeps 
you could have fooled me 
you could say 
you could say that 
you don t mean to say that 
you don t mean to tell me that 
you don t say so 
you have got to be joking kidding 
you have to be joking kidding 
you know 
you know what 
you know what you can do 
you know what you can do with it sth 
you know where you can put 
you mark my words 
you must be joking kidding 
you name it they have it 
you pays your money and takes your choice 
you pays your money and you takes your choice 
you re a long time dead 
you re only young once 
you re telling me 
you re the boss 
you re welcome 
you said it 
you scratch my back and i ll scratch yours 
you ve said it all 
you we only live once 
you what 
young and old 
your best friend won t tell you 
your friendly neighbourhood policeman 
your humble servant 
yours to command 
yours truly 
zero in 
zero in on 
zip along 
zip up 
zone off 
zoom across 
zoom along 
zoom away 
zoom in 
zoom in on 
zoom out