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A bee in your bonnet A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush A dish fit for the gods A little knowledge is a dangerous thing A pig in a poke A plague o' both your houses A plague on both your houses A priori A red herring A sea change A sorry sight A sticky wicket A touch of the tarbrush A whiter shade of pale Above board Accidentally on purpose Ace in the hole Achilles' heel Acid test Act of God Against the grain Al fresco All agog All corners of the world All ears All fur coat and no knickers All present and correct All that glisters is not gold All's well that ends well An albatross round his neck An Ear bashing An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth And God said, Let there be light: and there was light And thereby hangs a tale Ankle biter Apple pie order Apples and pears April fool Arse about face As bald as a coot As black as Newgate's knocker As brown as a berry As cold as any stone As dead as a dodo As fit as a fiddle As good luck would have it As green as grass As happy as Larry As nice as ninepence As pleased as Punch As pure as snow As queer as a nine bob note As rich as Croesus As right as ninepence As right as rain As you sow so shall you reap Ashes to ashes dust to dust At his wit's end At one fell swoop At the end of his tether Auld lang syne Back hander Back slang Back the field Back to square one Badgered to death Bag and baggage Baker's dozen Ball and chain Barking up the wrong tree Batten down the hatches Batteries not included Beast with two backs Beat swords into ploughshares Beauty is only skin deep Bees and honey Beetle browed Beg the question Below the belt Below the salt Belt and braces Best bib and tucker Between two stools Beware of Greeks bearing gifts Beyond our ken Beyond the pale Big in Japan Bill Stickers is innocent Bite the dust Blaze a trail Blood is thicker than water Blot on the landscape Blow a raspberry Blow the whistle Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks Blue blood Bo Peep Boat Race Bob's your uncle Body language Bone up on Booby prize Booby trap Born again Born within the sound of Bow Bells Boss eyed Box and Cox Brass tacks Break a leg Bright eyed and bushy tailed Brighton Pier Bring to book Bristols Brown bread Brownie points Buckle down Bull and cow Bun in the oven Bunch of fives Bury your head in the sand But screw your courage to the sticking-place By hook or by crook By the skin of your teeth Call a spade a spade Calling for Huey Carrying his bat Cat's Cradle Cherry ripe Chew the cud China plate Chinless wonder Chip on his shoulder Chop and change Chow down Cloth ears Cock a snook Coin a phrase Cold shouldered Cold turkey Cordon bleu Crocodile tears Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war Currant bun Cut and run Cut to the chase Daisy roots Dark horse Dead cat bounce Dead ringer Dicky Dirt Dog and bone Dog days Doggy bag Dog's bollocks Dog's breakfast Done to a turn Donkey's years Don't let the bastards grind you down Double, double toil and trouble, fire burn, and cauldron bubble Dressed up to the nines Drop a line Eighty six Elephant's trunk Elvis has left the building Et tu, Brute Ethnic, cleansing Even at the turning of the tide Exceedingly well read Eye of newt and toe of frog, wool of bat and tongue of dog Fall about your ears Fall guy Fall on deaf ears Fancy free Fellow traveller Field day Fight the good fight Flash in the pan Flesh and blood Fly on the wall For ever and a day For everything there is a season Forbidden fruit Four by two French letter Friday afternoon car Frog and toad Full tilt Gay for pay Generation X Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration George Raft Get out of the wrong side of the bed Get the sack Ginger Give up Go and boil your head Go by the board Go off at half cock Go to work on an egg Gone Dolally Good in parts Grass Gregory Peck Gung ho Hair of the dog Halcyon days Half inch Hark, hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings Harp on Have a Captain Cook Have a heart Have an axe to grind He who can, does; he who cannot, teaches He will give the Devil his due Hear hear His beard was as white as snow Hit the ground running Hobson's choice Hoist by your own petard Hold a candle Hold a torch Hooray Henry Horse and cart How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child Hung, drawn and quartered Hush puppies I have not slept one wink I have nothing to offer but blood toil tears and sweat I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips In a quandary In like Flynn In the buff In the cart In the club In the offing In the pink In the red In the twinkling of an eye In two shakes Iron hoof Is the Pope catholic? Is the Pope Polish? It beggar'd all description It fell off the back of a lorry It will be all right on the night It's not cricket Ivory tower Jack Palancing Jerry built Joanna Join the colours Kangaroo court Keep up with the Joneses Keep your chin up Keep your pecker up Keep your powder dry Khyber pass Kick the bucket Kilroy was here Knee jerk reaction Knock off Know the ropes Know which way the wind blows Knuckle sandwich Lager frenzy Land of hope and glory Laugh like a drain Lay it on with a trowel Learn the ropes Left footer Left in the lurch Let not the sun go down on your wrath Let the cat out of the bag Let there be light Lick into shape Life's not all beer and skittles Like being savaged by a dead sheep Lions led by donkeys Live long and prosper Living off the fat of the land Load of codswallop Loaf of bread Lock stock and barrel Loose cannon Lord Fred Love is blind Neither a borrower nor a lender be Neither fish nor flesh, nor good red herring Neither here nor there Never give a sucker an even break North and south Not tonight Josephine Not worth a plugged nickel Not worth the candle Now is the winter of our discontent O ye, of little faith Off the wall Off with his head Okay Old lang syne On the dole On the fiddle On your jack On your toes Orson Out for a duck Out of the jaws of death Over the top Overpaid, oversexed, and over here Oxford scholar Oxo cube Paddle your own canoe Pass the buck Peace dividend Pears for your heirs Peg out Pen and ink Pencil pusher Peter out Photo opportunity Physician heal thyself Pig's ear Point Percy at the porcelain Pole position Politically correct Pop goes the weasel Pop your clogs Pork pies Praying at the porcelain altar Press into service Prick up your ears Pull out all the stops Pull the other one Pull yourself up by your bootstraps Punching above his weight Push the envelope Put a spanner in the works Put on the wooden overcoat Put paid to Put the wood in the hole Put your back up Put your best foot forward Put your nose to the grindstone Pyrrhic victory Queer the pitch Rabbit and pork Raising Cain Rank and file Red letter day Red lorry yellow lorry Red rag to a bull Red tape Richard of York gave battle in vain Richard the Third Ring aring of roses, a pocketfull of posies, atishoo, atishoo, all fall down Ring out the old and ring in the new Ring the changes Rise and shine Road rage Rock and boulder Rock and roll Rosie Lea Rub a dub Sailing under false colours Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything Saved by the bell Say goodnight Gracie Scarper Scot free Sent to Coventry Sexton Blake Shanks' pony Ship shape and Bristol fashion Short shrift Sitting next to Nellie Six of the best Skin and blister Sleep tight Sold down the river Son of a gun Sour grapes Space, the final frontier Spare the rod and spoil the child Spend a penny Spill the beans Star crossed lovers Stiffen the sinews Stir crazy Straining at the leash Swan song Syrup Take a back seat Take a butchers Take down a peg or two Take it on the chin Take the bit between your teeth Taken aback Tea leaf Technicolor yawn Teflon president Texas turkey That's all folks The apple of his eye The Crapper The exception which proves the rule The order of the boot The penny drops The proof of the pudding is in the eating The salt of the earth The sport of kings The back of beyond The ball is in your court The bee's knees The Big Apple The Big Easy The bitter end The bread of life The butler did it The call of the wild The collywobbles The die has been cast The King is dead, long live the King The live-long day The Queen's English The road to hell is paved with good intentions The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune The thin red line The third degree The unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable The whole nine yards There is no alternative There she blows Thereby hangs a tale They went that a'way This is the short and the long of it This is your life This precious stone set in the silver sea, this sceptered isle Though last, not least in love Three dog night Three sheets to the wind Three strikes and you are out Thus far into the bowels of the land Ticked off Tie the knot Tinkling the ivories Titfer To bandy words To be or not to be, that is the question To boot To gild refined gold, to paint the lily To read the riot act Tower of strength Tread the boards Trick or treat Trouble and strife Twenty three skidoo Two and eight Uncle Dick Uncle Ned Under the greenwood tree Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown Up a blind alley Up the apples and pears Vorsprung Durch Technik Walk the plank Wannabee We few, we happy few, we band of brothers We have seen better days Wear your heart on your sleeve Wearing the trousers Weasel words What are you like? What's up Doc? Where the bee sucks, there suck I Whipping boy Whistle and flute Win one for the Gipper With your tail between your legs Word association football Word for word You look as if you've been dragged through a hedge backwards You'll wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent