Category:English idioms
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English phrases understood by subjective, as opposed to literal meanings.
- Category:English rhetorical questions: English questions posed only for dramatic or persuasive effect.
- Category:English snowclones: English clichés using old idioms with varying words in new contexts.
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This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
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- English set phrases (0 c, 8 e)
- English similes (0 c, 702 e)
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- English rhetorical questions (0 c, 106 e)
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- English snowclones (0 c, 72 e)
Pages in category "English idioms"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 9,111 total.
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- bide one's time
- big picture
- big boy
- big boys
- big break
- big bucks
- big cheese
- big deal
- big end of town
- big fat
- big fish
- big fish in a small pond
- bigger fish to fry
- big girl
- big gun
- big head
- big kahuna
- big mouth
- big name
- big ol'
- big old
- big ole
- big screen
- big shop
- big shot
- big sleep
- big spender
- big talk
- big tamale
- big tent
- Citations:big tent
- big wheel
- bill of goods
- bio queen
- bird in the bosom
- bird of one's own brain
- birds and bees
- bird's-eye view
- birds of a feather
- birds of a feather flock together
- birthday suit
- birth tourism
- bit by a barn mouse
- bitch and moan
- bitch goddess
- bite me
- bite my ass
- bite my shiny metal ass
- bite off
- bite off more than one can chew
- bite of the cherry
- bite of the reality sandwich
- bite one's lip
- bite one's nails
- bite one's tongue
- bite someone's hand off
- bite someone's head off
- bite the big one
- bite the biscuit
- bite the bullet
- bite the curb
- bite the dust
- bite the hand that feeds one
- bite to eat
- bitter end
- black and white
- black-and-white
- black babies
- black day
- black gold
- black mark
- black over Bill's mother's
- black rider
- black sheep
- blame Canada
- blame game
- blanket term
- blank out
- blare out
- blast out
- blast from the past
- blast off
- blaze a trail
- blaze away
- bleed for someone
- bleeding edge
- bleeding-edge
- bleed red ink
- blessed event
- bless someone with
- bless you
- blimp out
- blind date
- blind leading the blind
- blind with science
- blink-and-you-miss-it
- blink of an eye
- blocking and tackling
- block out
- blood and guts
- blood in the water
- blood is thicker than water
- blood, sweat and tears
- bloom is off the rose
- blossom out
- blot one's copy book
- blot on the escutcheon
- blow
- blow a hole through
- blow a kiss
- blow away
- blow chunks
- blow hot and cold
- blow me
- blow me down
- blow off
- blow off steam
- blow one's chance
- blow one's load
- blow one's own trumpet
- blow one's wad
- blow out of proportion
- blow out of proportions
- blow out of the water
- blow over
- blow smoke
- blow someone's brains out
- blow someone's cover
- blow someone's mind
- blow the cobwebs away
- blow the doors off
- blow the lid off
- blow the whistle
- blow this Popsicle stand
- blow this pop stand
- blow to kingdom come
- blow town
- blow up in one's face
- blue-ball
- blue chamber
- blue devils
- blue-eyed
- blue-eyed boy
- blue moon
- blue note
- blue-sky thinking
- blue state
- blue wall of silence
- blur the line
- blurt out
- Bob's your uncle
- body blow
- body English
- bogged down
- bog off
- boiling frog
- boiling hot
- boiling mad
- boiling point
- boil over
- boil up
- boldly go where no man has gone before
- bolt bucket
- bolt to the bran
- bomb out
- bone dry
- bone-crunching
- bone-deep
- bone-dry
- bone hard
- bone-idle
- bone in her teeth
- bone in the throat
- bone of contention
- bone-shaking
- booby prize
- boogie on down
- book burning
- book dumping
- book in
- boot camp
- booze can
- bop the bishop
- bored out of one's mind
- bored shitless
- borganism
- born and bred
- born in a barn
- born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
- borrowed time
- borrow trouble
- bottle away
- bottle up
- bottom fall out
- bottom fishing
- bottom line
- bottom of the line
- bottom of the ninth
- bottom out
- bottom the house