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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Pages in category "English idioms"
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- feast or famine
- feathered friend
- feathered oof-bird
- feather in one's cap
- featherless biped
- feather one's nest
- fed up
- feeding frenzy
- feed off
- feed the dragon
- feed the fire
- feed two birds with one scone
- feel for
- feel free
- feel one's way
- feel out
- feel the pinch
- feel up
- fee simple absolute in possession
- feet first
- feet of clay
- fence in
- fencepost problem
- fence-sit
- fence the tables
- fend and prove
- fend away
- fetch a compass
- fetch and carry
- fetch way
- fever pitch
- few and far between
- few cards shy of a full deck
- few sandwiches short of a picnic
- Appendix:Snowclones/few X short of a Y
- fiddle while Rome burns
- field day
- fifth-rate
- fifth wheel
- fifty-cent tour
- fight a losing battle
- fight fires
- fight fire with fire
- fight for one's life
- fighting chance
- fighting spirit
- fight one's corner
- fight one's way
- fight shy of
- file away
- file off the serial numbers
- fill in
- fill in the blank
- fill one's boots
- fill one's face
- fill one's hand
- fill someone's shoes
- fill the bill
- fill up
- filter down
- filter up
- filthy lucre
- filthy rich
- final cut
- final nail in the coffin
- final say
- find another gear
- finders, keepers
- finders, keepers; losers, weepers
- find fault
- find it in one's heart
- find one's ass with both hands and a flashlight
- find oneself
- find one's feet
- find one's place
- find one's tongue
- find one's voice
- find out
- find the net
- fine-feathered friend
- fine feathers make fine birds
- fine line
- fine print
- finer things
- finest hour
- finger in the pie
- finger to the wind
- fire-breathing
- fire drill
- fire hose
- fire in anger
- fire in the belly
- fire on all cylinders
- fire sale
- fire the starting gun
- firing line
- firm up
- first come, first served
- first among equals
- first and last
- first annual
- first loser
- first love
- first-mover disadvantage
- first of all
- first off
- first of never
- first port of call
- first-rate
- first up
- fish-eating grin
- fishing expedition
- fish in troubled waters
- fish or cut bait
- fish out
- fish out of water
- fish scale
- fishscale
- fish to fry
- fist magnet
- fit for a king
- fit out
- fits and starts
- fit the bill
- fit to be tied
- fit to wake the dead
- five will get you ten
- fix someone's wagon
- fix the roof while the sun is shining
- flag down
- flame up
- flannelled fool
- flap one's gums
- flash back
- flat chat
- flat on one's back
- flat out
- flat strap
- flatten out
- flavor of the week
- flea in one's ear
- flesh one's maiden sword
- flesh out
- flight of fancy
- flip-flop
- flip one's lid
- flip one's wig
- flip out
- flip shit
- flip the bird
- flog a dead horse
- flog a dead pony
- flog the dolphin
- flog the log
- flood the zone
- floor it
- floor one could eat off
- floppy infant syndrome
- flower of the flock
- flunk out
- flush out
- flutter in the dovecote
- flutter the dovecote
- fly blind
- fly by
- fly-by-night
- fly by the seat of one's pants
- flying start
- flying visit
- fly in the face of
- fly in the ointment
- fly low
- fly off
- fly off at a tangent
- fly off the shelves
- fly on the wall
- fly out of the traps
- fly solo
- fly the coop
- fly the flag
- fly too close to the sun
- fly under the radar
- fog a mirror
- fogged out
- fold like a cheap suit
- fold one's tent
- fold up
- folk devil
- follow someone off a cliff
- follow suit
- follow the crowd
- follow through
- follow to the grave
- food baby
- food chain
- food for thought
- food noise
- fool around
- fool away
- fool's bargain