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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- rabble rouser
- raccoon eyes
- race against time
- race out of the traps
- race queen
- rack and ruin
- rack up
- rag the puck
- rag bagger
- rainbows and unicorns
- rain buckets
- rain cats and dogs
- rain death
- rain dogs and cats
- rain down
- rain fire and brimstone
- rain off
- rain on one's parade
- rain or shine
- rain pitchforks
- rain stopped play
- rainy day
- raise Cain
- raised by wolves
- raise eyebrows
- raise hell
- raise one's eyebrows
- raise one's voice
- raise someone's hackles
- raise someone's shag
- raise someone's spirits
- raise the bar
- raise the flag and see who salutes
- raise the roof
- raise the spectre
- raise the stakes
- raise to the purple
- rake over
- rake over the coals
- rake together
- rally around
- rally round
- ram something down someone's throat
- rank and file
- rant and rave
- rap someone's knuckles
- rare animal
- rat run
- rat's nest
- rattle off
- rattle through
- raw deal
- ray of light
- razor-sharp
- razz someone's berries
- reach-around
- reach for the sky
- reach for the stars
- read between the lines
- read in
- read lips
- read minds
- read out
- read someone's lips
- read someone's mind
- read someone the riot act
- read someone to filth
- read the green
- read the room
- ready and waiting
- ready or not
- ready up
- real deal
- reality check
- reality distortion field
- real McCoy
- reap the harvest
- reap the whirlwind
- reap what one sows
- rear one's head
- rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic
- reason with
- rebound relationship
- reckon without one's host
- Red Baron
- redeem oneself
- red face test
- red flag
- red-handed
- red ink
- rediscover fire
- red letter day
- red light
- red meat
- red rider
- red tape
- reduce someone to tears
- reel in
- reel off
- refresh someone's memory
- refrigerator mother
- reign supreme
- reinvent the wheel
- release the kraken
- remain to be seen
- render unto Caesar
- rend one's garments
- rent out
- reopen old wounds
- reset the dial
- rest assured
- rest easy
- rest his soul
- rest one's soul
- rest on one's laurels
- retrace one's steps
- returns to scale
- return the favor
- return to form
- return to one's muttons
- reverse course
- reverse Midas touch
- revolve around
- revolving door syndrome
- rev up
- rhyme off
- rhyme or reason
- rice chaser
- Richard Roe
- rickle o' banes
- ridden hard and put away wet
- riddle wrapped in an enigma
- ride down
- ride hard and put away wet
- ride herd on
- ride high
- ride off into the sunset
- ride on a rail
- ride one's bumper
- ride one's luck
- ride on the back of
- ride out
- ride roughshod over
- ride shotgun
- ride tall in the saddle
- ride the coattails
- ride the crest of the wave
- ride the pine
- ride the rails
- ride the short bus
- ride the tiger
- ride the wave
- rid out
- rid up
- right away
- right of Genghis Khan
- right on
- rig out
- ring a bell
- ring down the curtain
- ring false
- ring hollow
- ring off the hook
- ring one's bell
- ringside seat
- ring someone's bell
- ring true
- ring up
- ring up the curtain
- ripen up
- ripe old age
- rip into
- rip off the band-aid
- rip-snorting mad
- rip someone's head off
- rip to shreds
- rise from the ashes
- rise and shine
- rise to the challenge
- rise to the occasion
- rise to the purple
- rise with the lark
- risk it for the biscuit
- rivet counter
- roach coach
- road less traveled
- road to Damascus
- roar back
- robber baron
- rob Peter to pay Paul
- rob the cradle
- rock bottom
- rocket science
- rocket scientist
- rock hound
- rocking horse shit
- rocking-horse shit
- rock on
- rock out with one's cock out
- rock the boat