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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.
For information on how to construct the canonical form, see Wiktionary:Criteria for inclusion#Idiomatic phrases
Pages in category "English idioms"
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- teacher's pet
- teach grandma how to suck eggs
- teach someone a lesson
- team up with
- tear a cat
- tear one's hair out
- tear up
- tear up the dance floor
- tear up the pea patch
- teed off
- teensy weensy
- teeny weeny
- tee off
- teething issues
- teething problem
- teething trouble
- teething troubles
- telephone tag
- tell against
- tell all
- tell apart
- tell fortunes
- tell it like it is
- tell its own tale
- tell it to Sweeney
- tell it to the judge
- tell it to the marines
- tell someone where to shove it
- tell tales
- tell tales out of school
- tell the truth
- tell you the truth
- temper temper
- tempest in a teapot
- temple of immensity
- tempt fate
- ten a penny
- ten-cent word
- ten-dollar word
- ten to one
- tentpole movie
- term of years
- term of years absolute
- term of years determinable
- term out
- territorial pissing
- test bed
- test the waters
- than a bygod
- thank one's lucky stars
- thanks a bunch
- thanks for nothing
- that does it
- that dog don't run
- that ever walked on two legs
- that figures
- that'll be the day
- that'll be the frosty Friday
- that's about the size of it
- that's all she wrote
- that's done it
- that's just me
- that's saying something
- that's that
- that's that on that
- that's the thing
- that's the ticket
- that's what she said
- that's your lot
- that way
- the box they're going to bury it in
- the apple does not fall far from the tree
- the ball is in someone's court
- the bee's knees
- the buck stops here
- the call is coming from inside the house
- the cat's out of the bag
- the cat's pajamas
- the cat's pyjamas
- the chickens come home to roost
- the coast is clear
- the curtain falls
- the devil
- the devil a one
- the devil is a liar
- the devil is in the details
- the die is cast
- the end of one's rope
- the feathers fly
- the finger
- the genie is out of the bottle
- the genie's out of the bottle
- the gods smile on someone
- the good doctor
- the good doctors
- Appendix:Snowclones/the great X in the sky
- the half of it
- the handbags come out
- the hell out of
- the hell you say
- the jig is up
- the joke is on someone
- the king is dead, long live the king
- the last of pea-time
- the length of the Flemington straight
- the Lord's work
- the measles
- the moon on a stick
- them's the breaks
- them's the facts
- then again
- the nail that sticks out gets hammered down
- then and there
- the nose knows
- the old woman is plucking her goose
- the one that got away
- the organ grinder, not the monkey
- the other day
- the pants off
- the pen is mightier than the sword
- the plot thickens
- the quality
- the rabbit died
- the reality is
- there and back
- there for everyone to see
- there is a new sheriff in town
- there is no there there
- there must be something in the water
- the rest is history
- there we go
- there you are
- there you go
- there you have it
- the rubber meets the road
- the seventh water after kissel
- the shirt off one's back
- the shoe is on the other foot
- the show must go on
- the straw that broke the camel's back
- the streets are paved with gold
- the stroke that broke the camel's back
- the sun sets on something
- the terrorists will have won
- the thing is
- the thing of it
- the wheels fell off
- the whole world and his dog
- the word is go
- the world over
- thick and thin
- thick and threefold
- thick as thieves
- thick of things
- thick skin
- thief in the night
- thigh-slapper
- thin air
- thin end of the wedge
- thing of the past
- think aloud
- think back
- think of England
- think one hung the moon
- think one is God's own cousin
- think on one's feet
- think out loud
- think over
- think tank
- think the world of
- think twice
- think up
- think with one's little head
- thin-skinned
- thin the herd
- third hand
- third-rate
- third string
- third wheel
- thirteenth reason why
- this is the end
- this is where we came in
- this minute
- thorn in someone's side
- thorn in the flesh
- though but
- thought bubble
- thousand pardons
- thrash out
- thread the needle
- three-dimensionality
- three guys in a garage
- three-martini lunch
- Three Musketeers
- three-on-the-tree
- three-ring circus
- three score and ten
- three sheets to the wind
- three skips of a louse
- three squares