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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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- ugly American
- ugly customer
- ugly duckling
- under a cloud
- under a spell
- under construction
- under control
- under erasure
- Citations:under erasure
- under glass
- under lock and key
- under no circumstances
- under one roof
- under one's hat
- under one's own steam
- under one's thumb
- under one's very eyes
- under one's wing
- under sail
- under someone's nose
- understand the assignment
- under the carpet
- under the covers
- under the gun
- under the impression
- under the influence
- under the microscope
- under the radar
- under the rose
- under the rug
- under the saya
- under the sun
- under the weather
- under the wire
- under way
- undress with one's eyes
- unicorn barf
- unicorn puke
- unicorn vomit
- university of life
- university of the streets
- unknown quantity
- unmask one's batteries
- uno ab alto
- unplug
- unring a bell
- unsung hero
- until hell freezes over
- until one is blue in the face
- until the cows come home
- Citations:until the cows come home
- until the last dog is hung
- unto the ages of ages
- unused to
- up against
- up against it
- up a gum tree
- up a height
- up and at 'em
- up-and-comer
- up and coming
- up-and-coming
- up and down
- up and running
- up a tree
- up for
- up for grabs
- up front
- up hill and down dale
- uphill battle
- up in the air
- up on
- up one's own ass
- up one's sleeve
- up on one's ear
- upon the instant
- upon the tapis
- upper crust
- upper-crust
- upper hand
- up poo creek
- ups and downs
- upset the applecart
- up shit creek without a paddle
- up shit's creek
- up shit's creek without a paddle
- up someone's street
- up the ante
- up the boohai
- up the creek
- up the river
- up the wall
- up the walls
- up the yin-yang
- up-to-date
- up to eleven
- up to here
- up to no good
- up to one's ears
- up to scratch
- up to something
- up to speed
- up to the hub
- up with the chickens
- up with the lark
- up with the larks
- urban fabric
- use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
- used to
- useless as tits on a boar hog
- use one's head
- use one's noggin
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- wag a finger
- wag the dog
- wait around
- wait for Godot
- wait for it
- wait for the ball to drop
- wait for the other shoe to drop
- waiting game
- wait in the wings
- wait on hand, foot and finger
- wait on someone hand and foot
- wait on someone hand, foot and finger
- wait out
- wait upon hand and foot
- wake up and smell the coffee
- wake up on the wrong side of bed
- walk the streets
- walk all over
- walk a mile in someone's shoes
- walk and chew gum at the same time
- walk away
- walk away from
- walk free
- walk in on
- walk in the park
- walk in the snow
- walk off with
- walk of life
- walk on broken glass
- walk on eggshells
- walk on sunshine
- walk on the wild side
- walk on water
- walk over
- walk the beat
- walk the dog
- walk the floor
- walk the line
- walk the plank
- walk the talk
- walk through
- wall of silence
- wanker's cramp
- want for nothing
- want to know
- war bride
- warm-blooded
- warm body
- warmest regards
- warm regards
- warm the cockles of someone's heart
- war of nerves
- war of words
- warts and all
- wash a blackamoor white
- washed out
- wash one's dirty laundry in public
- wash one's dirty linen in public
- wash oneself of
- wash out
- waste away
- waste breath
- waste not, want not
- watch it
- watch one's language
- watch one's mouth
- watch one's step
- watch out
- watch over
- watch the world burn
- watch the world go by
- watch this space
- water down