List of idioms
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list of idioms:
- A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
- A rolling stone gathers no moss
- Burning the candle at both ends
- Can't see your nose in front of your face
- Can't see the wood for the trees
- Cat got your tongue?
- The cat's out of the bag now
- the can of worms has been opened
- Cut off your nose to spite your face
- He who pays the piper calls the tune
- The grass is always greener on the other side
- Killing two birds with one stone - completing two tasks with one process.
- Juggling picked onions - carrying out a hazardous/difficult task
- Over the hill - Old
- Reading between the lines - Infering information not explicitly stated
- Right under your nose - Something so obvious that it is easily overlooked
- Six of one, half-a-dozen of another - Two things that are essentially the same
- Still waters run deep
- Water under the bridge
- What goes around comes around - Your will eventually have to face the consequences of your actions towards others
- What's good for the goose is good for the gander - If something is good for one person, it is good for everyone
- Why have a dog and bark yourself?
- Why pay for the cow when the milk is free?
- Up a creek without a paddle.
- Break a leg
- A black look
- Black-hearted
- To feel blue
- To become red
- A red light
- Red tape
- To crop up
- To bear fruit
- Rooted to the spot
- Nuts on
- Ripe
- whitewash
- Sour grapes
- To be catty
- To fish
- Fishy
- A dark horse
- To hound
- To lionize
- A dark horse
- A scapegoat
- A pig
- A loan shark
- To turn turtle
- To pocket
- To collar
- To dress up
- Boot out