Idioms and Phrases

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Cards (137)

The Alpha and Omega
Beginning and end
To mind one's O's and Q's 
To be accurate and precise
To rise from the rank 
To rise to a high position
A feather in one's cap 
An achievement to be proud of
To cut one's coat according to one's cloth
To live within one's means
To grease a person's palm 
To bribe
To keep the ball rolling
To continue the work
To fight tooth and nail
To make all efforts to win
To make an ass of oneself
To act foolishly
To make neither head nor tail of anything 
To be completely baffled
Once in a blue moon
Rarely
To take to one's heels 
To run away
To pay lip service to 
To pretend to be loyal
To pay through the nose 
To pay very dearly
To take the law into one's hand 
To have a disregard for law and order
Between the evil and the deep sea 
To be in a dilemma
To meet one's Waterloo 
To meet one's final defeat
To be on the horns of a dilemma
To be in a fix
To look for a needle in a hay stack 
To seek what is impossible to find
To let the cat out of the bag 
To reveal a secret
To wash one's dirty linen in public 
To discuss dirty and scandalous matters of personal nature in the presence of an outsider
To be ill at ease 
To be in bad terms with somebody
To be in hornet's nest 
To be in an unpleasant situation
Apple of discord 
Cause of dispute
Bell the cat
Do the most dangerous job
Beat about the bush
Evade the issue
Bag and baggage
Completely
Come out of a bandbox 
Be excessively well dressed
Know how many beans make five
To be well informed, to be intelligent
Hit below the belt
Fight unfairly
To kill two birds with one stone
Achieve two aims with a single effort
Birthday suit
Naked
In cold blood
Deliberately, without heat
Sweep in the board
Take everything
In the same boat 
Similarly situated; like in a predicament
Bolt from the blue
Unexpected calamity
Bone of contention
Matter of dispute
Make no bones 
Make no objections
It does not suit my book 
It doesn't fit my arrangements
In good or bad books
In or out of favor