Dictionary of English Idioms & Idiomatic Expressions

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A bit much
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link
A day late and a dollar short
A fool and his money are soon parted
A fool at 40 is a fool forever
A hitch in your giddy-up
A lick and a promise
A little bird told me
A little learning is a dangerous thing
A long row to hoe
A lost ball in the high weeds
A OK
A penny for your thoughts
A penny saved is a penny earned
A picture is worth a thousand words
A poor man's something
A pretty penny
A problem shared is a problem halved
A rising tide lifts all boats
A rolling stone gathers no moss
A slice off a cut loaf is never missed
A steal
A still tongue keeps a wise head
A watched pot never boils
A1
Abide by a decision
Abject lesson
About as useful as a chocolate teapot
About face
Above board
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
Accident waiting to happen
Ace in the hole
Ace up your sleeve
Achilles' heel
Acid test
Across the board
Across the ditch
Across the pond
Act of God
Act of war
Actions speak louder than words
Adam's apple
Add fuel to the fire
Add insult to injury
After your own heart
Against the clock
Against the grain
Age before beauty
Agony aunt
Ahead of the pack
Ahead of time
Air your dirty laundry in public
Albatross around your neck
Alike as two peas
Alive and kicking
All along
All and sundry
All bark and no bite
All bark and no bite
All bets are off
All dressed up and nowhere to go
All ears
All eyes on me
All fingers and thumbs
All hat, no cattle
All heart
All hell broke loose
All in a day's work
All in your head
All mod cons
All mouth and trousers
All my eye and Peggy Martin
All of the above
All over bar the shouting
All over the map
All over the place
All over the shop
All over the show
All roads lead to Rome
All set
All sixes
All skin and bone
All square
All talk and no trousers
All that glitters is not gold
All the rage
All the tea in China
All your eggs in one basket
All's fair in love and war
All's well that ends well
All-singing, all-dancing
Alter ego
Always a bridesmaid, never a bride
Ambulance chaser
Amen
An apple a day keeps the doctor away
An old flame
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
And all that jazz
Angry as a bear
Angry as a bull
Answers on a postcard
Ants in your pants
Any port in a storm
Any Tom, Dick or Harry
Apple of your eye
Apron strings
Argue the toss
Arm and a leg
Armchair critic
Armed to the teeth
Around the clock
Arrow in the quiver
As a rule
As cold as ice
As cold as stone
As cool as a cucumber
As good as new
As mad as a hatter
As much use as a chocolate fire-guard
As much use as a chocolate teapot
As much use as a handbrake on a canoe
As neat as a new pin
As one man
As the actress said to the bishop
As the crow flies
As you sow, so shall you reap
Asleep at the switch
Asleep at the wheel
At a drop of a dime
At a loose end
At a loss
At a snail's pace
At arm's length
At arm's length
At cross purposes
At daggers drawn
At death's door
At each other's throats
At full tilt
At large
At loggerheads
At loose ends
At odds
At sea
At the bottom of the totem pole
At the coalface
At the drop of a hat
At the end of the day
At the end of your rope
At the end of your tether
At the fore
At the top of my lungs
At the top of the list
At the top of your voice
At your wit's end
At your wits' end
Average Joe
Avowed intent
Away with the fairies
Awe inspiring
AWOL
Axe to grind