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- All bark and no bite
- Someone who talks a lot, but does nothing to back up their words-- like a dog that barks at strangers, but won't actually bite.
- As cold as ice
- This idiom can be used to describe a person who does not show any emotion.
- As mad as a hatter
- This simile means that someone is crazy or behaves very strangely. In the past many people who made hats went insane because they had a lot of contact with mercury.
- Average Joe
- An average Joe is an ordinary person without anything exceptional about them.
- Bald as a coot
- A person who is completely bald is as bald as a coot.
- Barefaced liar
- A barefaced liar is one who displays no shame about lying even if they are exposed.
- Bark is worse than their bite
- Someone who's bark is worse than their bite may well get angry and shout, but doesn't take action.
- Barrel of laughs
- If someone's a barrel of laughs, they are always joking and you find them funny.
- Bold as brass
- Someone who is as bold as brass is very confident and not worried about how other people will respond or about being caught.
- Class act
- Someone who's a class act is exceptional in what they do.
- Cry-baby
- A cry-baby is a person who gets emotional and cries too easily.
- Daft as a brush
- (UK) Someone who is daft as a brush is rather stupid.
- Dumb as a rock
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If you are dumb as a rock, you have no common sense and are stupid.
- Fit of pique
- If someone reacts badly because their pride is hurt, this is a fit of pique.
- Hail-fellow-well-met
- Someone whose behavior is hearty, friendly and congenial.
- Hard as nails
- A person who is as hard as nails is either physically tough or has little or no respect for other people's feelings.
- High-handed
- If someone is high-handed, they behave arrogantly and pompously.
- I may be daft, but I'm not stupid
- I might do or say silly things occasionally, but in this instance I know what I am doing (Usually used when someone questions your application of common-sense).
- In rude health
- (UK) If someone's in rude health, they are very healthy and look it.
- Johnny-come-lately
- A Johnny-come-lately is someone who has recently joined something or arrived somewhere, especially when they want to make changes that are not welcome.
- Just off the boat
- If someone is just off the boat, they are naive and inexperienced.
- Keep up with the Joneses
- People who try to keep up with the Joneses are competitive about material possessions and always try to have the latest and best things.
- Laughing stock
- If someone becomes a laughing stock they do something so stupid or wrong that no one can take them seriously and people scorn and laugh at them.
- Moral fibre
- Moral fibre is the inner strength to do what you believe to be right in difficult situations
Example: He lacked the moral fibre to be leader
(In American English the correct spelling is 'fiber'.)
- Off your chump
- (UK) If someone is off their chump, they are crazy or irrational.
- Out of your mind
- If someone is out of the mind, they are so emotional about something that they are no longer rational.
- Plain Jane
- A plain Jane is a woman who isn't particularly attractive.
- Pleased as punch
- When someone is pleased as punch, they are very satisfied about something
- Rest on your laurels
- If someone rests on their laurels, they rely on their past achievements, rather than trying to achieve things now.
- Sharp as a tack
- (USA) If someone is as sharp as a tack, they are very clever indeed.
- To have the courage of your convictions
- If you have the courage of your convictions, you are brave enough to do what you feel is right, despite any pressure for you to do something different.
- Two-faced
- Someone who is two-faced will say one thing to your face and another when you're not there.
- Yes-man
- Someone who always agrees with people in authority is a yes-man.
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